Wild Wild Guru by Subhuti Anand Waight
29.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
This is the story of a Englishman who gave up a job in journalism to spend fourteen years with the controversial Indian mystic Osho, also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and frequently referred to as 'the sex guru'. His guru was always controversial with his teachings on sex and spirituality, rumours o ...Show more
The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff
34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: 11-Sep
* "The most moving and chilling oral history you will read." The Times "Although many years have passed since 9/11, this book, told with such immediacy, brings so vividly back to mind the shock of that day, and why it continues to shape the tragic history that has followed." Lawrence Wright, author of T ...Show more
Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music by Michael Lang
110.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
The official 50th-anniversary book on the festival that epitomizes the '60sThis is the official 50th-anniversary celebration of Woodstock, by the festival's creator and founder, Michael Lang. A large illustrated edition, it includes hundreds of photographs and documents accompanied by Lang's fascinating ...Show more
Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff by Lydia Pyne
29.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
'Lively, thought-provoking and consistently surprising. Lydia Pyne is the real deal.' Ed Yong, author of New York Times bestseller I Contain MultitudesDoes an authentic Andy Warhol painting need to be painted by Andy Warhol? Why do audiences feel outraged when they find out that scenes from their belove ...Show more
Into the Hands of the Soldiers - Freedom and Chaos in Egypt and the Middle East by David D. Kirkpatrick
22.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR A candid narrative of how and why the Arab Spring sparked, then failed, and the truth about America's role in that failure and the subsequent military coup that put Sisi in power--from the Middle East correspondent of the New York Times. In 2011, Egyptians of all ...Show more
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff
26.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Everyone needs to read this book as an act of digital self-defense.' - Naomi Klein, Author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything and No is Not Enough. The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unpre ...Show more
WildLives: 50 Extraordinary Animals that Made History by Ben Lerwill
35.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
True tales of wild and wonderful lives to be treasured forever! In this fascinating and touching book, children can learn about 50 courageous creatures from around the world and throughout history. This captivating collection gathers heart-warming, surprising and often emotionally powerful stories of b ...Show more
Whose Story Is This? Old Conflicts New Chapters by Rebecca Solnit
27.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Who gets to shape the narrative of our times? The current moment is a battle royale over that foundational power, one in which women, people of color, non-straight people are telling other versions, and white people and men and particularly white men are trying to hang onto the old versions and their ow ...Show more
Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition by Francis Fukuyama
22.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Currently in Bill Gates's bookbag and FT Books of 2018Increasingly, the demands of identity direct the world's politics. Nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, gender: these categories have overtaken broader, inclusive ideas of who we are. We have built walls rather than bridges. The result: increasin ...Show more
The Righteous Mind - Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt
27.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
In this "landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself" (The New York Times Book Review) social psychologist Jonathan Haidtchallenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike. Drawing on his twenty-five years of ...Show more
Catch and Kill - Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow
34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Ray: "Riveting. Compelling. The story of how Ronan Farrow held his ground against the powerful media establishment, unprincipled lawyers, public relations spinmasters, spies, to expose the sexual predations of Hollywood mogul Henry Weinstein. An Australian-born media executive tried to stop the book fro ...Show more
The Myths We Live By: Adventures in Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Inventions by Peter Cave
29.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical argument to reveal that many issues are less straightforward than we'd like to believe. Leaving no sacred cow standing, Cave uses ingenious stories and examples to challenge o ...Show more