How To Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
$24.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Not being racist is not enough. We have to be antiracist.In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option- until we become part of the solution, we can only be part ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 92: The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It by Alan Kohler
$27.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
What caused Australia's housing crisis - and how we might fix it One of the great mysteries of Australian life is that a land of sweeping plains, with one of the lowest population densities on the planet, has a shortage of land for houses. As a result, Sydney's median house price is the second most exp ...Show more
The Book of Forgotten Authors by Christopher Fowler
$35.00 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
A 2017 GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR'Joyous . . . Readers will love this fascinating book' Cathy Rentzenbrink'A godsend with the present season approaching' Irish Independent'The perfect gift for a book-obsessed friend' Stylist, 50 Unmissable Books for Autumn 2017 Absence doesn't make the heart gro ...Show more
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa by Alexis Okeowo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
'Absolutely essential reading, period' Alexandra Fuller, bestselling author of Don't Lets Go to the Dogs TonightIn the tradition of Behind the Beautiful Forevers, this is a masterful, humane work of literary journalism by New Yorker staff writer Alexis Okeowo - a vivid narrative of Africans who are cour ...Show more
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick by Elizabeth Hardwick
$39.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
Elizabeth Hardwick wrote during the golden age of the American literary essay. She covered civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s, places where she lived, locations she traveled to, theater she had seen, and murder trials that gripped her. She wrote sketches for various occasions and countless essays ...Show more
Growing Up Disabled in Australia by Carly Findlay
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies | Series: Growing Up
'My body and its place in the world seemed quite normal to me.' 'I didn't grow up disabled, I grew up with a problem. A problem those around me wanted to fix.' 'We have all felt that uncanny sensation that someone is watching us.' 'The diagnosis helped but it didn't fix everything.' 'Don't fear the labe ...Show more
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
'It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it' PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW'My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect ... Essential reading' ELIZABETH GILBERTAll too often the focus of mainstream feminism i ...Show more
Women of a Certain Rage by Liz Byrski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
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 Don't Owe You Pretty - The Small Edition by Florence Given
$16.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies | Reading Level: near fine
'THE BEAUTY MYTH' FOR THE INSTAGRAM GENERATION Women Don't Owe You Pretty is the ultimate book for anyone who wants to challenge the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy.Through Florence's story you will learn how to protect your energy, discover that you are the love of your own life, ...Show more
Mothers, Fathers, and Others: New Essays by Siri Hustvedt
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
'It is Hustvedt's gift to write with exemplary clarity of what is by necessity unclear.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian Feminist philosophy meets family memoir in a fresh essay collection by the award-winning essayist and novelist Siri Hustvedt, author of the bestselling What I Loved and Booker Prize-longliste ...Show more
Why I Write by George Orwell
$12.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: near fine
Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin.
Talking About a Revolution by Yassmin Abdel-Magied
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
With her trademark optimism, sass, boldness and search for answers, across a collection of new and revisited essays, Yassmin Abdel-Magied explores resistance, transformation, and revolution. Yassmin Abdel-Magied started out a dynamic, optimistic, naive, youthful grass-roots organiser and oil rig worker ...Show more