The Abuse of Power by Theresa May
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
As Prime Minister for three years and Home Secretary for six years, Theresa May confronted a series of issues in which the abuse of power led to devastating results for individuals and significantly damaged the reputation of, and trust in, public institutions and politicians. From the Hillsborough and ...Show more
The Palestine Laboratory: how Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world by Antony Loewenstein
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israel's occupation-enforcing technologies. For more than 50 years, the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has given the Israeli state invaluable experience in controlling an 'enemy' p ...Show more
Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then Took On the West by Catherine Belton
$25.00 AUD
Category: Political
ASunday Timesbestseller | ANew York Times Book ReviewEditors' ChoiceNamed a best book of the year byThe Economist|Financial Times |New Statesman | TheTelegraph"[Putin's People]will surely now become the definitive account of the rise of Putin and Putinism."--Anne Applebaum,The Atlantic"This riveting, im ...Show more
Reset: Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession by Ross Garnaut
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
From the bestselling author, a ground-breaking sequel to Superpower. In Reset, renowned economist Ross Garnaut shows how the COVID-19 crisis offers Australia the opportunity to reset its economy and build a successful future - and why the old approaches will not work. Garnaut develops the idea of a ren ...Show more
Politics On the Edge: The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics by Rory Stewart
$37.00 AUD
Category: Political
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics'An instant classic' MARINA HYDE'At last a politician who can write' SEBASTIAN FAULKS'Candid, angry, funny, and self-revelatory' JO ...Show more
Asylum Speakers: Stories of Migration From the Humans Behind the Headlines
$43.00 AUD
Category: Political
A collection of 31 powerful stories of displaced people, asylum seekers and those volunteering on the frontline of the refugee crisis, told in their own words and accompanied by beautiful photography and collage art"Asylum Speakers is truly an anthology of humanity. It's a reminder of how much we all ha ...Show more
The New Makers of Modern Strategy: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age
$80.00 AUD
Category: Political
The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace by Sam Roggeveen
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
In the wake of a shift in the global power balance, how can Australia best protect itself?Amid China's rise and America's decline in Asia, what will happen to Australia?In this authoritative account, defence expert and insider Sam Roggeveen questions the claim that Australia is vulnerable to China's mil ...Show more
Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics by Troy Bramston
$40.00 AUD
Category: Political
A revelatory biography of Australia's longest-serving prime minister.Robert Menzies claimed the prime ministership in 1939 and led the nation during the early years of the war, but resigned two years later when he lost the confidence of his party. His political career seemed over, and yet he staged one ...Show more
Media Monsters: The Transformation of Australia’s Newspaper Empires by Sally Young
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
In 1941, the paper emperors of the Australian newspaper industry helped bring down Robert Menzies. Over the next 30 years, they grew into media monsters.This book reveals the transformation from the golden age of newspapers during World War II, through Menzies’ return and the rise of television, to Goug ...Show more
The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 by Peter Baker, Susan Glasser
$60.00 AUD
Category: Political
The inside story of the four years when Donald Trump went to war with Washington, from the chaotic beginning to the violent finale, told by revered journalists Peter Baker of The New York Times and Susan Glasser of The New Yorker--an ambitious and lasting history of the full Trump presidency that also c ...Show more
Tyranny of the Minority: How to Reverse an Authoritarian Turn, and Forge a Democracy for All by Daniel Ziblatt, Steven Levitsky
$37.00 AUD
Category: Political
An urgent follow-up to bestseller How Democracies Die, by two world-leading experts on democracy In this incisive and razor-sharp analysis of one of the most important issues facing us today, leading Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt draw on their combined expertise of over 40 years ...Show more