Blue by Pat Grant
$20.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Blue is the debut graphic novel by Australian cartoonist Pat Grant. Part autobiography and part science fiction, the book follows three spotty teenagers who skip school to go surfing and end up investigating rumors of a dead body on the train line. Provincial values and the emotions aroused by immigrati ...Show more
Burning the Books - A History of Knowledge Under Attack by Richard Ovenden
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
An unforgettable 3,000-year-old journey - from Mesopotamian clay tablets trying to predict the future, to Tudor book-hunters and Nazi bonfires, and on into the dangers of our increasingly digital existence, Burning the Books shows how the preservation of knowledge is vital for the survival of civilizati ...Show more
Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is an in ...Show more
Future Cities by Camilla Ween
$15.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: All That Matters
In Future Cities: All that Matters Camilla Ween will outline the challenges of meeting the anticipated growth of world cities over the next few decades. By 2030 it is predicted that between 80-90 % of the world's population will be living in cities, in several countries this will be 100%; Singapore is a ...Show more
Glass (Object Lessons) by John Garrison
$21.20 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Object Lessons
Honey and the Fires by Roger Pulvers & Alice Pulvers (ill.)
$19.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A modern, secular retelling of some of the most powerful stories from the Bible. Some of the most powerful stories in history are found in the Bible. The very names of their characters - including David, Daniel, Esther, Samson, Joshua and Jonah - evoke heroic personal action; individuals making right ...Show more
Hotel (Object Lessons) by Joanna Walsh
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: Object Lessons
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. During the breakdown of an unhappy marriage, writer Joanna Walsh got a job as a hotel reviewer, and began to gravitate towards places designed as alternatives to home. Luxury, sex, power, anonymit ...Show more
How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92), who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. Into thes ...Show more
Ideas to Save Your Life: Philosophy for Wisdom, Solace and Pleasure by Michael McGirr
$34.99 AUD
$40.00 (12% off)
Category: Philosophy
A profound, uplifting and accessible introduction to key philosophical ideas and their relevance to everyday life. Ideas to Save Your Life follows Michael McGirr's much-loved Books that Saved My Life (2018). This time, McGirr shares his love of philosophy, looking at the works of twenty eminent thinker ...Show more
Imagining the Future: Invisibility, Immortality and 40 Other Incredible Ideas by Paul Holper
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Flying through time and flying in cars. Living underwater and living forever. Robot servants. 3D-printed food. Wouldn't it be amazing if science fiction became science fact? We're living in a rapidly changing world. Hardly a week passes without an exciting technological breakthrough. That's the power of ...Show more
Like Ability - The Truth about Popularity by Lori Getz; Mitch Prinstein
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
This is a must-have volume for all teens who want to demystify what popularity really is. "A reader-friendly guide to breaking down the components of popularity and likability and helping readers achieve their goals.... Concise, accessible chapters unpack the phenomenon of popularity and offer exercise ...Show more