Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living by Daniel Schreiber
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
A book for our times: a moving meditation on the tension between loneliness and freedom, individualism and love. At no time before have so many people lived alone, and never has loneliness been so widely or keenly felt. Why, in a society of individualists, is living alone perceived as a shameful failure ...Show more
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by James Barrat
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
'I wish it was science fiction, but I know it's not.' Jaan Tallinn, co-founder of Skype'If you read just one book that makes you confront scary high-tech realities that we'll soon have no choice but to address, make it this one.' Washington PostCorporations and government agencies around the world have ...Show more
Toxic by Sarah Ditum
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
'Brilliant . . . really made me realise how no one has pulled back and given an overall story to the last 20 years . . . It's clever because it makes me think about now' ADAM CURTIS, FILMMAKER Britney, Paris, Lindsay, Aaliyah, Janet, Amy, Kim, Chyna, Jen. Nine iconic women whose fame in the early int ...Show more
The T Guide: Our Trans Experiences and a Celebration of Gender Expression ― Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond by Gigi Gorgeous; Gottmilk
$35.00 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Real talk about transgender experiences from Gigi Gorgeous and Gottmik. In this fabulous, fashion-forward guide, transgender icons Gigi Gorgeous and Gottmik discuss the ins and outs of being transgender with their honest, hilarious, and GORGEOUS tales of what it means to be true to oneself - and they'v ...Show more
The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens by David Brooks
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: very good
David Brooks weaves a vast array of new research into the lives of two fictional characters, revealing a fundamental new understanding of human nature. He outlines a new definition of success, highlighting what economists call non-cognitive skills - those hidden qualities that can't be easily measured, ...Show more
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century by Louise Perry
$30.95 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: very good
Ditching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously positive thing. The sexual revolution has liberated us to enjoy a heady mixture of erotic freedom and personal autonomy. Right? Wrong, argues Louise Perry in her provocative new book. Although it would be ne ...Show more
Power of Hope by Kon Karapanagiotidis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
A powerful, inspiring memoir from Kon Karapanagiotidis, founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, which argues that by putting community, love and compassion at the centre of our lives, we have the power to change our world. 'I hope you take from this book the message that we all matter. That there ...Show more
Fight Like A Girl by Clementine Ford
$22.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: very good
Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our most outspoken feminist writers.
The Old Gays' Guide to the Good Life by Robert Reeves, Mick Peterson, Bill Lyons, Jessay Martin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
The Old Gays are beloved for their TikTok videos where they dance, serve, throwback and generally don’t take themselves too seriously. But as four gay men of a certain age, they have lived through decades of momentous change for the LGBTQ+ community. Now, Robert, Mick, Jessay and Bill want to tell the u ...Show more
The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible by Charles Eisenstein
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Series: Sacred Activism Ser.
"In a time of mounting chaos and crumbling institutions, how can we as individuals do anything to make the world a better place? This inspirational and thought-provoking book serves as an empowering antidote to the cynicism, frustration, paralysis, and overwhelm so many of us are feeling, replacing it w ...Show more
Me and White Supremacy - How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla F Saad
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: good-very good
'White supremacy is a violent system of oppression that harms Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. And if you are a person who holds white privilege, then you are complicit in upholding that harm, whether you realise it or not. This is not my opinion. This is fact. And if you are person who holds whi ...Show more
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
$16.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much gri ...Show more