On David Malouf: Writers on Writers by Nam Le
$17.99 AUD
Category: Literary Studies
'[on reading Malouf for the first time] Here was a very-much-alive half-Lebanese (from provincial Brisbane, no less) producing English-language writing of the first order. And that in prose, not poetry. The poetry was in the prose; it stayed and sprung its rhythms, chorded its ideas, concentrated its im ...Show more
On Divas - Persona, Pleasure, Power by Spencer Kornhaber
$22.99 AUD
Category: Popular Culture | Series: Atlantic Editions Ser.
A critic's notebook on sparkle and spectacle. An Atlantic Edition, featuring long-form journalism by Atlantic writers, drawn from contemporary articles or classic storytelling from the magazine's 165-year archive.A collection of essays on musicians, celebrities, and aesthetic movements and moments that, ...Show more
On Ecstasy by Barrie Kosky
$19.95 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Little Books on Big Themes
In this vivid, biographical piece, production director Barrie Kosky returns to his childhood passions and his discovery of a stack of records that changed his life. He explores the feelings of intense joy and delight, as well as the power and terror that is ecstasy.
On Fairness by Sally McManus
$16.99 AUD
Category: LGBTI & Queer Studies | Series: On Ser.
Most of us believe in fairness. Why then do we have creeping inequality in the land of the fair go?The answer lies in stagnant wage rises, gender pay inequity, insecure work and the lack of real opportunities for all while corporations are still consuming large profits and executives claim record bonuse ...Show more
On For Young and Old: Australian Intergenerational Radical Lesbian Feminist Anthology by Long Breast Press Ed
$25.00 AUD
Category: Lesbian & Bi Biography / Memoir
The contributions in 'On For Young and Old' document a dynamic and revolutionary period of time for radical lesbian feminists and also give some insight into the social, as well as politicals lives of the lesbians involved.
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson
$35.00 AUD
Category: LGBTI & Queer Studies | Reading Level: very good
An expansive, exhilarating work of nonfiction on freedom, by one of the most significant writers of our day *A GUARDIAN 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK* 'One of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' - Olivia Laing So often deployed as ...Show more
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint by Maggie Nelson
$22.99 AUD
Category: LGBTI & Queer Studies
Now in paperback, an enduring work of criticism from one of the most important writers of our time. So often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to autonomy, j ...Show more
On Gaslighting by Kate Abramson
$39.99 AUD
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 Getting Off - Sex and Philosophy by Damon Young
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sex & Sexuality
The curious reader's companion to sex. 'Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas.' — Samuel Johnson Why is screwing so funny? How should we think about our most shocking fantasies? What is so captivating about nudity? Inspired by philosophy, literature, and private life, Damon Young explo ...Show more
On Offence - The Politics of Indignation by Richard King
$27.99 AUD
Category: Cultural Theory | Reading Level: very good
Most of us know what it is to be offended. In a society bound by complicated behavioural codes, the potential for offence is ever-present, the varieties of emotional trespass legion. A person who claimed never to have taken offence would either be lying or uniquely tolerant, while someone who claimed ne ...Show more