The Four Horsemen: Dawkins, Harris, Dennett & Hitchens by Richard Dawkins; Daniel C. Dennett; Sam Harris; Christopher Hitchens
$25.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
Known as the 'four horsemen' of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met only once. Their electrifying examination of ideas on this remarkable occasion was intense and wide-ranging. Everything that was said as they agreed and disagreed with one another, interrogated ideas an ...Show more
I Wonder: The Life and Work of Ken Inglis by Peter Browne (Editor); Seumas Spark (Editor)
$40.00 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Australian History Ser.
Ken Inglis was one of Australia's most creative, wide-ranging and admired historians. During a scholarly career spanning nearly seven decades, his humane, questioning approach -- summed up by the recurring query, 'I wonder...' -- won him a large and appreciative audience. Whether he was writing about re ...Show more
Daily Rituals - Women at Work - How Great Women Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work by Mason Currey
$30.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
A second book from Mason Currey, author of Daily Rituals. Daily Rituals: Women at Work includes over one hundred profiles of female creators: artists, writers, film-makers, choreographers, and musicians. In Daily Rituals, Mason Currey brought us the daily routines of some of the world's most famous crea ...Show more
On Hate (On Series) by Tim Soutphommasane
$17.00 AUD
Category: On Series | Series: On Ser.
How is hate shaping our society? With the troubling rise of nationalist populism and the return of race politics, it's time to question the powers at play. On Hate is an urgent call for citizens to defend democracy against extremism.
The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors by David George Haskell
$23.00 AUD
Category: Science
The acclaimed author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers - trees.In The Songs of Trees, David George Haskell brings his acute powers of observation to the biological networks that surround all species, including humans. He visits a dozen trees ar ...Show more
Grandmothers: Essays by 21st-century Grandmothers by Helen Elliott
$35.00 AUD
Category: Essays
An anthology of essays by twenty-four Australian women, edited by Helen Elliott, about the many aspects of being a grandmother in the 21st century. It seems so different from the experience we had of our grandmothers. Although perhaps the human essential, love, hasn't shifted much? In thoughtful, provok ...Show more
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
$30.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
This expanded edition of the bestseller that changed the way women think about their bodies features a diverse set of new monologues in addition to those previously included, as well as a new introduction by a leader in feminist thought and a new afterword about the global influence of The Vagina Monolo ...Show more
Rules for Modern Life - A Connoisseur's Survival Guide by Sir David Tang
$23.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
Do gentlemen wear shorts? What are the rules regarding interior decor in a high-security prison? Is it ever acceptable to send Valentine's cards to one's pets? The twenty-first century is an age of innumerable social conundrums. Around every corner lies a potential faux pas waiting to happen. But if yo ...Show more
City of Trees by Sophie Cunningham
$20.00 AUD
Category: Essays
How do we take in the beauty of our planet while processing the losses? What trees can survive in the city? Which animals can survive in the wild? How do any of us--humans, animals, trees--find a forest we can call home? In these moving, thought-provoking essays Sophie Cunningham considers the meaning ...Show more
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity by Toby Ord
$30.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Humanity stands at a precipice. We live at a time of unprecedented innovation. Technology is accelerating faster than at any point in history, granting us ever greater power, and creating ever greater risk. In the twentieth century, we developed the means to destroy ourselves o without developing the mo ...Show more
Tomorrows Versus Yesterdays: Conversations in Defense of the Future by Andrew Keen
$30.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
In a collection of 18 exclusive interviews, Andrew Keen discusses the impact of the digital revolution and possible solutions to the challenges we face today with some of the most influential thinkers of our time.
The Impatient Pen - Printed Matter Observations, Critiques and Tributes by Nicholas Haslam; A. N. Wilson (Foreword by)
$55.00 AUD
Category: Essays