The Killing Season Uncut by Sarah Ferguson, Patricia Drum
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
Australians came to the ABC's The Killing Season in droves, their fascination with the brutal RudduGillard struggle as enduring as the saga itself. This is the book that brings you the uncut version of The Killing Season, taking you behind the cameras to reveal the untold stories and candid moments that ...Show more
Heroic Failure and the British by Stephanie Barczewski
$48.95 AUD
Category: Political
From the Charge of the Light Brigade to Scott of the Antarctic and beyond, it seems as if glorious disaster and valiant defeat have been essential aspects of the British national character for the past two centuries. In this fascinating book, historian Stephanie Barczewski argues that Britain's embrace ...Show more
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall
$42.00 AUD
Category: Political
All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture.If you've ever wondered why Putin is so obsess ...Show more
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability by Yanis Varoufakis
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER. The crisis in Europe is not over, it's getting worse. In this dramatic narrative of Europe's economic rise and spectacular fall, Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece, 'the emerging rock star of Europe's anti-austerity uprising' (Telegraph), shows that ...Show more
My Journey into the Heart of Terror: Ten Days in the Islamic State by Jurgen Todenhofer
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
An alarming and enlightening first-hand account of what's really going on behind the borders of the Islamic State. ISIS, IS, the Islamic State. The name is chilling. The images are horrific. This is a group that chops the heads off journalists - and yet one, the German Jurgen Todenhofer, went out of his ...Show more
It's Our Country: Indigenous Arguments for Meaningful Constitutional Recognition and Reform by Megan Davis & Marcia Langton (ed.)
$30.00 AUD
Category: Political
It is a collection of short essays by leading and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander thinkers and leaders. Edited by and including contributions from Megan Davis and Marcia Langton, it conveys to Australians why indigenous peoples should have a direct say in the decisions that affect their l ...Show more
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
$55.00 AUD
Category: Political
Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality? Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again? Why have protections for employees been decimated? Why do hedge-fund billionaires pay a far lower tax rate tha ...Show more
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist by Niall Ferguson (University of Oxford)
$79.95 AUD
Category: Political
The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papers No American statesman has been as revered or as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as Super K the indispensable man whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama he has also been ...Show more
On the Edges of History: A Memoir of Law, Books and Politics by Michael Sexton
$32.95 AUD
Category: Political
Michael Sexton has taken part in and recorded some of the most interesting history of Australia's post-war years. He tells the story here of his major cases as a lawyer, many of them as Solicitor General for New South Wales, and of his long involvement with politics and public administration. He recount ...Show more
Embarrassed Colonialist by Sean Dorney
$9.99 AUD
Category: Political | Series: Penguin Specials Ser.
Forty years after independence, Papua New Guinea is the largest single recipient of aid from Australia. Yet Australians seem to be largely ambivalent about the country. Few Australians know the history of our colonial rule in PNG and our long ties to the country are quickly being forgotten. PNG expert S ...Show more
Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations: Processes of Creative Self-Destruction by Christopher Wright
$49.95 AUD
Category: Political
Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, a definitive manifestation of the well-worn links between progress and devastation. This book explores the complex relationship that the corporate world has with climate change and examines the central role of corporations in shaping politic ...Show more
How Long Will South Africa Survive?The Looming Crisis by R. W. Johnson
$65.00 AUD
Category: Political
In 1977, Johnson's best selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? offered a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects of apartheid. Now, after more than two decades of the ANC in government, he believes the question must be posed again. "The big question about ANC rule," Joh ...Show more