What We Cannot Know by Marcus du Sautoy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
Britain's most famous mathematician takes us to the edge of knowledge to show us what we cannot know. Is the universe infinite? Do we know what happened before the Big Bang? Where is human consciousness located in the brain? And are there more undiscovered particles out there, beyond the Higgs boson? In ...Show more
Do Statins Work?: The Battle for Perfect Evidence-Based Medicine by Ben Goldacre
$30.00 AUD
Category: Science
Statins are the single most commonly prescribed class of drugs in the whole of the developed world. They're taken by over 100 million people, with millions more patients being offered them every year. We know that statins do some good, but we don't know how big the benefits are. This book gives patients ...Show more
Reporting Always: Writings from The New Yorker by Lillian Ross
$39.99 AUD
Category: Essays
From the inimitable veteran "New Yorker "journalist Lillian Ross--a stunning collection of Ross's iconic "New Yorker "pieces. A staff writer for "The New Yorker" since 1945, Lillian Ross is one of the few journalists who worked for both the magazine's founding editor, Harold Ross, and its current editor ...Show more
The Internet is Not the Answer by Andrew Keen
$23.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
"In this sharp and witty book, long-time Silicon Valley observer and author Andrew Keen argues that, on balance, the Internet has had a disastrous impact on all our lives. By tracing the history of the Internet, from its founding in the 1960s to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1989, through the wa ...Show more
Islam & the Future of Tolerance - A Dialog by Maajid Nawaz; Sam Harris
$35.95 AUD
Category: Essays
In this deeply informed exchange, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz present an antidote to the polarizing rhetoric and obscurantism that define our time: honest dialogue. Guided by a commitment to the belief that no idea is above scrutiny and no people beneath dignity, Harris and Nawaz challenge each other, a ...Show more
How to Make A Home (The School of Life series) by Edward Hollis
$20.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The School of Life
A thoughtful look at what it means to build a homeAt a time when work and home life is becoming increasingly blurred, and modern technology brings the realm of the public into what used to be a personal and private space, Ed Hollis looks at what it means to make a home in today's modern world. Explorin ...Show more
How to Live in the City (The School of Life series) by Hugo Macdonald
$20.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The School of Life
A handbook for mastering the art of living in a city. Building a relationship with a city is a lot like building a relationship with another person - just as cities can be intoxicating, generous and inspiring, so they can also be dangerous, fickle and impenetrable. How to Live in the City is a book for ...Show more
How to Choose a Partner (The School of Life series) by Susan Quilliam
$20.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: The School of Life
An insightful guide to choosing the partner that's right for youChoosing a romantic partner is one of contemporary life's biggest adventures. But other aspects of modern living - being globally more mobile, a fall in religious belief, social liberalisation and more job opportunities (but longer working ...Show more
The Art of Belonging by Hugh Mackay
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Category: Contemporary Thought
The eternal question 'Who am I?' must be weighed against an even deeper question: 'Who are we?' We are writing each other's stories as much as we are writing our own.In his bestselling book, The Good Life, Hugh Mackay argued that kindness and respect for others are the hallmarks of a life well lived. No ...Show more
The Good Life by Hugh Mackay
$20.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
"No one can promise you that a life lived for others will bring you a deep sense of satisfaction, but it's certain that nothing else will."Hugh Mackay has spent his entire working life asking Australians about their values, motivations, ambitions, hopes and fears. Now, in The Good Life, he addresses the ...Show more
The Secret Code: The Mysterious Formula That Rules Art, Nature, and Science by Priya Hemenway
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Deals with the Divine Proportion, a secret code that rules art, nature, and science; known by many names: Golden Mean, Sacred Cut and Phi are only a few.
Frantumaglia: Fragments: on Writing and Reading by Elena Ferrante
$30.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Elena Ferrante is one of the greatest novelists of our time. Read her novels and don't worry about who she is: you will be entranced by her writing. Fragments is a riveting compilation, over the course of her writing career, of Elena Ferrante's letters to her publisher, interviews with editors and journ ...Show more