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Animals Make Us Human by Leah Kaminsky; Meg Keneally
$29.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
A response to the devastating 2019-20 bushfires, Animals Make Us Human both celebrates Australia's unique wildlife and highlights its vulnerability. Through words and images, writers, photographers and researchers reflect on their connection with animals and nature. They share moments of wonder and reve ...Show more
Channel Kindness by Lady Gaga
$39.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
Channel Kindness is a collection of fifty-one stories of kindness, bravery, and resilience from young people all over the world collected by the Born This Way Foundation and introduced by Lady Gaga. For Lady Gaga, kindness is the driving force behind everything she says and does. The quiet power of kind ...Show more
To My Country by Ben Lawson; Bruce Whatley (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
On January 10, Ben touched the hearts of Australians with the reading of his poem To My Country in response to the Australian bushfires. This gorgeous 4 colour book combines Ben's heartfelt words with stunning illustrations by Bruce Whatley.
2020: The Year That Changed Us by The Conversation; Molly Glassey (Contribution by)
$21.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
In January 2020, Australia went from battling one of its worst-ever bushfire seasons to preparing for COVID-19 to hit its shores. What ensued was crisis: a pandemic, political upheaval, an international human rights movement, global recession and localised emergencies dwarfed by a world spinning on an a ...Show more
Songlines: The Power and Promise by Margo Neale; Lynne Kelly
$19.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas | Series: First Knowledges Ser.
'Let this series begin the discussion.' - Bruce Pascoe 'An act of intellectual reconciliation.' - Lynette Russell. Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia's many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic ...Show more
Word for Today by Roly Sussex
$24.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
Did you know that the word salary comes from the Latin salfor 'salt', since part of the payment to Roman soldiers was in salt? That braces and suspenders used to refer to different items of clothing? Or that trolls have migrated from fairytales to online discussion forums? The English language is curren ...Show more
Fire Flood and Plague: Australian Writers Respond to This Extraordinary Year by Sophie Cunningham ed.
$29.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
Writers, scientists, historians, journalists and commentators consider subjects as broad as culture and the arts, working as a doctor, travel, domestic violence, security, immigration, the death of a loved one, geopolitics, distance and zoom to ensure we never forget the experience of this pile-on of a ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 80: The High Road: What Australia Can Learn From New Zealand by Laura Tingle
$24.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
In a tumultuous year, Australia and New Zealand have never been closer, as we move towards a shared travel zone. But why, despite being so close, do we seem to know so little about each other? And is there such a thing as national character? In this wise and illuminating essay, Laura Tingle looks at lea ...Show more
Ex Libris: 100 Books for Everyone's Bookshelf by Michiko Kakutani
$34.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
From 'the most powerful book critic in the English-speaking world' (Vanity Fair) comes an inspiring and beautifully illustrated selection of the life-changing books that none of us should miss 'Why do we love books so much?' For legendary literary critic Michiko Kakutani, books have always been an esca ...Show more
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
$7.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas
'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today.' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended up sparking a global movement for action against the climate crisis, inspiring millions of pupils to go on strike for our plane ...Show more
Gloria Steinem (I Know This to Be True): On Integrity, Empathy and Authenticity by Gloria Steinem; Geoff Blackwell
$17.99 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas | Series: I know this to be true
One of America's most influential political activists on issues of equality and gender, Gloria Steinem answers fundamental questions about leadership and what really matters to her.
What is Culture For? (The School of Life) by The School of Life; Alain de Botton (Series edited by)
$25.95 AUD
Category: Culture and Ideas | Series: Essay Bks.
Our societies frequently proclaim their enormous esteem for culture. Music, film, literature and the visual arts enjoy high prestige and are viewed by many as getting close to the meaning of life. But what is culture really for?This book proposes that works of culture were all made, in one way or anothe ...Show more
