The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell by David Marr
$20.00 AUD
Category: Political
George Pell, now a great power in Rome, leaves in his wake shocking revelations about his defence of the church, its power and its assets, as he came to grips with the scandal of child sex abuse by priests. This new edition of The Prince, significantly expanded and updated, draws on fresh evidence of Pe ...Show more
The Independent Member for Lyne by Rob Oakeshott
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
From deep inside the last Parliament, Rob Oakeshott reveals the real story of being an independent during the Gillard government.
Witness to History: The Life of John Wheeler-Bennett by Victoria Schofield
$74.95 AUD
Category: Political
Historian Sir John Wheeler-Bennett (1902-1975) was one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary political observers. Through an ability to make important connections, he became an authority on Germany in the interwar years and was acquainted with all the German hierarchy, including Hitler and Hinde ...Show more
Diary of a Foreign Minister by Bob Carr
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
Six years after vacating his position as the longest-serving Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr returned to politics in his dream job: as Foreign Minister of Australia and a senior federal cabinet minister.For 18 months he kept a diary documenting a whirl of high-stakes events on the world stage - the ...Show more
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by Professor of History David Nasaw (College of Staten Island, City University of New York)
$23.00 AUD
Category: Political
A "brilliant, compelling" ("The New York Times Book Review") biography of Joseph P. Kennedy, selected by the "New York Times "as one of the Ten Best Books of the Yearand a 2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Biography In this pioneering new work, celebrated historian David Nasaw examines the life of Joseph ...Show more
Disraeli: Or, the Two Lives by Rt Hon Lord Douglas Hurd
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
Benjamin Disraeli was the most gifted parliamentarian of the nineteenth century and a superb orator, writer and wit - but how much do we really know about the man behind the words? 'As Douglas Hurd and Edward Young point out in their splendidly written, finely judged and thoroughly persuasive book, a va ...Show more
The Snowden Files: The True Inside Story on the World's Most Wanted Man by Luke Harding
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political
It began with an unsigned email: "I am a senior member of the intelligence community". What followed was the most spectacular intelligence breach ever, brought about by one extraordinary man. The consequences have shaken the leaders of nations worldwide, from Obama to Cameron, to the presidents of Brazi ...Show more
HRC State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton by Jonathan Allen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Political
This is a riveting biography which combines deep reporting and West Wing-esque storytelling to reveal the strategising, machinations and last minute decision-making that have accompanied one of the greatest political comebacks in history. The story of Hillary's phoenix-like rise is at the heart of HRC, ...Show more
Warrior: The Autobiography of Ariel Sharon by Ariel Sharon
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
Israel's newest prime minister as of February 6, 2001, Ariel Sharon is a dynamic and controversial leader. A hero in Israel's wars, perhaps the most daring and successful commander in Israel's extraordinary military history, Sharon has always been a warrior, whether the enemies were hostile Arab nations ...Show more
Wilson by A Scott Berg
$30.00 AUD
Category: Political
One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century, and one of the most enigmatic. And now, after more than a decade of research and writing, Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg has completed Wilson - the most per ...Show more
Prisoner X by Rafael Epstein
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political
The urgent phone call comes from behind the barbed wire. 'This is Ayalong prison,' says one of the guards urgently. 'Listen, he hanged himself, we need an ambulance.' Prisoner X, just 34 years old, was slumped in a small bathroom, separated from his cell by a transparent door. Kept in one of the most te ...Show more