Fake Law - The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister
$34.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology | Reading Level: very good
Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who couldn't be deported because he had a pet cat? Are unelected judges truly enemies of the people? Most of us think the law is only relevant to criminals, if we even think of it at all. But the law touches ev ...Show more
Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists by Julia Ebner
$29.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology | Reading Level: near fine
By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside, but two years ago, she began to feel that she was only seeing half the picture. She needed to get inside the groups to truly understand them. So she decided to go undercover in her spare hours - late ...Show more
Good Data: An Optimist's Guide to Our Digital Future by Sam Gilbert
$29.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology
Digital technology is now so pervasive that it's very hard to escape its influence, and with that growth comes fear. But whatever the news has told you about data and technology, think again. Data expert and tech insider Sam Gilbert shows that, actually, this data revolution could be the best thing tha ...Show more
The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything by Mike Rothschild
$32.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology
Its messaging can seem cryptic, even nonsensical, yet for tens of thousands of people, it explains everything: What is QAnon, where did it come from, and is the Capitol insurgency a sign of where it's going next? On October 5, 2017, President Trump made a cryptic remark in the State Dining Room at a ga ...Show more
QAnon and On: A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults by Van Badham
$32.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology
In QAnon and On, Guardian columnist Van Badham delves headfirst into the QAnon conspiracy theory, unpicking the why, how and who behind this century’s most dangerous and far-fetched internet cult. From Gamergate to Pizzagate and beyond to QAnon, internet manipulation and disinformation campaigns have ...Show more
Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together by Ian Leslie
$29.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology | Reading Level: nearfine
Bringing valuable lessons from the cutting edge of communication science, Conflicted does for our verbal communication what Thinking Fast and Slow did for our inner decision-making. 'Invaluable. The world will be a better place if everyone reads this book, and because it's so entertaining they probably ...Show more
Upheaval: Disrupted Lives in Journalism by Andrew Dodd (Editor); Matthew Ricketson (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology
‘Journalism was a trade you could go into and if you were any good at it you were a reasonably prosperous member of the community ... that’s just no longer the case.’ — David MarrJournalists make a living out of telling other people's stories. Rarely are we shown a glimpse of their doubts and vulnerabil ...Show more
The Truth About Lies by Aja Raden
$29.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology
A hugely entertaining compendium of lying combined with the latest psychological research and studies. Fibbing, prevaricating, stretching the truth, white lies, of omission, of commission. Lying is so pervasive that we have countless words for it. But have you ever considered why you believed a lie you ...Show more
Why We're Polarized - The International Bestseller from the Founder of Vox. com by Ezra Klein
$22.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology
Polarisation is often invoked as proof that our societies are broken but what if it's really the system working as intended?
Truth Is Trouble: The strange case of Israel Folau, or How Free Speech Became So Complicated by Malcolm Knox
$32.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology
Why did the sacking of rugby player Israel Folau over his social media posts become one of the nation's most polarizing controversies? How could one man's religious views activate so many people in modern Australia? And what does the sides people found themselves on tell us about the kind of country we' ...Show more
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
$24.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology | Reading Level: near fine
One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril.Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed to appreciate progress and the ideals that make it possible?If you follow the headlines, the world in the 21st century appears to be sinking i ...Show more
Fake Law: The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister
$19.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology
Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who couldn't be deported because he had a pet cat? Are unelected judges truly enemies of the people? Most of us think the law is only relevant to criminals, if we even think of it at all. But the law touches ...Show more