Bamboo by William Boyd
$29.95 AUD
Category: Essays
Throughout his career as a novelist, William Boyd has never stopped writing non-fiction, providing a fascinating counterpoint to the world of his novels. Bamboo gathers together Boyd's writing on literature, art, the movie business, television, people he has met, places he has visited and autobiographi ...Show more
God is Not Great - How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens
$25.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In god is Not Great Hitchens turned his formidable eloquence and rhetorical energy to the most controversial issue in the world: God and religion. The result is a devastating critique of religious faith god Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major r ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 31 - Now or Neve r: A Sustainable Future for Australia? by Tim Flannery
$15.95 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
Sometime this century, after 4 billion years, some of Earth's regulatory systems will pass from control through evolution by natural selection, to control by human intelligence. Will humanity rise to the challenge? This landmark essay by Tim Flannery is about sustainability, our search for it in the twe ...Show more
The Stuff of Thought: : Language as a window into human nature by Steven Pinker
$23.00 AUD
Category: Science
The Stuff of Thought is an exhilarating work of non-fiction. Surprising, thought-provoking and incredibly enjoyable, there is no other book like it - Steven Pinker will revolutionise the way you think about language. He analyses what words actually mean and how we use them, and he reveals what this can ...Show more
Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees by Roger Deakin
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science
Roger Deakin's "Wildwood" is a much loved classic of nature writing. "Wildwood" is about the element wood, as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives. From the walnut tree at his Suffolk home, Roger Deakin embarks upon a quest that takes him through Britain, across Europe, to Cen ...Show more
On Rage by GERMAINE GREER
$19.95 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Little Books on Big Themes
A passionate and powerfully worded essay about Aboriginal rage is a provocation that will cause heated and intense debate. The author is at her best here in this exploration of the seeds of rage and its corollary - grief.
The Wise Heart: Buddhist Psychology for the West by Jack Kornfield
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
For over 2000 years, Buddhist psychology has offered invaluable insights into the nature of the heart and mind, and transformed the way many people around the world handle life's challenges. But the ancient texts on which these remarkable teachings are based can be difficult to penetrate for modern seek ...Show more
Tao Te Ching: The New Translation from Tao Te Ching - The Definitive Edition by Lao Tzu
$14.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Cornerstone Editions
In the hands of Jonathan Star, the eighty-one verses of the TAO TE CHING resound with elegant, simple images and all-penetrating ideas that have made this ancient work a cornerstone of the world's wisdom literature. This is another classic title in the 'Tarcher Cornerstone Edition' series, in which the ...Show more
Essential Marcus Aurelius by John Piazza; Marcus Aurelius; John P. Piazza; Jacob Needleman
$17.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Tarcher Cornerstone Editions Ser.
This inaugural-and all new-Tarcher Cornerstone Edition presents a stunningly relevant and reliable translation of the thoughts and aphorisms of the Stoic philosopher and Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, properly placing the philosopher-king's writings within the vein of the world's great religious and eth ...Show more
My Reading Life by Carr Bob
$35.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Carr is renowned for his erudition, but what are his favourite books and why does he read them? What does he believe all thinking citizens of the West should read? He speaks of his profound love of reading, examining the reasons why certain books have so captured his attention.
The Paris Review Interviews: vol. 2 by Philip Gourevitch
$34.95 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: The Paris Review
Volume One received blanket review coverage and was acclaimed by readers and critics alike. Word about "The Paris Review" is spreading more and more widely. Canongate is now the UK distributor of "The Paris Review Magazine". Graham Greene, William Faulkner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Philip Larkin, Raymond ...Show more
The Canon : A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and best-selling author of Woman, a playful, passionate guide to the science all around us With the singular intelligence and exuberance that made Woman an international sensation, Natalie Angier takes us on a whirligig tour of the scientific canon. She draws on conversati ...Show more