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
Is Sex Necessary? - Or Why You Feel the Way You Do by James Thurber; E. B. White
$20.99 AUD
Category: Critical Thinking
"If this book isn't a minor classic--and one uses the term 'minor' only because it is so gorgeously funny and not ponderous enough to be a major--well, one doesn't know what book is. Let's compromise and just call it a classic." --Will Cuppy, New York Herald TribuneThe first book of prose published by e ...Show more
Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Remarkable Lives by John McIlwain
$12.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Remarkable Lives Ser.
An illustrated biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59), the foremost engineer in an age of great engineers, when the Industrial Revolution was at its height and Britain, its birthplace, was the vibrant hub of a world empire. It presents the story of this perfectionist, the setbacks and challenges ...Show more
Islam: An Illustrated Journey by Farhad Daftary; Zulfikar Hirji
$85.00 AUD
Category: History
The book contains a multitude of images, graphics, maps and charts, features many of the masterpieces of art, architecture and literature produced by Muslims along with an easy-to-use glossary and a detailed bibliography that will appeal to both general audiences and enthusiasts of Islamic societies and ...Show more
Island Stories - Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit by David Reynolds
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'Splendid... a clear, wellwritten and highly stimulating account of the flaws in our understanding of Britain's past that bedevilled the great debate over the country's relations with the EU' Literary Review Politicians like to extol 'our island story' as if there is just one island and one story. Isl ...Show more
Island off the Coast of Asia - Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy by Clinton Fernandes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Investigating Power Ser.
Island off the Coast of Asia: Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy is an unprecedented 230-year Australian study that reveals the central role of economic actors in defining and pursuing the ‘national interest’. Australia’s search for security has meant much more than protection from m ...Show more