Girt by Sea: Re-Imagining Australia's Security by Rebecca Strating, Joanne Wallis
36.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
A clear-eyed examination of how Australia should approach the complex security challenges at play in its maritime domain Security starts at home ... Australia has drawn closer to many of its Asia-Pacific neighbours in recent years, but 'when push comes to shove, it continues to look well beyond the oce ...Show more
The Carbon Almanac by Seth Godin
37.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action. The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not o ...Show more
Why Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World & How to Escape Them by Ben Ansell
24.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
From the 2023 Reith lecturer Politics is failing us. This is why. 'Brilliant . . . a must-read' Daron Acemoglu, co-author of Why Nations Fail When it comes to politics, there are five goals that voters generally agree upon. We all want a say in how we're governed, to be treated equally, a safety net ...Show more
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
36.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the ...Show more
Dead in the Water: The AUKUS Delusion (Australian Foreign Affairs 20) by Jonathan Pearlman
24.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines Australia's momentous decision to form a security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom that includes an ambitious, expensive and risky plan to acquire nuclear-power submarines - a move that will have far-reaching military and strategi ...Show more
POWER: A woman's guide to living and leading without apology by Kemi Nekvapil
24.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
'This book is a miraculous event.' - Elizabeth Gilbert, from the foreword A transformative path for women to reclaim their power in a world all too eager to strip it away Women know what it's like to feel powerless. We have had power diminished, taken from us and used over us. Yet the strongest, most en ...Show more
Independence Square: Arkady Renko in Ukraine by Martin Cruz Smith
22.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
‘Martin Cruz Smith does more on a page than most writers manage in a chapter. He is unique and irreplaceable’ MICK HERRON, author of Slow Horses ARKADY RENKO IS BACK . . . Confined to a desk job by his superiors to keep him out of the way, Arkady Renko is more disillusioned with the general state of R ...Show more
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein
35.00 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
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
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
14.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
April of 2022 marks a 25-year milestone for the personal finance classic Rich Dad Poor Dad that still ranks as the #1 Personal Finance book of all time. And although 25 years have passed since Rich Dad Poor Dad was first published, readers will find that very little in the book itself has changed -- and ...Show more
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall
24.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
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 obses ...Show more
Converge: A Futurist s insights into the potential of our world as technology and humanity collide by Dr Catherine Ball
32.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
Multi-award-winning scientific futurist Dr Catherine Ball takes us on an astounding journey through the next big technology breakthroughs that have the potential to positively shape our world.As we face challenges globally on multiple fronts, it's refreshing to hear the positive voice of scientific futu ...Show more
Death by Comfort: How modern life is killing us and what we can do about it by Paul Taylor
32.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
Our genome has not changed in over 45,000 years, but the world has changed enormously and there are multiple mismatches with modern life. Homo Sapiens evolved and thrived because we could hunt down prey with the tools we made, ate a range of natural foods from the environment and led highly physically l ...Show more