Observations of the Pell Proceedings by Fr Frank Brennan, SJ
$29.95 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Cardinal George Pell pleaded not guilty before a jury to child sexual assault charges in 2018. The public knew little of the proceedings because the trial judge had imposed a suppression order, prohibiting the media from publicising the evidence and court proceedings. Fr Frank Brennan SJ was asked by th ...Show more
False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet by Bjorn Lomborg
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
The New York Times-bestselling "skeptical environmentalist" argues that panic over climate change is causing more harm than good Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Artic. Politicians, activists, and the media espouse a common message: clim ...Show more
How To Get Expelled From School: A Guide to Climate Change for Pupils, Parents and Punters by Ian Plimer
$16.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Are pupils, parents and the public being fed political propaganda on climate change? Now is your chance to find out. Professor Plimer gives 101 simple questions with answers for you to ask teachers, activists, journalists and politicians. The climate industry adjusts the temperature record and withholds ...Show more
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
From the bestselling author of The Black Swan, a bold book that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion, finance and personal responsibility Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have mor ...Show more
Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World by Elle Hardy
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
How has a Christian movement, founded at the turn of the twentieth century by the son of freed slaves, become the fastest-growing religion on Earth? Neo-Charismatic Pentecostalism has some 600 million followers worldwide, and by 2050 their numbers will grow to 1 billion: that's one in ten people. This i ...Show more
Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
$19.98 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, when technology and so-called progress have made us richer but more uncertain than ever before. We have questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party is providing us with the answers. We need a new movemen ...Show more
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases.' BARACK OBAMA 'One of the most important books I've ever read - an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.' BILL GATES 'Hans Rosling tells the story of "the secret silent mirac ...Show more
Machines Behaving Badly : The Morality of AI by Toby Walsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Can we build moral machines? Toby Walsh, AI expert, examines the ethical issues we face in a future dominated by artificial intelligence.Artificial intelligence is an essential part of our lives - for better or worse. It can be used to influence what we buy, who gets shortlisted for a job and even how w ...Show more
The Ellis Laws: Penguin Special by Bob Ellis (Director)
$9.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Penguin Specials
In these witty, outrageous ten laws, beloved polymath Bob Ellis investigates dislocation and security, youth and old age, competence and charisma. He explains why, among other things: power flows to the most boring man in the room, people are forgiven for almost anything if they are tall enough
Power Play: Breaking Through Bias, Barriers and Boys' Clubs by Julia Banks
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Power Play is an honest guide for women who aspire to leadership in the workplace and in the world, from the trailblazing Julia Banks.Julia Banks shocked Australia when in 2018 she announced she would stand as an independent MP, resigning from the Coalition Government's Liberal Party, having experienc ...Show more
On Reckoning by Amy Remeikis
$16.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction | Series: On Ser.
What happens when the usual political tactics of deflect and dodge are no longer enough? A reckoning. The Guardian's political reporter Amy Remeikis has spoken before about being a survivor of sexual assault, but Brittany Higgins going public with her story ripped the curtain back not just on political ...Show more
Dismal Diplomacy, Disposable Sovereignty: Our Problem with China & America by Carrillo Gantner
$19.95 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction | Series: In the National Interest
As ‘America’s shoeshine boy in the South Pacific’, Australia is accustomed to being told what to do. In the space of a mere five years, the subjugation of Australia’s national interest to that of the United States in provoking China under president Trump led us very quickly into a hostile relationship w ...Show more