Rakuten Kobo

Shopping Cart

Item(s) unavailable for purchase

Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.

itemsitem

- *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE
  Audiobook
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  Available:
  
  Unavailable for purchase
  Audiobook
  by ,
  
  Available:
  
  Pre-order
  1 audiobook monthly
  
  + FREE 30-day trial
  
  Special Offer
  
  Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice
  
  *No commitment, cancel anytime
  
  FREE

itemsitem

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE
Audiobook

*No commitment, cancel anytime
Available:

Unavailable for purchase
Audiobook
by ,

Available:
Pre-order
1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Special Offer

Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice

*No commitment, cancel anytime

FREE

Recommended For You

Landfall

The totally propulsive crime mystery suspense thriller from the award-winning author of Clade

by James Bradley ...

'Propulsive' GUARDIAN'Unmissable' HEATHER CRITCHLOW'Masterful' SARA FOSTERThe world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures and increasingly intense social division and unrest.When a child on the margins goes missing from the area of the city known as the Floodline, Senior Detective Sadiya Azad is assigned to find her. But when ... Read more

$12.99 AUD

'Propulsive' GUARDIAN'Unmissable' HEATHER CRITCHLOW'Masterful' SARA FOSTERThe world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures and increasingly intense social division and unrest.When a child on the margins goes missing from the area of the city known as the Floodline, Senior Detective Sadiya Azad is assigned to find her. But when
... Read more
The Identity Trap

A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

by Yascha Mounk ...

‘A fascinating account of the intellectual origins of identity politics' Financial Times, Books of the YearThe origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world.For much of their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then that many who passionately believe in social ... Read more

$16.99 AUD

‘A fascinating account of the intellectual origins of identity politics' Financial Times, Books of the YearThe origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world.For much of their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then that many who passionately believe in social
... Read more
The New Despotism

by John Keane ...

An Australian Book Review Best Book of the YearA disturbing in-depth exposé of the antidemocratic practices of despotic governments now sweeping the world.One day they’ll be like us. That was once the West’s complacent and self-regarding assumption about countries emerging from poverty, imperial rule, or communism. But many have hardened into something very different from liberal democracy: what ... Read more

$39.99 AUD

An Australian Book Review Best Book of the YearA disturbing in-depth exposé of the antidemocratic practices of despotic governments now sweeping the world.One day they’ll be like us. That was once the West’s complacent and self-regarding assumption about countries emerging from poverty, imperial rule, or communism. But many have hardened into something very different from liberal democracy: what
... Read more
The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 2]

An Experiment in Literary Investigation

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —TimeVolume 2 of the Nobel Prize-winner’s towering masterpiece: the story of Solzhenitsyn's entrance into the Soviet prison camps, where he would remain for nearly a decade. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.” —George F. Kennan“It is impossible to ... Read more

$14.99 AUD

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —TimeVolume 2 of the Nobel Prize-winner’s towering masterpiece: the story of Solzhenitsyn's entrance into the Soviet prison camps, where he would remain for nearly a decade. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.” —George F. Kennan“It is impossible to
... Read more
The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3]

An Experiment in Literary Investigation

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —TimeVolume 3 of the Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece: Solzhenitsyn's moving account of resistance within the Soviet labor camps and his own release after eight years. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.” —George F. Kennan“It is impossible ... Read more

$14.99 AUD

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —TimeVolume 3 of the Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece: Solzhenitsyn's moving account of resistance within the Soviet labor camps and his own release after eight years. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.” —George F. Kennan“It is impossible
... Read more
Justice for Animals

Our Collective Responsibility

by Martha C. Nussbaum ...

A “brilliant” (Chicago Review of Books), “elegantly written, and compelling” (National Review) new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum.Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory meat industry, poaching and game hunting, habitat destruction, or neglect of the companion animals that ... Read more

Was $22.99 AUD Now $2.99 AUD

A “brilliant” (Chicago Review of Books), “elegantly written, and compelling” (National Review) new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum.Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory meat industry, poaching and game hunting, habitat destruction, or neglect of the companion animals that
... Read more
The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]

An Experiment in Literary Investigation

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —TimeVolume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.” ... Read more

$14.99 AUD

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —TimeVolume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.”
... Read more
Autocracy, Inc

The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

by Anne Applebaum ...

****A Sunday Times Bestseller****An Economist Best Book of the Year**The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world**All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one ... Read more

Was $19.99 AUD Now $16.99 AUD

****A Sunday Times Bestseller****An Economist Best Book of the Year**The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world**All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one
... Read more
The Care Manifesto

The Politics of Interdependence

by The Care Collective ...

