Collection: Adult Non Fiction - Society & Culture

Through a series of 20 practical and effective exercises, all using a unique visual approach, Michael Atavar challenges you to open your mind, shift your perspective and ignite your creativity. Whatever your passion, craft or aims, this book will expertly guide you from bright idea, through the t...

How to Create Creativity is a map to your creative mind, the places your creative potential resides, and the allies and enemies along the path. It's a practical guide to the science and psychology of creativity, and the conditions required for cultivating it. We think creativity is for those luck...

A practical guide for bringing gender equality to the workplace with a new imperative: unburden women's careers from work that goes unrewarded. In study upon study, professors Linda Babcock, Brenda Peyser, Lise Vesterlund and Laurie Weingart document that women are disproportionately asked and ex...

Struck by simultaneous financial, pedagogical, and ideological challenges, Australia's entire university system stands in desperate need of reform. But good reform requires good data, and each of the major players in Australia's university debate has strong incentives to warp the data in its own ...

Paranormal investigator, star, and executive producer of The Travel Channel's hit series, Ghost Adventures and founder of the award-winning Haunted Museum (Las Vegas' most popular attraction), Zak Bagans takes readers on an exciting journey into the supernatural world. With insider information on...

Even if we don't believe that Jesus was the son of God, we tend to think he was a great moral teacher. But was he? And how closely do idealised values such as our love of the family, helping the needy, and the importance of kindness, match Jesus's original tenets? Julian Baggini challenges our as...

Julian Baggini travels the globe to provide a hugely wide-ranging map of human thought. He shows us how distinct branches of philosophy flowered simultaneously in China, India and Ancient Greece, growing from local myths and stories -- and how contemporary cultural attitudes -- with particular at...

A comprehensive, step-by-step guide to writing better essays. Based on the very successful Essay Writing course developed by Dr Pam Bagworth and taught in Academic Task Force Revision Programs. The material has been expanded to include many more worked examples and activities to enhance students'...

A much-needed guide to understanding gender, becoming a better trans ally, and making the world a better place. Gender is a human experience, not just a trans experience. Every single one of us has a relationship to gender, so how can we change the way we talk about it, challenge misconceptions, ...

Discover everything you need to know to unlock your inner witch with this essential guide. Learn how to use tarot cards and healing crystals, how to embrace your psychic power and dispel toxic energy, and how to harness the magick of nature to become the happiest and most grounded version of your...