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More Than a Woman by Caitlin Moran
$35.00 AUD
Category: Sociology
How to be an older woman? Who knows. Being a young woman can be challenging. But it turns out not even a fraction of the bullshit has happened to you by the time you turn thirty. Because your thirties, forties and beyond see you dealing with Real Life, the stuff you never thought would happen to you- gr ...Show more
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Reading Level: near fine
#1 New York Times Bestseller From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thou ...Show more
Reconnected: A Community Builder's Handbook by Andrew Leigh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Friends are good for your health. The strength of your social relationships is a remarkably good predictor of how long you will live. Strong social connections also make communities more resilient, efficient and satisfying. But today Australians have fewer close friends and local connections than in the ...Show more
Not Just Lucky by Jamila Rizvi
$35.00 AUD
Category: Sociology
'Feisty and inquisitive - a fresh take on modern feminist issues.' Julia GillardAustralian women are suffering from a crisis of confidence about work. Accustomed to being overlooked and undervalued, even when women do get to the top, they explain their success away as 'luck'. But it's not.Not Just Lucky ...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
Songlines: The Power and Promise by Margo Neale; Lynne Kelly
$19.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Series: First Knowledges Ser.
'Let this series begin the discussion.' - Bruce Pascoe 'An act of intellectual reconciliation.' - Lynette Russell. Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia's many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic ...Show more
Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture, and identity. When Stan Grant was born in Australia in 1963, the national census classed him and his family among the country's flora and fauna. As Aboriginal Australians, their history and culture had been suppressed for centuries. A ...Show more
When We Become Strangers: How Loneliness Leaks into Our Lives, and What We Can Do about It by Maggie Hamilton
$32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
We're more connected, yet lonelier than ever - practical ways to combat the alarming rise of loneliness by bestselling author and social researcher, Maggie Hamilton. Practical solutions to combat social isolation in our families and communities.
Fight Like a Girl by Clementine Ford
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our most outspoken feminist writers.
Creating Cities by Marcus Westbury
$25.00 AUD
Category: Sociology
In 2008, Marcus Westbury returned to his hometown of Newcastle, Australia and found more than 150 empty buildings lining its two main streets. Three years later the world’s largest travel publisher, Lonely Planet, named it one of the Top Ten cities to visit in the world. Creating Cities is about th ...Show more
The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb
$22.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
For decades, feminism has argued the case for getting women into the workplace. Affirmative action, support schemes, paid maternity leave... all valuable devices, and yet still we agonize over why women aren't better represented in the boardrooms and ministries of this country. But the answer is so shri ...Show more
The Consolations of Philosophy (Popular Penguin) by Alain de Botton
$12.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Alain de Botton has performed a stunning feat: he has transformed arcane philosophy into something accessible and entertaining, useful and kind. Drawing on the work of six of the world's most brilliant thinkers, de Botton has arranged a panoply of wisdom to guide us through our most common problems. Fro ...Show more