{"title":"Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"race-cars","title":"Race Cars","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Jenny Devenny\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn allegory that explains how privilege is like driving with fewer roadblocks.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePages: 60\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eA Hot Wheels take on a hot button issue. This is the story of a white car and a black car who take part in the same race, but face different rules and obstacles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eWritten by a clinical social worker and child therapist, and edited by a diversity expert, \u003cstrong\u003eRace Cars\u003c\/strong\u003e aims to help parents and educators start a conversation about bias and prejudice with bonus notes and activities. Looks like a children's book, but the reading level here is a lot more suitable for adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRead if you:\u003c\/strong\u003e love a good metaphor. 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But when it comes to the inescapable realities of aging and death, what medicine can do often runs counter to what it should.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThrough eye-opening research and gripping stories of his own patients and family, Atul Gawande reveals the suffering this dynamic has produced. Nursing homes, devoted above all to safety, battle with residents over the food they are allowed to eat and the choices they are allowed to make. Doctors, uncomfortable discussing patients’ anxieties about death, fall back on false hopes and treatments that are actually shortening lives instead of improving them. And families go along with all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAtul examines the medical profession's ultimate limitations and failures as life draws to a close... and how we can do better. He follows a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and reformers turning nursing homes upside down — people who show us how to have the hard conversations and how to ensure we never sacrifice what people really care about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRiveting, honest, and humane, \u003cstrong\u003eBeing Mortal\u003c\/strong\u003e shows that the ultimate goal is not a good death but a good life – all the way to the very end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRead if:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eyour parents have ever said to you \"when I'm gone, then you'll know\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atul Gawande","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40865931657367,"sku":"01_1001","price":18.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/3272\/4887\/products\/1.png?v=1630242686"},{"product_id":"what-happens-next","title":"What Happens Next?","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Shinsuke Yoshitake\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn incredibly creative and touching read for children to learn and reflect on what comes after they lose a loved one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePages: 32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e- \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Happens Next?\u003c\/strong\u003e follows a child’s hilarious, wildly inventive train of thought following the death of his grandfather and the discovery of his journal, in which his grandfather had jotted his thoughts about life after death, and the ideal heaven.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRead if you:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ebelieve the hardest topics in life are best tackled with a bit of humour and imagination.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shinsuke Yoshitake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40865931690135,"sku":"01_1002","price":20.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/3272\/4887\/products\/2.png?v=1630242707"},{"product_id":"how-can","title":"How Can?","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten by Mijin Jung\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated by \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJaehoon Choi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA monochromatic picture book about how good and evil isn't always so black and white.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePages: 72\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e- \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCan we distinguish between good and evil? 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So sang The Hollies in what is a perfect summation of pretty much any journey for which the destination is less than clear.\u003cstrong\u003e Beneficial Shock!\u003c\/strong\u003e is now 10 issues old (young?) and so a perfect time to take a closer look at journeys in the widest sense; casting our explorative net far and wide to reveal the myriad ways in which this issues dual themes can be imagined. From long-term relationships and the sauntering lives of 'Slackers' to time-travel and revisiting road-trips from hell - this issue is full to bursting with all of the creative passion and visual pizazz you've come to expect.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover by Teresa Arroyo Aranda\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing words and images by Liam Glover, Andrea Grunert, Andrew Haener, Orla Magee, Sasha Han, Charles Lord, Will Dodd, Tom Jelett, Veronika Pazicka, Julia Specht, Emile Holmewood, Daniel Gomez Vega, Francesca Melis, Graham Corcoran, Jack X Zhou, Sergio Membrias, Danny Jenkins, Esteban Emilio, Teresa de Aranda, Benedetta Bellemo, Fortunate Joaquin, Jon McCormack,  Zoé Maghamès Peters, Barney Nuttall, Michelle Perez, Rhys Peregrine, Thomas M. 