The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy and Our Health - and How We Must Adapt by Sinan Aral
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34.99 (71% off)
Category: Sociology
In this brilliant smart-thinking book about the power and influence of social media, Professor Sinan Aral shows how ‘hyper-socialization' has profoundly changed us. Why does fake news spread faster than the truth? Do products and ideas become popular because they are good or because they are rated high ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 92: The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It by Alan Kohler
27.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
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
Upturn: A Better Normal after COVID-19 by Tanya Plibersek (Editor)
32.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
If you had asked most people a year ago, they would have told you there was no way that school children could shift overnight to online learning; that it was impossible for banks to offer mortgage holidays; impossible to double unemployment benefits; impossible to house rough sleepers or put a hold on e ...Show more
Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies by Stephanie Wood
34.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Women the world over are brought up to hope, even expect, to find the man of their dreams, marry and live happily ever after. When Stephanie Wood meets a sweet man who owns a farm and property, she embarks on an exhilarating romance with him. He seems compassionate, truthful and loving. He talks about t ...Show more
You Too? by Janet Gurtler
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19.99 (50% off)
Category: Sociology
A timely and heartfelt collection of essays inspired by the #MeToo movement, edited by acclaimed author Janet Gurtler. Featuring Beth Revis, Mackenzi Lee, Ellen Hopkins, Saundra Mitchell, Jennifer Brown, Cheryl Rainfield and many more. When #MeToo went viral, Janet Gurtler was among the millions of peo ...Show more
What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by Emma Dabiri
19.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Stop the denial Abandon guiltInterrogate capitalismWhen it comes to racial justice, how do we transform demonstrations of support into real and meaningful change? Shortly after the death of George Floyd, Emma Dabiri shared a resource on Instagram called 'What White People Can Do Next'. Within days, she ...Show more
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality In A Counterfeit Culture by Alice Sherwood
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34.99 (71% off)
Category: Sociology
'Brilliantly witty, profoundly illuminating, Alice Sherwood is a master storyteller' - Simon SchamaWe live in an age when the pursuit of authenticity - from living our 'best life' to eating artisan food - matters more and more to us, but where the forces of inauthenticity seem to be taking over. Our wor ...Show more
The Queen Is Dead: The passionate and powerful bestselling book by critically acclaimed journalist and author of Tears of Strangers and Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
34.99 AUD
Category: Literature
From Stan Grant, leading journalist and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Talking to My Country and Australia Day, comes an extraordinary and powerful call to action. 'History is not weighted on the scales, it is felt in our bones. It is worn on our skin. It is scarred in memory.' The Que ...Show more
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
36.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the ...Show more