Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault
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Category: General | Series: Routledge Classics Ser.
In this classic account of madness, Michel Foucault shows once and for all why he is one of the most distinguished European philosophers since the end of World War II. Madness and Civilization, Foucault's first book and his finest accomplishment, will change the way in which you think about society. Evo ...Show more
Me and White Supremacy - How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla F Saad
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Category: General | Reading Level: good-very good
'White supremacy is a violent system of oppression that harms Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. And if you are a person who holds white privilege, then you are complicit in upholding that harm, whether you realise it or not. This is not my opinion. This is fact. And if you are person who holds whi ...Show more
Meanjin Vol 78 No 2 by Jonathan Green
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Category: General
Clementine Ford wonders whether the #metoo movement represents a turning point for women, Anna Spargo-Ryan thinks not: 'In the wake of #MeToo, when women said 'this time it will be different', it wasn't.' Joumanah El Matrah picks over the idea of religious freedom, Liz Conor recalls the section 18C case ...Show more
Melbourne on Film: Cinema That Defines Our City by Melbourne International Film Festival
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Category: General
A collection of bold new writing capturing Melbourne's identity in cinema, Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is Australia's most revered celebration of cinema. It is one of the world's oldest and most storied film festivals, continuously running since 1952. MIFF's 70th edition will include a ...Show more
No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison by Behrouz Boochani
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Category: General
'Our government jailed his body, but his soul remained that of a free man.' Richard Flanagan Where have I come from? From the land of rivers, the land of waterfalls, the land of ancient chants, the land of mountains... Since 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani has been held in the Manus Island off ...Show more
On Connection by Kae Tempest
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Category: General | Series: Faber Social Ser.
Staggering talent Kae Tempest's first work of non-fiction: a hopeful theory of creativity - the power of creative connection to act as the antidote to numbness.The increasingly hyper-individualistic, competitive and exploitative society that we live in has caused a global crisis at the turn of the new d ...Show more
On Gaslighting by Kate Abramson
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Category: General | Series: Insights: Philosophy in Focus Ser.
A philosopher examines the complicated phenomenon of gaslighting "Gaslighting" is suddenly in everyone's vocabulary. It's written about, talked about, tweeted about, even sung about (in "Gaslighting" by The Chicks). It's become shorthand for being manipulated by someone who insists that up is down, ...Show more
On Pandemics Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus by David Waltner-Towes
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Category: General
ritten by a leading epidemiologist, this engrossing book answers our questions about animal diseases that jump to humans - called zoonoses - including why they have become more common in recent history, and what we can do about them. Almost all pandemics and epidemics - including SARS, Ebola and now COV ...Show more
On Passion (On Series) by Dorothy Porter
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Category: General | Series: On Ser.
In On Passion celebrated Australian poet Dorothy Porter delves headfirst into the passions, both literary and earthly. We discover the young Dorothy Porter's 'drug of choice' was none other than romantic love and that 'some of the most deeply passionate experiences of [her] life happened between the cov ...Show more
Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit
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Category: General
Roses, pleasure, and politics: a fresh take on Orwell as an avid gardener, whose political writing was grounded in his passion for the natural world. From 1936 to 1940, the newly-wed George Orwell lived in a small cottage in Hertfordshire, writing, and tending his garden. When Rebecca Solnit visited the ...Show more
Outraged - Why Everyone Is Shouting and No One Is Talking by Ashley 'Dotty' Charles
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Category: General
'The powerful new voice of her generation'The Times'Funny, nuanced and wonderful'Jon Ronson'A book that had me hollering, nodding and questioning at the same time'Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie'Funny, educational, enlightening . . . Way ahead of its time'Chris EvansA candid exploration of the ...Show more
Outrages: Sex, Censorship and the Criminalisation of Love by Naomi Wolf
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Category: General | Reading Level: near fine
The bestselling author of Vagina illuminates a dramatic history - how a single English law in 1857 led to a maelstrom, with reverberations lasting down to our day. That law was the Obscene Publications Act and it was a crucial turning point. Why? Because dissent and morality; 'deviancy' and 'normalcy'; ...Show more