Stop Fixing Women - Why building fairer workplaces is everybody’s business by Catherine Fox
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Millions of words have been spent in our quest to explain men's seemingly never-ending dominance in boardrooms, in parliaments, in the bureaucracy and in almost every workplace. So why is gender inequality still such a pressing issue? Wage inequality between men and women seems one of the intractables o ...Show more
The Story of Shit by Midas Dekkers; Nancy Forest-Flier (Translator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
A masterful writing style that is not only unique in biology but without equal in the whole of Dutch literature. The Story of Shitshows Dekkers once again to be in possession of a golden pen.' New Scientist We are very discreet. We disappear into a small room, perform the task, flush, wash and reappear ...Show more
It's Better Than It Looks - Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear by Gregg Easterbrook
$47.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Is civilization teetering on the edge of a cliff? Or are we just climbing higher than ever?Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 70: Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next by Richard Denniss
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay
How did the big banks get away with so much for so long? Why are so many aged-care residents malnourished? And when did arms manufacturers start sponsoring the Australian War Memorial? In this passionate essay, Richard Denniss explores what neoliberalism has done to Australian society. For decades, ...Show more
Copycats and Contrarians: Why We Follow Others... and When We Don't by Michelle Baddeley
$44.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
A multidisciplinary exploration of our human inclination to herd and why our instinct to copy others can be dangerous in today's interlinked world Rioting teenagers, tumbling stock markets, and the spread of religious terrorism appear to have little in common, but all are driven by the same basic instin ...Show more
The Day They Shot Edward by Wendy Scarfe
$24.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
It is 1916. The Australian community is riven over a referendum to conscript more troops for the killing fields of Europe. Nine-year-old Matthew's family, divided politically and sinking into poverty, reflects the social conflict. Handsome, generous Edward is at the centre of the family friction. Gran h ...Show more
Warren Mundine in Black and White by Warren Mundine
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Overcoming segregation, discrimination, personal hardship and political betrayal...... Nyunggai Warren Mundine tells it all in black and white. Warre' s raw, intimate success story shines a bright and inspiring light showing there is no limit to what you can achieve. His curriculum vitae runs into pages ...Show more
The Mess We're In - How Politics Went to Hell and Dragged Us with It by Bernard Keane
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
'A powerful and occasionally polemical appeal to reason in politics; if you're despairing in search of an antidote to the poison of "alternative facts", here's your book. Like any good political text, there's something here to offend everyone. You'll want to cheer, high-five and occasionally shout your ...Show more
En Route by Juliana Engberg
$14.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
It's almost impossible to get lost these days; the fastest and most direct route arrives with the press of a few keys. But what of the joys of unexpected discoveries off the grid?En Route is an ode to wandering through time and place, meeting personalities with no fixed addresses. Assisted by her GPS or ...Show more
Planet Water - Investing in the World's Most Valuable Resource by Steven A. Hoffmann; Steve Hoffmann
$63.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Solving the world′s water problems is proving to be one of the greatest investment opportunities of our time. Already, world water supplies are inadequate to meet demand, and the problem is going to get much worse in the years ahead. The World Bank estimates that 1.1 billion people lack access to safe d ...Show more
Speaking Up by Gillian Triggs
$45.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood relentless political pressure and media scrutiny as she defended the defenceless for five tumultuous years. How did this aspiring ballet dancer, dignified dau ...Show more
The Change Makers: 25 Leaders in Their Own Words by Shaun Carney
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Good leadership. Why is it so elusive? Are there successful traits that can be transferred from one field to another, or is it a constant application of imagination to the changing challenges? How do you take others with you? Now more than ever we need leaders who can be strong yet humble, bold and ass ...Show more