Intimations - Six Essays by Zadie Smith
$12.99 AUD
Category: Cultural Studies
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of essays on the experience of lockdown, by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time From the critically acclaimed author of Feel Free, Swing Time, White Teeth and many more 'There will be many books written about th ...Show more
Island Stories - Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit by David Reynolds
$42.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
What does Brexit do to our sense of history? On the basis that you cannot map the future if you have no sense of the past, Cambridge professor of international history and best-selling author of The Long Shadow, sets out his profound, multi-cultural interpretation of the many Island Stories that make up ...Show more
Girlhood by Melissa Febos
$24.99 AUD
Category: Cultural Studies
NBCC FinalistNational BestsellerNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TIME * NPR * The Washington Post * Kirkus Reviews * Washington Independent Review of Books * The Millions * Electric Literature * Ms Magazine * Entropy Magazine * Largehearted Boy * Passerbuys "Irreverent and original." -New Yo ...Show more
Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things by Dan Ariely
$36.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Misinformation affects us daily, from social media to politics and even personal relationships. Policing social media alone cannot solve the complex problem shaped by partisan politics and subjective interpretations of truth. In Misbelief social scientist Dan Ariely explores the behaviour of 'misbelief ...Show more
12 Bytes: How artificial intelligence will change the way we live and love by Jeanette Winterson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny and provocative essays on the implications of artificial intelligence for the way we live and the way we love - from Sunday Times-bestselling author Jeanette Winterson'Briskly and breezily, 12 Bytes joins the dots in a neglected narrative of female scientists, v ...Show more
Megathreats: The Ten Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them by Nouriel Roubini
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The bestselling author of Crisis Economics argues that we are heading toward the worst economic catastrophe of our lifetimes, unless we can defend against ten terrifying threats. Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed "Dr. Doom," until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Reces ...Show more
Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World by Toby Walsh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
A prescient analysis of what makes artificial intelligence so ... artificial Artificially intelligent machines are set to play an increasingly important role in our lives. They will take the dirty tasks of life off our hands, as well as the dull, the difficult and the dangerous - which is a good thing. ...Show more
The Alignment Problem - How Can Artificial Intelligence Learn Human Values? by Brian Christian
$24.99 AUD
Category: Cultural Studies
How do we prevent AI working against us?
The End of Forgetting - Growing up with Social Media by Kate Eichhorn
$59.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Thanks to Facebook and Instagram, our childhoods have been captured and preserved online, never to go away. But what happens when we can't leave our most embarrassing moments behind? Until recently, the awkward moments of growing up could be forgotten. But today we may be on the verge of losing the abi ...Show more
Gladys: A Leader's Undoing by Paul Farrell
$19.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Gladys Berejiklian was one of Australia's most popular premiers. Forging a path for New South Wales through the difficult early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, she seemed unstoppable. But it all came crashing down. In one of the most staggering falls from grace in Australian political history, Berejiklia ...Show more
The Most of Nora Ephron: The ultimate anthology by Nora Ephron
$24.99 AUD
Category: Cultural Studies
Packed with wit, wisdom and comfort, this is a whopping celebration of the late, great Nora Ephron, the iconic writer whose work continues to entertain and inspire millions. A revised edition with a brand new introduction from Candice Carty-Williams. 'The perfect introduction to the iconic writer' STYL ...Show more
The Other Pandemic: How QAnon Contaminated the World by James Ball
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist James Ball takes us into the depths of the internet to trace the origins and rapid ascent of QAnon, the movement that mutated from a niche online conspiracy theory into the world's first digital pandemic.*A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023* Imagine a ...Show more