Social Leap, The: How and Why Humans Connect by William von Hippel
$29.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Leading researcher into social intelligence and evolutionary psychology William von Hippel argues that the main advantage early primates had against other animals was their ability to live, and thrive, in social groups. Furthermore, this ability was such a revolutionary advantage that it was the chief e ...Show more
The Nordic Edge: Policy Possibilities for Australia by Andrew Scott, Rod Campbell
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
How the Nordic approach can shape Australia's future for betterClimate and energy. Work/life balance. Mining taxes. Progress on policy issues like these is essential, and yet they have become subject to the most rancorous partisanship, the precipitation of culture wars, and have brought down governments ...Show more
The World Until Yesterday - What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond
$26.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: near fine
The no. 1 bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel explores the profound lessons that traditional societies offer us today. Over the past 500 years, the West achieved global dominance, but do Westerners necessarily have better ideas about how to raise children, care for the elderly, or s ...Show more
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
$17.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today - written as a letter to a friend. I have some suggestions for how to raise Chizalum. But remember that you might do all the things I suggest, and she will still turn out to be d ...Show more
Influence Her - The 7 Habits Every Woman Leader Needs to Inspire Change at Work by Dion Johnson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Women around the globe are being called to change the world through a new kind of leadership - but to do this, we must be clear in purpose, reconnected to our 'womanity' and strengthened in our capacity as high-level influencers. Women in leadership is a big topic these days, and for good reason. But i ...Show more
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century by Louise Perry
$30.95 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: very good
Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously positive thing. The sexual revolution has liberated us to enjoy a heady mixture of erotic freedom and personal autonomy. Right? Wrong, argues Louise Perry in her provocative new book. Although it would be n ...Show more
Creatures of a Day and other tales of psychotherapy by Irvin D. Yalom
$27.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
In his long and distinguished career, Irvin D. Yalom has pressed his patients and readers to grapple with life's two greatest challenges: that we all must die, and that each of us is responsible for leading a life worth living. In Creatures of a Day, he and his patients confront the difficulty of meetin ...Show more
The Sociology Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) by Sarah Tomley,Mitchell Hobbs,Megan Todd,Marcus Weeks,DK
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to sociology. Part of the popular Big Ideas series, The Sociology Book introduces you to the subject that tells you all about what society is and what makes it tick. With over 80 ideas from the world's most renowned sociologists, c ...Show more
All Your Friends Like This: How Social Networks Took Over News by Hal Crawford
$27.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
ALL YOUR FRIENDS LIKE THIS is a topical, punchy and provocative look at how social networks are taking over the news. How do you get your news? Chances are not from a newspaper or the TV - that's so old-school. If you're anything like the rest of us, you get it from Facebook or Twitter. The great powe ...Show more
Buy Me the Sky: The Remarkable Truth of China's One-Child Generations by Xinran
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
With journalistic acumen and a novelist's flair, Xinran tells the remarkable stories of men and women born in China after 1979 - the recent generations raised under China's single-child policy. At a time when the country continues to transform at the speed of light, these generations of precious 'one an ...Show more
Damned Whores and God's Police by Anne Summers
$39.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God's Police was first published in 1975. That was before the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 and before large numbers of women became visible in employment, in politics and else ...Show more
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Reading Level: very good
The #1 Sunday Times and International Bestseller from 'the most influential public intellectual in the Western world right now' (New York Times) What are the most valuable things that everyone should know? Acclaimed clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson has influenced the modern understanding of persona ...Show more