Society & Social Sciences Books

From Dr Gareth Moore, the author of Buster's bestselling Brain Games for Clever Kids series, comes a new collection of puzzles to get kids training their brains from an early age.For children aged 7-9, the Bright Sparks series is aimed at sharpening the...

This artwork, titled Diverse Women, celebrates the energy flowing through Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women of the past, through to the present, and bubbling towards future generations of tiddas (sisters). In Rachael's words, it 'celebrates the...

Loving Country is a powerful and essential guidebook that offers a new way to travel and discover Australia through an Indigenous narrative. In this beautifully designed and photographed edition, co-authors Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou, in...

In Play by the Rules, acclaimed writer and historian Michael Pembroke offers a fresh take on the USA’s vast influence and asks whether it is still a force for good. In the heady days after 1945, the authority of the United States was unrivalled. But...

Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of cultural burning practices, and improved 'reading' of...

In this landmark follow-up to the bestselling Silent Invasion, Hidden Hand exposes the Chinese Communist Party’s global program of influence and subversion, and the threat it poses to democracy.With its enormous economic power,...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and society has existed on this continent for millennia. It's a culture that manifests itself as the ultimate example of resilience, strength and beauty. It’s also a culture that has consistently been led by...

Diane Von Furstenberg, Vivienne Westwood, Sarah Burton, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Donna Karan, and Iris van Herpen are among the great women designers to emerge in the last few decades. We now live in an age when no one would dare call them "that little...

The ubiquitous sneaker is the canvas upon which so many defiers of convention – artists, musicians, athletes, and celebrities – have sought to make their mark and through the sneaker contribute to a unique identity and attitude among sneakerheads...

Brilliant, funny, and thought-provoking, this is an anthology of not-to-be-missed feminist writing in an unmissable package. The 21 pieces span generations and backgrounds and cover topics ranging from financial independence to "resting bitch face."...

Positive and powerful, I Am Her Tribe is a collection of poetry drawing on the viral Instagram handle and online hashtag that serves to create moments of connection through empowerment and storytelling. Focusing on inspiration, Doby's poetry...

Winner of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry, amanda lovelace presents her new illustrated duology, “things that h(a)unt.” In this first installment, to make monsters out of girls, lovelace explores the memory of being in an abusive...

From the rise of the illustrated fashion catalogue in the late 19th century to its current status as the top style magazine today, Vogue magazine has been at the forefront of a movement that brought together the world of high art, high society, and haute...

Celebrate the highly anticipated film Wicked with this officially licensed journal featuring Emerald City on the cover and an elegant velvet ribbon page marker adorned with an enameled hot air balloon charm.184 RULED PAGES: Write down all your magical...

A stunning and unforgettable novel about the pursuit of a creative and independent life, Barbara Hanrahan’s Sea Green is an Australian feminist classic. With a new introduction from Laura Elizabeth Woollett.Virginia is on a ship bound for London, lured...

Celebrate the highly anticipated film Wicked and beloved character Elphaba Thropp with this officially licensed deluxe hardcover journal.240 RULED PAGES: Includes 240 pages of premium lined pages to give you plenty of space to record your notes and...

Passionate, pithy, learned, witty, and vigorously combative, The Truth of the Matter tells the extraordinary political story of the only Prime Minister of Australia ever deposed from office. On Remembrance Day 1975 the Governor-General of Australia,...

Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, he offers a means of moving beyond the binaries and embracing a path to peace and forgiveness, rooted in the Wiradjuri spiritual practice of Yindyamarra – deep...

Dolly Parton is a superstar, singer, songwriter, actress, business mogul, and philanthropist. Since the 1960's Dolly has maintained an unparalleled level of success and multi-generational popularity. With her recent induction into the Rock & Roll...

Explore the creatures of Star Wars in the first of two books, this one featuring beautiful illustrations of the wondrous non-sentient species from a galaxy far, far away.From Naboo to Hoth, Tatooine to Kashyyyk, and beyond, Star Wars is packed with...

Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read.From day one of her wildly unconventional childhood, Gina Chick blazed her own...

Harry Styles is a multi-platinum recording artist, film actor, and a fashion icon whose rise to fame took him from a TV talent show to becoming one of the most globally recognized celebrities of his generation. Now his fans of all ages can express their...

Inspired by the events seen in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, this book is a charming journey through key scenes from the film, showing Harry’s journey from the Cupboard Under the Stairs to full-fledged Gryffindor. The all-new, beautifully...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Financial Times Business Book of the YearA riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X—whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge technology to...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLEROn July 9th, 2020, Bob Unanue, the CEO of Goya Foods, became the target of cancel culture. His crime? He used the word “blessed” to describe the country under President Donald J. Trump. This is the incredible true story of one man’s...

