Fear An Alternate History by Robert Peckham
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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
The Other Pandemic: How QAnon Contaminated the World by James Ball
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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
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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
Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things by Dan Ariely
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Misinformation affects us daily, from social media to politics and even personal relationships. Policing social media alone cannot solve the complex problem shaped by partisan politics and subjective interpretations of truth. In Misbelief social scientist Dan Ariely explores the behaviour of 'misbelief ...Show more
No Judgement : On Being Critical by Lauren Oyler
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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
How to Fight Anti-Semitism by Bari Weiss
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics
'This acutely argued book will engender a thousand conversations' Cynthia OzickThe prescient New York Times writer delivers an urgent wake-up call exposing the alarming rise of anti-semitism -- and explains what we can do to defeat itOn 27 October 2018 Bari Weiss's childhood synagogue in Pittsburgh beca ...Show more
Everyday Utopia: In Praise of Radical Alternatives to the Traditional Family Home by Kristen Ghodsee
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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
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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
Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World's Most Vulnerable Places by Christopher Pollon
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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
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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
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (TPB) (EE) by Malcolm Gladwell
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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)
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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