Our Moon: A Human History by Rebecca Boyle
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study'CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'Boyle's writing shines, shifting through time and space, science and sentiment; a luminous read'REBECCA WRAGG SYKES, author of Kindred'A riveting feat of sci ...Show more
The Great Wave: The Era Of Radical Disruption And The Rise Of The Outsider by Michiko Kakutani
$35.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today’s world – from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and New York Times bestselling author of The Death of Truth ‘A profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world’ Ai Weiwei In the twenty-first century, a wave of ...Show more
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us (2023 Royal Science Society Book Prize) by Ed Yong
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science
**SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST, SPECTATOR, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT and NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARThe Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed withi ...Show more
Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us by Charan Ranganath
$35.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
A radical re-examination of memory by pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher, Charan Ranganath. We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here's a surprising twist: we aren't supposed to remember everything. In fact, we're designed to forget. Over the course of ...Show more
What Every Radical Should Know About State Repression: a Guide for activists by Victor Serge
$33.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
This classic manual on repression by revolutionary activist Victor Serge offers fascinating anecdotes about the tactics of police provocateurs and an analysis of the documents of the tsarist secret police in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. With a new introduction by Howard Zinn collaborator and ...Show more
Data Grab: The new Colonialism of Big Tech and how to fight back by Ulises A. Mejias, Nick Couldry
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product. In the past, colonialism was a landgrab of natural resources, exploitative labour and private property from developing countries. It made shiny promises to modernise and civilise, but actually sought to control. It made native populations s ...Show more
W. E. H. Stanner: Selected Writings by W. E. H. Stanner
$35.00 AUD
Category: Essays
'The most literate and persuasive of all contributions on Australia's Indigenous people' -Marcia LangtonW.E.H. Stanner's words changed Australia. In his 1968 Boyer Lectures he exposed a 'cult of forgetfulness practised on a national scale', regarding the fate of First Nations people, for which he coined ...Show more
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through? by Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
$55.00 AUD
Category: Science
From the bestselling authors of Soonish, a brilliant and hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it ...Show more
Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World's Most Vulnerable Places by Christopher Pollon
$35.00 AUD
Category: Climate
A fascinating investigation into a wild industry and the global race to exploit our world's dwindling natural resources. The stakes couldn't be higher- How can we mine the metals we need without replicating the environmental and human rights abuses of the past? A global race is on to exploit the last bo ...Show more
Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts
$37.00 AUD
Category: Science
"The dramatic, globe-spanning and meticulously-researched story of two scientific rivals and their race to survey all life. In the 18th century, two men dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Their approaches could not have been more different. Car ...Show more
Life Worth Living by Miroslav Volf; Matthew Croasmun; Ryan McAnnally-Linz
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A landmark book answering the greatest philosophical questions of our time, from Yale's leading theologians.What kind of life would be truly worth wanting? What kind of world would be truly worth seeking? How should we live?We are facing a crisis of meaning. Swept up in the obstacles of the day-to-day, ...Show more
The Furies: Three Women and Their Violent Fight for Justice by Elizabeth Flock
$37.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
A stunning narrative investigation into three real-life women who used violence to fight back against their oppressors The Furies tells the stories of three unforgettable women who chose to use lethal force to gain power, safety, and freedom when the institutions meant to protect them - government, pol ...Show more