The Lazarus Strategy by Norman Lazarus
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
'The octogenarian professor who holds the secret of eternal youth' (The Times) 84-year old physician, research scientist and champion cyclist, Dr Norman Lazarus, wants us to take control of our own futures... In his first book, The Lazarus Method for Ageing Well and Wisely, Norman will inspire readers ...Show more
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates
$39.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address the problems, and sets out a vision for how the world can build the tools it needs to get to zero greenhouse gas emissions. Bill Gates explains why he cares so deeply about clim ...Show more
Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump by Rick Reilly
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. 'An eye-watering account of the president's abuse of the rules of golf' The Sunday Times 'Reilly pokes more holes in Trump's claims than there are sand traps on all his courses combined. It is by turns amusing a ...Show more
City of Trees by Sophie Cunningham
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
How do we take in the beauty of our planet while processing the losses? What trees can survive in the city? Which animals can survive in the wild? How do any of us--humans, animals, trees--find a forest we can call home? In these moving, thought-provoking essays Sophie Cunningham considers the meaning ...Show more
Me and White Supremacy - How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla F Saad
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Category: General Non Fiction
'White supremacy is a violent system of oppression that harms Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. And if you are a person who holds white privilege, then you are complicit in upholding that harm, whether you realise it or not. This is not my opinion. This is fact. And if you are person who holds whi ...Show more
History Repeating : Why Populists Rise and Governments Fall by Sam Wilkin
$49.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Most of the time, politics is boring. In most countries, the Average Joe rules. Extremists of the left and right can gnash their teeth but serious politicians know they desert the centre ground at their peril. It's the iron law of electoral politics. That is, in normal times. What about times when the c ...Show more
One Last Spin: The Power and Peril of the Pokies by Drew Rooke
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Category: General Non Fiction
A poignant and compassionate work of literary journalism that tackles Australia's most controversial pastime. Almost 200,000 poker machines sing and flash in pubs, clubs, and casinos in every corner of the country. They're highly complex devices, their components designed by mathematicians, musicians, ...Show more
Blue Collar Frayed: Working Men in Tomorrow's Economy by Jennifer Rayner
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
'I remember with incredible clarity the question that rang through his words and hung in the air between us, the query that hurt my head and heart as his baggy eyes held mine- where does someone like me fit, now?' Jennifer Rayner knows a thing or two about blue-collar blokes- her brother, her dad and h ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 68: Without America: Australia in the New Asia by Hugh White
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay
America is fading, and China will soon be the dominant power in our region. What does this mean for Australia's future? In this controversial and urgent essay, Hugh White shows that the contest between America and China is classic power politics of the harshest kind. He argues that we are heading for a ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 67 Moral Panic 101: Equality, Acceptance, and The Safe Schools Scandal QE67 by Benjamin Law
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay
In 2016, the Safe Schools program became the focus of an ideological firestorm. In Moral Panic 101, Benjamin Law explores how and why this happened. He weaves a subtle, gripping account of schools today, sexuality, teenagers, new ideas of gender fluidity, media scandal and mental health.In this timely e ...Show more
Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of Bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State by Ali H. Soufan
$39.95 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
In early 2011, the heart of the Muslim world roiled in protest, consumed with the upheaval of the Arab Spring. The governments of Tunisia and Egypt had already fallen; those of Libya and Yemen would soon follow. Watching the chaos from his hideout in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden saw a historic opportunity: ...Show more
Leverage Leadership: A Practical Guide to Building Exceptional Schools by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo
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Category: General Non Fiction
Examines seven principles at the core of effective leadership Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Managing Director of Uncommon Schools) shows leaders how they can raise their schools to greatness by following a core set of principles. These seven principles, or "levers," allow for consistent, transformational, and ...Show more