Peril by Bob Woodward
49.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's account of the presidential transition from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. The storming of the Capitol on 6 January 2021 revealed the transition from President Trump to President Biden to be one of the most dangerous periods in American history, with the result of the elec ...Show more
Marrul: Aboriginal Identity & the Fight for Rights by Inala Cooper
20.00 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
What does reconciliation and truth-telling look like, and how do we as a nation find justice for Indigenous people?In this deeply personal work, Inala Cooper shares stories of her family to show the impact of colonisation on the lives of Aboriginal people from the 1940s to now. She reveals the struggles ...Show more
War Vintage Minis by Sebastian Faulks
7.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs | Series: Vintage Minis Ser.
A soldier falls asleep on duty and is threatened with being court-martialled. An officer lies in mud, fighting for his life and the life of his men. A young man walks across Waterloo Bridge, explosives in his rucksack, heart pounding. In this powerfully moving book, Faulks shows us the true face of war. ...Show more
Advancing Human Rights by Michael Mintrom
19.95 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Human rights come into question in times of crisis. But should we wait for crises to arise before we discuss these rights? Advancing human rights should be everyone’s business, not just that of a select group of public interest lawyers, conspiracy theorists or those who prefer tinfoil hats.Human rights ...Show more
On the Grid: Australian Electricity in Transition by Guillaume Roger (Ed.)
49.95 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
Around the world and within Australia an energy transition is occurring. While engineering solutions are being developed to facilitate this transformation, the institutions governing Australia’s electricity market are failing to adjust rapidly enough to the new energy mix and to the demands on the power ...Show more
Megathreats: The Ten Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them by Nouriel Roubini
34.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
The bestselling author of Crisis Economics argues that we are heading toward the worst economic catastrophe of our lifetimes, unless we can defend against ten terrifying threats. Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed "Dr. Doom," until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Reces ...Show more
Red White and Blown Is the US a Cult? by Guy Rundle
24.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs | Series: The\Crikey Read Ser.
From renowned journalist Guy Rundle, Red, White and Blown is a piercing and provocative investigation into the United States' resolute failure to reckon with its own divisions and blind spots. Interrogating the political events of the 2022 midterm elections as well as their cultural and historical backd ...Show more
What Really Happened In Wuhan: A Virus Like No Other, Countless Infections, Millions of Deaths by Sharri Markson
34.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
Walkley Award-winning journalist, Sharri Markson is the Investigations Editor at The Australian and host of prime-time show Sharri on Sky News Australia. MORE THAN 109 MILLION INFECTIONS MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION DEATHS HOW DID IT HAPPEN? The origins of COVID-19 are shrouded in mystery and conspiracy theori ...Show more
Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl by Markiyan Kamysh
24.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
An exhilarating, immersive journey into the Exclusion Zone of Chornobyl with the disaffected adventurers who illegally stalk its ruins.
What Just Happened?! Dispatches from Turbulent Times by Marina Hyde
29.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs | Reading Level: near fine
No other writer is more suited to chronicle the absurd and chaotic times we live in. This book - based on Hyde's spectacularly funny Guardian columns - tells the story of the hellscape of the Cameron, May and Johnson eras, Trumpian wtf-ery to celebrity twattery, the Royal soap-opera and the series final ...Show more
Right Here, Right Now by Natalie Isaacs
34.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
The climate action countdown and how women can lead the way In this inspiring think piece and call to action, the founder and CEO of the global climate action movement 1 Million Women explains why the place for climate action is here, why the time is now and how women can work together to lead the way. ...Show more
Waiting for Gonski: How Australia failed its schools by Tom Greenwell, Chris Bonnor
39.99 AUD
Category: Politics/Current Affairs
Why is education in Australia failing?Where did we go wrong, and how do we fix it?The Gonski Review appeared to represent a breakthrough. Commissioned by Prime Minster Julia Gillard and chaired by leading businessman David Gonski, the 2010 review made clear that school education policy wasn’t working, a ...Show more