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Albania - Culture Smart! - The Essential Guide to Customs and Culture by Farah Ramadan
$16.23 AUD
Category: Accessories | Series: Culture Smart! Ser.
Albania, on the Balkan coast of the Adriatic Sea, is almost the land that time forgot. Waiting to be rediscovered, it is a country rich in natural resources, history, traditions, and culture. Romans, Byzantines, Slavs, Venetians, and Ottoman Turks all left their mark. In modern times, after briefly gain ...Show more
Alien and Philosophy by William Irwin + Kevin S. Decker
$26.95 AUD
$30.99 (13% off)
Category: Accessories | Series: The\Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
Alien and Philosophy: I Infest, Therefore I Am presents a philosophical exploration of the world of Alien, the simultaneously horrifying and thought-provoking sci-fi horror masterpiece, and the film franchise it spawned. The first book dedicated to exploring the philosophy raised by one of the most succ ...Show more
Color American Indian Art by Mrinal Mitra; Swarna Mitra (Series edited by); Malika Mitra (Series edited by)
$6.71 AUD
Category: Art | Series: World Culture Coloring Ser.
The 'Color American Indian Art' book in the "World Culture Coloring Series," extends far beyond a regular coloring book. There are thirty-eight pages filled with images that are both culturally rich and stunning, complete with a brief historical footnote for each image. Pages also include a synopsis of ...Show more
Doctor Strange and Philosophy by William Irwin (Series edited by); Mark D. White (Editor)
$26.95 AUD
Category: Accessories | Series: The\Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
Explore the mind and world of the brilliant neurosurgeon-turned-Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Stephen Strange Essays from two-dozen philosophers illuminate how essential philosophical concepts, including existentialism, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, combine to make Doctor Strange one of the most com ...Show more
Entranced by Story - Brain, Tale and Teller, from Infancy to Old Age by Hugh Crago
$200.00 AUD
$246.40 (18% off)
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Children's Literature and Culture Ser.
We live in a world of stories; yet few of us pause to ask what stories actually are, why we consume them so avidly, and what they do for story makers and their audiences. This book focuses on the experiences that good stories generate: feelings of purposeful involvement, elevation, temporary loss of sel ...Show more
House and Psychology : Humanity is Overrated by Ted Cascio
$22.95 AUD
$24.99 (8% off)
Category: Accessories | Series: The\Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Ser.
An irresistible look within the mind and behind the hit TV drama, House While House is a smart medical drama and Gregory House faces countless ethical quandaries as a doctor, what makes the show unique is that it's much more deeply rooted in psychology than in medicine. At its core, House is a show abou ...Show more
Introduction to Communication Studies by John Fiske
$54.47 AUD
Category: Education | Series: Studies in Culture and Communication Ser.
The second edition of this widely used introductory textbook updates the work to take accounts of developments in the last few years. John Fiske's study equips the reader with a range of methods of analysing examples of communication in our society, together with a critical awareness of the theories und ...Show more
LEGO and Philosophy: Constructing Reality Brick By Brick by William Irwin
$25.95 AUD
Category: Accessories | Series: The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
How profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is “very”! 22 chapters explore philosophy through the world of LEGO which encompasses the iconic brick itself as well as the animated televisions shows, feature films, a vibrant adult fan base with over a dozen yearly conventions, ...Show more
Matter (#8 Culture) by Iain M. Banks
$24.99 AUD
$29.99 (16% off)
Category: Fantasy | Series: Culture Ser.
In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one man it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, it means ...Show more
Reading Vergils Aeneid - An Interpretive Guide by Christine G. Perkell
$13.32 AUD
Category: Education | Series: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture
Vergil’s Aeneid has been considered a classic, if not the classic, of Western literature for two thousand years. In recent decades this famous poem has become the subject of fresh and searching controversy. What is the poem’s fundamental meaning? Does it endorse or undermine values of empire and patria ...Show more
Red Planets - Marxism and Science Fiction by Mark Bould (Editor); China Miéville (Editor)
$46.00 AUD
$48.47 (5% off)
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Marxism and Culture Ser.
Science fiction and socialism have always had a close relationship. Many sf novelists and filmmakers are leftists. Others examine explicit or implicit Marxist concerns.As a genre, sf is ideally suited to critiquing the present through its explorations of the social and political possibilities of the fut ...Show more
Star Trek and History by Nancy R. Reagin
$22.95 AUD
$24.99 (8% off)
Category: Accessories | Series: Wiley Pop Culture and History Series
A guide to the history that informs the world of Star Trek --just in time for the next JJ Abrams Star Trek movie For a series set in our future, Star Trek revisits the past constantly. Kirk and Spock battle Nazis, Roman gladiators, and witness the Great Depression. When they're not doubling back ...Show more