Who Owns the Moon? : In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world's superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Ra ...Show more
Money, Migration, And Family: India by Sungh, Supriya
$100.00 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
$42.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
Discover the most important ideas in philosophy and the individuals behind them Get to grips with the concepts that shaped the way we think about ethics, politics, and our place in the universe. Explaining the big ideas and groundbreaking theories of key philosophers in a clear and simple way, The Philo ...Show more
Oil Under Troubled Water by Bernard Collaery
$39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
In May 2018 Bernard Collaery, a former Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory and long-term legal counsel to the government of East Timor, was charged with conspiracy to breach the Intelligence Services Act 2001. He was forbidden from talking about the charges against him, but under parlia ...Show more
Feminism: Ideas in Profile by Deborah Cameron
$22.99 AUD
Category: Gender | Series: Ideas in Profile Ser.
'Feminism' wrote Marie Shear in 1986, 'is the radical notion that women are people'. But, simple and powerful though this definition is, feminism is not a single, clear narrative. It doesn't begin with a specific event at a particular moment in time, it can't be identified with any one political organiz ...Show more
Joseph Akeroyd: Rediscovering a Prison Reformer by Ron Wilson
$20.99 AUD
Category: Social & Cultural Notes
School teacher Joseph Akeroyd was appointed Inspector General of Victoria's prison system in 1924. He held this role until 1947 becoming the longest serving Inspector General in Victoria's history. This book examines the experiences, achievements and failures of Joseph Akeroyd, the longest serving Inspe ...Show more
Cruel Care A History of Children at Our Borders by Jordana Silverstein
$34.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
A ground-breaking history of Australia’s treatment of child refugees Cruel Care tells a story of government, politics and the emotions that drive decisions. It asks why Australia has treated child refugees with violence and why governments say that the cruel acts they perpetrate are a form of care. Ba ...Show more
The Book Collectors of Daraya: A Band of Syrian Rebels, Their Underground Library, and the Stories that Carried Them Through a War by Delphine Minoui
$19.99 AUD
Category: Politics
'There is no jail that can imprison the free word, nor is there a siege tight enough that can prevent the spread of information.' - Mazen Darwish, Syrian human rights activist, in a speech given on April 23, 2016, following his release from jail in 2015. In 2012 the rebel suburb of Daraya in Damascus w ...Show more
Data Grab: The new Colonialism of Big Tech and how to fight back by Ulises A. Mejias, Nick Couldry
$36.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product. In the past, colonialism was a landgrab of natural resources, exploitative labour and private property from developing countries. It made shiny promises to modernise and civilise, but actually sought to control. It made native populations s ...Show more
The Beauties by Lauren Chater
$32.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
An incomparable beauty. A promise to a king. A portrait that can never be completed. In the seventeenth-century court of King Charles II, Anne Hyde, the Duchess of York has commissioned a series of ten paintings of the most beautiful women in the entourage. She hopes her series will capture something m ...Show more
Domestic Economic Abuse by Supriya Singh
$94.99 AUD
Category: World Matters: Social Cultural, Philosophy, Psychology, Spirituality
Supriya Singh tells the stories of 12 Anglo-Celtic and Indian women in Australia who survived economic abuse. She describes the lived experience of coercive control underlying economic abuse across cultures. Each story shows how the woman was entrapped and lost her freedom because her husband denied he ...Show more