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  • The Trouble with Drinking

    Alcohol, Health and the Regulation of Life

    by Helen Keane, David Moore, Mats Ekendahl ...
    Alcohol is everywhere—in our everyday lives, in public debates and, increasingly, at the centre of public health policy.This book critically examines alcohol as a contemporary research and policy object. It argues that drinking is governed through heavily freighted concepts such as risk, wellbeing, gender and race. The authors interrogate dominant disciplinary sobriety and moderation frameworks, ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • A Short History of Stupid

    The Decline of Reason and Why Public Debate Makes Us Want to Scream

    by Helen Razer, Bernard Keane ...
    Alain de Botton meets Russell Brand in this glorious rant about everything that drives you mad about the modern world.How did everything get so dumb?How did we become hostages to idiocy?What must we do to be freed from a captor whose ransom note simply reads, 'D'oh'?The deteriorating quality of our public debate and the dwindling of common sense in media, politics and culture can drive you to ... Read more

    $10.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What's Wrong With Addiction

    by Helen Keane ...
    This is an impressive work: carefully structured, researched and written . . . a refreshingly lucid account that is both intellectually stimulating and professionally helpful.-Janet McCalman Addicts are generally regarded with either pity or grave disapproval. But is being addicted to something necessarily bad? These attitudes are explicit both in contemporary medical literature and in popular, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Social Beings, Future Belongings

    Reimagining the Social

    Edited by Anna Tsalapatanis, Miranda Bruce, David Bissell, Helen Keane ...
    Series series Sociological Futures
    Social Beings, Future Belongings is a collection of sociological essays that address an increasingly relevant matter: what does belonging look like in the twenty-first century? The book critically explores the concept of belonging and how it can respond to contemporary problems in not only the traditional domains of citizenship and migration, but also in detention practices, queer and feminist ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • The Power of the Second Question

    Finding Simple Truths for Complex Lives

    by Skellett, Chris ...
    In The Power of the Second Question, popular psychologist and author Chris Skellett clearly shows how you can easily harness the power of your personal reflection to capture the simple truths about your world. Each concise chapter suggests ideas, gives examples and reviews the importance of personal insight and celebrating the aha moments. You are then invited to reflect upon your own wisdom in ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Internal Medicine

    A Doctor's Stories

    by Terrence Holt ...
    Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and BookPage“Illuminates human fragility in tales both lyrical and soul-wrenching.” —Danielle Ofri, New York Times Book ReviewIn this “artful, unfailingly human, and understandable” (Boston Globe) account inspired by his own experiences becoming a doctor, Terrence Holt puts readers on the front lines of the harrowing crucible of a medical ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Queen of the North

    by Anne O'Brien ...
    From Sunday Times bestseller Anne O’Brien . . .To those around her she was a loyal subject.In her heart she was a traitor.1399: England’s crown is under threat. King Richard II holds onto his power by an ever-weakening thread, with exiled Henry of Lancaster back to reclaim his place on the throne.For Elizabeth Mortimer, there is only one rightful King – her eight-year-old nephew, Edmund. Only he ... Read more

    $12.49 USD

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  • Mr Wigg

    by Inga Simpson ...
    'MR WIGG captivates to the end' Good Reading MagazineIt’s the summer of 1971, not far from the stone-fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on what is left of his family farm. Mrs Wigg has been gone a few years now and he thinks about her every day. He misses his daughter, too, and wonders when he'll see her again.He spends his time working in the orchard, cooking and preserving his ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • A Tapestry of Treason

    by Anne O'Brien ...
    ‘Gripping’ The Times ‘Fans of Philippa Gregory and other historical fiction writers will love Anne O’Brien’s A Tapestry of Treason’ Yours Her actions could make history – but at what price?1399: Constance of York, Lady Despenser, proves herself more than a mere observer in the devious intrigues of her magnificently dysfunctional family, The House of York.Surrounded by power-hungry men, including ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • What Are You Waiting For?

    A practical guide to knowing what you want and making it happen … NOW

    by Brunskill-Matson, Shelley ...
    Everything you ever wanted to know about cats can be enjoyed in this magnificent compendium of a book. It is a delight from beginning to end to be read with one on your lap. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Cambodia's Curse

    The Modern History of a Troubled Land

    by Joel Brinkley ...
    A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes how Cambodia emerged from the harrowing years when a quarter of its population perished under the Khmer Rouge.A generation after genocide, Cambodia seemed on the surface to have overcome its history -- the streets of Phnom Penh were paved; skyscrapers dotted the skyline. But under this façe lies a country still haunted by its years of terror.Although ... Read more

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  • Blood and Guts

    Dispatches from the Whale Wars

    by Sam Vincent ...
    I pull on my balaclava and step onto the bridge wing. It’s loud outside: I can hear the rumbles of nine vessels’ engines and the hiss of ten water cannons … Suddenly the bridge is full of refugees from the upper deck. They are blocking my view out the back windows, but their faces – afraid, excited, awestruck – illustrate the looming presence of the Nisshin. I bend my knees and grip the bench, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD