No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs by Nury Turkel
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
An Irish Times ‘Book to Look Out For in 2022’ A devastating account of China’s genocide of the Uyghurs, by a leading Uyghur activist and Time #100 nominee Nury Turkel was born in a ‘re-education’ camp in China at the height of the Cultural Revolution. He spent the first several months of his life in c ...Show more
Women of a Certain Rage by Liz Byrski
$29.99 AUD
Category: Feminism
Selected and introduced by Liz Byrski Contributors- Anne Aly, Nadine Browne, Nandi Chinna, Claire G. Coleman, Carrie Cox, Eva Cox, Sarah Drummond, Carly Findlay, Goldie Goldbloom, Rafeif Ismail, Margot Kingston, Jay Martin, Meg McKinlay, Olivia Muscat, Mihaela Nicolescu, Renee Pettitt-Schipp, Fiona Stan ...Show more
Fake Law - The Truth About Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister
$34.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology | Reading Level: very good
Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who couldn't be deported because he had a pet cat? Are unelected judges truly enemies of the people? Most of us think the law is only relevant to criminals, if we even think of it at all. But the law touches ev ...Show more
Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists by Julia Ebner
$29.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology | Reading Level: near fine
By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside, but two years ago, she began to feel that she was only seeing half the picture. She needed to get inside the groups to truly understand them. So she decided to go undercover in her spare hours - late ...Show more
This Is Why I Resist by Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
This book is the hard conversation we must have. Black people are still fighting for the right to be judged by the content of their character and not the colour of their skin, and in the words of the author, "there is no freedom without rights and no rights without the freedom to exercise those rights." ...Show more
Rage by Bob Woodward
$49.99 AUD
Category: International | Reading Level: near fine
Bob Woodward's new book, Rage, is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of original reporting on the Trump presidency. Rage goes behind the scenes like never before, with stunning new details about early national security decisions and operations and Trump's moves as he faces a global pandemic, ec ...Show more
Good Data: An Optimist's Guide to Our Digital Future by Sam Gilbert
$29.99 AUD
Category: Media & Technology
Digital technology is now so pervasive that it's very hard to escape its influence, and with that growth comes fear. But whatever the news has told you about data and technology, think again. Data expert and tech insider Sam Gilbert shows that, actually, this data revolution could be the best thing tha ...Show more
Advancing Human Rights by Michael Mintrom
$2.50 AUD
$19.95 (87% off)
Category: Current Affairs and Politics | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Human rights come into question in times of crisis. But should we wait for crises to arise before we discuss these rights? Advancing human rights should be everyone’s business, not just that of a select group of public interest lawyers, conspiracy theorists or those who prefer tinfoil hats.Human rights ...Show more
Chasing Wrongs and Rights: My Experience Defending Human Rights Around the World by Elaine Pearson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
The Australia Director at Human Rights Watch shares her experiences defending human rights – from human trafficking in Nepal to the 'drug war' in the Philippines to treatment of detainees in Papua New Guinea and in Australia – offering an extremely involving personal account of how far we’ve come, and ...Show more
Far From Home: A True Story of Murder, Loss and a Mother's Courage by Rosie Ayliffe
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs and Politics
British mother Rosie Ayliffe thought her 21-year-old daughter, Mia, would be safe travelling around Australia on a gap year. But Mia wanted to extend her visa and in order to do that needed to find 88 days of work on a farm - a requirement that would lead to catastrophic events. Four short days after Mi ...Show more
The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do about It by Mary Ann Sieghart
$35.00 AUD
$43.99 (20% off)
Category: Feminism
Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronized by women.Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently challenged by them.Imagine trying to speak up in a meeting, only to be talked over by female colleagues.Imagine subordinates resisting you as a boss, merely because of ...Show more
Our National Shame: Violence against Women (In the National Interest) by Kate Fitz-gibbon
$19.95 AUD
Category: Feminism | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The expos s in early 2021 of sexism and sexual violence in Parliament House prompted women across the country (and some men) to take to stages, lecterns and social media to express their rage and demand action. However, while these events highlighted that violence against women is an ongoing issue in ou ...Show more