The Scandal of the Century and Other Writings by Gabriel García Marquez
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
I don't want to be remembered for One Hundred Years of Solitude or for the Nobel Prize but rather for my journalism," Gabriel Garcia Marquez said in the final years of his life. And while some of his journalistic writings have been made available over the years, this is the first volume to gather a repr ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century: 'Truly mind-expanding... Ultra-topical' Guardian by Yuval Noah Harari
$25.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What ...Show more
THE LABYRINTH OF SOLITUDE and Other Writings by Octavio Paz
$27.45 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
Octavio Paz has long been acknowledged as Mexico's foremost writer and critic. In this international classic, Paz has written one of the most enduring and powerful works ever created on Mexico and its people, character, and culture. Compared to Ortega y Gasset's The Revolt of the Masses for its trenchan ...Show more
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Growing Up
Childhood stories of family, country and belonging What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile ...Show more
The Golden Maze - A biography of Prague by Richard Fidler
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague. In 1989, Richard Fidler was living in London as part of the provocative Australian comedy trio The Doug Anthony All Stars when revolution br ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
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Category: History
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from ove ...Show more
Upheaval - How Nations Cope with Crises (or Don't) (H/B) by Jared Diamond
$55.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
In his landmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steeland Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now in the third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis. Diamond shows us how seven countrie ...Show more
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared Diamond
$28.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' DAILY MAIL 'Riveting, superb, terrifying' OBSERVER From the ghostly stone heads of Easter Island to crumbling Mayan cities hidden deep in the jungle, the mysterious ruins of lost worlds and vanished civilizations continue to haunt us. How could ...Show more
The Heart of the World - A Journey to Tibet’s Lost Paradise by Ian Baker
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
The legend of Shangri-La emerged from the Tibetan Buddhist belief in beyul, or hidden lands. Tibetan prophecies proclaim that the greatest of these mythical sanctuaries lies at the eastern edge of the Himalayas, veiled by a colossal waterfall at the heart of the forbidding Tsangpo gorge. After years of ...Show more
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
$22.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'can we doubt ...that individuals having any advantage, however slight, over others, would have the best chance of surviving and of procreating their kind?' In the Origin of Species (1859) Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western world. His insistence on the immense length o ...Show more
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's pos ...Show more
Imperial Mud - The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
A post-colonial history of the destruction of the Fens of eastern England. A population of proud indigenous people fight for generations to preserve their homelands against an expanding empire - an invasion justified as being necessary for 'progress'.After centuries of resistance, their culture and com ...Show more