An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About it by Al Gore
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives. Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it has become a true planetary emergency and we must recognise that we are facing a crisis. So why is ...Show more
A Reading Diary : A Year of Favourite Books by Alberto Manguel
$25.95 AUD
Category: On Writing
While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be suddenly illuminated by a passage in the novel; a long reflection would be prompted by a single word. He decided to keep a record o ...Show more
Ideas: A History from Fire to Freud by Peter Watson
$42.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A highly ambitious and lucid history of ideas from the very earliest times to the present day. In this hugely ambitious and exciting book Peter Watson tells the history of ideas from prehistory to the present day, leading to a new way of telling the history of the world. The book begins over a million y ...Show more
We are the Weather Makers by Tim Flannery
$22.95 AUD
Category: Science
Tim Flannery dedicated the first edition of The Weather Makers to children: 'to all of their generation who will have to live with the consequences of our decisions.' Seventy percent of the people who are alive now will be alive in 2050. This is the date, many scientists agree, by which we have to cut o ...Show more
A Plea for Eros by Siri Hustvedt
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
A collection of essays, which addresses many of the themes explored in the author's novels - identity, sexual attraction, relationships, family, mental illness, the power of the imagination, a sense of belonging and mortality. In three cases, it focuses on the novels of other writers - Dickens, James an ...Show more
The Best American Essays 2010 by Christopher Hitchens (ed.)
$24.95 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Best American Essays (Paperback)
The provocative and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens takes the helm of the twenty-fifth anniversary edition of this perennial favorite that is "reliable and yet still surprising--the best of the best" ("Kirkus Reviews").
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pick-up Artists by Neil Strauss
$34.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Nothing you have heard about The Game will prepare you for it. Neil Strauss reveals the bizarre world of the pick-up artist - men who devote their lives to mastering the techniques of seducing women. None of this is fiction. These men have their own vernacular and codes of honour, they trade strategies ...Show more
Albertus Seba, Cabinet of Natural Curiosities by Irmgard Musch; Rainer Willmann; Jes Rust
$110.00 AUD
Category: Science
Albertus Seba's curious creatures: A most unusual collection of natural specimens Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often col ...Show more
On Suicide by David Hume
$9.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the w ...Show more
In Praise Of Slow - How a Worldwide Movement is Challenging The cult of speed by Carl Honore
$25.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Across the western world more and more people are slowing down. Slower is better: better work, better productivity, better exercise, better sex, better food. DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY. Almost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives. These days, our culture teaches that faster is better. But ...Show more
Chihuahuas, Women and Me by Louis Nowra
$27.95 AUD
Category: Essays
A provocative collection of essays, Louis Nowra displays his curiosity, eccentricity and fascination with the weird and the monstrous. His subjects range from porn star Christy Canyon to the grand ambitions of Russian mafiosi and Australian business entrepeneurs.
Do Not Disturb: Is the Media Failing Australia? by Robert Manne
$29.95 AUD
Category: Essays
A book in which insiders assess the performance and political influence of the Australian media. It offers a critique of its strengths and weaknesses, and is not afraid to point the finger. Contributors include David Marr, Robert Manne, Wendy Bacon, Julia Baird, Jon Faine and Eric Beecher.