The Birds and Other Plays by Aristophanes
$20.00 AUD
Category: Theatre | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Offering a window into the world of ordinary Athenians, Aristophanes' The Birds and Other Plays is a timeless set of comedies, combining witty satire and raucous slapstick to wonderful effect. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Greek by David Barrett and Alan H. Sommerstein. The plays ...Show more
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for None and All by Friedrich Nietzsche
$23.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Classics Ser.
This revelatory new translation by strips Thus Spoke Zarathustra down to its foundations in Gothic horror, and discovers a much darker book than previously understood. Not content to focus erringly on God is dead, this new translation sings a dithyramb to the earth at the same time as it mercilessly hun ...Show more
The Moronic Inferno by Martin Amis
$25.00 AUD
Category: Essays
At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by America. As an adult he has approached that confusing country from many arresting angles, and interviewed its literati, filmmakers, thinkers, opinion makers, leaders and crackpots with character ...Show more
The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
$35.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. 'Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a lighthouse of a writer: steadfast, illuminating and patiently cutting through darkness and horror to lead us to safety.' -Benjamin Law 'Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a writer of depth, determin ...Show more
The Paramedic Mindset by Leigh Anderson
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
Why do some people flourish in high-stress situations, while others feel overwhelmed or discouraged? How do some remain calm under pressure, where others succumb to stress? The difference is in mindset. When you have the skills and knowledge to stay in control, regulate your emotions and manage your rea ...Show more
The Price of Life - In Search of What We're Worth and Who Decides by Jenny Kleeman
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding Of The Universe by Harry Cliff
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
'A cracking tale of particle physics and cosmology . . . Space Oddities is a rare joy - enlightening, thrilling and inspiring.' - New Scientist 'As fascinating as its title suggests . . . Cliff recounts with vivid clarity the stories of some of the most striking oddnesses that have lit up the landscape ...Show more
Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by Madhumita Murgia
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024'There's nothing like a long plane journey to rediscover the joys of reading an entire book in one sitting and I have just had that pleasure [with Madhumita Murgia's Code Dependent], understanding the dangers of where AI might take us.' - Anne Sebba, ...Show more
All the Lonely People: Conversations on Loneliness by Sam Carr
$37.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Empathetic, enlightening, deeply human' Michael Harris, author of Solitude In stories of love and loss, of trauma and hope, told from care homes, living rooms, classrooms and kitchens, All the Lonely People is an intimate portrait of loneliness. Over countless cups of tea, psychologist Dr Sam Carr has c ...Show more
Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet by Clive Hamilton, George Wilkenfeld
$28.00 AUD
Category: Climate
Living Hot tells the blunt truth about our current climate change predicament: it’s time to get cracking on making Australia resilient to intensifying climate extremes. If we prepare well, we can give ourselves a fighting chance to preserve some of the best of what we have, build stronger and fairer com ...Show more
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions by New Scientist
$20.00 AUD
Category: Science
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of Does Anything Eat Wasps? - the Christmas 2005 surprise bestseller - this new collection ...Show more
Kintsugi by Marie O'Rourke
$30.00 AUD
Category: Essays
These essays are a poignant reminder that some things cannot be fixed but can still hold immense beauty and meaning. All her life, Marie O'Rourke has been a Good Girl, a perfectionist, using words to apply golden seams to an imperfect life in an attempt to make something beautiful out of things that are ...Show more