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  • Lessons in Chemistry

    The multi-million copy bestseller

    by Bonnie Garmus ...
    THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLERSoon to be a major Apple TV series starring Brie Larson'I loved it' NIGELLA LAWSON*'*The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages' **INDIA KNIGHT, Sunday Times, Book of the Year'**The TV cook bit hooked me right in and the book did not disappoint' NADIYA HUSSAIN___________Your ability to change eve... ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The Making of Her

    A New York Post Best Book of 2022

    by Bernadette Jiwa ...
    Chosen as one of New York Post's Best Books of 2022.‘An absorbing, brilliantly paced book; I didn't want it to end.' Roddy DoylePeople were forever telling her how lucky she was. But what did people know?’Dublin 1966*.* When Joan Quinn, a factory girl from the Cranmore Estate, marries Martin Egan, it looks like her dreams have come true. But all is not as it seems.Joan lives in the shadow of a ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • The List

    by Yomi Adegoke ...
    The instant Sunday Times bestselling debut novel'A page-turning read about the dark side of social media' STYLIST‘The Book Of The Summer’ VOGUE‘Topical, heartfelt, provocative’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO‘The perfect summer read … Impossible to put down’ PAULA HAWKINS‘A page-turner that you can’t second guess’ THE TIMES‘A must-re... ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Everything I Know About Love

    Now a Major BBC One Series

    by Dolly Alderton ...
    TIKTOK BOOK AWARDS WINNER 2023“Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women.”I know that love can be loud and jubilant. It can be dancing in the swampy mud and the pouring rain at a festival and shouting “YOU ARE AMAZING” over the band. It’s laughing until you wheeze. It’s walking along the street together on a Saturday night and feeling an entire city ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Bite Back

    Feminism, media, politics, and our power to change it all

    by Hannah Ferguson ...
    This is a book of opinions and ideas with bite. It's news that talks back.Founded in 2020, Cheek Media Co. quickly established itself as the go-to platform for daring feminist opinions on everything from right-wing politics to overcoming taboos around sex and pleasure. In Bite Back, Cheek co-founder Hannah Ferguson turns her sharp, progressive perspective on the issues that matter. Her bold ideas ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

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  • I Don't

    by Clementine Ford ...
    Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against marriage for the modern woman. Provocative, controversial and above all, compellingly and persuasively argued.I want this book to end marriages. But more importantly, I want it to prevent marriages. Women are allowed to aspire to more than what we've been told we should want in order to be happy. Let ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD

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  • Bee Miles

    Australia's famous bohemian rebel, and the untold story behind the legend

    by Rose Ellis ...
    The untold story of the uncompromising and fearless woman who captivated mid-20th century Australia with her spectacular acts of defiance.Bee Miles was a truly larger-than-life character. Famous for being outrageous in public, or, as she said, living' recklessly', she shocked and intrigued cities and towns across Australia. But she was no ordinary wanderer.Born into a wealthy family, Bee moved in ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD

  • The Handmaid's Tale

    The iconic Sunday Times bestseller that inspired the hit TV series

    by Margaret Atwood ...
    Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Cultish

    The Language of Fanaticism

    by Amanda Montell ...
    The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power.What makes “cults” so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • The Feminine Mystique

    The classic that sparked a feminist revolution

    by Betty Friedan ...
    The book that sparked a feminist revolution, now with a new introduction by Gaby Hinsliff.‘Love and children and home are good but they are not the whole world, even if most of the words now written for women pretend they are. Why should women accept this picture of a half-life, instead of a share in the whole of human destiny?’First published in 1963, Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique changed ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fixed It

    by Jane Gilmore ...
    On average, at least one woman is murdered by a current or former partner every week in Australia. Far too many Australian women have experienced physical or sexual violence. Only rarely do these women capture the attention of the media and the public. What can we do to stem the tide of violence and tragedy?Finally, we are starting to talk about this epidemic of gendered violence, but too often we ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The Cost of Living

    Living Autobiography 2

    by Deborah Levy ...
    Book 2 - Living Autobiography
    A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2020Following on from the critically acclaimed Things I Don't Want to Know, discover the powerful second memoir in Deborah Levy's essential three-part 'Living Autobiography'.'I can't think of any writer aside from Virginia Woolf who writes better about what it is to be a woman'</stron... ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY BY BONNIE GARMUS {Noble Publishing}

    by Noble Publishing ...
    Elizabeth Zott is a chemist, not the typical female. The first to point out that there is no such thing is Elizabeth Zott, in fact.But since her Hastings Research Institute staff is entirely male and it's the early 1960s, their perspective on equality is somewhat unscientific. With one exception: Calvin Evans, the misanthropic, bright, and Nobel Prize nominee who, ironically, falls in love with ... Read more

