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Books Featured in UNSWorld
As a UNSW Alumnus you are entitled to the
same 10% discount you enjoyed as a student on books, at the campus
bookshop or
online. If you’d like to order any of the books you have attended a Brainfood talk about, or read about in UNSWorld, you should find them
below. If there’s another book you’re interested in, why not browse our
website, send us an email or call 02 9385 6689 (business hours) and we’ll
be happy to help.
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Sex, Genes & Rock 'n'Roll
Rob Brooks
Why are we all getting fatter? Why are we
fascinated by pop music and celebrities? Is there any hope of curbing population
growth, rampant consumerism and the environmental devastation they wreak?
Evolutionary scientist Rob Brooks argues that the origins of these twenty-first
century problems can be found where the ancient forces of evolution collide with
modern culture and economics. In 'Sex, Genes and Rock n Roll' Brooks
explores ....
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Dr Rip's Essential Beach Book
Rob Brander
Many of us live near the beach, and many more visit the beach on holidays,
but just how much do we understand about the beach and its potential hazards?
The types of waves and the way they break, tides and their currents, dangerous
rips and how to spot them, and why some beaches are safer than others? Every
year tens of thousands of people need to be rescued from the ocean because
beach-goers don’t possess basic beach safety knowledge and skills. Dr Rip's
Essential Beach Book by Dr Rob Brander (aka Dr Rip), a surf-lifesaver and
scientist who studies beaches, rips and currents, is a simple, entertaining and
useful guide to beach safety, with a solid scientific basis. He explains how
beaches form, what drives waves and how rips develop, and offers practical
advice to show you how to get the most out of your day at the beach—without
risking your life.
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Footy Passions
Joy Damousi, John Cash
Salary caps, drunken escapades, sponsorship deals, and teams enjoying victory
and surviving defeat dominate coverage of football. Meanwhile fans agonise over
line-ups, sweat over results, and look forward to the weekly football ritual.
With each new season, having hibernated over the long, hot summer, the team
emerges as if revived and raises hopes anew. The keen supporter is hooked back
into a revived ritual of precarious pleasures that is played out within
quasi-tribal cheer squads, intense friendship networks and, at least
momentarily, united nuclear families. What hooks fans back in and why do they
care so much? In this riveting and moving book, AFL fans talk about the emotions
associated with the game and how it gives meaning to their lives, showing that
football is more than just a game.
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