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
Syria's Secret Library by Mike Thomson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: How a Besieged Syrian Town Found Hope
Darayya lies on the fringe of Damascus, just south west of the Syrian Capital. Yet it lives in another world. Besieged by Syrian government forces since 2011, its people were deprived of food, bombarded by bombs and missiles, and shot at by snipers. Its buildings lay in ruins; office buildings, shops an ...Show more
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
$27.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The "Consolations of Philosophy" is Alain de Botton's internationally bestselling guide to life. It is the inspiration for the TV series "Philsophy: A Guide to Happiness. Alain de Botton, bestselling author of "How Proust Can Change Your Life", has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosoph ...Show more
The Restless Republic Britain without a Crown by Anna Keay
$22.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
‘A dazzling achievement … I loved every page’ Dominic Sandbrook,Sunday Times ‘An entrancing achievement … Never have the kingless years been made so vivid, and never has vividness contributed so much to the understanding of them’ Blair Worden, Times Literary Supplement In 1649 Britain was engulfed by re ...Show more
Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull's demise and Scott Morrison's ascension by Niki Savva
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: The\Road to Ruin Trilogy Ser.
'How good is this book! So much intrigue. So many revelations. Such a brilliant read.’Laurie OakesIn an enthralling sequel to her bestselling The Road to Ruin, Niki Savva reveals the inside story of a bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surprise succ ...Show more
The Road to Ruin: The bestselling prequel to Plots and Prayers by Niki Savva
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: The\Road to Ruin Trilogy Ser.
'There will be no wrecking, no undermining, and no sniping.'-Tony Abbott, 15 September 2015Abbott's performances in the party-room debates on education and climate change had ranged between woeful and pathetic. He sounded desperate, he was inconsistent, and -?his colleagues thought?-?slightly ridiculous ...Show more
The Privileged Few by Clive Hamilton, Myra Hamilton
$36.95 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
Male and white privilege are on the decline, yet elite privilege has gone from strength to strength. The privileges enjoyed by the rich and powerful are not only unfair but cause widespread harm, from the everyday slights and humiliations visited on those lower down to the distortions in the labour mark ...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 Illustrated Bible Story by Story by DK
$65.00 AUD
Category: Spirituality
Revisit the most important Bible stories with this comprehensive visual guide.Packed with maps, archaeological sites, historical artefacts, and fact-filled panels that explore and explain stories from the best-selling book of all time, The Illustrated Bible covers every major covenant, prophecy, miracle ...Show more
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social & Cultural Notes
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER"Brilliant... riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued."--Beth Macy, author of DopesickAs heard on Fresh Air This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and wh ...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
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
$29.95 AUD
Category: Spirituality
In A New Earth, Tolle shows how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and ...Show more