This Is What a Feminist Looks Like: The Rise and Rise of Australian Feminism by Emily Maguire
29.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Women must quit their jobs when they marry. They are barred from trade unions and universities. Their husbands can legally rape them. And they are not allowed to vote. This could be the reality in Australia today — if it weren’t for the many women who, over more than a century of activism, fought for ch ...Show more
The Witches Are Coming: Essays by Lindy West
29.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Reading Level: near fine
From the very moment powerful men on top started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations have been raging from every corner: this is feminism gone too far, this is injustice, this is a witch hunt. In The Witches Are Coming, firebrand author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and now criti ...Show more
If Not Critical by Eric Griffiths; Freya Johnston (Editor)
50.95 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
This book brings together ten lectures given by Eric Griffiths' on European literature and of a selection of poems and translations. The lectures address, among many other things, practical criticism, comedy, and tragedy; working by close attention to a wide variety of examples, they range across Englis ...Show more
How Powerful We Are 8+1 Copy Pack by Rugg, Sally
263.92 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Includes: 8 x How Powerful We Are TPB 1 x How Powerful We Are FRC *Maximum two packs per customer*
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
22.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Susan Orlean's bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is "a sheer delight...as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library" (USA TODAY)--a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. "Everybod ...Show more
Art of the Devil: An Illustrated History by Demetrio Paparoni
70.00 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
The first complete illustrated book on the devil in art history.The Art of the Devil is a beautiful book showcasing the past and present portrayal of the Evil One in Western and Eastern art. This richly illustrated account looks at the history, symbols, and manifestations of the devil in the collective ...Show more
Where Power Stops - The Making and Unmaking of Presidents and Prime Ministers by David Runciman
32.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Lyndon Baines Johnson, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Theresa May, and Donald Trump: each had different motivations, methods, and paths, but they all sought the highest office. And yet when they reached their goal, they often found that the power they had imagin ...Show more
Stop Reading the News - A Manifesto for a Happier, Calmer and Wiser Life by Rolf Dobelli
27.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Reading Level: near fine
News is to the mind as sugar is to the body. In 2013 Rolf Dobelli stood in front of a room full of journalists and proclaimed that he did not read the news. It caused a riot. Now he finally sets down his philosophy in detail. And he practices what he preaches: he hasn't read the news for a decade. Stop ...Show more
Hotel (Object Lessons) by Joanna Walsh
19.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Object Lessons
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymit ...Show more
Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker
39.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Introducing...
Join the creators of Queer: A Graphic History ('Could totally change the way you think about sex and gender' VICE) on an illustrated journey of gender exploration. Is masculinity 'toxic'? Why are public toilets such a political issue? How has feminism changed the available gender roles - and for whom? ...Show more
Generation F: Why we Still Struggle with Sex and Power by Virginia Trioli
24.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
‘For me these Ormond College women were, and are, the first voices of the revolution that is #MeToo in Australia.’ Twenty-five years ago, Australia was in the grip of another debate about sex and power. The Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne had been acquitted of indecent assault ...Show more
The Medicine - A Doctor's Notes by Karen Hitchcock
29.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Reading Level: near fine
What happens when a doctor kills a patient? Are GPs overprescribing antidepressants? Does 'female Viagra' work? What role can psychedelics and cannabis play in treating pain? What is sickness, and how much of it is in our heads? In The Medicine, Dr Karen Hitchcock takes us to the frontlines of everyday ...Show more