Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger
$55.00 AUD
Category: Political
Kissinger's six leaders are Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Richard Nixon, Anwar Sadat, Lee Kuan Yew, and Margaret Thatcher. All of them were formed in a period when established institutions collapsed all over Europe, colonial structures gave way to independent states in Asia and Africa, and a new i ...Show more
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
$33.00 AUD
Category: Sci Fi/Fantasy
'John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today' - Joe Hill. In New York City, Jamie Gray is a driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls 'an animal rights organization'. Tom's team needs a la ...Show more
Queen of Our Times - The Life of Elizabeth II by Robert Hardman
$34.99 AUD
Category: General
The definitive new biography of Her Majesty The Queen by one of Britain's leading royal authorities. With original insights from those who know her best, unseen papers, new interviews with world leaders and a fresh perspective on the longest reign in British history, Robert Hardman tells the full life s ...Show more
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden
$30.00 AUD
Category: Political
The Western world has turned its back on refugees, fuelling one of the most devastating humanitarian crises in history. In 2018, Sally Hayden received a message on Facebook: “Hi sister Sally, we need your help.” It was from an Eritrean man who had been held in a Libyan detention centre for months. Every ...Show more
How Civil Wars Start - And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter
$35.00 AUD
Category: War
“When one of the world’s leading scholars of civil war tells us that a country is on the brink of violent conflict, we should pay attention. This is an important book.” - Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies Die. Most of us don't know it, but we are living in the world's great ...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
Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashion by Alfons Kaiser
$50.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Jewellery
A revelatory biography of Karl Lagerfeld, introducing readers to the public and private life of the charismatic designer "It starts with me and it ends with me." Karl Lagerfeld stylized himself into a living logo and a myth of the fashion world. In Karl Lagerfeld, journalist Alfons Kaiser, who knew Lag ...Show more
Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life by Rose Anne Kenny
$30.00 AUD
Category: Health
One of the world's leading scientists on ageing delivers a revealing and enjoyable account of what ageing is and how we can tackle its more serious side effects. We all age. But why do some of us live longer than others? Why do we live twice as long today as our ancestors did 200 years ago? And what do ...Show more
The Man Who Tasted Words: Inside the Strange and Startling World of Our Senses by Guy Leschziner
$33.00 AUD
Category: Health
''From the opening paragraph, I was spellbound, entranced. Through real stories about what happens when our fragile perception of the world around us and within us is severed, Guy Leschziner connects us back to our senses.''Professor Alice RobertsWhere are you now?Look around you; what can you see?Close ...Show more
Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention by Johann Hari
$33.00 AUD
Category: Mind & Body
'A really important book . . . Everyone should read it' PHILIPPA PERRY Part of the experience of being alive in the twenty-first century is the feeling that your attention span is collapsing, along with those of everyone around you including your children. Why have we lost our ability to focus? What ar ...Show more
The Treeline: The Last Forest and the Future of Life on Earth by Ben Rawlence
$35.00 AUD
Category: Climate
A powerful blend of reportage, nature, travel and science writing, deeply researched and beautifully written, underpinned by a startling and urgent message for our time. 'The very treeline is on the move- a devastating image. This book is an evocative, wise and unflinching exploration of what it will m ...Show more
Horizons: A Global History of Science by James Poskett
$33.00 AUD
Category: Science
A radical retelling of the history of science - The Silk Roads for science We are told that modern science was invented in Europe, the product of great minds like Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein. But this is wrong. The history of science is not, and has never been, ...Show more