The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire by Tim Schwab
$36.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
A critical look at how Bill Gates uses his wealth and power through the Gates Foundation to advance his own agenda and erode democratic institutions in the process. From greedy to generous, from cold to kind-hearted, from rogue to hero, Bill Gates is an extraordinarily complex public figure. Yet over th ...Show more
A Sense of Balance by John Howard
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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
Angry at Breakfast: Ten Years of Editorials from The Saturday Paper by Erik Jensen
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Category: Current Affairs and 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
Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics by Troy Bramston
$39.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
A revelatory biography of Australia's longest-serving prime minister.Robert Menzies claimed the prime ministership in 1939 and led the nation during the early years of the war, but resigned two years later when he lost the confidence of his party. His political career seemed over, and yet he staged one ...Show more
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
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Category: Current Affairs and Politics
We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the ...Show more
New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle To Defend the West by David E Sanger
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Category: Current Affairs and Politics
Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States finds itself in a volatile rivalry against the other two great nuclear powers--Xi Jinping's China and Vladimir Putin's Russia--in a world far more complex and dangerous than that of a half century ago. New Cold Wars--the latest from Pulitze ...Show more
What Every Radical Should Know About State Repression: a Guide for activists by Victor Serge
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Category: Current Affairs and Politics
This classic manual on repression by revolutionary activist Victor Serge offers fascinating anecdotes about the tactics of police provocateurs and an analysis of the documents of the tsarist secret police in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. With a new introduction by Howard Zinn collaborator and ...Show more
Who Owns the Moon? : In Defence of Humanity's Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling
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Category: Current Affairs and Politics
Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon contains a wealth of natural resources. So, as the Earth's supplies have begun to dwindle, it is no surprise that the world's superpowers and wealthiest corporations have turned their eyes to the stars. As this new Space Ra ...Show more
The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace by Sam Roggeveen
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Category: Current Affairs and Politics
In the wake of a shift in the global power balance, how can Australia best protect itself?Amid China's rise and America's decline in Asia, what will happen to Australia?In this authoritative account, defence expert and insider Sam Roggeveen questions the claim that Australia is vulnerable to China's mil ...Show more
Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
$34.99 AUD
Category: Feminism
An inspirational and practical book written by two high-achieving women, sharing the experience and advice of some of our most extraordinary women leaders, in their own words. From their broad experience on the world stage in politics, economics and global not-for-profits, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Julia ...Show more
Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters
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Category: Race
This is the first book to define and explore Black fatigue, the intergenerational impact of systemic racism on the physical and psychological health of Black people--and explain why and how society needs to collectively do more to combat its pernicious effects. Black people, young and old, are fatigued ...Show more
The Little Book of LGBTQ+: An A Z of Gender and Sexual Identities by Harriet Dyer
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Category: LGBTQI+
Feel confident in the ABCs of LGBTQ+ Language is a key path to awareness, acceptance and empowerment. It's central to understanding the world and the communities we live in, but it can often be tricky to keep up with correct and ever-evolving terminology. This easy-to-use dictionary introduces the mos ...Show more