Human?: A Lie That's Been Killing Us Since 1788 by Ziggy Ramo
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
So-called Australia is built upon a lie- that 97% of the population are human, and the others simply 'Indigenous', devoid of the same basic rights. Human? is the story of Ziggy Ramo's experience growing up under the weight of this lie. We've had 235 years of continued destruction in the name of 'civilis ...Show more
Vulture Capitalism: Corproate crimes, backdoor bailouts, and the death of freedom by Grace Blakeley
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
All over the world, democracy is in crisis. Liberal political systems are straining under the pressure imposed by authoritarian strong men undermining institutions, the rule of law and the international system that governs relations between countries. Obvious examples include Donald Trump and Boris John ...Show more
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy by Bill Browder
$24.99 AUD
Category: International | Reading Level: very good
I have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know. In November 2009, the young lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death by eight poli ...Show more
A Sense of Balance by John Howard
$39.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
On how our sense of balance has defined us as a nation and will safeguard our future. In the years that John Howard served in the national parliament he came to understand the special character of Australia; to appreciate its strengths and weaknesses; and most importantly to respect that sense of balan ...Show more
The Rare Metals War The dark side of clean energy and digital technologies by Guillaume Pitron
$36.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals - but they are running out. And what will happen when they do? The green-tech revolution has been lauded as the silver bullet to a new world. One that is at last free of oil, pollutio ...Show more
Cuckooland: Where the Rich Own the Truth by Tom Burgis
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
"It was easy for Vladimir Putin. He could erase the past by hurling secret files into his KGB station’s furnace at the end of the Cold War. In the era of globalised corruption he has since helped to create, destroying the past is not so simple. Every bribe, every kickback to a crony, every transfer of d ...Show more
We Need To Talk About Xi: What we need to know about the world's most powerful leader by Michael Dillon
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
A short, urgent book that sorts the fact from the fiction about Xi Jinping - one of the world's most powerful political leaders - to truly understand how he came to power, his hold on China and why we should care. Meet the most powerful leader in the world. Chinese premier Xi Jinping graces our televisi ...Show more
We Can Do Better: A Departure into the World of Tomorrow by Maja Gopel
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
After her previous book, Rethinking Our World, eloquently untangled the complex world we live in, Maja G pel delivers the encouragement and the tools we need to go into action and build the world we want to live in. Humanity is undergoing a massive process of transformation, and the way we live will cha ...Show more
Beijing Rules: China's Quest for Global Influence by Bethany Allen
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and 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
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Queensland ... by Mark Bahnisch
$19.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
Everyone has heard the cliches about Queensland politics: Queensland is 'different'. It's the 'Deep North'. Its state elections exemplify Pineapple Party Time. But what if those cliches are in fact looking more like the state of affairs in the rest of Australia? Does the Sunshine State represent the new ...Show more
Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World's Most Vulnerable Places by Christopher Pollon
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
A fascinating investigation into a wild industry and the global race to exploit our world's dwindling natural resources. The stakes couldn't be higher- How can we mine the metals we need without replicating the environmental and human rights abuses of the past? A global race is on to exploit the last bo ...Show more
The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's battle for its inner soul by Isabel Kershner
$35.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel - the last fifteen for The New York Times - presents a rich, wide-ranging portrait of the Israeli people today at a critical juncture in their country's history. A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel presents a rich, wide-ranging portr ...Show more