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This volume discusses the implications of teaching our computers and robots to think. The authors, a paleontologist and an artificial intelligence guru, team up to present some of the sociological,...

In Lloyd Geering's most controversial book so far, he examines the world at the end of the twentieth century, with the wisdom of a man who has lived through much...

'We ran, down through the thick bush below the slip, Rebecca leading. Lisa's light pack slung over one shoulder and bouncing wildly, as if it was as frightened as the...

This book documents recent journeys to far-flung destinations throughout the world by thirteen Australian artists charged with the mission of recording their experiences in their own unique artistic terms. Each...

Cyberspace is a late 20th-century word for a world of information accessible via computer technology. Limited only by our imagination and the interface between ourselves and the machine, cyberspace can...

Enter a world of creativity, paint and furry (or sometimes scaly) friends in this Animal Rock Painting kit. Crafters will join author and rock-artist extraordinaire Katie Cameron as she guides...

Tim Bowden loves travelling and camping and has a great interest in Australian history. So, when he decided to take off to Western Australia with his wife Ros and their...

'.a masterful combination of suspense, mystery and psychology.in short, another triumph.' Canberra Times Ms Walters plots so carefully, intelligently and subtly that the reader submits eagerly to the tangle of...

Mean, bitter Mathilda Gillespie has been dead for days - wrists slashed, pills spilled, body cold in the bath. Her death shouts suicide, but would even Mathilda have been crazy...

Who was Billy Blake? And why did he die of starvation beside a freezer full of food in one of the wealthiest parts of London? Mike Deacon, a cynical and...

In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor. Rather, breakthrough success turns out to be associated with a clearly...

"60 Minutes" is Australia's most successful current affairs programme, watched each week by millions. This insider's story by a producer with more than nine years direct working experience on the...

These portraits taken by a true animal lover feature pets chosen from among the top specimens of each breed.

Recent discoveries suggest that construction of defensive walls in northern China began about 688 BC. Today, the dragon-like walls that follow the mountain ridges and valleys north of Beijing were...

Imagine that you had a unique set of genes that allowed you to travel to alternative worlds safely - when nobody else could. And imagine that somebody had opened a...

Just as a person contrives a style, the purpose of which is integration and the effect of which is presentation, so a nation collectively projects an appearance, a "national" style....

Millions of people worldwide now interact via computers, often assuming personalities of their own creation, but what are the psychological effects of such game playing? This book examines the wonders...

Written in the age of technological revolution,the novels included in this edition combine the mundane with the extraordinary to unnerving effect:the pre dictions of H G Wells fiction have often...

Written for would-be and current B&B owners, this guide helps you assess the viability of starting and running your own B&B, with tools to make the most of your opportunities.

Feed your imagination in only 5 minutes with this delightful collection of illustrated stories about magic and mystery.

'Einheitliche Feldtheorie'. The final words of his dying mentor will change David Swift's life forever. Within hours of hearing those words, David is arrested, interrogated and almost assassinated. But he's...

Suzanne's Great-Great-Aunt Deidra has left her dog to Suzanne's Mum in her will. Suzanne is over-the-moon about having a dog again, after her old dog Barney was 'sent away to...

Backed by five years of research, David Marcum and Steven Smith's 'Egonomics' informs readers that the key to great leadership is understanding exactly what ego is - and what it...

In 1809, when Darwin was born, much of the world was an unexplored wilderness. Our knowledge of the past was nonexistent, and our picture of our species' history little more...

Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon....

Practising GP, TV doctor, health columnist, and mother of three, Dr Dawn Harper explains the facts about the most common diseases, ailments and concerns facing families today, as well as...

The English country house reached its apotheosis in the nineteenth century. Designed by the most eminent architects of the age, the houses were bigger, more elaborate and more lavishly furnished...

This is a hilarious collection of email exchanges starring the anti-hero of spam, Bob Servant. Spam is the plague of the electronic age. It comprises 90 per cent of all...