Tanya Plibersek: On Her Own Terms by Margaret Simons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A fascinating portrait of one of Australia's most influential women Elected to federal parliament aged just twenty-eight, Tanya Plibersek has lived almost half her life in the public eye - and is the longest-serving woman in Australia's House of Representatives. But how much do we know about what drives ...Show more
Griffith Review 68: Getting On by Ashley Hay
$10.00 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Griffith Review Ser.
In a world where seventy is the new fifty, old age isn't what it used to be.By 2060, the ratio of Australians aged over sixty-five will have passed one in four. This unprecedented demographic transformation marks a quiet revolution with far-reaching consequences for both individuals and wider society.As ...Show more
Daniel Andrews: The revealing biography of Australia's most powerful premier by Sumeyya Ilanbey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The revealing biography of Australia's most powerful premier.State premiers have risen to national prominence in a way not seen in a half century, with Victoria's Daniel Andrews the most successful. This fascinating biography uncovers the story behind his surprising rise to leadership, and his handling ...Show more
Megathreats by Nouriel Roubini
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A Financial Times Economics Book of the YearA Times Business Book of the YearA Sunday Independent (Ireland) Book of the Year'People who like horror films will love this book' Financial Times'Forewarned is forearmed. Read and pay attention' Martin Wolf'Not only will the reader be better off after reading ...Show more
I am Tim: Life, Politics and Beyond by Peter Rees
$40.00 AUD
Category: Politics
A heartfelt look at the life of a man who placed his role as a father with an autistic son above his service to the country as deputy prime minister 'My name is Tim, and that is what I want you to call me, except if another officer is present and especially if it is the CO, Lt Col Bennett, then I am Si ...Show more
Not Now, Not Ever: Ten Years On From the Misogyny Speech by Julia Gillard
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
This is a barn-burning piece of Australian feminist history in the making.MATILDA, BETTER READ THAN DEADThen it was done. After staying silent, I'd had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly angry. I felt strong, measured, controlled. Yet emotion did play its role in the energy of the speech. ...Show more
New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism by Keyu Jin
$36.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A revelatory, myth-dispelling exploration of China's juggernaut economy. 'Essential reading' - Tony Blair Although China's economy is one of the largest in the world, Western understanding of it is oftenbased on dated assumptions and incomplete information. In The New China Playbook, Keyu Jin burrowsdee ...Show more
Trump's Australia: How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequences for us of a second term by Bruce Wolpe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Trump (or a Trumpist) could well win the 2024 US presidential election, and if he does, American democracy as we have known it will probably come to an end. Australia's best-informed commentator on US politics sends a chilling warning. What if Trump (or a Trump-like candidate) becomes US president in 2 ...Show more
Angry at Breakfast: Ten Years of Editorials from The Saturday Paper by Erik Jensen
$26.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Some of Australia's best political writing- a dazzling chronicle from the editor of The Saturday Paper Drawn from the first ten years of The Saturday Paper, these editorials tell the story of a country in trouble. They are a penetrating account of the people who have led Australia, fusing character stu ...Show more
It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
A takedown of the status quo that has enriched a few billionaires at the expense of the rest of us - and a blueprint for real change. It's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is fuelled by uncontro ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern: The Story of an Extraordinary Leader by Michelle Duff
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
In depth analysis of Jacinda Ardern's extraordinary leadership as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Fully updated and revised edition, now including the 2020 election and New Zealand's Covid-19 response, the Whakaari/White Island tragedy, Ardern's shock resignation and what she's doing now. Michelle Duff ...Show more
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story by Nathan Thrall
$36.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision. Milad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but tragedy awaits- his bus is involved in a horrific accident ...Show more