Incident Management in Australasia - Lessons Learnt from Emergency Responses by Stuart Ellis (Editor); Kent MacCarter (Editor)
$49.95 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Emergency services personnel conduct their work in situations that are inherently dangerous. Large incidents such as bushfires, floods and earthquakes often pose hazards that are not fully understood at the time of management, and the situation may be further complicated by the involvement of multiple a ...Show more
Drug Addiction in Australia by John Sherman
$27.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
This book is a comprehensive and clinically objective review of drug abuse and addiction in Australia. It is written to appeal to families, educators, policy makers, students, healthcare professionals and drug users. It is based on the knowledge and experience of Dr John Sherman and his clinic in Footsc ...Show more
Firestick Ecology: Fairdinkum Science in Plain English by Vic Jurskis
$39.95 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Aborigines came to Australia and burnt out most of the trees and bushes. The megafauna starved whilst eucalypts, herbs, grasses and mesofauna flourished. The ancient culture survived an ice age, global warming and hugely rising seas, forging economies in woodlands and deserts. Europeans doused the fires ...Show more
The Story of Philosophy by Bryan Magee
$35.00 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Guides us through the history of ideas and thinking, tracing over 2,500 years of Western philosophy from the Ancient Greeks to modern thinkers. This title helps to discover what philosophy is, how philosophers have questioned the fundamental principles underlying all knowledge and existence.
The Prince on the Art of Power by Niccolo Machiavelli
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
Frequently misunderstood over the centuries as an unprincipled manual for manipulators and tyrants, careful reading of "The Prince" shows that it identifies freedom as an essential characteristic of a good society - Machiavelli sets out axioms for success and order amid the often violent political intri ...Show more
Potiphar's Wife: The Vatican's Secret and Child Sexual Abuse by Kieran Tapsell
$42.95 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
English summary: The cover-up of child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church has been occurring under the pontificate of six popes since... German description:
The Secret Seduction and The Enigma of Attraction by Victoria Thompson
$29.95 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
‘May I?’ She nodded. Andreas settled down beside Annabelle on the steps. They sat in silence, watching the harbour city below, their eyes following tiny coloured lights — boats scampering along the surface of the dark water. But it was the night sky with the stars and the moon, and the seagulls chas ...Show more
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life... by Daniel Klein
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
A humorous and philosophical trip through life, from the New York Times-bestselling author of Travels with Epicurus. As a young college student studying philosophy, Klein filled a notebook with short quotes from the world's greatest thinkers, hoping to find some guidance on how to live the best life he ...Show more
Off the Map: Lost Spaces, Invisible Cities, Forgotten Islands, Feral Places and What They Tell Us About the World by Alastair Bonnett
$24.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
'A fizzingly entertaining and enlightening book' Daily Telegraph 'Mesmerising' Geographical Magazine 'A fascinating delve into uncharted, forgotten lost places. But it's not just a trivia-tastic anthology of remote destinations but a nifty piece of psycho-geography, explaining our human need for the ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 58: Blood Year: Terror and the Islamic State by David Kilcullen
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay
Last year was a "blood year" in the Middle East - massacres and beheadings, fallen cities, collapsed and collapsing states, the unravelling of a decade of Western strategy. We saw the rise of ISIS, the splintering of government in Iraq, and foreign fighters - many from Europe, Australia and Africa - flo ...Show more
Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the free World must be Stopped by Garry Kasparov
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
In this bold and important book, Garry Kasparov argues that Vladimir Putin's dangerous global ambitions have been ignored for too long - and he won't be stopped unless the West stands up to him.
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Non Fiction
The explosive, untold story of the Cold War's biggest secret. The REAL X-Files. It is the most famous military installation in the world. And no credible insider has ever divulged the truth about his time inside of it. Until now. This is the first book based on interviews with scientists, pilots and eng ...Show more