The Other Pandemic: How QAnon Contaminated the World by James Ball
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball takes us into the depths of the internet to trace the origins and rapid ascent of QAnon, the movement that mutated from a niche online conspiracy theory into the world's first digital pandemic.*A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023* Imagine a ...Show more
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism and Minding Other People's Business by Roxane Gay
32.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Since the publication of her groundbreaking books Bad Feminist and Hunger, Roxane Gay has continued to tackle big issues embroiling society - state-sponsored violence and mass shootings, women's rights post-Dobbs, online disinformation, and the limits of empathy - alongside more individually personal ma ...Show more
No Judgement : On Being Critical by Lauren Oyler
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A brilliant and addictive collection of brand-new essays on modern culture - from 'the pre-eminent and most widely read critic of her generation' The Times I heard this crazy story, and I want you to know.It is the age of internet gossip; of social networks, repackaged ideas and rating everything out o ...Show more
The Furies: Three Women and Their Violent Fight for Justice by Elizabeth Flock
36.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A stunning narrative investigation into three real-life women who used violence to fight back against their oppressors The Furies tells the stories of three unforgettable women who chose to use lethal force to gain power, safety, and freedom when the institutions meant to protect them - government, poli ...Show more
Think: In Defence of a Thoughtful Life by Svend Brinkmann
26.95 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A defining feature of being human is our ability to think. We refer to ourselves, after all, as homo sapiens. But in a world where experiencing and achieving as much as possible is the number one preoccupation, there is little room for reflection. Technology is also making everything easier, eroding the ...Show more
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (TPB) (EE) by Malcolm Gladwell
24.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Reading Level: very good
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell revolutionises the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consis ...Show more
Inspiring Change : How to Influence Behaviour for a Better World by Liam Smith (Editor); Jim Curtis (Editor); Peter Bragge (Editor); Paul Kellner (Editor)
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Change can be hard. We try our best as individuals to improve our fitness, dietary habits and financial stability, and to do the right thing by others and the planet, but it often falls to government and other institutions to persuade us to change our ways.BehaviourWorks Australia (BWA) is a leading beh ...Show more
Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World's Most Vulnerable Places by Christopher Pollon
34.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A fascinating investigation into a wild industry and the global race to exploit our world's dwindling natural resources. The stakes couldn't be higher- How can we mine the metals we need without replicating the environmental and human rights abuses of the past? A global race is on to exploit the last bo ...Show more
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates
32.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to ...Show more
Everyday Utopia: In Praise of Radical Alternatives to the Traditional Family Home by Kristen Ghodsee
36.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A practical and uplifting vision of better ways to live together, own property, have families and raise children, as pioneered by experimental communities throughout the world and across history - from the author of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism.'History is made by the dreamers ... A must-re ...Show more
He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters by Schuyler Bailar
36.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A much-needed guide to understanding gender, becoming a better trans ally, and making the world a better place. Gender is a human experience, not just a trans experience. Every single one of us has a relationship to gender, so how can we change the way we talk about it, challenge misconceptions, and be ...Show more
Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Jonathan Sacks
24.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A distinguished religious leader's stirring case for reconstructing a shared framework of virtues and values. With liberal democracy embattled, public discourse grown toxic, family life breaking down, and drug abuse and depression on the rise, many fear what the future holds. In Morality, respec ...Show more