Living Democracy: An Ecological Manifesto for the End of the World As We Know It by Tim Hollo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
There's a mounting sense of desperation in the face of ecological crises, gaping economic inequality and racial injustice, and a post-truth in politics that's divorced from reality. But what if it were possible for us to not just survive, but thrive, in the 21st century? What if the solutions to our eco ...Show more
Survival LegaciesStories from Aboriginal Settlements of Southeastern Australia by Peter Rimas Kabaila
$69.95 AUD
Category: Politics & society
"The Indigenous history of Australia is a story of change and survival, Sometimes that change has been willing, as Aboriginal people moved their camps closer to white society, seeking access to the goods and customs of colonial Europeans. Sometimes that change has been coercive, forcefully delivered thr ...Show more
Design: Building on Country (First Knowledges) by Alison Page, Paul Memmott
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society | Series: First Knowledges
Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion. Alison Page and Paul ...Show more
Songlines: The Power and Promise (First Knowledges) by Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society | Series: First Knowledges
Songlines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australia's many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather ...Show more
The Kabul Peace House: How a Group of Young People Are Daring to Dream in a Land of War by Mark Isaacs
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society | Series: Young Afghans Peace Community
A story of peace in a land of unending war. This is a story of hope and resilience in Afghanistan, a country constantly under siege from within and without. Refugee advocate, activist and acclaimed author Mark Isaacs takes us inside a remarkable and unlikely peace project established in one of the mo ...Show more
The American Way Of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford
$31.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
An updated edition of a work first published in the early 1960s, this is a study of the USA's funeral practices. Its celebrated and now deceased English author argues that, if anything, the industry has become more pernicious than ever in its assault on the American people's customs and wallets.
Farmers or Hunter-gatherers?: The Dark Emu Debate by Peter Sutton & Keryn Walshe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
An authoritative study of pre-colonial Australia that dismantles and reframes popular narratives of First Nations land management and food production. Australians' understanding of Aboriginal society prior to the British invasion from 1788 has been transformed since the publication of Bruce Pascoe's Dar ...Show more
Junior Atlas of Indigenous Australia by Macquarie Dictionary
$39.99 AUD
Category: Non-fiction
The Atlas visually represents patterns of human activities in space and time, from over 60,000 years ago to the present time. It covers an extensive range of topics, such as deep history, Indigenous mapping, material culture, cultural and religious life, art, sport, language, environment and Country, so ...Show more
The Dreaming Path: Indigenous Thinking to Change Your Life by Paul Callaghan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
Tired of going around in circles? The Dreaming Path has always been there, but in the modern-day world, it can be hard to find. There are so many demands on us family, health, bills, a mortgage, a career that it can be hard to remember what's most important- you. It's time to reconnect with your story. ...Show more
First Knowledges Astronomy: Sky Country by Karlie Noon, Krystal De Napoli
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society | Series: First Knowledges
What do you need to know to prosper for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest scientists in human history.Many First Peoples regard the land a ...Show more
How to Lose Friends and Influence White People by Antoinette Lattouf
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
A guide through the balancing act of activist, advocate and ally, remembering that just because others are learning you don't need to be the teacher, from the dynamic and sharp co-founder of Media Diversity Australia, Antoinette Lattouf. Poignant, inspiring, funny and most importantly authentic, How to ...Show more
Reckoning: The forgotten children and their quest for justice by David Hill
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
The story of how David Hill and the other Forgotten Children took on the the institutions that tried to break them - and won. The Forgotten Children was David Hill's heartbreaking account of the abuse that he and other 'orphans of empire' survived at the Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales. Part ...Show more