Rapt : Attention and the Focused Life by Winnifred Gallagher
$27.00 AUD
Category: Essays
A revolutionary look at how what we pay attention to determines how we experience life Acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher's "Rapt" makes the radical argument that much of the quality of your life depends not on fame or fortune, beauty or brains, fate or coincidence, but on what you ...Show more
Let's Talk About Love Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste 33 1/3 by Carl Wilson
$25.00 AUD
Category: Essays
For his 2007 critically acclaimed 33 1/3 series title, Let's Talk About Love, Carl Wilson went on a quest to find his inner Celine Dion fan and explore how we define ourselves by what we call good and bad, what we love and what we hate. At once among the most widely beloved and most reviled and lampoone ...Show more
When the Facts Change by Tony Judt
$65.00 AUD
Category: Essays
A great thinker's final testament: a characteristically wise and forthright collection of essays from the author of Postwar and Thinking the Twentieth Century, spanning a career of extraordinary intellectual engagement. Edited and introduced by Jennifer Homans. Tony Judt's first collection of essays, Re ...Show more
Boyer Lectures 2014: the Promise of Science - A Vision of Hope by Suzanne Cory
$24.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Boyer Lectures
Professor Cory is not just a scientist: she is a humanist, an environmentalist, and an unremitting optimist. Cory's Boyer Lecture series reflects her hope for a bright future. In The Promise of Science: A vision of hope, Professor Cory explores what Australian science has given the nation and the world, ...Show more
The Rich: From Slaves to Super-Yachts: A 2,000-Year History by John Kampfner
$49.99 AUD
Category: Essays
From the Orwell Prize shortlisted author of Freedom for Sale, The Rich is the fascinating history of how economic elites from ancient Egypt to the present day have gained and spent their money. Starting with the Romans and Ancient Egypt and culminating with the oligarchies of modern Russia and China, it ...Show more
Hand to Mouth : The Truth About Being Poor in a Wealthy World by Linda Tirado
$32.99 AUD
Category: Essays
Linda Tirado knows from experience what it is to be poor, to struggle to make ends meet. She was working all hours at two jobs - as a food service worker in a chain restaurant and as a voting rights activist at a non-profit organization - to support her young family. She knows what it's like to have pro ...Show more
The Rich: From Slaves to Super-Yachts - A 2,000-Year History by John Kampfner
$32.99 AUD
Category: Essays
From the Orwell Prize shortlisted author of Freedom for Sale, The Richis the fascinating history of how economic elites from ancient Egypt to the present day have gained and spent their money. Starting with Ancient Egypt and Greece and culminating with the oligarchies of modern Russia and China, it comp ...Show more
Ham: Slices of a Life: True Life Tales by Sam Harris
$19.99 AUD
Category: Essays
In a collection of personal essays that are "both rip-roaringly funny and sentimental, drawing natural (and justified) comparisons to David Sedaris and David Rakoff" ("Esquire"), longtime recording artist and actor Sam Harris recounts stories of friendship, love, celebrity, and growing up and getting so ...Show more
The Terrorist's Son - A Story of Choice by Zak Ebrahim
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Category: Essays | Series: Ted Ser.
What is it like to grow up with a terrorist in your home? Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when, on November 5th, 1990, his father El-Sayed Nosair shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defense League. While in prison, Nosair helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. In one of his ...Show more
The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books Saved My Life by Andy Miller
$29.99 AUD
Category: Essays
A working father whose life no longer feels like his own discovers the transforming powers of great (and downright terrible) literature in this laugh-out-loud memoir. Andy Miller had a job he quite liked, a family he loved and no time at all for reading. Or so he kept telling himself. But, no matter how ...Show more
Friendship by A. C. Grayling
$24.95 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Vices and Virtues Ser.
An entertaining and provocative investigation of friendship in all its variety, from ancient times to the present day A central bond, a cherished value, a unique relationship, a profound human need, a type of love. What is the nature of friendship, and what is its significance in our lives? How has frie ...Show more
The Ellis Laws: Penguin Special by Bob Ellis (Director)
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Category: Essays | Series: Penguin Specials
In these witty, outrageous ten laws, beloved polymath Bob Ellis investigates dislocation and security, youth and old age, competence and charisma. He explains why, among other things: power flows to the most boring man in the room, people are forgiven for almost anything if they are tall enough