When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamin Labatut
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
A Guardian and New Statesman book of the year, now in paperback - the fast-paced, mind-expanding literary work about scientific discovery and the unsettled distinction between genius and madness. When We Cease to Understand the World shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. F ...Show more
This Is the Voice by John Colapinto
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
A New York Times bestselling writer explores what our unique sonic signature reveals about our species, our culture, and each one of us. Finally, a vital topic that has never had its own book gets its due. There's no shortage of books about public speaking or language or song. But until now, there h ...Show more
The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster by Sarah Krasnostein
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, gender reassignment patient, sex worker, small businesswoman, trophy wife ... But as a little boy, raised in violence and excluded from the family home, she just wanted to belong. Now she believes her clie ...Show more
Dogphabet: A Whimsical Celebration of Our Favourite Canine Companions by HARPER BY DESIGN
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
A whimsical celebration of the colourful characteristics and playful personalities of our favourite canine companions. It's no secret that dogs are one of life's great joys.They come in all shapes and sizes and, like humans, they have unique personalities, skillsets and interests that can make you frien ...Show more
Spell It Out: The singular story of English spelling by David Crystal
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
This is a unique journey through English spelling, untangling the fascinating origins of its greatest eccentricities. Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Brug ...Show more
Making a Point: The Pernickety Story of English Punctuation by David Crystal
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
This 'engaging history of punctuation' (Wall Street Journal) is not only the first history of its kind, but a complete guide on how to use English punctuation. Behind every punctuation mark lies a thousand stories. The punctuation of English, marked with occasional rationality, is founded on arbitrarine ...Show more
Motherlands: In Search of Our Inherited Cities by Amaryllis Gacioppo
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Our creation stories begin with the notion of expulsion from our 'original' home. We spend our lives struggling to return to the place we fit in, the body we belong in, the people that understand us, the life we were meant for. But the places we remember are ever-changing, and ever since we left, they c ...Show more
Machines Behaving Badly : The Morality of AI by Toby Walsh
$36.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Can we build moral machines? Toby Walsh, AI expert, examines the ethical issues we face in a future dominated by artificial intelligence.Artificial intelligence is an essential part of our lives - for better or worse. It can be used to influence what we buy, who gets shortlisted for a job and even how w ...Show more
Chasing Shadows: The untold and deadly story of terrorism in Australia by Kristy Campion
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
From Irish revolutionaries to the Christchurch massacre, Chasing Shadows uncovers the long and brutal history of terrorism in Australia. Australia likes to assume that extremists and their dark ideas can be stopped at the border. But Fortress Australia, and the sense of security it provides, is an illu ...Show more
The Mozart Code by Rachel McMillan
$27.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
No matter how you might try to hide in a war to escape your past, it is always close at hand.Lady Sophia Huntington Villiers is no stranger to intrigue, as her work with Alan Turing’s Bombe Machines at Bletchley Park during the war attests. Now, as part of a covert team in post-war Vienna, she uses her ...Show more
Diplomatic: A Washington memoir by Joe Hockey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
In September 2015 Joe Hockey's political career was brought to a dramatic end when Malcolm Turnbull successfully challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott for the Liberal Leadership. Hockey was told by Turnbull he would no longer be Treasurer - a deal had been done with Scott Morrison. Hockey, who was at on ...Show more
In the Camps: Life in China's High-Tech Penal Colony by Darren Byler
$27.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
A shocking insight into what is really happening to China's Uyghurs. In China's vast northwestern region, more than a million and a half Muslims have vanished into internment camps and associated factories. Based on hours of interviews with camp survivors and workers, thousands of government documents, ...Show more