Invisible Women - Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
$35.00 AUD
Category: Culture Studies
'Invisible Women takes on the neglected topic of what we don't know - and why. The result is a powerful, important and eye-opening analysis of the gender politics of knowledge and ignorance. With examples from technology to natural disasters, this is an original and timely reminder of why we need women ...Show more
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
$24.99 AUD
Category: Gender Studies
Imagine a world where… Your phone is too big for your hand Your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body In a car accident you are 47% more likely to be injured. If any of that sounds familiar, chances are you’re a woman. From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplac ...Show more
Iran Rising - The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic by Amin Saikal
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
An authoritative account of how and why the Islamic Republic has survived to become a critical player in the Middle East and the world When Iranians overthrew their pro-Western monarchy in favor of an Islamic regime in 1979, many observers predicted that revolutionary turmoil would paralyze the coun ...Show more
Irrationality: A History ... Dark Side by Justin E. H. Smith
$55.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
A fascinating history that reveals the ways in which the pursuit of rationality often leads to an explosion of irrationality Itâe(tm)s a story we canâe(tm)t stop telling ourselves. Once, humans were benighted by superstition and irrationality, but then the Greeks invented reason. Later, the Enlightenme ...Show more
Irrationality - A History of the Dark Side of Reason by Justin E. H. Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us--and always will be In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality m ...Show more
Is Capitalism Working? - A Primer for the 21st Century by Jacob Field
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Is Capitalism Working? is a deeply relevant question today, especially to a generation coming of age in a world still experiencing aftershocks from the near-meltdown of the world economy in 2008. Economic theory can be complex, but Jacob Field's well-structured and thought-provoking text lays out the de ...Show more
Is Democracy Failing? - A Primer for the 21st Century by Niheer Dasandi
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Only four countries around the world do not currently define themselves as democracies. However, many more do not fulfill the four basic requirements of democracy: free and fair elections, active participation of citizens in politics, protection of human rights, and the rule of law. Recently, far-right ...Show more
Is Globalization Over? by Jeremy Green
$33.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Looming trade wars and rising nationalism have stirred troubling memories of the 1930s. Will history repeat itself? Do we face the chaotic breakdown of the global economic system in the face of stagnation, protectionism and political tumult? Jeremy Green argues that, although we face grave problems, g ...Show more
Is It Hot in Here (or Am I Suffering for All Eternity for the Sins I Committed on Earth)? by Zach Zimmerman
$37.99 AUD
Category: Essays
In this debut collection of essays, lists, musings, and quips, Zimmerman delicately walks the fine line between tear-jerking and knee-slapping, and does so with aplomb. Through this memoir-esque exploration of selfhood, Zach unveils the pros and cons of retiring his Bible-Belt-dwelling, meat-eating, God ...Show more
Is It Tomorrow Yet? - Paradoxes of the Pandemic by Ivan Krastev
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
'We are able to imagine anything because we are being besieged by something that was considered unimaginable...'Beneath the panic and bluster, beneath the confusing speeches and the conflicting advice, the Coronavirus pandemic acted, changing our world in the most profound ways. The tragic human cost an ...Show more
Is Our Food Killing Us? by Joy Manning
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
This thought-provokingvolume from noted food writerJoy Manning dissects how theproduction and consumptionof food have become harmfulto our personal, societal, andenvironmental health--andassesses the possible remedies. In the developed world, small-scale family farms have largely been replaced by factor ...Show more
Is Science Enough? Forty Critical Questions about Climate Justice by Aviva Chomsky
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Myths Made in America Ser.
Why social, racial, and economic justice is just as crucial as science in determining how humans can reverse climate catastrophe. We are facing a climate catastrophe. A plethora of studies describe the damage we've already done, the droughts, the wildfires, the super-storms, the melting glaciers, the h ...Show more