Fragile Bully - Understanding Our Destructive Affair with Narcissism by Laurie Helgoe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Obsessive self-promotion, an aggressive triggering response, and retaliatory rants. "Both sensitive and incisive, beautifully capturing the paradoxical dynamic of narcissism--that the grandiosity and surrounding bravado belies an underlying fragility and brittleness." --Kenneth N. Levy, PhD, Associate ...Show more
The Death of Truth by Michiko Kakutani
$19.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES Editors' ChoiceFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of America's retreat from reason We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the occupants of the White House. Discredited conspiracy theor ...Show more
Pills, Powder, and Smoke: Inside the bloody war on drugs by Antony Loewenstein
$35.00 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
The War on Drugs has been official American policy since the 1970s, with the UK, Europe, and much of the world following suit. It is at best a failed policy, according to bestselling author Antony Loewenstein. Its direct results have included mass incarceration in the US, extreme violence in different p ...Show more
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the "seven necessary sins" that women and girls are not supposed to commit: to be angry, ambitious, profane, v ...Show more
Conversations with RBG - Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law by Jeffrey Rosen
$42.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
In her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, though an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center. Conversations with RBG is a remarkable and unique book, an informal portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, drawing o ...Show more
Generation F: Why we Still Struggle with Sex and Power by Virginia Trioli
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
‘For me these Ormond College women were, and are, the first voices of the revolution that is #MeToo in Australia.’ Twenty-five years ago, Australia was in the grip of another debate about sex and power. The Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne had been acquitted of indecent assault ...Show more
Fascists Among Us by Jeff Sparrow
$19.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
The first book since Christchurch to trace the massacre's fascist roots and what it represents. The massacre of more than fifty worshippers at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, shocked the world. The murders were not random. They expressed a particular ideology, one that the alleged perpetrator desc ...Show more
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