The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir; Constance Borde (Translator); Sheila Malovany-Chevallier (Translator)
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Category: society culture gender
Of all the writing that emerged from the existentialist movement, Simone de Beauvoir's groundbreaking study of women will probably have the most extensive and enduring impact. It is at once a work of anthropology and sociology, of biology and psychoanalysis, from the pen of a writer and novelist of penn ...Show more
See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse by Jess Hill
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Category: society culture gender
Winner of the Stella Prize 2020. At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria's dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone counsellors receive a call every three minutes. Many women are repeat callers- on average, they will go back to an abusive partner eight times before leaving for good. ' ...Show more
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates
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Category: society culture gender
For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission. Her goal, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to ...Show more
Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs.. by Cailin O'Connor; James Owen Weatherall
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The social dynamics of "alternative facts" why what you believe depends on who you know Why should we care about having true beliefs? And why do demonstrably false beliefs persist and spread despite consequences for the people who hold them? Philosophers of science Cailin O'Connor and James Weatherall a ...Show more
What Makes Us Tick?: The ten desires that drive us by Hugh Mackay
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Dr Mackay has spent a lifetime listening to people talk about their dreams, fears, hopes, disappointments and passions. As well, his bestselling books have documented the impact of the changes that have been radically reshaping our society. In WHAT MAKES US TICK? he reflects on some of the things that d ...Show more
Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari
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Category: society culture gender
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Depression and anxiety are now at epidemic levels. Why? Across the world, scientists have uncovered evidence for nine different causes. Some are in our biology, but most are in the way we are living today. Lost Connections offers a radical new way of thinking about this cris ...Show more
Fight Like A Girl by Clementine Ford
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Category: society culture gender
Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our most outspoken feminist writers.
Women Talk More Than Men: ...And Other Myths About Language Explained by Abby Kaplan
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Category: society culture gender
Do women talk more than men? Does text messaging make you stupid? Can chimpanzees really talk to us? This fascinating textbook addresses a wide range of language myths, focusing on important big-picture issues such as the rule-governed nature of language or the influence of social factors on how we spea ...Show more
The Game Changers by Steph Adams, Samantha Brett
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The path to success is rarely straightforward. However, with more female trailblazers out there than ever before, achieving their career goals in the worlds of business, entertainment, fashion, politics and beyond, the game is being changed forever. Journalist Samantha Brett and editor and art director ...Show more
The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer
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Category: society culture gender | Series: Harper Perennial Modern Classics Ser.
Available in audio for the first time since its publication in 1970, and narrated by the author, Germaine Greer. A worldwide best seller, The Female Eunuch is a landmark book in the history of the women's movement and a ground-breaking feminist tract. Drawing from history, literature, and popular cultu ...Show more
Why Warriors Lie Down and Die: Djambatj Mala by Richard Trudgen
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Category: society culture gender
"Many books have been written about the Yolngu people of Arnhem Land, Australia. This one is very different. It speaks about the real situation that we face every day, a reality that is hard for people of another culture to imagine." - Rev. Dr. Djiniyini Gondarra OAM, Yolngu Clan Elder Why Warriors Lie ...Show more
HIGH LEAN COUNTRY by ATKINSON ALAN (EDS)
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High Lean Country captures the rich history and haunting character of the New England region of northern New South Wales. The authors explore how memory - of land, of family, of patterns of life on the other side of the world - has influenced the identity of New England. They also consider how the high ...Show more