With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
A deeply powerful, poetic and compelling book on the challenges facing our world, from one of Australia's most experienced journalists and international commentators, Stan Grant. History is turning. In only a few short decades, we have come a long way from Francis Fukuyama's declaration of the 'end of ...Show more
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake claims ...Show more
Disconnect: Why we get pushed to extremes online and how to stop it by Jordan Guiao
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
Many of us know an anti-vaxxer or a selfie-obsessed narcissist who clutters our social feeds; an online conspiracy theorist or a child whose face is buried in a smartphone. Some of us even live with one. How do we pull these people back from the brink of a digital abyss? In this animated study, journali ...Show more
Refugee Heroes: Amazing People from Ukraine, Afghanistan and Across Our World by Laurie Nowell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
Refugee Heroes shares the authentic stories of inspirational refugee journeys, including recent stories of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion. It's a compelling read for people interested in empowering human stories, international politics and the humanitarian sector. The book puts a human ...Show more
How To Do The Work by Nicole LePera
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society | Reading Level: very good
As a clinical psychologist, Dr Nicole LePera often found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psychotherapy. Wanting more for her patients - and for herself - she began a journey to develop a united philosophy of mental, physical and spiritual health that equips people with the interdisc ...Show more
Fact or Fission?: the truth about Australia's nuclear ambitions by Richard Broinowski
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics & society
An updated and authoritative account of Australia's involvement with nuclear power, including the AUKUS nuclear submarine pact.Based on previously classified files and interviews with some of Australia's prominent politicians and diplomats, the first edition of Fact or Fission? revealed that the nation' ...Show more
2022: Reckoning with Power and Privilege by The Conversation, Michael Hopkin (ed.)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
As 2022 unfolded, we saw power manifest in its various guises: Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022; the COVID pandemic and its international disruptions continued to shape lives globally and abortion laws changed monumentally in the US. In Australia, the power of voters changed the gove ...Show more
I, Millennial: One Snowflake's Screed Against Boomers, Billionaires and Everything Else by Tom Ballard
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
After 30 years of his entitled Millennial life and one buy-now-pay-later pandemic, comedian Tom Ballard has had enough of the smashed avocado jokes. He's furious at the raw deal his (and every subsequent) generation has been given, and he's pretty sure things can't be this crappy because of brunch. In h ...Show more
Best Australian Political Cartoons 2022 by Russ Radcliffe
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics & society | Series: Best Australian Political Cartoons Ser.
The twentieth-anniversary edition of this much-loved annual collection brings you the last year in politics, as observed by Australia's funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists. 2022- the year we slapped ourselves on the back for a job well done, and put the last few awful years behind us.Well ...Show more
Wandering with Intent: essays by Kim Mahood
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics & society
To essay means to try, to endeavour, to attempt -- and to risk failure. For Kim Mahood, it is both a form of writing and an approach to life. In these finely observed and probing essays, award-winning artist and writer Kim Mahood invites us to accompany her on the road and into the remote places of Aust ...Show more
Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech by Julia Gillard
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics & society
Ten years on from the speech that stopped us all in our tracks – Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech. Where were you then? And where are we now? Then 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 pla ...Show more
Finding the Heart of the Nation 2nd edition: The Journey of the Uluru Statement from the Heart Continues by Thomas Mayo
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics & society
In this updated edition of the bestselling book, Finding the Heart of the Nation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander author Thomas Mayo gets behind the politics and legal speak to explain why the Uluru Statement from the Heart is an invitation to all Australians. Australia is set to vote on a refer ...Show more