Deakin Lecture 2008 - Exploring Possibilities
The Geography Of Hope
$39.95 (Paperback book / Vintage )
After the fierce warnings and grim predictions of The Weather Makers and An Inconvenient Truth, acclaimed journalist and national bestselling author Chris Turner finds hope in the search for a sustainable future.
Point o... More »
New Frontiers In Science And Technology Studies
$46.95 (Paperback book / Polity Press )
Steve Fuller has a reputation for setting the terms of debate within science and technology studies. In his latest book, New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies he charts the debates likely to be of relevance in ... More »
Love Life Goethe How To Be Happy In An Imperfect World
$24.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
Is it possible to be truly happy? In an imperfect world, how can we live well with what we have, and accept what we don't have?
In Love, Life, Goethe, John Armstrong looks at the life of the renowned yet often misunderst... More »
Secret Power Of Beauty
$22.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
What is beauty? Does it exist in the proportions of a perfect face or a graceful melody, or is it in the eye of the beholder? Why does someone find beauty in an object that leaves others unmoved?
The notion of beauty is ... More »
Conditions Of Love
$22.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
What does it really mean to love another person?
Is there such a thing as the 'perfect' partner?
How does infatuation differ from the real thing?
The need to love is central to our idea of happiness, yet it sometimes see... More »
Diversity And Discovery
$45.00 (Hardcover book / Melb Univ Press )
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute is one of Australia's foremost medical research centres. Over the past ninety years, its research into the areas of cancer, the immune system and auto-immune diseases has led to signif... More »
The End Of Charity
$26.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Nic Frances is a social entrepreneur. He once ran the Brotherhood of St Laurance. This is the story of how he came to understand that charity can never deliver a just and sustainable world. It is only through a value-cen... More »
Solutions For The Worlds Biggest Problems
$49.95 (Paperback book / Cambridge Univ Pres )
The world has many pressing problems. Thanks to the efforts of governments, NGOs, and individual activists there is no shortage of ideas for resolving them. However, even if all governments were willing to spend more mon... More »
Doing Leadership Differently Gender Power And Sexuality in a changing Business Culture
$34.95 (Paperback book / Melb Univ Press )
Australian organisations are clinging to an outdated concept of leadership. Doing Leadership Differently shows: More »
- why the traditional style of leadership has failed us
- how men as well as women can benefit from understandi...
Leadership For The Disillusioned Leading Beyond Myths And Heroes To Leading That Liberates
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin )
We have been seduced by the idea of leadership and what it
promises. Yet this very seductive power prevents leaders and their
followers from finding new ways of doing the work of
leadership.
We expect our leaders to pos... More »