On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
In one of the most influential philosophical works ever writer, John Stuart Mill explores the risks and responsibilities of liberty. Examining the tyranny that can come both from government and from the herd-like opinion of the majority, Mill proposes a freedom to think, unite, and pursue our pleasures ...Show more
Superfreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven Levitt, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner
24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Sequel to the international bestseller "Freakonomics", Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner's "Superfreakonomics" is an irresistible look at the counterintuitive science of everyday life. The Freakquel is here. In "Superfreakonomics" Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner look deeper, question harder and uncover ...Show more
Half the Sky: How to Change the World by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
27.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
With Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake a journey through Africa and Asia to meet an extraordinary array of women struggling under profoundly dire circumstances: a Cambodian teenager sold into sex slavery; an Ethiopian woman left for dead after a dif ...Show more
The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 by Christopher Andrew
29.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian, the first time any of the world's leading intelligence or security services has taken such a step. The Defence of the Realm, the book which results, is an unprecedented public ...Show more
In Defence of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defence of Food. Humans used to know how to eat well, Pollan argues. But the balanced dietary lessons that were once passed down through generations have been confused, complicated, and distorted by food i ...Show more
Heaven and Earth: Global Warming -The Missing Science by Ian Plimer
42.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Climate, sea level, and ice sheets have always changed, and the changes observed today are less than those of the past. Climate changes are cyclical and are driven by the Earth's position in the galaxy, the sun, wobbles in the Earth's orbit, ocean currents, and plate tectonics. In previous times, atmosp ...Show more
The Faber Book of Reportage
39.95 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
The eye-witness accounts in this book have been chosen from hundreds of memoirs, letters and travel books, as well as newspapers. The time span reaches from ancient Greece - Thucydides' account of Athens stricken by plague - to 1986 as a Filipino crowd rampage through President Marcos's palace.
The Secret Code: The Mysterious Formula That Rules Art, Nature, and Science by Priya Hemenway
35.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Deals with the Divine Proportion, a secret code that rules art, nature, and science; known by many names: Golden Mean, Sacred Cut and Phi are only a few.
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S. Thompson
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins
The Gonzo memoir from one of the most influential voices in American literature, Kingdom of Fear traces the course of Hunter S. Thompson's life as a rebel--from a smart-mouthed Kentucky kid flaunting all authority to a convention-defying journalist who came to personify a wild fusion of fact, fiction, a ...Show more
How Language Works: Popular Penguins by David Crystal
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Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins500
David Crystal's How Language Worksis a fascinating tour through the world of language from one of today's most renowned experts. It ranges over everything from how children learn to read to what makes words rude or polite, from eyebrow flashes to whistling languages. Unlocking the secrets of communicati ...Show more
Affluenza by Oliver James
27.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliver James travelled around the world to try and find out ...Show more
End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris
22.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Sam Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour and sometimes ...Show more