Sociology
The World According to Y
Rebecca Huntley
Format: Paperback
What do women - and men - really want? A sassy young academic explores the very different worlds of today's Generation Y'.
Bait and Switch
Barbara Ehrenreich
Format: Paperback
The author of the international bestseller Nickel and Dimed delivers a stark warning about the future that faces corporate employees everywhere.
Affluenza
Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss
Format: Paperback
The Western world is in the grip of a consumerism that is unique in human history. We overwork, we spend huge amounts on things we never use, then we chuck them out. The author of the bestselling Growth Fetish pries into our wardrobes, kitchens and backyards, and shows us what choice really means.
Saltwater People
Nonie Sharp
Format: Paperback
A fascinating insight into the culture of the saltwater peoples of northern Australian coasts, their profound knowledge of and attachment to their sea country, how this endured despite dislocation and repression, and how this has shaped their values and relations with territory - with telling contrasts to our own western institutions and their origins.
The Men and the Boys
R.W. Connell
Format: Paperback
Australia's leading men's issues expert looks at experiences of masculinity at different ages, in different social groups and in the context of globalisation.
This Remarkable Gift
Maurice Shinnick
Format: Paperback
A parish priest shows how it is possible to be gay and Catholic if we understand homosexuality as a gift from God.
