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Art of Belonging by Hugh Mackay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
The eternal question 'Who am I?' must be weighed against an even deeper question: 'Who are we?' We are writing each other's stories as much as we are writing our own. In his bestselling book, The Good Life, Hugh Mackay argued that kindness and respect for others are the hallmarks of a life well lived. N ...Show more
Australia Reimagined: Towards a More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society by Hugh Mackay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
'When it comes to our future, misplaced optimism is as dangerous as blind faith. What is needed is the courage to face the way things are, and the wisdom and imagination to work out how to make things better.'Australia's unprecedented run of economic growth has failed to deliver a more stable or harmoni ...Show more
Beyond Belief by Hugh Mackay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
What do people actually mean when they say 'God'?Around two-thirds of us say we believe in God or some 'higher power', but fewer than one in ten Australians attend church weekly. In Beyond Belief, Hugh Mackay presents this discrepancy as one of the great unexamined topics of our time. He argues that whi ...Show more
Selling The Dream by Hugh Mackay
$29.99 AUD
Category: General
"If someone asked me who should write a satirical novel about the advertising business - someone with inside knowledge who could write well and was extremely clever and amusing - I'd say, 'See if Hugh Mackay is available.'" John ClarkeLincoln The Hunter is living the dream. Universally admired and terri ...Show more
The Good Life: What Makes a Life Worth Living? by Hugh Mackay
$19.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Social researcher and psychologist Hugh Mackay has spent 40 years asking Australians about their lives, loves, hopes, ambitions, fears and passions. In The Good Life, he asks and answers the ultimate question: What makes a life worth living? His conclusion, drawn from his research, is provocative and pa ...Show more
The Inner Self: The joy of discovering who we really are by Hugh Mackay
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
'How can I get in touch with this real self, underlying all my surface behaviour? How can I become myself?' Carl Rogers, US psychotherapist The Inner Self is a book about the ways we hide from the truth about ourselves - both as individuals and as human beings - and the psychological freedom we enjoy wh ...Show more
The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism by Hugh Mackay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Generous, erudite, optimistic and candid...Hugh Mackay encourages us to find the best in ourselves and in our society in both good and troubled times. Revolutions never start at the top. If we dare to dream of a more loving country - kinder, more compassionate, more cooperative, more respectful, more i ...Show more
The Question of Love by Hugh Mackay
$32.99 AUD
Category: General
Richard and Freya are, on the surface, a perfect couple. He has a thriving architectural practice; she plays the violin like an angel. They live in a beautiful home. They seem respectful and caring of one another. They should be happier than they are. Adapting the musical 'theme-and-variations' structur ...Show more
The Therapist by Hugh Mackay
$32.99 AUD
Category: General
The Therapist, from bestselling author Hugh Mackay, is a powerful and poignant story of deception, ambiguity, lust and love – and the challenge of living with the consequences of our actions. A VIVID PORTRAYAL OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE Martha Elliott, maverick psychotherapist, harbour ...Show more
The Way We Are: Lessons From a Lifetime of Listening by Hugh Mackay
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Australia's leading social psychologist examines our society today and asks timely and urgent questions about its future Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain.Yet none of our differences-whether based on ethnicity, politics, religion,cultural tastes and preferences, or gender ...Show more
What Makes Us Tick?: The Ten Desires That Drive Us by Hugh Mackay
$24.99 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Dr Mackay has spent a lifetime listening to people talk about their dreams, fears, hopes, disappointments and passions. As well, his bestselling books have documented the impact of the changes that have been radically reshaping our society. In WHAT MAKES US TICK? he reflects on some of the things that d ...Show more
Why Don't People Listen? by Hugh Mackay
$20.00 AUD
Category: Social Thought
Practical guide to communication, with its messages based on interchanges between members of a fictional family and the concept of cages. It includes seven tricks for a good listener and ten recommendations for changing people's minds and behaviour. Second edition published as 'The Good Listener' (1998) ...Show more
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