The Descent of Man Grayson Perry HB $ 35.00 What is masculinity and what can it become? Tracing the contours of the dominant male role today, its history and its clearly defined rules, The Descent of Man explores everything from sex, seriousness and intimidation to clothing, childhood and power, suggesting a more modern model of manhood which may reach escape velocity from the gravity of Traditional Man.
Against Everything Mark Greif HB $ 34.99 Over the past eleven years, Greif has been publishing superb essays in n + 1, which he co-founded. These essays address such key topics as the tyranny of exercise, the tyranny of nutrition and food snobbery, the sexualization of childhood, the philosophical meaning of Radiohead, the rise and fall of the hipster and the crisis of policing. Each essay in Against Everything is learned, original, highly entertaining, and, from start to finish, dead serious.
Fight Like a Girl Clementine Ford PB $ 29.99 Online sensation, fearless feminist heroine and scourge of trolls and misogynists everywhere, Clementine Ford is a beacon of hope and inspiration to thousands of Australian women and girls. Her incendiary debut is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be. Crucially, it is a call to arms for all women to rediscover the fury that has been suppressed by a society that still considers feminism a threat.
Frantumaglia Elena Ferrante PB $ 29.99 Frantumaglia is a riveting compilation, over the course of her writing career, of Elena Ferrante ' s letters to her publisher, interviews with editors and journalists, and responses to readers ' questions. For fans of Ferrante, and for fans of writing, this is essential reading. Her comments have the ring of truth and the power of wisdom. This is a woman who not only knows her own mind, she can see deep into ours, too.
Thank You for Being Late Thomas L. Friedman PB $ 34.99 We all sense it— something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your children. You can ' t miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are speeding up— and it is dizzying. In Thank You for Being Late, a work unlike any he has attempted before, Thomas L. Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them.
A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women Siri Hustvedt PB $ 32.99 As well as being a prize-winning, bestselling novelist, Siri Hustvedt is widely regarded as a leading thinker in the fields of neurology, feminism, art criticism and philosophy. The essays in this volume form an extremely stimulating, thoughtful, wide-ranging exploration of some of the fundamental questions about human beings and the human condition, delivered with Siri Hustvedt ' s customary lucidity, vivacity and infectiously questioning intelligence.