Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism by Herman Pontzer
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science
A myth-busting tour of the body's hidden foundations from a pioneering evolutionary biologistWhy do so many diets lead to more weight gain? Do more active people have faster metabolisms? Is exercise essential for weight loss?Over the past twenty years, evolutionary biologist Herman Ponzter has conducted ...Show more
Reality+ - Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy by David J Chalmers
$55.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
'Reading it will change the way you think about the universe' Sean Carroll In the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impos ...Show more
Wanderlust: A History of Walking by Rebecca Solnit
$23.00 AUD
Category: Essays
A reissue of the profound and meandering modern classic about the historical, political and philosophical paths traced by walkers, their routes and the act of walking itself.
Living and Dying with Marcel Proust by Christopher Prendergast
$35.00 AUD
Category: Essays
A lifetime's reading of Proust's masterpiece.
Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante; Ann Goldstein; Andrea Uncini (Illustrator)
$30.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Elena Ferrante's Guardian columns, collected and illustrated.
In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante
$25.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Reflections on reading and writing from the author of My Brilliant Friend. 'Elena Ferrante has established herself as the foremost writer in Italy - and the world.' - The Sunday Times A delightful collection of essays exploring reading and writing from the internationally acclaimed author of My Brilli ...Show more
The First Astronomers: How Indigenous Elders read the stars by Duane Hamacher
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
The First Astronomers is the first book to reveal the rich knowledge of the stars and the planets held by First Peoples around the world. Our eyes have been drawn away from the skies to our screens. We no longer look to the stars to forecast the weather, predict the seasons or plant our gardens. Most of ...Show more
Sexual Personae - Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson by Camille Paglia
$40.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Is Emily Dickinson the female Sade? Is Donatello's David a bit of paedophile pornography? What is the secret kinship between Byron and Elvis Presley, between the Medusa and Madonna? How do liberals and feminists - as well as conservatives - fatally misread human nature? This audacious and omnivorously l ...Show more
The Lost Family - How DNA Testing Is Upending Who We Are by Libby Copeland
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science
A deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual lives You swab your cheek or spit into a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry certain genetic r ...Show more
Either/Or by Soren Kirkegaard
$28.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics
Published in 1843, this is one of the earliest of Kierkegaard's major works. The author plays devil's advocate putting forward two opposing points of view challenging the reader to question the different alternatives. This book is written to provoke philosophical debate.
How to Be Animal - A New History of What It Means to Be Human by Melanie Challenger
$30.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Combining popular science, history and moral philosophy, this is a wide-ranging and radical new take on the human story and what it means for us today. Humans are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive and baffling animals on the planet. But how well do we really know ourselves? How t ...Show more
Natural History of the Future - What the Laws of Biology Tell Us about the Destiny of the Human Species by Rob Dunn
$33.00 AUD
Category: Science