    $4.39 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Consent Laid Bare

    sex, entitlement & the distortion of desire

    by Chanel Contos ...
    The game-changing book about sex and consent that every woman - and man - should readIn 2021, Chanel Contos posted on Instagram asking people to share their stories of sexual assault during their schooling years. This post unexpectedly went viral and almost 7000 people sent in testimonies describing behaviour that constitutes rape. Virtually none of these instances were reported, and almost all of ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD $12.99 AUD

  • Not Now, Not Ever

    Ten years on from the misogyny speech

    by Julia Gillard ...
    This is a barn-burning piece of Australian feminist history in the making.MATILDA, BETTER READ THAN DEADThen it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly angry. I felt strong, measured, controlled. Yet emotion did play its role in the energy of the speech. The frustration that sexism and misogyny could still be so bad in the twenty-first century. The ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • What About Men?

    by Caitlin Moran ...
    ***'A must-read eye-opener that makes you laugh, cry, get angry and get happy on every page. It's magnificent' Bob Mortimer'Our greatest modern writer on women turns her eyes on men - and it's all good' David Baddiel***As any feminist who talks about the problems of girls and women will know, the first question you will ever be asked is 'But what about MEN?' After eleven years of writing ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • I Was Born for This

    by Alice Oseman ...
    The third novel by the phenomenally talented Alice Oseman, the author of the 2021 YA Book Prize winning Loveless, Solitaire and graphic novel series Heartstopper – now a major Netflix series.For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark – a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark’s fandom has given her everything she loves – her friend Juliet, her ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Velvet Rage

    Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World

    by Alan Downs, PhD ...
    This groundbreaking and empowering book examines the impact of growing up and surviving as a gay man in a society still learning to accept all identities.In The Velvet Rage, psychologist Alan Downs draws on his own struggle with shame and anger, contemporary research, and stories from his patients to passionately describe the stages of a gay man's journey out of shame and offers practical and ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD

  • poyums

    by Len Pennie ...
    And I have done more than just simply get by So much more than escape or survive Through the galvanisation of love, time and patience I’ll take hold of my story and thrive. After life that was seldom what life ought to be Through laughter and love I’ll be whole This story is mine from the cover to spine And the narrative I will control Whether she’s writing letters to her younger self, advocating ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD

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  • Pageboy

    A Memoir: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

    by Elliot Page ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Powerful’ New York Times‘Written by a sensitive soul’ Guardian‘Raw, harrowing, and often heartbreaking’ LA Times‘Eloquent and enthralling’ Washington Post‘Singular’ Daily TelegraphBefore the world premiere of Juno Elliot Page was on the edge self-discovery. But wi... ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Three Women

    A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

    by Lisa Taddeo ...
    The International No. 1 Bestseller'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times'A book that begs discussion' Vanity FairAll Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn't touch her?All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town?... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Shrill

    Notes from a Loud Woman

    by Lindy West ...
    *CATCH THE TV ADAPTATION OF SHRILL ON BBC3 NOW*'Women are told, from birth, that it's our job to be small: physically small, small in our presence, and small in our impact on the world. We're supposed to spend our lives passive, quiet and hungry. I want to obliterate that expectation...'Guardian columnist Lindy West wasn't always loud. It's difficult to believe she was once a nerdy, overweight ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Anticolonial Eruptions

    Racial Hubris and the Cunning of Resistance

    by Geo Maher ...
    Book 15 - American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present
    This incisive study reveals the fundamental, paradoxical weakness of colonialism and the enduring power of anticolonial resistance.Resistance is everywhere, but everywhere a surprise, especially when the agents of struggle are the colonized, the enslaved, the wretched of the earth. Anticolonial revolts and slave rebellions have often been described by those in power as “eruptions”—volcanic shocks ... Read more

    $26.99 AUD

  • Abnormal

    Lectures at the Collége de France, 1974–1975

    by Michel Foucault ...
    Three decades after his death, Michel Foucault remains one of the towering intellectual figures of the last half-century. His works on sexuality, madness, the prison, and medicine are enduring classics. From 1971 until his death in 1984, Foucault gave public lectures at the famous Coll�ge de France. These seminal events, attended by thousands, created the benchmarks for contemporary social enquiry ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus