Brutal Simplicity of Thought: How it Changed the World by Maurice Nathan Saatchi
$24.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
The principles of creativity revealed in deceptively simple words and pictures by the man behind the world's most successful advertising agency. Simplicity looks easy. It's not. It's easier to complicate than simplify. This book presents stunningly simple examples of concepts that have changed the worl ...Show more
Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers
$29.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
At a time when everyone, from big businesses to ordinary individuals, is trying to make sense of their connected lives, Hamlet's BlackBerry presents a bold new paradigm for understanding the devices that now demand so much of our time and attention. It shows how our computers and mobile devices are chan ...Show more
Broken Republic : Three Essays by Arundhati Roy
$39.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
War has spread from the borders of India to the forests in the very heart of the country. Combining brilliant analysis and reportage by one of India's iconic writers, "Broken Republic" examines the nature of progress and development in the emerging global superpower, and asks fundamental questions about ...Show more
Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World by Tina Rosenberg
$30.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
In the style of Nudge or The Spirit Level - a groundbreaking book that will change the way you look at the world. Tina Rosenberg has spent her career tackling some of the world's hardest problems. The Haunted Land, her searing book on how Eastern Europe faced the crimes of Communism, was awarded both t ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 43: Bad News: Murdoch's Australian and the Shaping of the Nation by Robert Manne
$19.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
This year has seen unprecedented scrutiny of Rupert Murdoch's empire in Britain. But what about in Australia, where he owns 70 per cent of the press? In Bad News, Robert Manne investigates Murdoch's lead political voice here, the Australian newspaper, and how it shapes debate. Since 2002, under the edi ...Show more
The Secret Knowledge : On the Dismantling of American Culture by David Mamet
$29.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
"My interest in politics began when I noticed that I acted differently than I spoke, that I had seen 'the government' commit sixty years of fairly unrelieved and catastrophic error nationally and internationally, that I not only hated every wasted hard-earned cent I spent in taxes, but the trauma and mi ...Show more
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction by Alan Jacobs
$23.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Is reading under threat? No, says Alan Jacobs - but people do need help and encouragement to enjoy it to the full. Jacobs's experience as a lecturer and many-time author suggests that many readers lack confidence; they wonder whether they are reading well, with proper focus and attentiveness, with due ...Show more
Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century by Alex Steffen
$45.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Five years after the initial publication of Worldchanging, the landscape of environmentalism and sustainability has changed dramatically. The average reader is now well-versed-and sometimes inundated-with green lifestyle advice. Buying organic is old news for those who are watching urban farms sprout up ...Show more
Arguably by Christopher Hitchens
$35.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Pre-read / Used. Fair to Good Condition. inscription in front cover. spine creasing. He raises hackles or receives resounding cheers, he's loved or hated but never ignored. Christopher Hitchens is possibly the most provocative writer of our time, fearless and forthright with no subject off limits. T ...Show more
Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism: The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens by Christopher Hitchens
$21.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
This is a compendium of quotes of No. 1 "New York Times" bestselling author Christopher Hitchens, arranged by hundreds of subjects, most of it gathered in book form for the first time. "The Quotable Hitchens" gathers Eminent journalist, public intellectual, and all-around provocateur Christopher Hitchen ...Show more
The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character and Achievement by David Brooks
$35.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
How do we achieve success? Are some people more likely than others to end up in a good relationship? With a happy family life? A rewarding career? Forget everything you thought you knew about happiness and fulfilment. Let David Brooks take you on a journey - an adventure in the unconscious. It will cha ...Show more
The Age of the Unthinkable : Why the new global order constrantly suprises us and what to do about it by Joshua Cooper Ramo
$35.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
American policy-formers -- from Madeline Albright to Thomas Friedman to George W. Bush -- subscribe to the idea that peace and prosperity bloom from the spread of capitalism and democracy in a globalised world. If only it were that simple. As Joshua Ramo reveals in this provocative and fiercely intellig ...Show more