The Black Mirror
Raymond TallisRRP: £20.00
In this beautifully written personal meditation on life and living, Raymond Tallis reflects on the fundamental fact of existence: that it is finite. Inspired by E. M. Forster’s thought that ‘Death des …
Genre: Science, Health & Medicine
The Stalking of Julia Gillard
Kerry-Anne WalshRRP: £8.99
‘Don’t write crap. Can’t be that hard. And when you have written complete crap, then I think you should correct it.’ Julia GillardWhen Julia Gillard took the reins of the Australian Labor Party on 24 …
Walking Free
Dr Munjed Al MuderisRRP: £12.99
Dr Munjed Al Muderis grew up in Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s reign. He went to school with Saddam’s sons, then started his medical training at Basra University just as the Iran-Iraq War began. One day …
Dress, Memory
Lorelei VashtiRRP: £9.99
As we grow older, how do we know what to let go of and what to keep?Lorelei started collecting dresses in her twenties and found that every time she wore one it became more significant to her. From fa …
Altruism
Matthieu RicardRRP: £14.99
The concern for the well-being of others could be the saving grace of the 21st century. Matthieu Ricard’s Altruism, an erudite, brilliantly ranging synthesis of philosophy, psychology and ages old wis …
Fat Wars
Ellen Ruppel ShellRRP: £8.99
We are facing a gathering health crisis of epic proportions. The crisis is obesity and the diseases linked to it – hypertension, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. While multinational drug companies …
Cricket As I See It
Allan BorderRRP: £12.99
Allan Border is an elder statesman of Australian cricket. In the twenty years since he retired as captain he’s been one of the game’s closest and most astute observers. His views on cricket – based on …
I, Migrant
Sami ShahRRP: £12.99
Despite being nearly killed by a kangaroo and almost lynched and run out of town after his comedy was taken far too seriously, Sami Shah is very happy to be living in Australia. He had fronted his own …
Merv Hughes' 104 Cricket Legends
Merv HughesRRP: £12.99
Understanding cricket and cricketers has been a lifelong quest for Merv Hughes. – How much can a roommate take before events deteriorate into shaving cream at ten paces? – How seriously should senior …
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The Baby Boom
P.J. O'RourkeRRP: £9.99
The Baby Boom – over-sized, overwrought, overbearing, and all over the place, from Donovan to Obama. The generation that said with a straight face, ‘We are the world.’What’s so funny about peace, love …
Why Mindfulness is Better Than Chocolate
David MichieRRP: £9.99
Mindfulness practice can help you reduce stress, improve performance, manage pain and increase wellbeing. These are the reasons why elite athletes, performing artists and business leaders are taking u …
The Mindful Diet
Ruth WoleverRRP: £9.99
The Mindful Diet is the first book to combine health psychology with cutting-edge nutrition research to deliver an up-to-the-minute method for eating mindfully and breaking the yo-yo diet cycle. Loade …
Wisdom For Your Life
Katrina CavanoughRRP: £8.99
As a therapist and frontline social worker in a busy emergency department, Katrina faces psychological trauma, death and grief every day of her working life. What makes her story so powerful is that K …
The Luck of the Irish
Babette SmithRRP: £12.99
The luck of the Irish was chronic bad luck, as their sad history attests. That’s how it looked for 250 Irish convicts when their ship, the Hive, sank ignominiously off the New South Wales coast in 183 …
Happiness
Matthieu RicardRRP: £10.99
This step-by-step guide to achieving happiness is the most significant book of its kind since Daniel Goleman’s runaway bestseller, Emotional Intelligence.’A remarkable book. It is hard to imagine a mo …
The Internet is Not the Answer
Andrew KeenRRP: £10.99
In this sharp and witty book, long-time Silicon Valley observer and author Andrew Keen argues that, on balance, the Internet has had a disastrous impact on all our lives. By tracing the history of the …
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