The Australian Long Story by Mandy Sayer
$39.95 AUD
Category: Essays
A TREASURE TROVE OF THE FINEST AUSTRALIAN WRITING In this collection, acclaimed writer Mandy Sayer brings together nine of the best Australian examples of the long story - tales that combine the intensity of the short story with the complexity of a novel. In these stories, characters grow up, hook ...Show more
The Age of Wonder - How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Science
Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking achievement. The book opens with Joseph Banks, botanist on Captain Cook's first Endeavour voyage, who stepped ...Show more
The Atlantic Ocean : Essays on Britain and America by Andrew O'Hagan
$25.00 AUD
Category: Essays
As he grew up, Andrew O'Hagan witnessed the decline of Britain and the rise of America, the end of British industry and the rise of Blair and the tabloids. This collection of essays tells the story of that period in our cultural and political life. Through the reported essays that first made O'Hagan's n ...Show more
The CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook by John Wright
$29.99 AUD
Category: Science
This book offers advice on how to measure and reduce your carbon footprint in all aspects of modern living, including: simple energy-saving tricks around the house; maximising your home's potential for easy heating and cooling; ways to save on shopping and transport; making the most of your garden; and ...Show more
Losing My Religion: Unbelief in Australia by Tom Frame
$34.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In this challenging and provocative book, Tom Frame, one of Australias best-known writers on religion and society, examines diminishing theological belief and declining denominational affiliation. He argues that Australia has never been a very religious nation but that few Australians have deliberately ...Show more
Griffith Review 25: After the Crisis by Schultz Julianne Various Authors
$24.95 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Griffith Review
The global financial crisis is different to other recessions. It challenges many economic fundamentals. Its resolution will fundamentally change the world and the way business is done. After the Crisis projects this new future, analyses the causes and historic parallels, examines the limits of the grow ...Show more
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
$27.95 AUD
Category: Science
Secondhand. Richard Dawkins transformed our view of God in his blockbuster, The God Delusion, which sold more than 2 million copies in English alone. He revolutionized the way we see natural selection in the seminal bestseller The Selfish Gene. Now, he launches a fierce counterattack against proponents ...Show more
Science : A four thousand year history by Patricia Fara
$59.95 AUD
Category: Science
Science: A Four Thousand Year History rewrites science's past. Instead of focussing on difficult experiments and abstract theories, Patricia Fara shows how science has always belonged to the practical world of war, politics, and business. Rather than glorifying scientists as idealized heroes, she tells ...Show more
Beauty by Roger Scruton
$32.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. Here, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an obje ...Show more
Quantum - Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality by Manjit Kumar
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science
For most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable science. And yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves. In this magisterial book, Manjit Kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive deb ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 34: Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull by Annabel Crabb
$16.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: Quarterly Essay
Malcolm Turnbull has quite a job ahead of him as leader of the Liberal Party. How is he going so far? What can we expect in the years ahead? This is a scintillating look at Turnbull and the Liberals in opposition. It is based on extensive interviews with and observation of Turnbull, who emerges as a fas ...Show more
Deer Hunting With Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant
$25.00 AUD
Category: Essays
When Joe Bageant returned to his hometown of Winchester, Virginia, he rediscovered his redneck roots: 'the great beery, NASCAR-loving, church-going, gun-owning America that has never set foot in a Starbucks'. But he soon realised that these were the very people who had carried George W. Bush to victory. ...Show more