Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy that Reshaped the World by Will Sommer
$32.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History
On the 6th of January, 2021, thousands of Trump supporters stormed the United States Capitol. Their banners read, Trust the Plan, a reference to an alarming conspiracy theory that had gained unstoppable momentum over the last four years: these were followers of QAnon. Decoding online clues from a myste ...Show more
The Story of the World in 100 Moments by Neil Oliver
$24.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History | Reading Level: very good
We reveal ourselves not through what we display but through what we conceal and discard; a rusty trowel, a crooked needle, the hilt of a sword, these are the objects that furnish our lives. Priceless is not just about obvious treasure, gold and jewels, but also those unexpected, unintended glimpses of t ...Show more
Sold Out!: How Severed Supply & Surging Inflation Will End Consumer Choice by James Rickards
$35.00 AUD
Category: Current Topics
Empty shelves, petrol station queues and energy shortages- crises more familiar to those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s have now become a reality for many as global shipping times are squeezed, containers lie unopened at docks and supply shortages push up inflation, increasing the cost of consume ...Show more
Life As We Knew It: the extraordinary story of Australia's pandemic by Aisha Dow, Melissa Cunningham
$35.00 AUD
Category: Current Topics
It was never part of the plan that Australia would be locked down and shut off from the world for two years. But when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in 2020, and the bodies began piling up overseas, Australians took unprecedented steps to avoid a catastrophe heading their way. The country’s near-eliminat ...Show more
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
The "Consolations of Philosophy" is Alain de Botton's internationally bestselling guide to life. It is the inspiration for the TV series "Philsophy: A Guide to Happiness. Alain de Botton, bestselling author of "How Proust Can Change Your Life", has set six of the finest minds in the history of philosoph ...Show more
In The Shadow Of The Sword - The Battle for Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World by Tom Holland
$27.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History | Reading Level: very good
In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two venerable empires: the Persian and the Roman. A hundred years on, and one had vanished forever, while the other seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs: an upheaval so profound that it spelt, in effect, the end of the anci ...Show more
The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories by Philip Matyszak
$25.95 AUD
Category: General History | Reading Level: near fine
This handy guide to the Greek and Roman Myths brings classical mythology to life. Written by a bestselling author on Ancient Greece and Rome, the book features an engaging blend of stories, facts and quotations from ancient authors, and places ancient myths in a modern context, discussing the afterlives ...Show more
Still Standing by Chrissie Foster, Paul Kennedy
$35.00 AUD
Category: Current Topics
There are few more moving experiences than for the silenced to be heard. Chrissie Foster is the mother who brought the rich and powerful Catholic Church to its knees over its global abuse of children, including two of her daughters, Emma and Katie. Like the Boston Globe's Spotlight team, she built an un ...Show more
Liberalism and Its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Topics
A short book about the challenges to liberalism from the right and the left by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political OrderClassical liberalism is in a state of crisis. Developed in the wake of Europe's wars over religion and nationalism, liberalism is a system for governing diverse societie ...Show more
The Digital Silk Road: China's Quest to Wire the World and Win the Future by Jonathan E. Hillman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History
An expert on China's global infrastructure expansion provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks. From the ocean floor to outer space, China's digital Silk Road aims to wire the world and rewrite the global order. Taking readers on a journey inside China's surveilla ...Show more
Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang
$35.00 AUD
Category: Culture & History
Economic thinking - about climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible formFor decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland and unhealthy - like British food in the 1980s, when bestselling author and Cambridge eco ...Show more
Remote as Ever: The Aboriginal Struggle for Autonomy in Australia's Western Desert by David Scrimgeour
$39.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous History
In Remote as Ever, David Scrimgeour tells the story of his working life as a doctor in isolated communities in Australia's Western Desert in the late 1970s. Being involved in the Homelands movement and the Aboriginal community-controlled health campaign gave him significant insight into the strength of ...Show more