Sydney: a biography by Louis Nowra
$40.00 AUD
Category: Australian
‘I came to Sydney from Melbourne in 1978 and immediately fell in love with its history, the sandstone buildings, the gorgeous harbour, the bridge, the Opera House, its ad hoc streets and its denizens.’In Sydney, acclaimed playwright and author Louis Nowra – author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo – expa ...Show more
Finding the Heart of the Nation: The Journey of the Uluru Statement from the Heart Continues (2nd Edition) by Thomas Mayo
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
In this updated edition of the bestselling book, Finding the Heart of the Nation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander author Thomas Mayo gets behind the politics and legal speak to explain why the Uluru Statement from the Heart is an invitation to all Australians. Australia is set to vote on a refer ...Show more
Dead & Buried - The Curious History of Sydney's Earliest Burial Grounds (h/b) by warren fahey
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Cemeteries are full of stories and Sydney's three earliest burial grounds: The Old Burial Ground, Devonshire Street Sandhills Cemetery and the grand Rookwood Necropolis, tell stories of Sydney's notables - the famous and the infamous. Each chapter in this fascinating collection tells of notable burials ...Show more
Kings Cross by Louis Nowra
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Louis Nowra burrows beneath the sensationalist Underbelly sex and sin narrative, revealing stories and a cast of characters some household names others little-known - that not even a writer could conjure up. Kings Cross is a no-holds barred place, where backpackers, prostitutes, strippers, chefs, mad me ...Show more
Towards Reproductive Justice by Ronli Sifris
$20.00 AUD
Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that overturned Roe v Wade, declaring that the American Constitution did not protect the right to abortion. Several US states immediately banned abortion, while others were quick to enact restrictive regulation. This decision sent shoc ...Show more
Time to Reboot : Feminism in the Algorithm Age by Carla Wilshire
$20.00 AUD
Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Technology is radically transforming society. From social media to artificial intelligence, our world is now governed by algorithms, powerful tools that not only predict human behaviour but affect how we look at each other, and ourselves. At the same time, we are seeing hard-fought-for women’s rights be ...Show more
The Diggers of Kapyong: The story of the Aussies who changed the course of the Korean War by Tom Gilling
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The gripping account of Australia in the Korean War and how 3RAR battalion held back an entire Chinese army division to prevent Seoul being overrun We charged and we began to get shot down . . . there were so many bullets coming that it was like walking, running into a very stiff breeze. Most of the sec ...Show more
Mine is the Kingdom: The rise and fall of Brian Houston and the Hillsong Church by David Hardaker
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The inside story of the global megachurch and its charismatic leader, Brian Houston. In 2023 the curtain finally came down on Brian Houston. The rock star of Pentecostalism, former Global Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church, was acquitted of concealing his father's sexual abuse of a minor, but it was too ...Show more
Reading the Rooms Behind the paintings of the State Library of NSW
$90.00 AUD
Category: Art
The incredible painting collection of the State Library of New South Wales is documented for the first time.The State Library of New South Wales holds an unrivalled collection of oil paintings. Unlike an art gallery where the focus is usually on aesthetic excellence, the rationale behind the Library’s c ...Show more
The Consultancy Conundrum: The Hollowing Out of the Public Sector by Andrew Jaspan, Lachlan Guselli
$19.95 AUD
Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In mid-2023, Australia was rocked by a scandal surrounding the local affiliate of business management consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers. The crisis raised serious concerns about the role of consultancy and audit firms within our public service, and caused governments to re-evaluate their relationships ...Show more
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
$25.00 AUD
Category: Australian
What happens when global systems are viewed from an Indigenous perspective? How does it affect the way we see history, money, power and learning? Could it change the world?This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schr dinge ...Show more
21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy by Lucinda Holdforth
$19.95 AUD
Category: In the National Interest | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater ...Show more