Australia Reimagined: Towards a More Compassionate, Less Anxious Society by Hugh Mackay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
'When it comes to our future, misplaced optimism is as dangerous as blind faith. What is needed is the courage to face the way things are, and the wisdom and imagination to work out how to make things better.'Australia's unprecedented run of economic growth has failed to deliver a more stable or harmoni ...Show more
Absolute Power : How the Pope Became the Most Influential Man in the World by Paul Collins
$39.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authorityIn 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. With cardinals scattered across ...Show more
Democracy and Its Crisis by A C Grayling
$19.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Prompted by the EU referendum in the UK and the presidential election in the USA, A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why, crucially, it matters. First he considers moments in history - Peric ...Show more
Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia by Michael R. J. Vatikiotis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Thought-provoking and eye-opening, BLOOD AND SILK is a first-hand account of what it's like to sit at the table with deadly Muslim insurgents, or in the front room of a notorious political warlord - all in an effort to negotiate peace, and understand the reasons behind the violence. Peering beyond the b ...Show more
The Prince (Leather Bound) by MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions
"[I]t is safer to be feared than loved." These words embody the spirit of The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli's classic work of political philosophy. Machiavelli's advice for how a ruler should acquire and ruthlessly exercise power over others continues to be relevant to contemporary readers more than five ...Show more
Who Will Cry When You Die? Life Lessons from the Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Shilp Sharma
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
"When you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die, the world cries while you rejoice."-- Ancient Sanskrit sayingDoes the gem of wisdom quoted above strike a chord deep within you? Do you feel that life is slipping by so fast that you just might never ...Show more
Essays In Love by Alain De Botton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Picador classics
With an introduction by Sheila Heti A unique love story and a classic work of philosophy, rooted in the mysterious workings of the human heart and mind. Perhaps it is true that we do not really exist until there is someone there to see us existing, we cannot properly speak until there is someone who can ...Show more
I Hate Myselfie: A Collection of Essays by Shane Dawson by Shane Dawson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The book that more than 12 million YouTube subscribers have been waiting for! Shane Dawson's memoir features twenty original essays-uncensored yet surprisingly sweet. Shane Dawson has always been an open book. From his first YouTube vlog back in 2008, to his feature film debut "Not Cool," to a cover sto ...Show more
Intuition Pumps & Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett
$27.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
"A philosopher of rare originality, rigor, and wit." --Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun. Intuition Pumps a ...Show more
Russian Affair: The True Story of the Couple who Uncovered the Greatest Sporting Scandal by David Walsh
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
It was the story that shocked the world: Russian athletics was revealed to be corrupt from top to bottom, with institutionalised doping used to help the nation's athletes win medals they did not truly deserve. There had always been suspicions, but now WADA had the clearest evidence of what had gone on. ...Show more
Knots and Splices by Colin Cyrus L;Jarman Day
$12.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Knots & Splices is the bestselling truly pocket-sized book on rope and wire work, splices, and all types of knots, and has been continuously in print for almost 50 years. It has become the basic handbook showing how to tie the most useful and indispensable knots, bends and splices and has sold world ...Show more
Great Australian Mysteries: Unsolved, Unexplained, Unknown by John Pinkney
$19.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Chronicles the most tantalising of Australian true mystery stories. It includes inexplicable disappearances, some which defy logic, unsolved murders, mystifying phenomena and scientific enigmas.