Money Diaries with She's on the Money: The power in rewriting your money story by Victoria Devine
Category: Business
Victoria Devine is transforming the way millennials think about money. With a background in behavioural psychology and two chart-topping podcasts, She's on the Money and The Property Playbook, Victoria understands what makes her generation tick and knows how to make hard-to-understand concepts fun, fres ...Show more
The Big Con - How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments and Warps Our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato; Rosie Collington
Category: Business
There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change.Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC, Deloitte, ...Show more
The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph Stiglitz
Category: Business
A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedom Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more ...Show more
Super Simple Puppy Tricks and Training: Fun and Easy Step by Step Activities to Engage, Challenge and Bond with Your Puppy by Kyra Sundance
Category: Non Fiction
Teach your puppy essential skills, helpful behaviors, and fantastic tricks with this step-by-step, photo-illustrated guide designed to support your pup's developing mind and body. Super Simple Puppy Tricks and Training, adapted from 51 Puppy Tricks, guides you through the simple steps of teaching a ...Show more
Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs by Johann Hari
Category: Non Fiction
The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus takes a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we know it sharing his personal experience on Ozempic and examining our ability to heal society's dysfunctional relationship with food, weight and our bodies. In January 2023, ...Show more
Thirty-Two Words for Field by Manchán Magan
Category: Non Fiction
The Irish language has thirty-two words for field. Among them are: Geamhar - a field of corn-grass Tuar - a field for cattle at night Réidhleán - a field for games or dancing Cathairín - a field with a fairy-dwelling in it The richness of a language closely tied to the natural landscape offered our ...Show more
Culture: A New World History by Martin Puchner
Category: Non Fiction
Can anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing. It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents over centuries to produce masterpieces. From Nefertiti's lost city and the Islamic Golden Age to twentieth ...Show more
The Way We Are: Lessons from a lifetime of listening by Hugh Mackay
Category: Non Fiction
Australia's leading social psychologist examines our society today and asks timely and urgent questions about its future Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain.Yet none of our differences-whether based on ethnicity, politics, religion,cultural tastes and preferences, or gender ...Show more
Bethlehem: A Celebration of Palestinian Food by Fadi Kattan
Category: Non Fiction
Bethlehem is a celebration of Palestinian food and culture from one of the area’s most dynamic chefs and a portrait of one of the most storied cities in the world.Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan celebrates the hidden parts of Bethlehem, his home, conjuring the colours and smells of its market and sp ...Show more
New Coastal: Inspiration for a Life by the Sea by Ingrid Weir
Category: Non Fiction
Dreaming of life by the ocean? New Coastal: Where To Find It and How To Create It, takes you on an epic voyage around the USA and Australia. This beautiful, photo-filled hardback serves as an inspiration and compass for life lived by the sea. Written and photographed by interior designer Ingrid Weir, t ...Show more
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens: WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD by Shankari Chandran
Category: Non Fiction
Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnamon Gardens Nursing Home is nestled in the quiet suburb of Westgrove, Sydney - populated with residents with colourful histories, each with their own secrets, triumphs and failings. This is their safe place, a ...Show more
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
Category: Business
The #1 bestselling economist opens our eyes to the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism. In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech be ...Show more