Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet by Chris Dixon
36.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A playbook for the future of the internet written by the world's most successful blockchain investor What will the internet of the future look like? The internet of today is a far cry from its early promise of a decentralized, democratic network of unbridled innovation. In the past decade, the interne ...Show more
Irresistible How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World by Joshua Paul Dale
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
The psychology and biology behind what we find cute, and how cuteness has shaped cultures around the world.
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
55.00 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing ...Show more
We Need To Talk About Xi: What we need to know about the world's most powerful leader by Michael Dillon
24.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A short, urgent book that sorts the fact from the fiction about Xi Jinping - one of the world's most powerful political leaders - to truly understand how he came to power, his hold on China and why we should care. Meet the most powerful leader in the world. Chinese premier Xi Jinping graces our televisi ...Show more
The Palace by Gareth Russell
52.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' PHILIPPA GREGORYFor centuries, Hampton Court has been a place of power, scandal and in ...Show more
The End of Solitude - Selected Essays on Culture and Society by William Deresiewicz
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
What is the internet doing to us? What is college for? What are the myths and metaphors we live by? These are the questions that William Deresiewicz has been pursuing over the course of his award-winning career. The End of Solitude brings together more than forty of his finest essays, including four tha ...Show more
The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time by Yascha Mounk
55.00 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world. For much of their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then that many who passionately believe in social justice have co ...Show more
The Canceling of the American Mind: How Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All by Greg Lukianoff, Rikki Schlott
55.00 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A new way of thinking about cancel culture and the much-needed antidote for our dangerous and divisive times Cancel culture isn't just a moral panic- it erodes our ability to argue productively, listen generously and to be civil when we disagree. Whether on university campuses, in the workplace or on s ...Show more
The Idea of Israel by Ilan Pappe (University of Haifa, Israel University of Exeter
21.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Since its foundation in 1948, Israel has drawn on Zionism, the movement behind its creation, to provide a sense of self and political direction. In this groundbreaking new work, Ilan Pappe looks at the continued role of Zionist ideology. The Idea of Israel considers the way Zionism operates outside of ...Show more
American Whitelash: The Resurgence of Racial Violence in Our Time by Wesley Lowery
55.00 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a shocking investigation into the cyclical pattern of violence that has marred racial progress in AmericaIn 2008, Barack Obama's historic victory was heralded as a turning point for the USA. And so it would be - just not in the way that most Americans hoped. The ...Show more
Your Face Belongs to Us: The Secretive Startup Dismantling Your Privacy by Kashmir Hill
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
‘The dystopian future portrayed in some science-fiction movies is already upon us. Kashmir Hill’s fascinating book brings home the scary implications of this new reality’ JOHN CARREYROU, author of Bad Blood When Kashmir Hill stumbled upon Clearview AI, a mysterious startup selling an app that claimed i ...Show more
Fear An Alternate History by Robert Peckham
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling new insight on world history. It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been dr ...Show more