A Banquet of Consequences, Reloaded: How we got into the mess we're in, and why we need to act now by Satyajit Das
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Essential reading for anyone concerned about the dire future of the global economy, the deepening environmental crisis the alarming deterioration of our social fabric, A Banquet of Consequences incisively explains the problems confronting us, how we're making those problems worse, and what the real solu ...Show more
Sex, Lies and Question Time: Why the successes and struggles of women in Australia’s parliament matter to us all by Kate Ellis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
In 2017, a survey showed zero per cent of young Australian women would consider entering politics. Zero. In a time when we critically need women in our parliament, and in a country that was an early leader in women's political participation, there is a perception that women and politics don’t mix. Shoc ...Show more
Putin vs. the People - The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia by Samuel A. Greene; Graeme B. Robertson
$26.95 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
A fascinating, bottom-up exploration of contemporary Russian politics that sheds new light on why Putin's grip on power is more fragile than we think "Putin v. the People wrestles with perhaps the central conundrum of contemporary Russia: the endurance of support for Putin amid deepening disillusionment ...Show more
Too Famous - The Rich, the Powerful, the Wishful, the Damned, the Notorious Twenty Years of Columns, Essays and Reporting by Michael Wolff
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Category: Politics & Current Affairs
TOO FAMOUS collects pieces Michael Wolff has written as a columnist for New York, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, GQ and The Hollywood Reporter, and adds several new ones. Written over a 20-year period, the book spans that moment in popular culture when personal attention became one of the world's most valua ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 76: Red Flag: Waking Up to China's Challenge by Peter Hartcher
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Category: Politics & Current Affairs | Series: QUARTERLY ESSAY 76
China has become a key nation for Australia's future - for our security, economy and identity. But what are China's intentions and strategy when it comes to Australia? In this gripping account, Peter Hartcher shows that we are entering an era of undeclared contestation, whether for hearts and minds, mi ...Show more
A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America by Philip Rucker; Carol D. Leonnig;
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Rucker and Leonnig have deep and unmatched sources throughout Washington DC, and for the past three years have chronicled in depth the ways President Donald Trump has reinvented the presidency in his own image, shaken foreign alliances and tested American institutions. It would be all too easy to mistak ...Show more
San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities by Michael Shellenberger
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Category: Politics & Current Affairs
National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America's faltering cities. Progressives claimed they knew how to solve homelessness, inequality, and crime. But in cities they control, progressives made those problems worse. Michael Shellenberger has liv ...Show more
The Knowledge Solution: Politics by Michelle Grattan
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Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Can a return to direct democracy reconnect a jaded electorate with an out-of-touch establishment? Would reforming Canberra's toxic culture lead to worthwhile debate and better decision-making? Should today's leaders look back on successful governments to learn how to lead parliament to a full term?In Th ...Show more
Not Just for This Life : Gough Whitlam Remembered by Wendy Guest
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Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Not Just For This Life is a salute and tribute to Gough Whitlam, commemorating what would have been his 100th birthday. Upon his death in October 2014 there was a national outpouring of grief and affectionate remembrances across the nation. This book includes condolences from politicians of all politica ...Show more
Rogue Nation by Royce Kurmelovs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Reporting from the backrooms and corridors of Parliament House in Canberra to the streets of post-industrial Burnie in Tasmania, the struggling rural communities of Gippsland and the Queensland heartland, Royce Kurmelovs captures with perceptive, real-time analysis the rise of Australian populism. The ...Show more
Completely Fact by John Barron
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Get the facts, not the spin, in this compelling new book from the ABC's FACT CHECK team. Does halal certification fund terrorism as Pauline Hanson claims? Is there an ice epidemic in Australia? How many election promises has the government broken since taking office? If you're confused about the claim ...Show more
Superstitions & Why we Have Them by Max Cryer
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Category: Politics & Current Affairs
Some people casually say 'touch wood' when they speak of something they hope will happen. Others won't allow peacock feathers into the house. And almost anyone who finds a four-leafed clover will treasure it and keep it. Why? Some superstitions are so ancient and have been practised for so long that the ...Show more