Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity by Simon Johnson, Daron Acemoglu
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
Throughout history, technological change - whether in the form of agricultural improvements in the Middle Ages, the Industrial Revolution, or today's artificial intelligence - has been viewed as a main driver of prosperity, working in the public interest. The reality, though, is that technology is shape ...Show more
How to Win an Election by Chris Wallace
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
The 2019 Australian election produced a surprise result showing, not for the first time, that every election is there for the taking – including the next one. Here are the ten steps to winning an election. We have a democracy that performs relatively well, but many Australian elections are very clo ...Show more
Kings of Shanghai by Jonathan Kaufman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
'A masterpiece of research, The Last Kings of Shanghai is a vivid and fascinating story of wealth, family intrigue, and political strategy on the world stage from colonialism to communism to globalized capitalism' Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth CollegeAn epic, multige ...Show more
So Greek: Confessions of a Conservative Leftie by Niki Savva
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
From one of the most senior correspondents in the Canberra Press Gallery comes a rare account of life as a political insider. Born in a small village in Cyprus, Niki Savva spent her childhood in Melbourne's working-class suburbs -- frontiers where locals were suspicious of olive oil, and Greek kids spo ...Show more
A Little Give: the unsung, unseen, undone work of women by Marina Benjamin
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
Sometimes I think that carrying - other people, the continuity of history, generational identity, the emotional load of the everyday - is the main thing that women do. In Marina Benjamin's new set of interlinked essays, she turns her astute eye to the tasks once termed 'women's work'. From cooking and ...Show more
Tax Secrets Of The Rich: 2023 Edition by Allan Mason
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
THE CULT AUSTRALIAN FINANCE BESTSELLER NOW UPDATED WITH THE LASTEST TAX CHANGES. Ever wondered how the wealthy seem to pay less tax than the average person?As the saying goes, there are only two things certain in life: death and taxes. While tax may be a boring subject, unfortunately it is something we ...Show more
New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridle
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
From the highly acclaimed author of WAYS OF BEING. We live in times of increasing inscrutability. Our news feeds are filled with unverified, unverifiable speculation, much of it automatically generated by anonymous software. As a result, we no longer understand what is happening around us. Underlying al ...Show more
The Autists: Women on the Spectrum by Clara Tornvall
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
An incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author's own diagnosis.Until the 1980s, autism was regarded as a condition found mostly in boys. Even in our time, autistic girls and women have largely remained invisible. When port ...Show more
The Empty Honour Board by Martin Flanagan
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
A prison diary, a story of brotherly love, a journey of redemption, Martin Flanagan's compelling book about his boarding school days goes inside an experience many have had but few have talked about. In 1966, at the age of 10, Martin Flanagan was sent to a Catholic boarding school in north-west Tasmani ...Show more
Downsizing Made Simple, 2nd Edition by Rachel Lane, Noel Whittaker
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
"When you've lived your dreams, it's time for new ones. The 4-bed, 2-bath home you loved ... the pool you couldn't get the kids out of ... they've had their day. Downsizing isn't about living in a tiny home — unless you want to — it's not about square metres; it's about rightsizing your home for the nex ...Show more
Culture: A New World History by Martin Puchner
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing. It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentiet ...Show more
Good Arguments: What the art of debating can teach us about listening better and disagreeing well by Bo Seo
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
At a time when every disagreement turns toxic, world champion debater Bo Seo reveals the timeless secrets of effective communication and persuasion.