The Seaweed Revolution by Vincent Doumeizel
$49.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
As featured on BBC News and TIME 'The potential of seaweed, or marine algae, to transform our world is huge... excellent book'New Scientist The seaweed revolution is a fresh hope for tomorrow. Seaweed develops in water everywhere, from the eternal glaciers to lagoons heated by the sun, from seas satu ...Show more
Ordinary Men by Christopher R Browning
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
In 1942 a unit of ordinary, middle-aged, German reserve policemen were ordered to liquidate a Jewish village. Most of them had never fired a shot at a human being before, yet they killed with little hesitation and eventually went on to slaughter tens of thousands in cold blood. How could this transforma ...Show more
Do As I Say: How cults control, why we join them, and what they teach us about bullying, abuse and coercion by Sarah Steel
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
At the heart of being human is the desire to belong. It can make us unspeakably vulnerable to the manipulations of others. Cult leaders prey on this desire, but so do many unscrupulous operators hiding in plain sight. Sarah Steel, the creator of the popular 'Let's Talk About Sects' podcast, has research ...Show more
The Future of Us: Demography Gets a Makeover by Liz Allen
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Demography is far more important than destiny. By tracing connections between a population’s past and present, demographers can foresee its future. The true wonder of demography, though, is not its ability to predict the future but to shape it. With energy and passion, demographer Liz Allen sets out the ...Show more
Double Entry by Jane Gleeson-White
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
How the merchants of Venice shaped the modern world - and how their invention could make or break the planet. A fascinating exploration of how a simple system used to measure and record wealth spawned a cultural revolution. Prepare to have your idea of accounting changed forever. 'The rise and metamorph ...Show more
Upturn: A Better Normal after COVID-19 by Tanya Plibersek (Editor)
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
If you had asked most people a year ago, they would have told you there was no way that school children could shift overnight to online learning; that it was impossible for banks to offer mortgage holidays; impossible to double unemployment benefits; impossible to house rough sleepers or put a hold on e ...Show more
The Age of Seeds: How Plants Hacked Time and Why Our Future Depends on It by Fiona McMillan-Webster
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Plants evolved seeds to hack time. Thanks to seeds they can cast their genes forward into the future, enabling species to endure across seasons, years, and occasionally millennia. When a 2000-year-old extinct date palm seed was discovered, no one expected it to still be alive. But it sprouted a healthy ...Show more
How to Lose Friends and Influence White People by Antoinette Lattouf
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A guide through the balancing act of activist, advocate and ally, remembering that just because others are learning you don't need to be the teacher, from the dynamic and sharp co-founder of Media Diversity Australia, Antoinette Lattouf. Poignant, inspiring, funny and most importantly authentic, How to ...Show more
Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan José Millás, Juan Luis Arsuaga
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan Jose Millas has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all, or something simpler. Perhaps he is a Neanderthal who somehow survived? So he turns to Juan Luis Arsua ...Show more
The End Of The World Is Just The Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan
$34.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it. America made ...Show more
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World by Alan Downs
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
This is the groundbreaking examination of the psychology of homosexuality and why it leads to shame over one's identity, and how to overcome it - now expanded and fully updated. Today's gay man enjoys unprecedented, hard-won social acceptance. Despite this victory, however, serious problems still exist. ...Show more
Cults: Coercion and Control - The World's Most Notorious Cults (and the People Who Escaped Them) by Jamie King
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Delve into the dark world of cults this gripping true crime compendium, that exposes the chilling realities of notorious cults, exploring their origins, beliefs, and the unimaginable horrors they inflict. Belief system or brainwashing? Captivated or captive? Community or cult? Uncover stories of the wor ...Show more