10 Arguments for Deleting Social Media.. by Jaron Lanier
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Category: General Non Fiction
'A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read' ZADIE SMITHJaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer and 'high-tech genius' (Sunday Times) who first alerted us to the dangers of social media, explains why its toxic effects are at the heart of its design, and explains in ten simple ar ...Show more
The Knowledge Solution: Politics by Michelle Grattan
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Category: General Non Fiction
Can a return to direct democracy reconnect a jaded electorate with an out-of-touch establishment? Would reforming Canberra's toxic culture lead to worthwhile debate and better decision-making? Should today's leaders look back on successful governments to learn how to lead parliament to a full term?In Th ...Show more
Siege - The Powerful and Uncompromising Story of What Happened Inside the Lindt Cafe and Why the Police Response Went So Tragically Wrong by Deborah Snow
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Category: General Non Fiction
Hurtling towards its inevitable and tragic conclusion, Deborah Snow draws us into a vortex of police missteps, extraordinary bravery and profound grief to reveal what happened during that awful day.
Defiant Earth: The fate of humans in the anthropocene by Clive Hamilton
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Category: General Non Fiction
Forget everything you know. Nature is no longer nature. Humans are no longer humans. We have entered a new era - the Anthropocene. Everything has changed. Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth, bringing on a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene. The stable ...Show more
Just Cool It : The Climate Crisis and what we can do, a Post-Paris Agreement by David Suzuki; Ian Hanington
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Category: General Non Fiction
A resounding post-Paris Agreement wake-up call about the urgency of the climate crisis that offers a range of practical solutions - and above all, hope. Climate change is the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving it. So, what do we do, and is there ho ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 53: That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution by Paul Toohey
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In Quarterly Essay 53, Paul Toohey looks at one of Tony Abbott's signature promises: to stop the boats. Has his government succeeded? If so, at what cost?In Java, Toohey observes asylum seekers heading for Australia and reports on the Indonesian response. He tells the stories of individual refugees, loo ...Show more
The Terrorist's Son - A Story of Choice by Zak Ebrahim
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Ted Ser.
What is it like to grow up with a terrorist in your home? Zak Ebrahim was only seven years old when, on November 5th, 1990, his father El-Sayed Nosair shot and killed the leader of the Jewish Defense League. While in prison, Nosair helped plan the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. In one of his ...Show more
Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf by Oliver Sacks
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Category: General Non Fiction
The bestselling author and "one of the greatest clinical writers of the twentieth century" (New York Times) explores the world of deafness and ponders the nature of human communication.
The Kabul Peace House: How a Group of Young People Are Daring to Dream in a Land of War by Mark Isaacs
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Young Afghans Peace Community
A story of peace in a land of unending war. This is a story of hope and resilience in Afghanistan, a country constantly under siege from within and without. Refugee advocate, activist and acclaimed author Mark Isaacs takes us inside a remarkable and unlikely peace project established in one of the mo ...Show more
The Rising Tide: Among the Islands and Atolls of the Pacific Ocean by Tom Bamforth
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Category: General Non Fiction
Vanuatu. The Cook Islands. Fiji. The names evoke white-sand beaches, swaying palms and lazy holidays. But in reality, these idyllic places are tropical maelstroms of global realpolitik, caught between the world's superpowers and former colonial masters. Collectively the Pacific nations, which form one t ...Show more
Literature - Why It Matters by Robert Eaglestone
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Category: General Non Fiction | Series: Companions to Linguistics Series (CLNZ) Ser.
'Facts alone are wanted in life, ' exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens' Hard Times. Literature is not about facts alone, and - despite two and a half thousand years of arguments - no one can agree on what it is, or how to study it. But, argues Robert Eaglestone, it is precisely the open-en ...Show more
Why Young Men: The Dangerous Allure of Violent Movements and What We Can Do About Them by Jamil Jivani
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Category: General Non Fiction
Using his own story as a jumping off point, Jivani discusses why it's so often young men who fall into patterns of violence and extremism, and how we can bring change to this ever increasing global problem. Why Young Men is not just a powerful and beautifully written non-fiction narrative book, it's a b ...Show more