Fear of Abandonment: Australia in the world since 1942 (Updated 2021) by Allan Gyngell
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
In Fear of Abandonment, expert and insider Allan Gyngell tells the story of how Australia has shaped the world and been shaped by it since it established an independent foreign policy during the dangerous days of 1942. Gyngell argues that the fear of being abandoned - originally by Britain, and later by ...Show more
How the Hell Did This Happen?: The US Election of 2016 by P. J. O'Rourke
$30.00 AUD
Category: Political
No comedian could have written the joke this election cycle has been. The punch line is too ridiculous (whoever the punch line is going to be). Celebrated political satirist, journalist, and diehard Republican P.J. O'Rourke brings his critical eye and inimitable voice to some serious risky business. How ...Show more
Thank You For Your Service FTI by David Finkel
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political
No journalist is better situated to reckon with the psychology of war than David Finkel. In The Good Soldiers, his bestselling account from the front lines of Baghdad, Finkel shadowed the men of a US infantry battalion as they carried out a gruelling 15-month tour that changed all of them forever. Now, ...Show more
Global Order and Global Disorder: Globalization and the Nation-State by Keith Suter
$162.95 AUD
Category: Political
Is the world entering a period of breakdown or breakthrough? As Suter makes clear, globalization is reducing the role of national governments, but it is not yet clear what will follow the current world order. He explains the process of globalization and uses the technique of scenario planning to examine ...Show more
The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics by Maureen Dowd
$55.00 AUD
Category: Political
2016 is shaping up to be a Back to the Future election in so many weird ways--with Bush and Clinton both running alongside a wack pack of ancillary pols, and not to mention, The Donald--well, get your popcorn ready. Who will everyone be looking to in this action-packed election year? Maureen Dowd. She c ...Show more
Nothing But a Circus by Daniel Levin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
'Brilliant observations on the anthropology of power. You will laugh aloud and won't put it down' Daniel Kahneman In this eye-opening exploration of the human weaknesses for power, Daniel Levin takes us on a journey through the absurd world of our global elites, drawing unforgettable sketches of some of ...Show more
Citizens' Wealth: Why (and How) Sovereign Funds Should be Managed by the People for the People by Angela Cummine
$44.00 AUD
Category: Political
A wide-ranging analysis of a powerful but controversial new economic tool that has rapidly eclipsed the size of the hedge fund market In 2006, Chile teemed with protesters after finance minister Andres Velasco invested budget surpluses from the nation's historic copper boom in two Sovereign Wealth Funds ...Show more
Undesirables: Inside Nauru by Mark Isaacs
$25.00 AUD
Category: Political
When it comes to asylum-seekers on Nauru, we learn only what the government wants us to know. In the wake of The Nauru Files, see first-hand is happening inside the Nauru detention centre through Mark Isaacs' eyewitness account. Mark Isaacs worked for the Salvation Army inside the Nauru Detention Centre ...Show more
I Find That Offensive! by Claire Fox
$20.00 AUD
Category: Political
When you hear that now ubiquitous phrase 'I find that offensive', you know you're being told to shut up. While the terrible murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists demonstrated that those who offend can face the most brutal form of censorship, there's a broader threatening climate where we all have to w ...Show more
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in by Bernie Sanders
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political
'Bernie Sanders has changed US politics forever' Owen Jones Bernie Sanders stormed to international headlines after running an extraordinary campaign for the Democratic primaries that saw over 13 million people turn out to vote for him, and changed the global discussion surrounding US politics. But how ...Show more
In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right by Robert Manne; Peter Craven (Editor)
$9.95 AUD
Category: Political | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In this national bestseller Robert Mane attacks the right-wing campaign against the Bringing them homereport that revealed how thousands of Aborigines had been taken from their parents. What was the role of Paddy McGuinness as editor of Quadrant? How reliable was the evidence that led newspaper columnis ...Show more