Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains by Helen Thomson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson unlocks the biggest mysteries of the human brain by examining nine extraordinary cases Our brains are far stranger than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, navigate, empathise and understand the world around us, but how would ou ...Show more
Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity by Ben Ramalingam
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
From a leading crisis management expert, a breakthrough book about performance under pressure that will change the way you think about stressUpshift1. a movement of a variable to a higher level e.g. of performance, growth, frequency.When we experience too much stress, we often feel like shutting down an ...Show more
Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin
$49.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
An inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world — one small change at a time 'A book as urgent as the moment that produced it.' — Jelani Cobb, Columbia Journalism School Long before the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin was doing groundbreaking research on race, technology, and justice, focusing on big, ...Show more
Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
'Grandin has helped us understand autism not just as a phenomenon, but as a different but coherent mode of existence that otherwise confounds us' The New York TimesDo you think in pictures, patterns or words?In a world engineered for the verbal thinker, those of us who with a visual brain can often be o ...Show more
Visualising Human Rights by Jane Lydon (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, photography was considered a 'universal language' that would communicate across barriers of race and culture. 70 years later it is timely to examine the cultural impa ...Show more
WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
$27.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College's graduates in New York City, New York Times bestselling author, two-time Olympic gold medallist and FIFA World Cup champion Abby Wambach delivers her empowering rally cry for women to unleash their individual power, unite with th ...Show more
Walden by Henry Thoreau; Terry Tempest Williams (Foreword by)
$21.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Series: Shambhala Pocket Library
In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cottage in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. During the two years and two months he spent there, he began to write Walden, a chronicle of his communion with nature that became one of the most influential and compelling books in American ...Show more
We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
"Organizing is both science and art. It is thinking through a vision, a strategy, and then figuring out who your targets are, always being concerned about power, always being concerned about how you're going to actually build power in order to be able to push your issues, in order to be able to get the ...Show more
Welcoming the Unwelcome - Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chodron
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
From the bestselling author of When Things Fall Apart, an open-hearted call for human connection, compassion, and learning to love the world just as it is during these most challenging times.In her first new book of spiritual teachings in over seven years, Pema Ch dr n offers a combination of wisdom, he ...Show more
What Are Museums For? by Jon Sleigh
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology | Series: What Is It For? Ser.
The days when museums were dusty, stuffy institutions displaying their wealth and wisdom to a reverential public are over. Museums today are a cultural battleground. Who should decide what is put on display and how it is presented? Who gets to set the narrative? In this passionately argued book, Jon Sle ...Show more
What Climate Justice Means and Why We Should Care by Elizabeth Cripps
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
We owe it to our fellow humans - and other species - to save them from the catastrophic harm caused by climate change. Philosopher Elizabeth Cripps approaches climate justice not just as an abstract idea but as something that should motivate us all. Using clear reasoning and poignant examples, start ...Show more
What Do You Think You Are?: The Science of What Makes You You by Brian Clegg
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy / Psychology
The popular science equivalent of the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?