Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan; Cacilda Jethå
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. It doesn't, and it never has. Mainstream science - as well as religious and cultural institutions - have long maintained that men and women evolved in families where a man's possessions and protection were exchange ...Show more
The Uses of Pessimism by Roger Scruton
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Scruton argues that the tragedies and disasters of the history of the European continent have been the consequences of a false optimism and the fallacies that derive from it. In place of these fallacies, Scruton mounts a passionate defence of both civil society and freedom. He shows that the true legacy ...Show more
Detritus: Addressing Culture and the Arts by Robyn Archer
$26.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
UWA Publishing has gathered together a selection of Robyn Archer's most memorable keynote speeches and memorial lectures from the past seven years. These words were written to be 'performed' and as such Robyn regards them as Detritus, that which remains of the act of public speaking. Grappling with the ...Show more
Why Translation Matters by Edith Grossman
$34.95 AUD
Category: On Writing
"Why Translation Matters" argues for the cultural importance of translation, and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator's role. As the acclaimed translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, 'My intention is to stimulate a new consideration of an area of literature th ...Show more
Not with a Bang But a Whimper by Theodore Dalrymple
$26.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Liberty in the Age of Terror: A defence of civil liberties and enlightenment news by A.C. Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
"The means of defence against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." James Madison Our societies, says Anthony Grayling, are under attack not only from the threat of terrorism, but also from our governments' attempts to fight that threat by reducing freedom in our o ...Show more
Great Books, Bad Arguments: Republic, Leviathan, and the Communist Manifesto by W.G. Runciman
$31.95 AUD
Category: On Writing
Plato's "Republic", Hobbes' "Leviathan", and Marx's "Communist Manifesto" are universally acknowledged classics of Western political thought. But how strong are the core arguments on which they base their visions of the good society that they want to bring into being? In this lively and provocative book ...Show more
With Stendhal by Simon Leys
$19.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
With Stendhal is a delightful composite portrait of one of the world's great novelists. Simon Leys introduces and translates into English for the first time three linked pieces- the recollections of Stendhal's famous friend Prosper Mérimée, the impressions of novelist George Sand, and a recently discove ...Show more
Men of Bad Character by Kathleen Stewart
$15.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Do you ever really know the man you love? When Rose’s eighteen-year relationship ends in the most shocking and unexpected way, she emerges from years of what she thought was a loving relationship and realizes the extent to which she was being emotionally manipulated and controlled. While trying to pick ...Show more
God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World and Why Their Differences Matter by Stephen Prothero
$34.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Is religion toxic or tonic? Is it a force for good or for evil? The answer is 'all of the above' - which is to say that religion is a force far too powerful to be ignored. God is Not One is the essential guide to learning about and understanding religion and its place in our global culture today, writte ...Show more
What's Happening to Our Boys? by Maggie Hamilton
$29.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
What kind of world are our boys growing up in? Childhood and teenage life is changing rapidly leaving parents wondering how best to tackle the many issues boys face. These include things such as increasing pressure on young boys to buy into consumerist culture, their exposure to violent video games, ear ...Show more
Imperfect Creation: Cosmos, Life and Nature's Hidden Code by Marcelo Gleiser
$32.95 AUD
Category: Science
A groundbreaking work of popular science for readers of Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking and Richard Dawkins. For millennia, humankind has searched for an intellectual Holy Grail - a unifying scientific theory to explain the origins of the universe and our place in it. However, in Imperfect CreationMarcelo G ...Show more