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Let the banquet begin!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssue 1 features work by Jay Wright, Dave Biskup, Eleanor Shakespeare, Gary Embury and Jakob Hinrichs lending their penmanship to features on surreal food in Roald Dahl films, food fights from east European art-house cinema and a theoretical treatise on the digestive process of Hitchcock's Psycho. Alongside these more meaty features are a bevvy of graphic novels, mock adverts and an abridged history of cinema's most humble snack: popcorn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssue 2: Mind\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this second issue we peel back the layers of the human psyche to reveal just what it is that makes us tick. 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However you describe sex, we're all at it or if not, quite often thinking about it. It's no wonder then that movie makers are wont to inject a little slap n' tickle into most storylines to pep them up and keep us awake in the back. Sex isn't just about the act of course, it's also about power-play, self-actualisation and identity – helping to define ourselves, orient our way through life and interact with others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so, with this broader definition of sex in mind, we've put together a fine collection of content to uncover the myriad ways in which sex is played out onscreen, from the rules by which to judge a film’s gender credibility and exploring the seductive power of showing less, to analyzing unconventional relationships and sitting beside some unscrupulous characters on Hollywood’s notorious casting couch. All this and much more is why we’re sure the content in this is guaranteed to get you suitably hot under the collar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssue 4: War \u0026amp; Peace\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eStatistics indicate that of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8% of recorded history. This makes it plainly apparent that our penchant for brutality is very much at odds with a desire to live in peace and harmony. It's not all doom and gloom however, as to counter every act of terror, torture or takeover there is a redeeming act of courageous heroism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMovies let us experience these dichotomies from the safety of a cinema seat – seeing the ebb and flow of conflict and resolution at arms length. But what can we learn from these films that can inspire a change of behaviour? We're hoping that the wide and varied collection of features and comics in this issue will provide some insights into our particularly volatile human condition. From alien invasions and the motivations of cinematic deserters, to the ties that bind crime families together and the topical relevance of Casablanca in contemporary America, it's time to head for the front line to see what we're all made of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssue 5: Secrets \u0026amp; Lies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as with the proliferation of conspiracy theories during times of massive global events such as these, secrets and lies fester in the dark, hidden parts of the human mind – and have the potential to change not just the course of an individual's life, but that of the world as a whole. 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Just try to keep it under your hat, ok?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[OUT OF PRINT] \u003c\/span\u003eIssue 6: Courage \u0026amp; Strength\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe courage to face any kind of adversity, and the strength it often takes to persevere is what we explore in this issue, and film offers up some doozies when it comes to bold acts of brawn and epic feats of fearlessness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilmmakers themselves often lead the charge, so inside you'll find pieces on Steve McQueen, Mirata Mita and Derek Jarman who have all taken courageous steps in raising awareness for vital causes both in front of and behind the camera. We shine a light on the life of Henri Langlois, often credited as the saviour of cinema, reveal some of our favourite ballsy whistleblowers, celebrate some unconventional screen mentors and even make a case for the movie coward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing illustrative work by Mr. Doodle, Zara Wilkins, Neil Webb, Dolce Paganne, Ian Moore, Isip Xin, Matt Lee, Rafal Kwiczor, Arthur Buxton, Liam Barrett, Richard Falle, Jacob Hinrichs, Jono Lewarne, Gary Embury and Andy Carter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssue 7: Together\/Apart\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlthough we come into and leave this world alone, the rest of our lives are spent in the company of others (whether we like it or not). Existentialist philosopher Jean Paul-Sartre made his mind up with the adage that 'Hell is Other People' – but more often than not we only really discover who and what we are through the interactions we have with our friends, family, colleagues, strangers, allies, adversaries and enemies. Taking this as the starting point for a deep-dive into the ways in which movies have explored these notions of together-ness and apart-ness, in this issue you'll discover why twins and doppelgängers often scare us silly, meet the unconventional ‘family’ at the heart of Duncan Jones’s Moon, confront aliens and alienation in Greg Araki's Queer LA of the 1990s and (possibly) cry at the saddest movie goodbyes. 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