The Unseen Body - A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy by Jonathan Reisman
$49.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
"A fascinating, lyrical book... Reisman's experiences in other cultures bring a richness and depth to The Unseen Body. The way he thinks about the body and medicine--the rivers and tributaries, the flowing and unclogging, the top-down organization of the brain--is extraordinary!" --Mary Roach In this f ...Show more
Bite Back: Feminism, media, politics, and our power to change it all by Hannah Ferguson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Articulating sharp, progressive perspectives on the social and political issues that matter, Bite Back offers constructive talking points to provoke and inspire meaningful change. The Co-Founder of Cheek Media Co. delivers the conversations we've been missing on everything from diet culture to the futur ...Show more
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg
$27.50 AUD
$55.00 (50% off)
Category: Social Sciences
It seems like an impossible task - secure a safe future for life on Earth, at a scale and speed that the world has never seen, in the face of vast and powerful forces -not just oil tycoons and governments, but the changing climate system itself. The odds are against us, and we are running out of time. B ...Show more
One Hundred Years of Dirt by Rick Morton
$29.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: 100 years of dirt
Violence, treachery and cruelty run through the generational veins of Rick Morton's family. A horrific accident thrusts his mother and siblings into a world impossible for them to navigate, a life of poverty and drug addiction One Hundred Years of Dirtis an unflinching memoir in which the mother is a he ...Show more
Living Planet: the Web of Life on Earth by David Attenborough
$45.00 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough's seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet. Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to ...Show more
Man-Made: How the bias of the past is being built into the future by Tracey Spicer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer exposes the next frontier of feminism. Man Made aims to open readers’ eyes to a transformative technological shift in society and give them the tools to make positive change. `Mum, I want a robot slave.’ Broadcaster Tracey Spicer had an epiphany when her ...Show more
The Trials of Life - A Natural History of Animal Behaviour by David Attenborough
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
The third and final updated edition of David Attenborough’s classic Life trilogy. Life on Earth covered evolution, Living Planet , ecology, and now The Trials of Life tackles ethology, the study of how animals behave. ‘This is, quite simply, the best thing I’ve ever done.’ Sir David Attenborough on the ...Show more
Obsession: A Journalist and Victim-Survivor’s Investigation Into Stalking by Nicole Madigan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
A gripping blend of memoir, investigation and expert analysis, Obsession takes a deep dive into the disturbing phenomenon of stalking. Journalist Nicole Madigan was stalked for over three years. The relentless and debilitating experience wreaked havoc in her personal and professional life, leaving her t ...Show more
The Blank Slate - The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
$27.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: Penguin Press Science Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In the past century many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by our upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part. Steven Pinker's profound and essential book shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature ...Show more
The Life of Birds by David Attenborough
$37.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
A fully updated new edition of David Attenborough's bestselling classic. BIRDS. Over 9,000 species, the most widespread of all animals: on icebergs, in the Sahara or under the sea, at home in our gardens or flying for over a year at a time. Earthbound, we can only look and listen, enjoying their lightn ...Show more
Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope by Joëlle Gergis
$34.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Acknowledging that the world as we know it is coming apart is an act of courage. If I live to look back at this troubled time, I want to say that I did all that I could, that I was on the right side of history. The question is, do you want to be part of the legacy that restores our faith in humanity? Wh ...Show more
In the Dark by Lisa Deresti Betik
$19.99 AUD
Category: Social Sciences
Ever wonder what happens when you go to sleep at night? Discover all that's still going on in the world after dark, in this intriguing, fact-packed introduction to the science of night.Nocturnal animals are hunting for food. Plants are using maths (!) to conserve their overnight energy. Celestial object ...Show more