All Things Are Too Small - Essays in Praise of Excess by Becca Rothfeld
$55.95 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
A spiky, funny and intellectually dazzling response to modern culture - from BDSM to mindfulness to Sally Rooney 'A radical and important book' James Wood, author of Serious Noticing 'Brilliant ... a riveting book from one of our subtlest critics' Meghan O'Rourke, author of The Invisible Kingdom 'Fea ...Show more
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
$33.95 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking | Series: FSG Classics Ser.
2013 Audie Award Nominee, Short Stories/Collections Universally acclaimed from the time it was first published in 1968, Slouching Towards Bethlehem has been admired for decades as a stylistic masterpiece. Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton (Annie Hall, The Family Stone) performs these classic e ...Show more
Writing from Ukraine: Fiction, Poetry and Essays since 1965 by Various
$24.99 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
A selection of fifteen of Ukraine's most important, dynamic and entertaining contemporary writersUnder USSR rule, the subject matter and style of literary expression in Ukraine was strictly controlled and censored. But once Ukraine gained independence in 1991 its literary scene flourished, as the moving ...Show more
Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility by Rebecca Solnit (Editor); Thelma Young Lutunatabua (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
An energizing case for hope about the climate comes from Rebecca Solnit, called "the voice of the resistance" by the New York Times, and climate activist Thelma Young Lutunatabua, along with a chorus of voices calling on us to rise to the moment. Not Too Late is the book for anyone who is despondent, de ...Show more
Essays Two by Lydia Davis
$45.00 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
'A writer as mighty as Kafka, as subtle as Flaubert, and as epoch-making, in her own way, as Proust'(Ali Smith) Lydia Davis gathered a selection of her non-fiction writing for the first time in 2019 with Essays. Now, she continues the project with Essays Two, focusing on the art of translation, the lea ...Show more
big beautiful female theory (Shortlisted for the 2023 Stella Prize) by Eloise Grills
$35.00 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
big beautiful female theory is an anarchic and vital memoir unlike anything you've read before. Part feminist manifesto, part comic book, it is a carnivalesque exploration of the ways identity is formed through culture, relationships and the weight of society's expectations. With breathtaking honesty an ...Show more
Great Ideas: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
Portable Magic: Our Long Love Affair with Books by Emma Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
An excitingly revisionist history of bibliophilia, from the celebrated author of This is Shakespeare 'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The ...Show more
Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing by Max Holleran
$34.99 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
A fascinating account of the growing "Yes in My Backyard" urban movement The exorbitant costs of urban housing and the widening gap in income inequality are fueling a combative new movement in cities around the world. A growing number of influential activists aren't waiting for new public housing to be ...Show more
All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess by Becca Rothfeld
$32.99 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
What is the relationship between Marie Kondo and many modern novels? Why do we get addicted to stories - particularly when they're about serial killers? Seven years after #metoo, how can we have the sex we really want? Is it ok to think Troll 2 is a good film? In All Things Are Too Small, virtuoso ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Category: Critical Thinking | Series: Popular Penguins
Originally written only for his personal consumption, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations has become a key text in the understanding of Roman Stoic philosophy. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Martin Hammond and an introduction by Diskin Clay.Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman ...Show more
A Thousand Shards of Glass by Michael Katakis
$22.99 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
Once upon a time, Michael Katakis lived in a place of big dreams, bright colours and sleight of hand. That place was America. One night, travelling where those who live within illusions should never go, he stared into the darkness and glimpsed a faded flag where shadows gathered, revealing another Amer ...Show more