The Care Manifesto puts care at the heart of the debates of our current crisis: from intimate care-childcare, healthcare, elder care-to care for the natural world. We live in a world where carelessness reigns, but it does not have to be this way.The Care Manifesto puts forth a vision for a truly caring world. The authors want to reimagine the role of care in our everyday lives, making it the ... Read more

$9.99 AUD

The Care Manifesto puts care at the heart of the debates of our current crisis: from intimate care-childcare, healthcare, elder care-to care for the natural world. We live in a world where carelessness reigns, but it does not have to be this way.The Care Manifesto puts forth a vision for a truly caring world. The authors want to reimagine the role of care in our everyday lives, making it the
... Read more
Abundance

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: How We Build a Better Future

by Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson ...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and MOST-ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 FROM THE FINANCIAL TIMES and NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB'Spectacular ... Inspires hope' New York Times**'Forceful, quick-moving ... important' Financial Times'Ambitious' New Yorker'Necessary' New Statesman<strong... ... Read more

$27.99 AUD

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and MOST-ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 FROM THE FINANCIAL TIMES and NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB'Spectacular ... Inspires hope' New York Times**'Forceful, quick-moving ... important' Financial Times'Ambitious' New Yorker'Necessary' New Statesman<strong...
... Read more
One Bright Moon

by Andrew Kwong ...

Winner of the 2021 Michael Crouch Award, debut category of the National Biography Award: From famine to freedom, how a young boy fled Chairman Mao's China to a new life in AustraliaAndrew Kwong was only seven when he witnessed his first execution. The grim scene left him sleepless, anxious and doubtful about his commitment as a revolutionary in Mao's New China. Yet he knew if he devoted himself to ... Read more

$16.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Winner of the 2021 Michael Crouch Award, debut category of the National Biography Award: From famine to freedom, how a young boy fled Chairman Mao's China to a new life in AustraliaAndrew Kwong was only seven when he witnessed his first execution. The grim scene left him sleepless, anxious and doubtful about his commitment as a revolutionary in Mao's New China. Yet he knew if he devoted himself to
... Read more
Social Intelligence: A Practical Guide to Social Intelligence: Communication Skills - Social Skills - Communication Theory

by Jonny Bell ...

Social Intelligence Provides the Single Greatest Path to Reach Your Ultimate Potential.With an enhanced social intelligence, you can live a vibrant, enhanced, and successful version of your life. You can live like the best version of yourself: with greater empathy, with social skills, and with a lifetime of positivity.Do you know how to build the essential strength of social intelligence ... Read more

$4.09 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

Social Intelligence Provides the Single Greatest Path to Reach Your Ultimate Potential.With an enhanced social intelligence, you can live a vibrant, enhanced, and successful version of your life. You can live like the best version of yourself: with greater empathy, with social skills, and with a lifetime of positivity.Do you know how to build the essential strength of social intelligence
... Read more
On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel, Hamas and the Future of the West

by Douglas Murray ...

NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDouglas Murray, international bestselling author and renowned cultural commentator confronts what he views as the most pressing issue of our time: why Western support of the Palestinian cause is ultimately playing into the hands of a much more dangerous force.Drawing from intensive on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon, Murray presents a compelling case ... Read more

Was $29.99 AUD Now $17.99 AUD

NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERDouglas Murray, international bestselling author and renowned cultural commentator confronts what he views as the most pressing issue of our time: why Western support of the Palestinian cause is ultimately playing into the hands of a much more dangerous force.Drawing from intensive on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza and Lebanon, Murray presents a compelling case
... Read more
Homo Deus

The million-copy bestseller from the author of Nexus

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going.'Spellbinding' GuardianThe world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first... ... Read more

$18.99 AUD

**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER**Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going.'Spellbinding' GuardianThe world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first...
... Read more
The Motorcycle Diaries

by Ernesto Che Guevara ...

Translated by Che Guevara Studies Center ...

Series series Penguin Modern Classics
'A Latin American James Dean or Jack Kerouac' Washington Post'It's true; Marxists just wanna have fun... a revolutionary bestseller' GuardianAt the age of twenty-three, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado set out from their native Argentina to explore their continent, with only a single 1939 Norton motorcycle to carry them, nicknamed La Poderosa ('the powerful one').They travelled ... Read more

$15.99 AUD

'A Latin American James Dean or Jack Kerouac' Washington Post'It's true; Marxists just wanna have fun... a revolutionary bestseller' GuardianAt the age of twenty-three, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado set out from their native Argentina to explore their continent, with only a single 1939 Norton motorcycle to carry them, nicknamed La Poderosa ('the powerful one').They travelled
... Read more
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

by Maureen Callahan ...

The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024A Mail on Sunday ‘Best Holiday Read 2024’‘A searing exposé’ Glamour‘A timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power’ – ObserverFrom New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family's generatio... ... Read more

$14.99 AUD

The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024A Mail on Sunday ‘Best Holiday Read 2024’‘A searing exposé’ Glamour‘A timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power’ – ObserverFrom New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family's generatio...
... Read more
On Tyranny

The Book to Help You Understand Why Democracy Is Failing In 2025

by Timothy Snyder ...

**NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER **THE BOOK TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRACY IS FAILING IN 2025‘The most coherent manifesto on confronting Trump’ New StatesmanIn the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats, ... Read more

$15.99 AUD

**NEW YORK TIMES #1 BESTSELLER **THE BOOK TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRACY IS FAILING IN 2025‘The most coherent manifesto on confronting Trump’ New StatesmanIn the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats,
... Read more
Now, the People! Revolution in the Twenty-First Century

by Jean-Luc Mélenchon ...

Translated by David Broder ...

In summer 2024, France stood on the brink of a far-right takeover. But the disaster was avoided thanks to a New Popular Front of parties headed by long-standing left-wing leader Jean-Luc M�lenchon. It won the most seats in the snap parliamentary elections, running on a radical, progressive, inclusive agenda, in large part inspired by M�lenchon's presidential programme. Now, the People! details his ... Read more

$17.99 AUD

In summer 2024, France stood on the brink of a far-right takeover. But the disaster was avoided thanks to a New Popular Front of parties headed by long-standing left-wing leader Jean-Luc M�lenchon. It won the most seats in the snap parliamentary elections, running on a radical, progressive, inclusive agenda, in large part inspired by M�lenchon's presidential programme. Now, the People! details his
... Read more
Toxic

The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry

by Richard Flanagan ...

In a triumph of marketing, the Tasmanian salmon industry has for decades succeeded in presenting itself as world’s best practice and its product as healthy and clean, grown in environmentally pristine conditions. What could be more appealing than the idea of Atlantic salmon sustainably harvested in some of the world’s purest waters?But what are we eating when we eat Tasmanian salmon?Richard ... Read more

$14.99 AUD

In a triumph of marketing, the Tasmanian salmon industry has for decades succeeded in presenting itself as world’s best practice and its product as healthy and clean, grown in environmentally pristine conditions. What could be more appealing than the idea of Atlantic salmon sustainably harvested in some of the world’s purest waters?But what are we eating when we eat Tasmanian salmon?Richard
... Read more
Original Sin

by Jake Tapper, Alex Thompson ...

An explosive account of one of the most hubristic mistakes in American political history: Joe Biden’s decision to run for reelection despite mounting evidence of his decline, and his team's increasingly desperate efforts to hide it.In Greek tragedy, the protagonist’s effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy.Joe Biden launched his successful ... Read more

$21.99 AUD

PRE-ORDER

An explosive account of one of the most hubristic mistakes in American political history: Joe Biden’s decision to run for reelection despite mounting evidence of his decline, and his team's increasingly desperate efforts to hide it.In Greek tragedy, the protagonist’s effort to avoid his fate is what seals his fate. In 2024, American politics became a Greek tragedy.Joe Biden launched his successful
... Read more
Vulture Capitalism

How to Survive in an Age of Corporate Greed

by Grace Blakeley ...

*A Foyles Top 10 Read for March and one of Glamour's Best Books of March*Longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction'A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism's "free market" logic, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events' NAOMI KLEIN'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos back in democracy' YANIS VAROUFAKISEverything you know about capitali... ... Read more

$17.99 AUD

*A Foyles Top 10 Read for March and one of Glamour's Best Books of March*Longlisted for the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction'A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism's "free market" logic, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events' NAOMI KLEIN'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos back in democracy' YANIS VAROUFAKISEverything you know about capitali...
... Read more
Becoming

The intimate, inspiring and award-winning memoir from the bestselling author and former First Lady

by Michelle Obama ...

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwideNow in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a 5-question Q&A, the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and ... Read more

$16.99 AUD

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwideNow in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a 5-question Q&A, the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and
... Read more
Is a River Alive?

The Instant Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

by Robert Macfarlane ...

From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings – who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of ... Read more

$21.99 AUD

From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings – who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of
... Read more
Life and Death of the American Worker

The Immigrants Taking on America's Largest Meatpacking Company

by Alice Driver ...

Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and a New Yorker best book of 2024, a “startling glimpse into the meatpacking industry’s abuse of undocumented and incarcerated workers” (The New York Times Book Review) and those who had the courage to fight back.On June 27, 2011, a deadly chemical accident took place inside the Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in Springdale, Arkansas, ... Read more

Was $22.99 AUD Now $2.99 AUD

Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and a New Yorker best book of 2024, a “startling glimpse into the meatpacking industry’s abuse of undocumented and incarcerated workers” (The New York Times Book Review) and those who had the courage to fight back.On June 27, 2011, a deadly chemical accident took place inside the Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in Springdale, Arkansas,
... Read more