Social Sciences

Sort by:
Nobody Loves Me: Bobby's true story of neglect, secrets and abuse

Nobody Loves Me: Bobby's true story of neglect, secrets and abuse

$24.99 AUD$19.99 AUD
Author: Maggie Hartley Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'Wow! I did not want this book to end. This story was unlike any other' Amazon reader review 'Very gripping and...
Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time

Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code at a Time

$49.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Seth D. Kaplan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 An "essential and engaging read for everyone who wants to better understand the challenges facing our cities, towns and our...
Toxic

Toxic

$34.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Sarah Ditum Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Brilliant . . . really made me realise how no one has pulled back and given an overall story to the...
Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century

Are We Getting Smarter?: Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century

$32.95 AUD$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Long Weekend, 1897-1919: Part of a Life

The Long Weekend, 1897-1919: Part of a Life

$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Mountain People

The Mountain People

$32.95 AUD$10.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Three Seductive Ideas

Three Seductive Ideas

$88.95 AUD$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Words & Pictures: Writers, Artists and a Peculiarly British Tradition

Words & Pictures: Writers, Artists and a Peculiarly British Tradition

$27.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Essential James Hillman: A Blue Fire

The Essential James Hillman: A Blue Fire

$90.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
How To Be an Antiracist: THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER

How To Be an Antiracist: THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER

$35.00 AUD$12.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification

The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification

$35.00 AUD$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America

$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Organizational Zoo: A Survival Guide to Workplace Behavior

The Organizational Zoo: A Survival Guide to Workplace Behavior

$34.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Rocking the Ages

Rocking the Ages

$54.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World

The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World

$29.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle. (From Vol 8. Collected Works)

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle. (From Vol 8. Collected Works)

$12.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Soul's Code

Soul's Code

$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office

The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office

$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Rush: A New History of the Gold Rush - America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1855

The Rush: A New History of the Gold Rush - America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1855

$49.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Milk: A Local and Global History

Milk: A Local and Global History

$30.95 AUD$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Digital Plenitude: The Decline of Elite Culture and the Rise of New Media

The Digital Plenitude: The Decline of Elite Culture and the Rise of New Media

$59.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere

How the World Was Won: The Americanization of Everywhere

$39.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
The Sweet Spot: Suffering, Pleasure and the Key to a Good Life

The Sweet Spot: Suffering, Pleasure and the Key to a Good Life

$35.00 AUD$12.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Unspeakable Awfulness: America Through the Eyes of European Travelers, 1865-1900

Unspeakable Awfulness: America Through the Eyes of European Travelers, 1865-1900

$77.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Diary of an Invasion

Diary of an Invasion

$24.99 AUD$19.99 AUD
Author: Andrey Kurkov Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'Uplifting and utterly defiant' Matt Nixson, Daily Express 'Immediate and important ... This is an insider's account of how an ordinary...
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

$24.99 AUD$19.99 AUD
Author: Kate Summerscale Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACSA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAILA WATERSTONES BEST...
How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention

How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention

$24.99 AUD$19.99 AUD
Author: Daniel Everett (Dean of Arts and Sciences at Bentley University) Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have...
The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison

$32.99 AUD$26.39 AUD
Author: Hugh Ryan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing...
The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War

$32.99 AUD$26.39 AUD
Author: Jonathan D Wells Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 Winner of a 2020-2021 New York City Book AwardIn a rapidly changing New York, two forces battled for the city's...
This Won't Hurt: How Medicine Fails Women

This Won't Hurt: How Medicine Fails Women

$55.00 AUD$44.00 AUD
Author: Marieke Bigg Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'A hugely informative and quietly furious call to arms.' IRISH TIMES 'A ground-breaking new book.' EVENING STANDARD 'A must read.' DAILY...
When the Dust Settles: The gripping behind-the-scenes story from the UK's top disaster planner -A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

When the Dust Settles: The gripping behind-the-scenes story from the UK's top disaster planner -A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

$24.99 AUD$19.99 AUD
Author: Lucy Easthope Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, Lucy Easthope's phone starts to ring. ________________...
Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding

Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding

$26.99 AUD$21.59 AUD
Author: Joanna Wolfarth Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 - 'Illuminating . . . an important book' Sunday Times - 'A fascinating journey through the social, cultural and historical meanings...
Labouring Men

Labouring Men

$36.99 AUD$29.59 AUD
Author: Prof Eric Hobsbawm Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 The topics covered in this book can be divided into four broad groups: studies of labour conditions up to the...
The Intelligence Trap: Revolutionise your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions

The Intelligence Trap: Revolutionise your Thinking and Make Wiser Decisions

$24.99 AUD$19.99 AUD
Author: David Robson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 We assume that smarter people are less prone to error. But education and expertise can sometimes make our mistakes worse and...
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

$24.99 AUD$19.99 AUD
Author: Kassia St Clair Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'Fascinating . . . The history of the world through the eye of a needle . . . I recommend...
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist

Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist

$55.00 AUD$44.00 AUD
Author: Emily Kenway Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 *FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023* 'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY 'A radical...
Bizarre: The Most Peculiar Cases of Human Behavior and What They Tell Us about How the Brain Works

Bizarre: The Most Peculiar Cases of Human Behavior and What They Tell Us about How the Brain Works

$34.99 AUD$27.99 AUD
Author: Marc Dingman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The human brain is an impossibly complex and delicate instrument - capable of extraordinary calculations, abundant creativity and linguistic dexterity. But...
Monsters: What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People?

Monsters: What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People?

$55.00 AUD$44.00 AUD
Author: Claire Dederer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'Funny, lively and convivial... how rare and nourishing this sort of roaming thought is and what a joy to read' MEGAN...
P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words

P.S. Burn This Letter Please: The fabulous and fraught birth of modern drag, in the queens' own words

$49.99 AUD$39.99 AUD
Author: Craig Olsen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 With an introduction from RuPaul's Drag Race winner Sasha Velour Their greatest act of resistance was simply existing In 1950s New...
Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place

Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place

$32.99 AUD$26.39 AUD
Author: David Randall Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 0 You don't get to choose where you grow up, and for more than 80 per cent of the population, the boring,...
Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forcade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s

Agents of Chaos: Thomas King Forcade, High Times, and the Paranoid End of the 1970s

$49.99 AUD$39.99 AUD
Author: Sean Howe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 At the end of the 1960s, the mysterious Tom For ade suddenly appeared, insinuating himself into the top echelons of countercultural...
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee: how our animal heritage affects the way we live

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee: how our animal heritage affects the way we live

$29.99 AUD$23.99 AUD
Author: Jared Diamond Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 How our animal heritage affects the way we live From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel More...
The Little Book of Scotland: Wit, Whisky and Wisdom

The Little Book of Scotland: Wit, Whisky and Wisdom

$17.99 AUD$8.00 AUD
Author: Orange Hippo! Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 Land of spectacular landscapes, rich history and fabulous legends. With its jaw-dropping beauty, magnificent architecture, superb art and culture, and friendly,...
Stiff Upper Lip: Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class

Stiff Upper Lip: Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class

$39.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Alex Renton Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'A brave and necessary book' GUARDIAN 'Shocking, gripping and sobering' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH This is the story of generations of parents, Britain's...
Bad Girls: A History of Rebels and Renegades

Bad Girls: A History of Rebels and Renegades

$49.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
Author: Caitlin Davies Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Society has never known what to do with its rebellious women. Those who defied expectations about feminine behaviour have long been...
The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead: A Journey Around the World in Idioms, Proverbs and General Nonsense

The Wheel is Spinning but the Hamster is Dead: A Journey Around the World in Idioms, Proverbs and General Nonsense

$26.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Author: Adam Sharp Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Know your tater trap from your sniffle herring in Sharp's journey around the world in idioms, proverbs and general nonsense -...
200 Words to Help You Talk About Psychology

200 Words to Help You Talk About Psychology

$22.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Michael Britt Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 If you have ever felt at a disadvantage when joining in a conversation on a subject that you aren't confident about,...
Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness

Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness

$49.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Nathalie Olah Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 TATE BOOK OF THE MONTH 2023 A timely critique of consumer culture which captures this image-obsessed moment in history, perfect for...