Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
$9.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, when technology and so-called progress have made us richer but more uncertain than ever before. We have questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party is providing us with the answers. We need a new movemen ...Show more
Back Roads #2: The Scenic Route by Heather Ewart
$14.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
From the ABC Back Roads team, Australia's inspiring rural communities in splendid, vivid colour During the five years it has been appearing on our screens, ABC TV's Back Roads has taken us across Australia, through scorched deserts, along sapphire coasts, up breathtaking mountains and over gentle, roll ...Show more
Great Battles in Australian History by Jonathan King
$12.95 AUD
Category: Military
From battle on the high seas in the 18th century, to the peace-keeping forces in the 21st century, award-winning author Dr Jonathan King describes the battles that have had the greatest influence on Australian history.
Weatherboard and Iron - Politics, the bush and me by Barnaby Joyce
$12.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Barnaby Joyce is one of Australia's most recognisable and divisive politicians of the modern era. A former Leader of the Australian National Party,and the Deputy Prime Minister between 2016 and 2018, Joyce's world came crashing down around himin spectacular fashion this year when it was revealedthat he ...Show more
Urban Politics - A Sociological Interpretation by Peter Saunders
$7.95 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Penguin Education Ser.
In this book, the author provides a critical examination and evaluation of a number of the central political questions currently being posed in urban studies. The book is divided into two interrelated sections. Part One critically discussed the theoretical problems raised by recent work in Britain, Eur ...Show more
Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton
$9.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In Status Anxiety, bestselling author Alain de Botton sets out to understand our universal fear of failure - and how we might change. We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassme ...Show more
The Life and Times of Elizabeth 1: Neville Williams & Antonia Fraser
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
$6.95 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
'Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains' - these are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, o ...Show more
The Politics by Aristotle
$9.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics
Twenty-three centuries after its compilation, "The Politics" still has much to contribute to this central question of political science. Aristotle's thorough and carefully argued analysis is based on a study of over 150 city constitutions, covering a huge range of political issues in order to establish ...Show more
Horrie the War Dog by Roland Perry
$9.95 AUD
Category: Military
In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world war, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune. Moody called the dog Horrie. Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraf ...Show more
Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper by Nicholas Irving with Gary Brozek
$9.95 AUD
Category: Military
From the legendary special operations sniper and New York Times bestselling author of The Reaper comes a rare and powerful book on the art of being a sniper. Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irving's most significant missions - none of which have ...Show more