The Key to HeavenEdifing Tales from Holy Scripture to Serve as Teaching and Warning by Leszek Kołakowski
$27.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
TED: Judge This by Chip Kidd
$16.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Ted Ser.
A fun, playful look at the importance of first impressions--in design and in life--from acclaimed book designer Chip Kidd. First impressions are everything. They dictate whether something stands out, how we engage with it, whether we buy it, and how we feel. In Judge This, renowned designer Chip Kidd t ...Show more
War on Women in Israel by Elana Maryles Sztokman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Across Israel, women are being harassed as a rising Orthodox Jewish faction seeks to suppress them. In this gripping expose, leading women's activist Elana Sztokman investigates the struggles of Israeli women against increasing religious and political intrusion, from segregation on public buses to being ...Show more
Vagenda: A Zero Tolerance Guide to the Media by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Essays
HAVE YOU EVER...Obsessed over your body's 'problem areas'? Killed an hour on the Sidebar of Shame? Wondered whether to try '50 Sex Tips to Please Your Man'? Felt worse after doing any of the above? Holly and Rhiannon grew up reading glossy mags and, like most women, thought of them as just a bit of fun. ...Show more
God's Message to the World:You've Got Me All Wrong by Neale Donald Walsch
$32.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Is it possible that everything we think we know about God, and what God wants, is wrong?Could humanity's ideas about all this be the greatest inaccuracies . . . ever? Would it matter if they were? The author of the multi-million-selling Conversations with God series places the question squarely before o ...Show more
Money Men, the Australia's Twelve Most Notable Treasurers by Chris Bowen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
The Money Men is the first in-depth look at the most interesting men to have held the office of Treasurer of Australia. Former Treasurer Chris Bowen brings his unique insider perspective to reveal the lessons learned from the successes and failures of twelve treasurers. From the first pioneer, George Tu ...Show more
The Other Saudis: Shiism, Dissent and Sectarianism by Toby Matthiesen
$55.00 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
Toby Matthiesen traces the politics of the Shia in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from the nineteenth century until the present day. This book outlines the difficult experiences of being Shia in a Wahhabi state, and casts new light on how the Shia have mobilised politically to change their positio ...Show more
The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change by Tim Flannery
$24.95 AUD
Category: Sustainability/Environment
What does climate change mean? How will global warming affect our lives? Is it the cause of wilder storms and more frequent droughts? Are these events inevitable? Tim Flannery makes this urgent issue completely accessible. He tells the fascinating story of climate change over millions of years to help u ...Show more
The War of the Worlds Short Black 3 by Noel Pearson
$6.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Short Blacks
'How many Australians born in the 137 years since Truganini's death learnt her legend and scarcely thought deeper about the enormity of the loss she represented, and the history that led to it? Her spirit casts a long shadow over Australian history, but we have nearly all of us found a way to avert our ...Show more
Tradition, Truth & Tomorrow: Short Black 12 by Galarrwuy Yunupingu
$6.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Short Blacks
I will continue my work on my land, building a future. It is the only thing that is certain to me now and I want to advance while I can. I am trying to light the fire in our young men and women. We are setting fires to our own lives as we really should, and the flame will burn and intensify - an immense ...Show more
A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright
$25.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
Explains how our current predicament - the runaway growth in human population, consumption and technology, and the consequent pressure this places on earth, air and water - is as old as civilization. We need to understand the patterns of progress to avoid a disasterous outcome. "Ronald Wright is an hist ...Show more
Nemesis - One Man and the Battle for Rio by Misha Glenny
$35.00 AUD
Category: Sociology
'Breaking Bad meets City of God' Roberto Saviano, author of GomorrahHUSBAND. This is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and Brazil?s most notorious criminal. FATHER. A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang c ...Show more