Women of a Certain Rage by Liz Byrski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Essays
Selected and introduced by Liz Byrski Contributors- Anne Aly, Nadine Browne, Nandi Chinna, Claire G. Coleman, Carrie Cox, Eva Cox, Sarah Drummond, Carly Findlay, Goldie Goldbloom, Rafeif Ismail, Margot Kingston, Jay Martin, Meg McKinlay, Olivia Muscat, Mihaela Nicolescu, Renee Pettitt-Schipp, Fiona Stan ...Show more
Women to the Front by Heather Sheard; Ruth Lee
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager to contribute their skills and expertise to the war effort. For the military establishment, however, the notion of women doctors serving on the battlefield was unthinkable. Undau ...Show more
Wonks Dictionary by James Jeffrey Jon Kudelka
$19.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
What is a democracy sausage? Where is Antony Green? Why is a prime minister? And what on earth is that big, shiny golden club on the table in the House of Reps? Discover the answers to all these and more as Jon Kudelka and James Jeffrey take the definitive journey through Australian democracy from A to ...Show more
Words from the White House - Words and Phrases Coined or Popularized by America's Presidents by Paul Dickson
$27.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
"A compendious, entertaining look at our nation's leaders through words and turns of phrase." -- Kirkus Reviews From George Washington's "New Yorker" and Thomas Jefferson's "pedicure" to Theodore Roosevelt's "lunatic fringe," Richard Nixon's "silent majority," and Donald Trump's "covfefe," this entertai ...Show more
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
A brash, enlightening and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us. English is scattered with perfectly innocuous words that have devolved into insults hurled at women. The word 'bitch' originally meant male or female genitalia. 'Hussy' was simply a housewife, and ...Show more
Wordy - Sounding off on high art, low appetite and the power of memory by Simon Schama
$35.00 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
'Wordy is about the intoxication of writing; my sense of playful versatility; different voices for different matters: the polemical voice for political columns; the sharp-eyed descriptive take for profiles; poetic precision in grappling with the hard task of translating art into words; lyrical recall fo ...Show more
Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present. 'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' Yuval Noah Harari' 'One of those few books that will turn your customary ways o ...Show more
Work. Love. Body.: Future Women by Jamila Rizvi, Helen McCabe
$32.99 AUD
Category: Gender Studies
The future lives of women have changed drastically. As a growing number of women agitate for change, it is time to demand what women want. Through the lenses of work, love, and body, this powerful and essential essay collection asks: Will the Australia of tomorrow be more equal than the one we were born ...Show more
Working for the World - The Evolution of Australian Volunteers International by Peter Britton
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
Since 1951 thousands of volunteers from all over Australia have worked in developing countries across the world.This is the story of the organisation that made this possible, the Overseas Service Bureau later known as Australian Volunteers International. From its origins as a community-based association ...Show more
World Beneath Their Feet - The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas by Scott Ellsworth
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
World Ending Fire The Essential Wendell Berry by Berry Wendell
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
World Heritage Japan by John Lander
$75.00 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
- Photographer and longtime Japan resident captures stunning images of Japan's many UNESCO World Heritage sites- Stunning full-color photographs- Preface by Pico IyerAuthor and photographer John Lander takes the magnificent UNESCO World Heritage sites of Japan as a starting point for exploring the count ...Show more