On Mother by Sarah Ferguson
$17.00 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: On Series
A mother's love over decades and across continents. The sudden death of Sarah's mother reveals their relationship with poignant clarity and shows her the individual who existed beyond motherhood. A reflection on mothers and daughters.
On Lust & Longing by Blanche d'Alpuget
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Category: Essays | Series: On Series
On Lust and On Longing together for the first time. When On Lust was first published it caused a media sensation: Blanche d'Alpuget wrote of a pillar of society who had molested children and of events that ended in mystery. Now she reveals all. On Longing caused a similar sensation, for different reason ...Show more
On Father by John Birmingham
$17.00 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: On Series
John Birmingham's father died. And his life fell apart. The next six months were spent grinding through the dark forests of depression until he finally emerged out of the darkness onto sunlit upland. A unique yet universal story, On Father reaches out to everyone who has experienced and survived deep gr ...Show more
On Digestion (On Series) by Gay Bilson
$17.00 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: On Ser.
Part of a series that pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with important themes in life, this essay reflects on food and how the way we eat has changed over time. Considering topics such as cooking, recipes, both domestic and professional chefs, and food developments, this handbook ap ...Show more
On Hope by Daisy Jeffrey
$17.00 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: On ... Series
As extreme weather becomes the norm, scientists agree that our climate is changing. But it seems too many of our leaders aren't listening to the science and are failing to act. In On Hope, one of the lead organisers of the Australian Climate strike, 17-year-old Daisy Jeffrey shows how ordinary people ar ...Show more
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres
$28.00 AUD
Category: Science
The Paris Agreement was a landmark for humanity. In this timely and important book, two of the principle creators of that agreement show us why and how we can now realise its' promise. I hope it is widely read and acted on' Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger o ...Show more
Outgrowing God: A Beginner's Guide by Richard Dawkins
$20.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world's greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn't.Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he'd felt certain they must have had ...Show more
A Dictionary of Symbols by Cirlot Juan Eduardo
$43.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From the Egyptians on, no form of learning was more vital to the ancient world than the knowledge of symbols, and it was no less important to the civilizations of the Orient, even into modern times. In the Occident, thinking about symbols shaped the great art of the medieval age, and, to a very large ex ...Show more
The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner' Ring of the Nibelung by Roger Scruton
$25.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times, and has fascinated both critics and devotees for over a century and a half. No recent study has examined the meaning of Wagner's masterpiece with the attention to detail and intellectual power that Roger S ...Show more
The Clock Mirage - Our Myth of Measured Time by Joseph Mazur
$41.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
A tour of clocks throughout the centuries--from the sandglass to the telomere--to reveal the physical, biological, and social nature of time What is time? This question has fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and scientists for thousands of years. Why does time seem to speed up with age? What is it ...Show more
The Planets by Professor Brian Cox
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
'So staggering you go "whoa " every few seconds' Guardian 'Really impressive' Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morning A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series. The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System ...Show more
What If This Were Enough? by Heather Havrilesky
$33.00 AUD
Category: Essays
*A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018**A Bustle Best Nonfiction Book of 2018**One of Chicago Tribune's Favorite Books by Women in 2018**A Self Best Book of 2018 to Buy for the Bookworm in Your Life* By the acclaimed critic, memoirist, and advice columnist behind the popular "Ask Polly," an impassio ...Show more