The Power of Words by Simone Weil
$9.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good' The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity, about the manipul ...Show more
Our Bodies, Their Battlefields - War Through the Lives of Women by Christina Lamb
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gender
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020 'A wake-up call ... These women's stories will make you weep, and then rage at the world's indifference.' Amal Clooney From award-winning war reporter and co-author of I Am Malala, this is the fi ...Show more
Other Shore (Heart Sutra) by Thich Nhat Hanh
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: General Adult
In this new edition of "The Heart of Understanding," venerable Thich Nhat Hanh offers a completely new translation of the Prajnaparamita Sutra, regarded as the essence of Buddhist teaching. The ancient sutra is given a contemporary treatment, offering subtle and profound teachings on non-duality and the ...Show more
The Digital Silk Road: China's Quest to Wire the World and Win the Future by Jonathan E. Hillman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks. Its vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa's megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, re ...Show more
Fight Like A Girl by Clementine Ford
$22.99 AUD
Category: Gender | Reading Level: very good
Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our most outspoken feminist writers.
A Certain Grandeur: Gough Whitlam's Life in Politics by Graham Freudenberg
$35.00 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
Winner of the Age Book of the Year AwardGraham Freudenberg's inside account of Gough Whitlam's political rise and fall is one of the great classics of Australian political writing. From his position as Gough's speechwriter and confidant, just out of the spotlight of history, Freudenberg was an eyewitne ...Show more
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon ; Jean-Paul Sartre (Preface by)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Social & Cultural Notes | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Fanon's masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said's Orientalism or The Autob ...Show more
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
To heal addiction, you have to go back to the start...Dr Gabor Maté is one of the world's most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings - based on decades of work with patients challenged by catastrophic drug addiction and mental illness - are reframing how we view all human ...Show more
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: near fine
Lionel Shriver: "We praise too many writers for being “brave,” but with The Strange 'Death of Europe' Douglas Murray put himself in such potentially physical peril that he keeps his itineraries and address under wraps. Compellingly readable and lucidly argued, this is a thoughtful, meticulously resear ...Show more
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science | Reading Level: good
In this mind-bending introduction to modern physics, Carlo Rovelli explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind.Everything you need to know about modern physics, the u ...Show more
Politica by Yumna Kassab
$34.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
A captivating literary journey that delves into the intertwined lives of a town, its people, and a region shaped by revolution and war. The war broke out and she decided to call her dad. Weeks and weeks we do not speak, and the weeks become months and then they are so many years. She imagines herself ...Show more
This One Wild and Precious Life - A hopeful path forward in a fractured world by Sarah Wilson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Spirituality | Reading Level: very good
In This One Wild and Precious Life, Sarah Wilson explores the central disorder of modern existence: disconnection from ourselves, disconnection from community, disconnection from the preciousness of life on this planet . This One Wild and Precious Life is a journey of the soul, a case for why we need to ...Show more