Science by Ian McEwan
$7.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Vintage Minis Ser.
VINTAGE MINIS- GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human
Our Very Own Brexit: Australia's Hollow Politics and Where It Could Lead Us by Sam Roggeveen
$12.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
How did Australian politics get so weird? This book argues that Australia is part of a major shift happening across the world's democracies. Pundits say populism is the big new danger, but they're wrong.Political parties are at the core of democracy, yet all over the West, big parties are hollowing out- ...Show more
Australia’s China Odyssey: From euphoria to fear by James Curran
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Australia’s relationship with China is one of the dominant geopolitical stories of our times. The need to understand the tectonic forces of history moving beneath the surface of these critical events has never been more pressing.In Australia’s China Odyssey, acclaimed historian James Curran explores thi ...Show more
Paper Tiger: Inside the Real China by Xu Zhiyuan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
In PAPER TIGER the Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world's second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society. Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which China's great transformation is taking place, ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 69: Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future by Mark McKenna
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Quarterly Essay
In this inspiring essay, Mark McKenna considers the role of history in making and unmaking the nation. From Captain Cook to the frontier wars, from Australia Day to the Uluru Statement, we are seeing passionate debates and fresh recognitions. McKenna argues that it is time to move beyond the history war ...Show more
No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics by Naomi Klein
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Remember when it all seemed to be getting better? Before Trump happened? Naomi Klein, internationally acclaimed journalist, activist and bestselling author, shows us how we got to this surreal and dangerous place, how to stop it getting a lot worse, and how, if we keep our heads, we can make things bett ...Show more
The Future of Capitalism - Facing the New Anxieties by Paul Collier
$45.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Deep new rifts are tearing apart the fabric of Britain and other Western societies: thriving cities versus the provinces, the highly skilled elite versus the less educated, wealthy versus developing countries. As these divides deepen, we have lost the sense of ethical obligation to others that was cruci ...Show more
Total Propaganda: Basic Marxist Brainwashing for the Angry and the Young by Helen Razer
$27.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Marxism and socialism explained for a younger readership
Audacity: How Barack Obama Defied His Critics and Transformed America by Jonathan Chait
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
An unassailable case that, in the eyes of history, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America s best and most accomplished presidents.Over the course of eight years, Barack Obama has amassed an array of outstanding achievements. His administration saved the American economy from collapse, expanded he ...Show more
No is Not Enough by Naomi Klein
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Trump, as extreme as he is, is less an aberration than a logical conclusion - a pastiche of pretty much all the worst and most dangerous trends of the past half century. A one-man megabrand, with wife and children as spin-off brands . . . ' Remember when it all seemed to be getting better? Before Trump ...Show more
What We're Told Not To Talk About (But We're Going To Anyway: Women's Voices From East London to Ethiopa by Nimko Ali
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
'I started my period at home in the afternoon aged 14 on a warm day. I remember screaming and thinking "There is no doubt about it; I am definitely going to die."' This book is about vaginas. Fanny, cunt, flower, foo-foo, tuppence, whatever you want to call it almost half of the world's population has ...Show more
Chasing Hillary - Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling by Amy Chozick
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
New York Times Bestseller Now in paperback, the dishy, rollicking, and deeply personal story of what really happened in the 2016 election and since, as seen through the eyes of the New York Times reporter who gave eight years of her life to covering the First Woman President who wasn't. "The Devil Wea ...Show more