Why Flying Is Miserable - And How to Fix It by Ganesh Sitaraman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Everyone has a horror story about air travel-cancellations, delays, lost baggage, tiny seats, poor service. In this day and age, there is no reason that flying should be this bad. In Why Flying Is Miserable, Ganesh Sitaraman, a law professor and policy expert, explains how this happened: It was a consci ...Show more
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
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Category: Social Thought
"For generations, the Book of Genesis has been treated by scholars as a collection of documents by various hands expressing different factional interests, with borrowings from other ancient literatures that mark the text as derivative. In other words, academic interpretation of Genesis has centered on t ...Show more
Women Don't Owe You Pretty - The Small Edition by Florence Given
$16.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: near fine
'THE BEAUTY MYTH' FOR THE INSTAGRAM GENERATION Women Don't Owe You Pretty is the ultimate book for anyone who wants to challenge the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy.Through Florence's story you will learn how to protect your energy, discover that you are the love of your own life, ...Show more
Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: very good
In 12 Rules for Life, public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives- eternal truths applied to modern anxieties. Now in this sequel, Peterson goes further, showing that part of life's meaning comes from reaching out into the domain beyond what ...Show more
Being Mortal - Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Series: Wellcome Collection Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mort ...Show more
The Glass Cliff: Why Women in Power Are Undermined - and How to Fight Back by Sophie Williams
$36.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
‘The Glass Cliff is a conversation about what happens when women break the rules, and break through The Glass Ceiling.’ Have you ever wondered why there are so few success stories of women in business leadership? Or maybe you’ve wondered what life is really like on the other side of The Glass Ceiling? ...Show more
Magus - The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
$65.00 AUD
Category: Social Thought
At the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure- the magus. An unstable mix of scientist, bibliophile, engineer, fabulist and fraud, the magus ushered in modern physics and chemistry while also working on everything from secret codes to ...Show more
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: very good
In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers"--the best and the brightest, the most famous and the most successful. He asks the question: what makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful ...Show more
A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture by June Thomas
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Lesbians are a people without a home. Perhaps that's why the ones we make for ourselves are so important.A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second half of the twentieth century, told through six iconic spaces'An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun ...Show more
The Economy of Algorithms: AI and the Rise of the Digital Minions by Marek Kowalkiewicz
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
An insider's guide to the invisible new economy that is reshaping our lives. Welcome to the economy of algorithms. It's here and it's growing. In the past few years, we have been flooded with examples of impressive technology. Algorithms have been around for hundreds of years, but they have only recent ...Show more
How To Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen by David Brooks
$55.00 AUD
Category: Social Thought
If you are going to care for someone, you must first understand them. If you're going to hire, marry, or befriend someone, you have to be able to see them. If you are going to work closely with someone, you have to be able to make them feel recognized and valued. As David Brooks observes, "The older I g ...Show more
Joseph Campbell Companion by Diane Osborn
$32.95 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Celebrated scholar Joseph Campbell shares his intimate and inspiring reflections on the art of living in this beautifully packaged book, part of a new series to be based on his unpublished writings.