The best-selling Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot Deck and Guidebook—now made tiny! Follow the wisdom of Buffy, Willow, Xander, Spike, and others with this beautifully illustrated tiny tarot deck inspired by the beloved series Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

In an age of complex global challenges, extremism and populism offer a simple but fatally flawed narrative to a public craving a sense of normalcy. There is another way. Centrism has proven itself not only the most effective antidote to their dangerous...

Send valentines full of sugar, spice, and everything nice (and possibly Chemical X™) with these deluxe super valentines inspired by The Powerpuff Girls™. Make sure all your friends have an X-tra special Valentine’s Day with this awesome set of The...

Experience the mystical collage art of Amy Zerner and Monte Farber’s Enchanted Worlds with this deluxe poster-size 2025 wall calendar. This striking calendar features a beautiful tapestry image each month and includes a 12 x 18–inch frameable print of...

“Delightful.” —Town & Country • “Extraordinary...Tomlinson’s book is a gem.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) • “Moving...Really broke me.” —The Washington Post • “This book wants to lick your face. Let it.” —Kirkus ReviewsPulitzer Prize finalist Tommy...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Craig Whitlock’s masterful account of one of the biggest public corruption scandals in American history—exposing how a charismatic Malaysian defense contractor bribed scores of high-ranking military officers,...

The story of Australia’s Black convicts has been all but erased from our history. In recovering their lives, Santilla Chingaipe offers a fresh understanding of this fatal shore, showing how empire, slavery, race and memory have shaped our nation.On the...

An “intimate, intensely resonant memoir about workaholism, unresolved trauma, and the ‘addictive nature of ambition’” (Harper’s Bazaar), this is an anti-girlboss tale for our times for readers of Drinking: A Love Story and Uncanny Valley.After years of...

For readers of Meghan O’Rourke’s The Invisible Kingdom, Esmé Weijun Wang’s The Collected Schizophrenias, and Melissa Febos’s Girlhood, a powerful and deeply personal memoir in essays that sheds light on the silent epidemic of head trauma.Annie Liontas...

What would you do if your husband suddenly left you with two kids to support? Go back to school? Go into real estate?Or start a new career as a pimp?Upon discovering that sex work is decriminalised in New Zealand, Antonia Murphy decides to build her own...

Celebrate the holidays with Buddy the Elf and this amazing official advent calendar, filled with 25 days of magical, exclusive gifts inspired by the iconic Christmas film classic Elf!Get ready to celebrate alongside the North Pole elves and ring in...

Discover how the bonds of life and love transcend death• Explains the phenomenon of crisis apparitions: visions of loved ones that are experienced simultaneously with their deaths, even at great distances• Examines a wide range of sources, including...

This stunning, cloth-bound pop-up book is a replica of the book from Universal Pictures' spectacular, generation-defining cinematic event, Wicked.A replica of the Ozian book from Wicked, The Story of Oz & the Wonderful Wizard presents the Wizard’s...

An investigation based on direct experience into the meaning and message of altered states• Recounts several dozen of the author’s experiences of drug and non-drug altered states of consciousness from birth to early adulthood• Applies the lenses of four...

For the first time, the First Nations story of Cook’s arrival, and what blackfellas want everyone to know about the coming of Europeans.Both 250 years late and extremely timely, this is an account of what First Nations people saw and felt when James Cook...

Embark on a groovy journey with the legendary Grateful Dead in this official tarot deck and guidebook, combining the mysticism and symbolism of traditional tarot with the free-spirited, psychedelic, and counterculture elements that Dead fans know and...

Follow the wisdom of Buffy, Willow, Xander, Spike, and others with this beautifully illustrated tarot deck inspired by the beloved series Buffy the Vampire Slayer—now in an all-new large format!In every generation, there is a chosen one—explore your...

Let Jareth, Sarah, Hoggle, and other beloved characters from Jim Henson's Labyrinth guide your tarot practice with the official Labyrinth Tarot Deck—now in an all-new large format!Larger-than-life characters from Jim Henson’s beloved classic Labyrinth...

Bring a touch of witchcraft into your tarot practice with this new, larger-than-life edition of the illustrated Tarot Deck and Guidebook inspired by Hocus Pocus!Hocus Pocus has put a spell on fans with its humor and heart since its release in 1993. Now,...

Let Maleficent, Captain Hook, and other classic baddies guide your tarot practice with the only official tarot deck featuring Disney’s most wicked villains—now in an all-new large format!Disney’s larger-than-life villains have taken over tarot in this...

Let the citizens of Halloween Town guide your tarot practice with this new, larger-than-life edition of the sumptuously illustrated tarot deck inspired by the classic animated film Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.Disney’s iconic holiday film...

Bill Adair, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalism professor, and founder of Politifact, presents an eye-opening and engaging history of political liars and a vision for how to make them stop. Bill Adair knows a lie when he hears one. Since 2008, the site he...

The cofounder of BET and first African American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal, “highly readable” (Kirkus Reviews) journey through love and loss, tragedy and triumph—an inspiring story of overcoming toxic influences, discovering her true...