829 Results: New & Used in Nonfiction Books in Alphington 3078, VIC (Page 8 of 35)

How Proust Can Change Your Life – Alain De Botton Very Good Condition. Paperback 216 pages Picador Books 1997 Goodreads description: For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he wrote the one-and-a-quarter-million words of In Search of Lost Time (while bedridden, no less), Alain de Botton has the answer. For, in this stylish, erudite and frequently hilarious book, de Botton dips deeply into Proust’s life and work—his fiction, letter, and conversations—and distills fro

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear – Elizabeth Gilbert Like New Condition Hardcover 276 pages Published by Bloomsbury 2015 Goodreads description: Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Gilbert offers insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear.

Goodreads description: Rock star, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her fans to support her in maki

The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Sklooth Very Good Condition Hardcover 370 pages Published by Random House 2010 Goodreads description: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her enslaved ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has be

The Kraus Project – Jonathan Franzen Like New Condition Paperback 318 pages Fourth Estate Press 2013 Goodreads description: A great American writer’s confrontation with a great European critic – a personal and intellectual awakening. A hundred years ago, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was among the most penetrating and prophetic writers in Europe: a relentless critic of the popular media’s manipulation of reality, the dehumanising machinery of technology and consumerism, and the jingoi

Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others – James Gilligan Very Good Condition Hardcover 229 pages Polity Press 2012 Goodreads description: Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. James Gilligan has discovered a devastating truth that has been "hiding in plain sight" for the past century - namely, that when America's conservative party, the Republicans, have gained the presidency, the country has repeatedly suffered from epi

A Hero Of Our Time – Mikhail Lermontov Like New Condition Hardcover 186 pages Everyman Library 1992 Goodreads description: In its adventurous happenings, its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues, A Hero of Our Time looks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and '30s. In the character of its protagonist, Pechorin, the archetypal Russian antihero, Lermontov's novel looks forward to the subsequent glories and passion of Russi

The Media We Deserve – David Salter Very Good Condition Paperback. 304 pages Melbourne University Press 2007 Goodreads description: Australia is fortunate to have media that are generally competent and occasionally very good indeed. But the print and broadcast material we consume every day can also be perverse, shallow, illogical, infuriatingly opportunistic, crassly commercial, insufferably pretentious and rarely witty. We hold journalists in particular contempt and believe they deal in

Outline Of Employment Law: Second Edition – Nii Wallace-Bruce Very Good Condition Paperback 249 pages Butterworths 1999 Goodreads description: Since the 1980s, Australia has undergone a quiet revolution in its national policy for the manufacturing industry. Protectionism, the basis of policy for over a century and a strong tenet of Australian political culture, has been abolished and alternative policies phased in. This book is an historical and theoretical account of this transition from

Local and Global: The Role of Local Government in a Sustainable World – Kaarin Taipale Very Good Condition Paperback 115 pages City of Helsinki Urban Facts 2004 Local and Global: The Role of Local Government in a Sustainable World – Kaarin Taipale Pick up is free and easy. I’ll post 2 or 3 similar sized or smaller books in one Postpak for 1 postage charge if they fit. Australia Post standard: $10:70 Australia Post Express: $13:70 Posted recycled padded bags have padding made from 100% rec

The Chomsky-Foucault Debate On Human Nature – Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault Like New Condition Paperback 213 pages The New Press 2006 Goodreads description:Two of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers debate a perennial question. In 1971, at the height of the Vietnam War and at a time of great political and social instability, two of the world's leading intellectuals, Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault, were invited by Dutch philosopher Fons Edlers to debate an age-old questi

Live An Exceptional Life – Rachael Millsom Good Condition Paperback. Coffee stain towards the end of the book 319 pages Brolga Publishing 2008 Booko description: Rachael Millsom has many roles in life, including environmental scientist, life coach, meditation teacher, wife, friend and family member. She loves spending time in nature, riding her bike, gardening and eating from her garden. She had the idea for Live an Exceptional Life when she was looking for a tool herself to record all of

Environmental Principles And Policies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction – Sharon Beder Like New Condition Paperback 304 pages Earthscan Publishing 2010 Goodreads description: Environmental Principles and Policies uses environmental and social principles to analyse the latest wave of economic-based and market-orientated environmental policies currently being adopted around the world. This book provides an in-depth examination of six key principles that have been incorporated into internati

Introduction To Australian Administrative Law – Margaret Allars Good Condition Vinyl covered paperback. Stain in inside pages. 365 pages Butterworths 1991 Introduction To Australian Administrative Law – Margaret Allars Pick up is free and easy. I’ll post 2 or 3 similar sized or smaller books in one Postpak for 1 postage charge if they fit. Australia Post standard: $10:70 Australia Post Express: $13:70 Posted recycled padded bags have padding made from 100% recycled newspaper.

