The Brain that Changes Itself: stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science by Norman Doidge
$30.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The Neuroplasticity Chronicles
An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging. It is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age. Psychiatrist and researcher Norman Doidge, MD, travelled around th ...Show more
The Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science
The Black Swan is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, Skin in the Gam ...Show more
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (TPB) (EE) by Malcolm Gladwell
$25.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell revolutionises the way we understand the world within. Blink is a book about about choices that seem to be made in an instant - in the blink of an eye - that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consis ...Show more
Guns, Germs and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years by Jared Diamond
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE** Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. An ambitious syn ...Show more
The Fight by Norman Mailer
$23.00 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Muhammad Ali met George Foreman in the ring. Foreman's genius employed silence, serenity and cunning. He had never been defeated. His hands were his instrument, and 'he kept them in his pockets the way a hunter lays his rifle back into its velvet case'. This book focuses on the 1975 World Heavyweight Bo ...Show more
The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley
$20.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything was transformed. Huxley described his experience in The Doors of Perception and its sequel Heaven and Hell.
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 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