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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
$27.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Reading Level: General Adult
In this "landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself" (The New York Times Book Review) social psychologist Jonathan Haidtchallenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike. Drawing on his twenty-five years of ...Show more
Caste: The Lies That Divide us by Isabel Wilkerson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not' Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hid ...Show more
What Does it Feel Like Being Born? by Jodie Miller
$22.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
CELEBRATING 2020: THE YEAR OF THE NURSE AND MIDWIFE It's 1999 and Jodie doesn't want children. When her husband threatens, baby or bust, she resists. But 30 is approaching, and her eggs aren't getting younger. By chance, Jodie gets access to the only public Birth Centre in South East Queensland; one o ...Show more
The Muslim Problem: Why We're Wrong About Islam and Why It Matters by Tawseef Khan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
A provocative exploration of what it means to be a Muslim today. Why do we see Muslim men as inherently violent? Does the veil violate women's rights? Is Islam stopping Muslims from integrating? Across western societies Muslims are more misunderstood than any other minority. But what does it mean to bel ...Show more
A Banquet of Consequences, Revised: Have We Consumed Our Own Future? by Satyajit Das
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Essential reading for anyone concerned about the dire future of the global economy, the deepening environmental crisis the alarming deterioration of our social fabric, A Banquet of Consequences incisively explains the problems confronting us, how we're making those problems worse, and what the real solu ...Show more
Curious about Culture - Refocus Your Lens on Culture to Cultivate Cross Cultural Understanding by Gaiti Rabbani
$29.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Whether you are on a journey of self-reflection or wish to influence others, this book will help you to understand your own cultural narrative and better connect with people of other cultural backgrounds. With anecdotes from the author's rich personal and professional experiences along with research-bas ...Show more
Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse - What You Urgently Need to Know by Nina Schick
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
It will soon be impossible to tell what is real and what is fake. Recent advances in AI mean that by scanning images of a person (for example using Facebook), a powerful machine learning system can create new video images and place them in scenarios and situations which never actually happened. When co ...Show more
Funny You Should Ask... (Your Questions Answered by the QI Elves) (PB) by John Lloyd; Sarah Lloyd
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The QI Elves are the clever clogs behind the hit panel show QI. Every Wednesday the Elves appear on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show's 'Why Workshop' where they answer the ponderings and wonderings of Radio 2's most inquisitive listeners. Funny You Should Ask features the QI Elves' answers to questions on to ...Show more
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The inspiration for the film 'Nomadland' starring Frances McDormand. From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labour pool, made up largely of transient older adults. These invisible casualti ...Show more
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis by Christiana Figueres
$27.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The Paris Agreement was a landmark for humanity. In this timely and important book, two of the principle creators of that agreement show us why and how we can now realise its' promise. I hope it is widely read and acted on' Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger o ...Show more
Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam by Yasmine Mohammed
$44.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Infidel meets The Handmaid's Tale Since September 11th, 2001, the Western world has been preoccupied with Islam and its role in terrorism. Yet public debate about the faith is polarized--one camp praises "the religion of peace" while the other claims all Muslims are terrorists. Canadi ...Show more
A Decade of Drift (In the National Interest) by Martin Parkinson
$19.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The erosion of public trust in government has been a characteristic of liberal democracies in recent years. How much have the twists and turns in climate change policy over the past decade contributed to this in Australia? As a senior public servant during six prime ministerships, Martin Parkinson had a ...Show more
