SCIENCE
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Wayfinding
Due
May
Hannah
Critchlow
RRP $32.99
What if our lives are
largely predetermined,
hardwired in our brains - and our choices over
who we fall in love with and what we believe
are not real choices at all? The Science of Fate
revolutionises our understanding of who we are.
Due
May
20
The Planets
Professor
Brian Cox,
Andrew Cohen
RRP $39.99
Professor Brian Cox is back with another
insightful and mind-blowing exploration of
space. This time he shows us our solar system
as we’ve never seen it before.
O’Connor seeks out
neuroscientists,
anthropologists and
master navigators
to understand how
navigation ultimately gave us our humanity,
trying to solve the mystery of how organisms
have the ability to migrate and orient with
such precision.
S cience
1
Tom Doig
RRP $34.99
In Hazelwood, Tom
Doig gives an account
of the blaze and the
dark months that
followed. This is a gripping report of one of the
worst environmental and public health disasters
in Australian history.
Has the Luck
Run Out?
David Fagan
RRP $32.99
Has the Luck Run Out?
shines a spotlight on the
mistakes we have made,
our national disillusion
and looks to what can
be done to re-set the
mood of the times.
Tim Minchin
Australia Day
Stan Grant
RRP $34.99
Due
MAY
1
Dr Alice Gorman
RRP $29.99
Due
MAY
Hazelwood
PHILOSOPHY
Dr Space Junk
vs The Universe
Going boldly forth
as a pioneer in the
fledgling field of
space archaeology, Dr
Alice Gorman (aka Dr
Space Junk) turns the
common perception
of archaeology as an exploration of the ancient
on its head.
7
is
simply the word
we use to describe
a method we use
for organising
our curiosity.
Stop Being
Reasonable
Eleanor
Gordon-Smith
RRP $27.99
In Australia Day
Stan talks about
reconciliation and
the indigenous
struggle for identity
in Australia, and
about what it means
to be Australian. It
asks: Who are we?
How do we move forward from here?
Due
May
In Stop Being Reasonable, philosopher
Eleanor Gordon-Smith tells gripping true
stories that show the limits of human
reason. Inspiring and perceptive, this book
is an illuminating exploration of the place
where philosophy and real life meet.
The Last
Elephants
Colin Bell, Dr
Don Pinnock
RRP $50.00
OUR PRICE $45 00
Elephants are a species in crisis. In this
comprehensive volume of essays and
extraordinary photos, environmental activist
Colin Bell and journalist Dr Don Pinnock call
attention to the threat posed to elephants
by poachers.
Shop online at collinsbooks.com.au
Commentary
Due
May
M.R. O’Conner
RRP $32.99
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The Science
of Fate
SOCIAL
Due
APRIL
Blackout
Matthew Warren
RRP $29.99
Blackout cuts through
the waffle to chart
the disintegration
of Australia’s energy
security, call out what
is holding us back,
and plot the way for a
brighter future.
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Upheaval
Jared Diamond
RRP $35.00
Exhibiting the grasp
of history, geography,
economics and
anthropology that
marks all Diamond’s
work, Upheaval reveals how both nations and
individuals can become more resilient.
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