Women, Androgynes and Other Mythical Beasts by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
$78.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
"An important, provocative and original work, of great interest to Indian scholars, historians of religions, psychologists and historians of ideas, but accessible also to the cultivated reader. Even if one does not always agree with the author's interpretation, one cannot but admire her vast and precise ...Show more
The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity in Everyday Life by Len Fisher
$25.00 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
The process of "self-organization" reveals itself in the inanimate worlds of crystals and seashells, but, as Len Fisher shows, it is also evident in living organisms, from fish to ants to human beings. Understanding the "swarm intelligence" inherent in groups can help us do everything from throw a bette ...Show more
Rock, Paper, ScissorsGame Theory in Everyday Life by Len Fisher
$26.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary Thought
Praised by Entertainment Weekly as “the man who put the fizz into physics,” Dr. Len Fisher turns his attention to the science of cooperation in his lively and thought-provoking book. Fisher shows how the modern science of game theory has helped biologists to understand the evolution of cooperation in na ...Show more
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes. These microscopic companions sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key to understa ...Show more
How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature by George Monbiot
$37.00 AUD
Category: Essays
Leading political and environmental commentator on where we have gone wrong, and what to do about it "Without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies. Without countervailing voices, a better world can never materialise. Without countervailing voices, wells ...Show more
Darwin's Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution by Iain McCalman
$28.00 AUD
Category: Science
Award-winning cultural historian Iain McCalman tells the stories of Charles Darwin and his staunchest supporters: Joseph Hooker, Thomas Huxley, and Alfred Wallace. Beginning with the somber morning of April 26, 1882-the day of Darwin's funeral-Darwin's Armada steps back and recounts the lives and scient ...Show more
Against Democracy by Jason Brennan
$56.95 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us--it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and tends to make us smarter, more virtuous, and more car ...Show more
Misunderstanding Terrorism by Marc Sageman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
Misunderstanding Terrorism provides a striking reassessment of the scope and nature of the global neo-jihadi threat to the West. The post-9/11 decade experienced the emergence of new forms of political violence and new terrorist actors. More recently, Marc Sageman's understanding of how and why people h ...Show more
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth: What Going to Space Taught Me about Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything by Chris Hadfield
$60.00 AUD
Category: Science
Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orb ...Show more
The Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski
$35.00 AUD
Category: Science
This book links the little things - the unexpected pinkness of blueberry jam or the way the air smells before it rains - with the big in a book that will alter the way you see the world. Helen Czerski shows how the familiar, from coffee stains to ketchup bottles, can shed light on Antarctic winds, medic ...Show more
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
$33.00 AUD
Category: Essays
The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children, and must negotiate the elder sister's marriage. A wom ...Show more
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Dr
$65.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and ...Show more