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William Heinemann, Australia, 2009. Softcover. Very Good Condition. At Harvard, social acceptance and success with the opposite sex had to be applied for. In the absence of family money or innate charisma, misfit and maths prodigy Eduardo Saverin dreamed of joining one of Harvard's elite Final clubs. His best friend, painfully shy computer genius Mark Zuckerberg, turned instead to his natural talents, hacking into the university's computer system to create a rateable database of every female student on campus. Narrowly escaping expulsion after 80 per cent of Harvard's population voted in just two hours, crashing the entire computer system, Mark and Eduardo together refocused the site into something less controversial - 'The Facebook' - which spread like a wildfire across campuses around the country. Within months hundreds of thousands of college kids had signed up. Suddenly Eduardo and Mark were getting nods not just from the female population, but from venture capitalists… Read More

Ganesha Society, Jakarta, 1979. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Susan W. Evans, Margrit Gontha. 84 pages. Illustrator: Susan W. Evans, Margrit Gontha. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Culture; Indonesia; Sociology & Culture; Countries::Indonesia. Inventory No: 265294..

Hachette, Australia, 2011. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. From the bestselling authors of THINGS BOGANS LIKE comes a not-quite scientific study of all things bogan.E. Chas McSween et al. have compiled this in-depth historical, sociological, geographic and cultural study that traces bogan culture back to society's very foundation, as well as identifying prototypical and stereotypical bogans through time. Brief discussion of the bogan of the 19th century, morphing to pre-war, then to the popularly held notion of the 'bogan' being 80s metal, flannel and Victoria Bitter. After exploring this stereotypical example they then track the leap to the 21st century bogan, clad in garish garb, holding their nationalism close to their chest, and slavishly following every celebrity trend in magazines.BOGANOMICS is an important book for all Australians as understanding is a bridge to unity. Read this book to broaden your knowledge ... or to laugh ... a lot. Quantity… Read More

HarperCollins, USA, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Somewhere, somebody is having more fun than you are. Or so everyone believes. Peter Sagal, a mild-mannered, Harvard-educated NPR host--the man who put the second "L" in "vanilla"--decided to find out if it's true. From strip clubs to gambling halls to swingers clubs to porn sets--and then back to the strip clubs, but only because he left his glasses there--Sagal explores exactly what the sinful folk do, how much they pay for the privilege, and exactly how they got those funny red marks. He hosts a dinner for three of the smartest porn stars in the world, asks the floor manager at the oldest casino in Vegas how to beat the house, and indulges in molecular cuisine at the finest restaurant in the country. Meet liars and rich people who don't think consumption is a disease, encounter the most spectacular view ever seen from a urinal, and say hello to Nina Hartley, the only porn star who can… Read More

Lonely Planet Publications, Australia, 2011. Softcover. Very Good Condition. HAPPINESS. One word, nine letters, roughly seven billion definitions, one for each person on the planet. Share in the planet's lessons on youth, old age, love, death, work and family. This Lonely Planet title features fascinating insights into how happiness is created in different cultures, and how we can be happy too. Each lesson is uniquely illustrated and is designed to inspire. 127 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Culture; Indigenous Cultures; ISBN/EAN: 9781742205885. Inventory No: 267699.. 9781742205885

Penguin Books, Great Britain, 2008. Softcover. Good Condition. Mark Penn argues that the biggest trends in America are the Microtrends, the smaller trends that go unnoticed or ignored. One million people can create new market for a business, spark a social movement, or effect political change. In 1996, a microtrend identified by Penn ("soccer moms") was crucial in re-electing President Clinton. With years of experience as one of world's most highly regarded pollsters, Mark Penn identifies the new microtrends sweeping the world: *Single women by choice: More often than ever before, they aren't waiting for Mr. Right. They are raising children by themselves and buying their own homes.*Splitters: A growing number of middle-class residents are shuttling between two homes, creating new communities and dynamics in the real estate market.*Sun Haters: Environmentalists, skin cancer survivors, and parents concerned about the impact the sun is having on our… Read More

Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2010. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. "We spend forty hours, on average, each week in a place that is not our home, in the company of strangers. Odd then, that the details of what we do all that time often remain unknown, even to those closest to us."Jana Wendt, one of Australia's most experienced journalists, sets out to discover what drives us in the work we do. She follows a compelling group of people, from a boxer set for a comeback to a maverick priest, and a CEO whose company is mired in scandal to a forensic anthropologist investigating murder. Wendt witnesses the successes and frustrations, the body-blows and moments of joy experienced by people who consider what they do as the great passion of their lives.The result is a wonderfully observed and entertaining portrait of modern work." 229 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Culture; Australia; Sociology & Culture; ISBN/EAN:… Read More

Black Inc, 2012. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. 'An original and vital contribution to understanding politics.' - Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist How to solve the world's trickiest political problems? In Reframe, Eric Knight explains how a change of focus can reveal a solution that was lying just outside your frame of vision. From terrorism to global warming, from border security to high finance, he brings a new perspective that is both exhilarating and useful. Why can't we eliminate terrorism by killing terrorists? Why can't we learn anything about climate change by talking about the weather? Why can't we resolve immigration tensions by building higher fences? And what do fishermen in Turkey have to teach us about international relations? This is an optimistic, lucid and original book by a brilliant young Australian thinker. 228 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Culture; Politics & Government;… Read More

New Holland Publishers, Great Britain, 2004. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition. This book examines the quirky phenomenon of sheds and sheddism, arguing that a bloke's shed begins where a boy's room leaves off, providing a home to the prized objects and boyish dreams there is seldom room for inside the house. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Culture; Sociology & Culture; ISBN: 1843307456. ISBN/EAN: 9781843307457. Inventory No: 251368. . 9781843307457

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2002. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Joseph Epstein's highly entertaining new book takes up the subject of snobbery in America after the fall of the prominence of the old Wasp culture of prep schools, Ivy League colleges, cotillions, debutante balls, the Social Register, and the rest of it. With ample humor and insight, Epstein uncovers the new outlets upon which the old snobbery has fastened: food and wine, fashion, high-achieving children, schools, politics, health, being with-it, name-dropping, and much else, including the roles of Jews and homosexuals in the development of snobbery. He also raises the question of whether snobbery might, alas, be a part of human nature. Snobbery: The American Versionis the first book in English devoted exclusively to the subject since Thackeray's THE BOOK OF SNOBS. 274 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Culture; Sociology & Culture; Sociology. ISBN: 0395944171. ISBN/EAN: 9780395944172.… Read More

Chatto & Windus, Great Britain, 1998. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Since the early 1990s, Michael Ignatieff has travelled the world's war zones, from Bosnia to the West Bank, from Afghanistan to central Africa. THE WARRIOR'S HONOUR is a report and a reflection on what he has seen in the places where ethnic war has become a way of life. In a series of vivid portraits, Ignatieff charts the rise of the new moral interventionists - the aid workers, reporters, peacekeepers, Red Cross delegates, and diplomats - who believe that other people's misery, no matter how far away, is of concern to us all. He brings us face to face with the new ethnic warriors-the warlords, gunmen, and paramilitaries-who have escalated post-modern war to an unprecedented level of savagery. And he draws, from the encounter of these two groups, dramatic and startling realisations about the ambiguous ethics of engagement, the limted force of moral justice in a world of war, and the inevitable clash… Read More