The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left by Yuval Levin
$21.99 AUD
Category: European
For more than two centuries, our political life has been divided between a party of progress and a party of conservation. In The Great Debate , Yuval Levin explores the origins of the left/right divide by examining the views of the men who best represented each side of that debate at its outset: Edmund ...Show more
Inside Australia's Anti-Terrorism Laws and Trials by Andrew Lynch
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Over ten years after Australia's first national laws were enacted to combat the threat of terrorism, yet more anti-terrorism laws were passed in the Australian Parliament in late 2014. The first laws were often introduced in great haste and were stunning in scope and number. The latest laws are similarl ...Show more
Between the Dances by Jacqueline Dinan
$32.95 AUD
Category: War
The start of World War II changed women's lives and their place in society forever. Thousands of women ventured where few had gone before - into the services and workplaces previously considered the sole preserve of men. In preparation for this book Jacqueline Dinan interviewed over three hundred women ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land : An Aboriginal History by Murray Johnson; Ian McFarlane
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The history of Aborigines in Van Diemen's Land is long. The first Tasmanians lived in isolation for as many as 300 generations after the flooding of Bass Strait. Their struggle against almost insurmountable odds is one worthy of respect and admiration, not to mention serious attention. This broad-rangin ...Show more
Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy by Peter Mair
$45.00 AUD
Category: Political
The argument that Western democracy is being hollowed out, as political participation declines and party allegiance weakens, is now widely cited. Yet the indicators can be uncertain and until now there hasn't been a comprehensive comparative study. "Ruling the Void" analyzes democratic trends over the l ...Show more
Under the Colony's Eye: Gentlemen and Convicts on Cockatoo Island 1839-1869 by CASTRIQUE SUE
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd by Quentin Beresford
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
At its peak, Gunns Ltd had a market value of $1 billion, was listed on the ASX 200, was the largest employer in the state of Tasmania and its largest private landowner. Most of its profits came from woodchipping, mainly from clear-felled old-growth forests. A pulp mill was central to its expansion plans ...Show more
Jerusalem: The Real Life of William Blake by Tobias Churton
$49.99 AUD
Category: European
Delving into the spiritual side of one the Romantic period's most renowned artists and poets, this biography explores for the first time the deeper meanings and enlightened thoughts that sit at the heart of Blake's trademark symbolism. It's hard to believe that Blake was largely unrecognized in his own ...Show more
The Italians by John Hooper
$45.00 AUD
Category: European
Sublime and maddening, fascinating yet baffling, Italy is a country of endless paradox and seemingly unanswerable riddles. John Hooper's marvellously entertaining and perceptive new book is the ideal companion for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the unique character of the Italians. ...Show more
The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920 by Eugene Rogan
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
The final destruction of the Ottoman Empire - one of the great epics of the First World War, from bestselling historian Eugene Rogan. For some four centuries the Ottoman Empire had been one of the most powerful states in Europe as well as ruler of the Middle East. By 1914 it had been drastically weakene ...Show more
Great Divide by Joseph Stiglitz
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
Why has inequality increased in the Western world - and what can we do about it? In The Great Divide, Joseph E Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter this growing problem. With his characteristic blend of clarity and pas ...Show more
From the Trenches: The Best ANZAC Writing of World War I by Mark Dapin
$22.99 AUD
Category: War
In the centenary of World War One, here are the Anzacs in their own words. From the Trenches is a collection of gripping, awe-inspiring and sometimes terrifying accounts of life at the front, recorded by those who lived through the fighting. Drawn from diaries, memoirs and letters, as well as poetry, ...Show more