Title Fight: How the Yindjibarndi battled and defeated a mining giant by Paul Cleary
$32.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
A David-and-Goliath story set in the ancient landscape of the Pilbara In the space of just fifteen years, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group has built a global iron-ore giant generating $19 billion in revenue a year. But in its rush to develop, FMG has damaged and destroyed ancient Aborig ...Show more
Christians - The Urgent Case for Jesus in Our World by Greg Sheridan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
Passionate and compelling, Greg Sheridan, bestselling author of God is Good For You, examines the role of Christianity in our modern world. From the historical Jesus and his disciples through to the present day, Greg Sheridan has written an impassioned, informed and utterly compelling case for the trut ...Show more
A History of the Bible: The Book and Its Faiths by John Barton
$29.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLERA SUNDAY TIMES AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019'With emotional and psychological insight, Barton unlocks this sleeping giant of our culture. In the process, he has produced a masterpiece.' Sunday Times The Bible is the central book of Western culture. For the two faiths whic ...Show more
You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People by Aubrey Gordon
$27.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society | Series: Myths Made in America Ser.
The pushback that shows up in conversations about fat justice takes exceedingly predicable form: Losing weight is easy, calories in, calories out. Fat people are unhealthy. We're in the midst of an obesity epidemic. Fat acceptance glorifies obesity. The BMI is an objective measure of size and health. Ye ...Show more
Pure Flame: On Mothers and Daughters by Michelle Orange
$29.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
'Rich and moving' New York Times'A book that expands and breaks your heart' Adelle WaldmanA revelatory enquiry into selfhood, freedom, mortality, storytelling, and what it means to be a mother's daughterDuring one of the texting sessions that became our habit over the period I now think of as both late ...Show more
The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time by Yascha Mounk
$55.00 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world. For much of their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then that many who passionately believe in social justice have co ...Show more
Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
$19.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
The instant Sunday Times Top Ten and New York Times bestseller 'I loved Range' - Malcolm Gladwell 'Urgent and important. . . an essential read for bosses, parents, coaches, and anyone who cares about improving performance.' - Daniel H. Pink 'So much crucial and revelatory information about performanc ...Show more
Books that Made Us: The companion to the ABC TV series by Carl Reinecke
$34.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
A cultural history of Australia told through our fiction. Australia's novels lie at the heart of the country. Capturing everyday lives and exceptional dreams, they have held up a mirror to the nation, reflecting the good and the bad. In this companion book to the ABC TV series, Carl Reinecke looks at th ...Show more
On Wanting to Change by Adam Phillips
$16.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
From the UK's foremost literary psychoanalyst, a dazzling new book on the universal urge to change our lives.We live in a world in which we are invited to change - to become our best selves, through politics, or fitness, or diet, or therapy.We change all the time - growing older and older - and how we t ...Show more
Our Only Home by Dalai Lama XIV
$29.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
Saving the environment is our collective duty. With each passing day, climate change is causing Pacific islands to disappear into the sea, accelerating the extinction of species at alarming proportions and aggravating a water shortage that has affected the entire European continent. In short, climate ch ...Show more
Media Tarts Revised and Updated Edition by Julia Baird
$34.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
Based on a series of extensive interviews - and now revised and updated to reflect current events - Media Tarts provides an in-depth analysis of the influence of a generation of prominent female politicians on the Australian political system and explores the part played by the press in their downfall. ' ...Show more
How to Have an Epic Retirement by Bec Wilson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Culture & Society
More than 500,000 Australians plan to retire in the next five years and are in their pre-retirement or 'part time' retirement years, preparing for the massive life change that signals their move from working every day to living as they choose. Rebecca Wilson, founder of the hugely successful online plat ...Show more