For Her Own Good: Two Centuries of the Experts Advice to Women by Deirdre English; Barbara Ehrenreich
$24.95 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: General Adult
From the bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed and a former editor in chief Mother Jones, this women's history classic brilliantly uncovers the constraints imposed on women in the name of science. Since the nineteenth century, professionals have been invoking scientific expertise to prescribe what wome ...Show more
The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer
$19.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Ser.
Available in audio for the first time since its publication in 1970, and narrated by the author, Germaine Greer. A worldwide best seller, The Female Eunuch is a landmark book in the history of the women's movement and a ground-breaking feminist tract. Drawing from history, literature, and popular cultu ...Show more
The First Move by Emily Brooks
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Time to rip up The Rules: a powerful social commentary and self-help guide for young women navigating the dating scene by the inaugural editor of Nine's Future Women.
Dizzy Limits - Recent Experiments in Australian Nonfiction by contributors, Various
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
What is ‘experimental nonfiction’? Like all nonfiction writing it is steeped in facts, in real events, and in real people, with the aim of communicating information, argument, and truth. It differs from traditional nonfiction in that it tries to convey its meaning using unorthodox form, or style, or voi ...Show more
Career and Family Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity by Claudia Goldin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
A renowned economic historian traces women's journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at home A century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family. Today, there ar ...Show more
Disconnect: Why we get pushed to extremes online and how to stop it by Jordan Guiao
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Many of us know an anti-vaxxer or a selfie-obsessed narcissist who clutters our social feeds; an online conspiracy theorist or a child whose face is buried in a smartphone. Some of us even live with one. How do we pull these people back from the brink of a digital abyss? In this animated study, journali ...Show more
The Canceling of the American Mind: How Cancel Culture Undermines Trust, Destroys Institutions, and Threatens Us All by Greg Lukianoff, Rikki Schlott
$55.00 AUD
Category: Social Thought
A new way of thinking about cancel culture and the much-needed antidote for our dangerous and divisive times Cancel culture isn't just a moral panic- it erodes our ability to argue productively, listen generously and to be civil when we disagree. Whether on university campuses, in the workplace or on s ...Show more
Living with AI (In the National Interest) by Campbell Wilson
$19.95 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Technology described as artificial intelligence is becoming more pervasive, with AI algorithms transforming science and industry, along with our everyday lives. They can rapidly analyse and classify all manner of data. They can generate passages of text and produce realistic images. They are used to des ...Show more
Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law by Alecia Simmonds
$45.00 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Award-winning author Alecia Simmonds uncovers a hidden history of love and heartbreak in the archives of law Until well into the twentieth century, heartbroken men and women in Australia had a legal redress for their suffering- jilted lovers could claim compensation for 'breach of promise to marry'. Hu ...Show more
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, when technology and so-called progress have made us richer but more uncertain than ever before. We have questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party is providing us with the answers. We need a new movemen ...Show more
Myth and Meaning - Conversations on Mythology and Life by Joseph Campbell
$51.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
A wide-ranging collection of insights from legendary mythologist Joseph Campbell sourced from rare and previously unpublished interviews What would you ask Joseph Campbell if you had the chance? Comparative mythology was an obscure academic subject until Joseph Campbell published The Hero with a Thousa ...Show more
Culture Is Not an Industry - Reclaiming Art and Culture for the Common Good by Justin O'Connor
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Series: Manchester Capitalism Ser.
Culture is at the heart to what it means to be human. But twenty-five years ago, the British government rebranded art and culture as 'creative industries', valued for their economic contribution, and set out to launch the UK as the creative workshop of a globalised world. Where does that leave art and c ...Show more