Come Of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble by STEPHEN JENKINSON
34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Come of Age does not offer tips on how to be a better senior citizen or how to be kinder to our elders. Rather, with lyrical prose and incisive insight, Stephen Jenkinson explores the great paradox of elderhood in North America- how we are awash in the aged and yet somehow lacking in wisdom; how we rele ...Show more
Remarkable Minds - A Celebration of the Reith Lectures by Radio 4 BBC
45.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
IDEAS THAT HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD The best of an extraordinary 70 year archive, gathered in one volume for the first time. The prestigious BBC Reith Lectures have been enriching the world with new ideas since 1948. Every year, a world-leading thinker is invited to speak on a topic of their c ...Show more
Tools and Weapons: Promise and Peril in the Digital Age by Brad Smith; Carol Ann Browne
32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
"A clear, compelling guide to some of the most pressing debates in technology today." - Bill Gates, from the foreword From Microsoft's President and one of the tech industry's wisest thinkers, a frank and thoughtful reckoning with how to balance enormous promise and existential risk as the digitization ...Show more
How to Make a Difference by Kate Robertson; Ella Robertson
32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
How to Make a Difference is a practical roadmap to modern day activism created by the powerful and imaginative minds behind the world's biggest campaigns including Colin Kaepernick, Emma Watson, Sir Bob Geldof, Fatima Bhutto, Black Lives Matter, Cher, Matt Damon, Rakesh Kapoor and Gina Miller; collectiv ...Show more
How Powerful We Are: Behind the scenes with one of Australia's leading activists by Sally Rugg
34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Even if you're not an activist (yet), at a time when the news is written for clicks and elections are foight with three-word slogans, it's crucial to preserve some record of events that isn't 'fake news' or political spin. In part, this book is my attempt to counter the re-writing of how Australia achie ...Show more
Equal: A Story of Women, Men & Money by Carrie Gracie
32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Equal is an inspiring, personal and campaigning book about how we should and can fight for equal pay and other kinds of equality in the workplace, by former BBC China editor Carrie Gracie. Gracie joined a group of high-profile BBC women who challenged the national broadcaster over equal pay after enforc ...Show more
We Need New Stories: The Fortress of Corrupt Ideas and How to Tear It Down by Nesrine Malik
32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
A radical and thought-provoking polemic which examines the foundational myths at the centre of current culture wars It is becoming clear that the old frames of reference are not working, that the narratives used for decades to stave off progressive causes are being exposed as falsehoods. Six myths have ...Show more
Climate Hysteria by Mark Lawson
29.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Snowflake Chronicles Ser.
Bizarre World - A Collection of the World's Creepiest, Strangest, and Sometimes Most Hilarious Traditions by E. Reid Ross
24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Atlas Obscura meets 1001 Facts to Scare the Sh*t Out of You in this serious survey of the most bizarre, creepy, and sometimes hilarious customs from cultures around the world. Every culture handles life differently. From the "blackening of the bride" in Scotland and the custom of not looking babies ...Show more
Proof of Conspiracy by Seth Abramson
32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
The dramatic and meticulously researched new book from former criminal defence attorney and criminal investigator Seth Abramson into the complex web of ties surrounding Donald Trump, showing how Proof of Collusion was only the beginning of the story. In late 2015, international dealmaker and current c ...Show more
Bullets and Opium: Real-Life Stories of China after Tiananmen Square by Liao Yiwu
45.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
"A series of harrowing, unforgettable tales...Had [Liao Yiwu] not fled the country in 2011, they may never have emerged. An indispensable historical document." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) From the award-winning poet, dissident, and "one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our t ...Show more
More from Less: How We Finally Stopped Using up the World - and What Happens Next by Andrew McAfee
32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Bestselling author and co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy Andrew McAfee says there's a new reason for optimism: we're past the point of 'peak stuff' - from here on out, it'll take fewer resources to make things, and cost less to lead a comfortable life. This turn of events invalid ...Show more