A Human Being Died That Night: Forgiving Apartheid’s Chief Killer – Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela Like New Condition Paperback 193 pages Portobello Books 2006 Goodreads description: A Human Being Died That Night recounts an extraordinary dialogue. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township, reflects on her interviews with Eugene de Kock, the commanding officer of state-sanctioned death squads under apartheid. Gobodo-Madikizela met with de Kock in Pretor

The Ethical Imagination: Journeys of the Human Spirit – Margaret Somerville Like New Condition Paperback 276 pages Melbourne University Press 2007 Goodreads description: In the 2006 CBC Massey Lectures - the bestselling and most eagerly anticipated lecture series of the year - renowned ethicist and McGill University professor Margaret Somerville tackles some of the most contentious issues of our times, and proposes a brilliant new kind of ethical language and thought to help us navigate th

Coltan – Michael Nest Like New Condition Paperback 220 pages Polity Press 2011 Goodreads description: A decade ago no one except geologists had heard of tantalum or 'coltan' - an obscure mineral that is an essential ingredient in mobile phones and laptops. Then, in 2000, reports began to leak out of Congo: of mines deep in the jungle where coltan was extracted in brutal conditions watched over by warlords. The United Nations sent a team to investigate, and its exposé of the relationship be

What Is Good?: The Search For The Best Way To Live – A. C. Grayling Like New Condition Paperback 274 pages Phoenix Books 2007 Goodreads description: With clarity of thought and philosophical rigour, A. C. Grayling provides a valuable guide through mankind's ethical struggle to live decently. Focusing on two very different conceptions, he examines the different ways to live a good life, as proposed from classical antiquity to the recent present. Pick up is free and easy. I’ll post 2 or 3 s

Blueprint 2: Greening the World Economy – David Pearce (ed). Good Condition Vinyl covered paperback 232 pages Earthscan Press 1991 Goodreads description: Following 'Blueprint for a Green Economy' (the Pearce Report), David Pearce and his team have turned their attention to global environmental threats. If it makes sense to apply economic analysis to national environmental problems, then it makes even more sense to apply it to world-wide dangers. The authors start by describing the reasons

The Green Reader – Andrew Dobson (ed). Good Condition Paperback 280 pages Andre Deutsch Limited 1991 Goodreads description: Gathers essays about the limits of growth, decentralisation, economics, political reform, and "green" philosophy Pick up is free and easy. I’ll post 2 or 3 similar sized or smaller books in one Postpak for 1 postage charge if they fit. Australia Post standard: $10:70 Australia Post Express: $13:70 Posted recycled padded bags have padding made from 100% recycled newsp

Going Green: Hints & Tips to Reduce You Carbon Footprint – Vivian Head Like New Condition Hardcover 160 pages Abbeydale Press 2008 Going Green: Hints & Tips to Reduce You Carbon Footprint – Vivian Head Pick up is free and easy. I’ll post 2 or 3 similar sized or smaller books in one Postpak for 1 postage charge if they fit. Australia Post standard: $10:70 Australia Post Express: $13:70 Posted recycled padded bags have padding made from 100% recycled newspaper.

The Colonial Earth – Tim Bonyhady Like New Condition Hardcover 433 pages The Miegunyah Press 2000 Goodreads description: Drawing on sources dating from the First Fleet until federation - from paintings and poems to reports of public meetings and parliamentary debates - this text shows that an environmental aesthetic is as deep-set in the Australian culture as the inability to turn environmental concern into practice. Pick up is free and easy. I’ll post 2 or 3 similar sized or smaller book

Ecological Utopias s: Envisioning the Sustainable Society – Marius de Geus Very Good Condition Paperback 318 pages International Books 1999 Goodreads description: The book investigates whether the different ecological utopias to be found in the history of political philosophy can provide a useful contribution to our quest for an ecologically responsible society. What is the impact of the diverse environmental utopias on the current political discussion, and can we really do without utopian

Confessions Of A Recovering Environmentalist and Other Essays – Paul Kingsnorth Like New Condition Paperback 285 pages Faber & Faber Publishers 2017 Goodreads description: A provocative and urgent essay collection that asks how we can live with hope in “an age of ecocide” Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist―an ardent environmentalist. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless