Still Standing by Chrissie Foster, Paul Kennedy
$35.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
There are few more moving experiences than for the silenced to be heard. Chrissie Foster is the mother who brought the rich and powerful Catholic Church to its knees over its global abuse of children, including two of her daughters, Emma and Katie. Like the Boston Globe's Spotlight team, she built an un ...Show more
Why Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World — and How to Escape Them by Ben Ansell
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Category: Current Affairs & Politics
An award-winning Oxford professor explains why the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed - and how to fix it. Why do the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed? In Why Politics Fails, award-winning Oxford professor Ben Ansell shows that it's not the politicians that are t ...Show more
Nightbitch: Stylist's summer cult breakout by Rachel Yoder
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Looking for a summer read with bite?'BRILLIANT' Stylist'TERRIFICALLY ALIVE' Observer'DELICIOUSLY UNTAMED' FT'COOLLY INCISIVE' Guardian'UNHOLY' Carmen Maria Machado'THE SPIRITUAL SUCCESSOR TO ANGELA CARTER' Evening StandardOne day, the mother was a mother but then, one night, she was quite suddenly somet ...Show more
Freezing Order: Vladimir Putin, Russian Money Laundering and Murder - A True Story by Bill Browder
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: good-very good
‘More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly, heart-poundingly thrilling than any fiction I have read for years, but it is all true’ Stephen Fry ‘Mind-blowing...Browder's battle for justice is at times terrifying, at times deeply touching’ Catherine Belton ‘A jaw-dr ...Show more
Beijing Rules: China's Quest for Global Influence by Bethany Allen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
For several decades Chinese ascendancy has been supported by an astonishingly broad and deep portfolio of soft power. The stories of their reach are breathtaking - Chinese-sponsored reporting in national newspapers and academia; the gagging of sports stars and huge Western brands; Hollywood self-censor ...Show more
Albanese: Telling It Straight by Karen Middleton
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Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Anthony Albanese has been at the heart of Labor politics in Australia for a decade. For the previous decade he persistently worked to ensure that the Labor left was a vital part of all ALP activities. This is his story. The turbulent years of federal politics with a deeply personal dimension, this is th ...Show more
War on Corruption: An Indonesian Experience by Todung Mulya Lubis
$40.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
What stands between Indonesia taking its rightful place in the world?For Indonesian society, corruption remains a huge problem. Some of the reasons for this are easy to identify, flowing on from the authoritarianism of the Soeharto New Order (1966-1998). Other factors are less well known and less able t ...Show more
Meanjin Vol 82, No 1
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Light, air and the autumn wind. Good drying weather. Ethics and history and peace and war and the laundry. Taking stock. Abandoned cities, lost children, political legacies emptied of all honour.孝弟也者、其为仁之本与. How we commemorate, and what we forget. The cost of education, the cost of living, the costs of ...Show more
People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account by Mark Pomerantz
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Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former US president Donald Trump. Mark Pomerantz was a retired lawyer living a calm suburban life when he accepted an offer to join the staff of the district attorney of New York County in February 2021. His brief: to work on the investigation of ...Show more
While Time Remains - A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America by Yeonmi Park
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: very good
The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart.After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 89: The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal by Saul Griffith
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Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A compelling vision of green energy at a local level. In this inspiring essay, inventor, engineer and visionary Saul Griffith looks at the wires that bind us. He reveals the world that awaits if we make the most of Australia's energy future. Griffith paints an inspiring yet practical picture of empower ...Show more
How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present, and Future by Vaclav Smil
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world. We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperi ...Show more