The Reality Bubble: Blind Spots, Hidden Truths and the Dangerous Illusions That Shape Our World by Ziya Tong
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
What are we not seeing?Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality. We are blind in comparison to the x-rays that peer through skin, the mass spectrometers that detect the dead inside the living, or the high-tech surveillance systems that see with artificial intelligence.And we are blind compared t ...Show more
21 Letters on Life and Its Challenges by Charles Handy
$35.00 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Charles Handy is one of the giants of contemporary thought. His books on management - including Understanding Organizations and Gods of Management - have changed the way we view business. His work on broader issues and trends - such as Beyond Certainty and The Second Curve - has changed the way we view ...Show more
Food Wise - A Whole Systems Guide to Sustainable and Delicious Food Choices by Gigi Berardi
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
We live in a culture awash with advice on nutrition and eating. Who do we believe? And what does it really mean to eat healthy? Food Wise is for anyone who has felt unsure about how to make the "right" food choices. It is for food lovers who want to be more knowledgeable and connected to their food, whi ...Show more
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: very good
'It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it' PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW'My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect ... Essential reading' ELIZABETH GILBERTI'm a feminist. Mostly. I'm an asshole. Mostly.A ...Show more
Feminists Don't Wear Pink (and other lies): Amazing women on what the F-word means to them by Scarlett Curtis
$17.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Series: And Other Lies Ser.
________ The Sunday Times Bestseller National Book Awards - Young Adult Book of the Year 2018! "Brilliant, hysterical, truthful and real. These essays illuminate the path for our future female leaders." - Reese Witherspoon "As a feminist who loves pink, I give this brilliant book of essays an enthus ...Show more
Our Bodies, Their Battlefield - What War Does to Women by Christina Lamb
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: very good
‘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 first major account to address the scale of rape and sexual violence in modern conflict. Christina Lamb has worke ...Show more
Notes to Self by Emilie Pine
$22.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
The extraordinary #1 bestseller - a word-of-mouth literary phenomenon 'I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.' In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks to the business of living as a woman in the 21st century - its extr ...Show more
Sex and Lies by Leila Slimani
$27.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: very good
The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of Lullaby and Adèle In these essays, Leila Slimani gives voice to young Moroccan women who are grappling with a conservative Arab culture that at once condemns and commodifies sex. In a country where ...Show more
I Want You To Know We're Still Here - My family, the holocaust and my search for truth by Esther Safran Foer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: very good
A moving and powerful inter-generational memoir about story and memory. Mine is a family of readers and writers. Our house is filled with books. There are contemporary design books on the coffee table in the living room, legal books in my husband's home office, and piles of children's books for when my ...Show more
Testing 3,2,1: What Australian Education Can Learn from Finland: a Teachers Perspective by Michael Lawrence
$27.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
"Finnish teachers looked at me as if I was a child molester when I described the NAPLAN tests given to children as young as eight. When they suggested that the results of these tests would lead to increased funding and assistance for those students and schools that did not do well, it was difficult to e ...Show more
Acting with Power: Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe by Deborah Gruenfeld
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
A bold and eye-opening exploration of the true nature of power; using techniques borrowed from actors, we can all learn to wield power more confidently in our personal and professional lives.
Burn It Down! - Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution by Breanne Fahs
$39.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
In this landmark collection spanning three centuries and four waves of feminist activism and writing, Burn It Down! is a testament to what is possible when women are driven to the edge. The manifesto raging and wanting, quarreling and provocative has always been central to feminism, and it's the angry, ...Show more