The Descent of Man Grayson Perry HB $ 35.00 What is masculinity and what can it become ? Tracing the contours of the dominant male role today , its history and its clearly defined rules , The Descent of Man explores everything from sex , seriousness and intimidation to clothing , childhood and power , suggesting a more modern model of manhood which may reach escape velocity from the gravity of Traditional Man .
Against Everything Mark Greif HB $ 34.99 Over the past eleven years , Greif has been publishing superb essays in n + 1 , which he co-founded . These essays address such key topics as the tyranny of exercise , the tyranny of nutrition and food snobbery , the sexualization of childhood , the philosophical meaning of Radiohead , the rise and fall of the hipster and the crisis of policing . Each essay in Against Everything is learned , original , highly entertaining , and , from start to finish , dead serious .
Fight Like a Girl Clementine Ford PB $ 29.99 Online sensation , fearless feminist heroine and scourge of trolls and misogynists everywhere , Clementine Ford is a beacon of hope and inspiration to thousands of Australian women and girls . Her incendiary debut is an essential manifesto for feminists new , old and soon-to-be . Crucially , it is a call to arms for all women to rediscover the fury that has been suppressed by a society that still considers feminism a threat .
Frantumaglia Elena Ferrante PB $ 29.99 Frantumaglia is a riveting compilation , over the course of her writing career , of Elena Ferrante ' s letters to her publisher , interviews with editors and journalists , and responses to readers ' questions . For fans of Ferrante , and for fans of writing , this is essential reading . Her comments have the ring of truth and the power of wisdom . This is a woman who not only knows her own mind , she can see deep into ours , too .
Thank You for Being Late Thomas L . Friedman PB $ 34.99 We all sense it — something big is going on . You feel it in your workplace . You feel it when you talk to your children . You can ' t miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news . Our lives are speeding up — and it is dizzying . In Thank You for Being Late , a work unlike any he has attempted before , Thomas L . Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them .
A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women Siri Hustvedt PB $ 32.99 As well as being a prize-winning , bestselling novelist , Siri Hustvedt is widely regarded as a leading thinker in the fields of neurology , feminism , art criticism and philosophy . The essays in this volume form an extremely stimulating , thoughtful , wide-ranging exploration of some of the fundamental questions about human beings and the human condition , delivered with Siri Hustvedt ' s customary lucidity , vivacity and infectiously questioning intelligence .