The Royal Society & the Invention of Modern Science by Adrian Tinniswood
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: The Landmark Library
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge has been at the forefront of scientific endeavour for more than 350 years, since receiving its royal charter from Charles II in 1662. Philosophical Transactions, published in 1665, established the concepts of scientific priority and peer review ...Show more
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright
$23.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
The #1 NYT BESTSELLER A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state. “There is priceless wisdom on every page.” Kirkus Starred re ...Show more
Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation: Quarterly Essay 73 by Rebecca Huntley
$23.00 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
For some time, a majority of Australians have been saying they want change - on climate and energy, on housing and inequality, on corporate donations and their corrupting effect on democracy, to name just a few.Recent attention has focused on the angry, reactionary minority. But is there a progressive c ...Show more
Practice: Journalism, Essays and Criticism by Guy Rundle
$33.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Known for his wild wit and irreverent commentary, Guy Rundle is one of Australia's most virtuosic minds. Practice distils his best writing on politics, culture, class and more. In it, Rundle roves the campaign trails of Obama, Palin and Trump; rides the Amtrak around a desolate America; bails up Bob Ka ...Show more
Origin of Species: (Patterns of Life) by Charles Darwin
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Patterns of Life Ser.
A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed by Patternity, the award-winning creative studio and pattern consultancy. Discover this beautiful special edition of Charles Darwin's groundbreaking theory on human evolution. When the eminent ...Show more
Adventures in the Anthropocene: A Journey to the Heart of the Planet we Made (Patterns of Life) by Gaia Vince
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Patterns of Life Ser.
A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed by Patternity, the award-winning creative studio and pattern consultancy. Explore the impact of humans on the planet in this beautiful new edition of Gaia Vincent's powerful work. In recent dec ...Show more
Guns, Germs and Steel: (Patterns of Life) by Jared Diamond
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Patterns of Life Ser.
Read this specially designed new edition of Jared Diamond's Pulitzer-prize winning exploration of what makes us human. Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the c ...Show more
Cradle to Cradle: (Patterns of Life) by Michael Braungart; William McDonough
$25.00 AUD
Category: Science | Series: Patterns of Life Ser.
Michael Braungart and William McDonough propose a plan for our planet in this stunning new edition of their radical ecological manifesto. This book proposes a new vision for modern industry. Instead of our current wasteful and polluting methods of manufacturing, we could be taking nature as a model for ...Show more
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Patterns of Life) by Yuval Noah Harari
$25.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: Patterns of Life
Yuval Noah Harari's bestselling phenomenon now in a beautifully packaged new special edition. Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What ma ...Show more
The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain by Gina Rippon
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Gendered brains- a sexist myth, or a fact of life?Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? We live in a gendered world where we are bombarded with messages about sex and gender. On a daily basis we face deeply ingrained beliefs that your sex determines your skills and preferences, from toys and ...Show more
On Aunty by Jonathan Holmes
$15.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Australia?s public broadcaster, 'Aunty?, is about to turn 90, yet your ABC has seldom been in this much trouble- budget cuts, ferocious political pressure, sagging staff morale, leadership chaos and hostile commercial rivals. Meanwhile audiences are deserting broadcast TV and radio. What is the ABC?s pl ...Show more
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
$25.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Tomorrow Will Be Different recounts McBride's lifelong struggle with gender identity. After coming out publicly as transgender in a viral post while serving as her college?s student body president, she realized just how much impact her experiences could have on the country. Five years later, McBride is ...Show more