The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison by Sean Kelly
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
What happens when the prime minister views politics only as a game? Australia wanted Scott Morrison. In a time of uncertainty, the country chose in 2019 to turn to a man with no obvious beliefs, no clear purpose and no famous talents. That we wanted Scott Morrison was the secret we did not know about ou ...Show more
The Human Body Colouring Book: The Ultimate Anatomy Study Guide by DK
$37.99 AUD
Category: Science
Master the ins and outs of human anatomy.Discover the intricacies of the human body by naming each part and colouring it. Filled with black and white line artwork, this anatomy colouring book helps you study anatomical illustrations in an interactive and fun way. The key gives clear instructions on what ...Show more
Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet by Clive Hamilton, George Wilkenfeld
$27.99 AUD
Category: Environment
Living Hot tells the blunt truth about our current climate change predicament: it’s time to get cracking on making Australia resilient to intensifying climate extremes. If we prepare well, we can give ourselves a fighting chance to preserve some of the best of what we have, build stronger and fairer com ...Show more
Artificial Intelligence in Byte-Sized Chunks by Peter J. Bentley
$27.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality | Series: Bite-Sized Chunks Ser.
Artificial intelligence is headline news with the launch of the latest ChatGPT and Google Bard. But when did we start making computers mimic the human mind? And what is the reality of the capabilities of AI now, and in the future? AI has always stirred emotions and caused great excitement and concern. S ...Show more
The Intuition Toolkit: The New Science of Knowing What without Knowing Why by Joel Pearson
$29.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
Five easy rules for developing intuition, based on trailblazing research by a top Australian neuroscientist. Learn when it’s safe to rely on intuition in decision-making and when it’s not. Intuition has saved lives and averted disasters, and it also lies behind countless innovative decisions. Steve Jobs ...Show more
Generation F: Why we Still Struggle with Sex and Power by Virginia Trioli
$24.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
‘For me these Ormond College women were, and are, the first voices of the revolution that is #MeToo in Australia.’ Twenty-five years ago, Australia was in the grip of another debate about sex and power. The Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne had been acquitted of indecent assault ...Show more
The War Game: Australian war leadership from Gallipoli to Iraq by David Horner
$45.00 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
Why Australia has gone to war nine times in a century, and how its political and defence force leaders have handled the greatest challenge a nation can face. 'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand why Australia has made the decision to go to war - over and over again.' Professor Peter Sta ...Show more
Cathy Goes to Canberra - Doing Politics Differently by Cathy McGowan
$29.95 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Biography Ser.
Whenever anyone tells you that only the big parties or star candidates have a chance of winning a seat in federal parliament, just say 'Cathy McGowan'. Running as a community-backed independent candidate, Cathy won the previously safe Liberal seat of Indi in 2013 and again in 2016 and passed Indi on to ...Show more
You Shouldn't Have Joined... by Peter Cosgrove
$49.99 AUD
Category: Politics
General Sir Peter Cosgrove AK AC (Mil) CVO MC (Retd) is one of Australia's most significant public figures. As a soldier he saw action in Vietnam, winning the Military Cross, and rose to the very top of his profession, becoming Chief of the Defence Force. Soon after his retirement from the Army, he was ...Show more
Upturn: A Better Normal after COVID-19 by Tanya Plibersek (Editor)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
If you had asked most people a year ago, they would have told you there was no way that school children could shift overnight to online learning; that it was impossible for banks to offer mortgage holidays; impossible to double unemployment benefits; impossible to house rough sleepers or put a hold on e ...Show more
Orientalism by Edward W. Said
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social & Cultural Notes | Series: Penguin Modern Classics | Reading Level: very good
ORIENTALISM is one of the greatest and most influential of books of ideas to be published since the end of the European empires. For generations now it has defined our understanding of colonialism and empire and with each passing year its influence becomes if anything even greater. Edward Said, the not ...Show more
Thoreau's Axe - Distraction and Discipline in American Culture by Caleb Smith
$49.99 AUD
Category: Social & Cultural Notes
How nineteenth-century "disciplines of attention" anticipated the contemporary concern with mindfulness and being "spiritual but not religious" Today, we're driven to distraction, our attention overwhelmed by the many demands upon it--most of which emanate from our beeping and blinking digital devices. ...Show more