The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spies by Richard Kerbaj
26.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations. The Times best political books of 2022 'This thought-provoking and informative book suggests that the era of globetrotting lone agents such as James Bond ...Show more
21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy by Lucinda Holdforth
19.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater ...Show more
Glimpses of Utopia: Real Ideas for a Fairer World by Jess Scully
24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
It's hard to be excited about the future right now. Climate change is accelerating; inequality is growing; politics is polarised; institutions designed to protect us are strained; technology is disrupting the world of work. We need to upgrade the operating systems of our society. Jess Scully asks, What ...Show more
How to Rule Your Own Country: The weird and wonderful world of micronations by Harry Hobbs, George Williams
34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Many people think they can do a better job running a country than politicians — but few actually give it a go. What happens when political disagreement pushes to the point of no return? When a person has a dream of what their ideal country would be, and then tries to create it? A place where there is no ...Show more
Bold - Stories from Older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex People by David Hardy (ed.)
36.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
More than 50 older LGBTI people share their stories and images - of first love and family, of struggle and defiance and resistance and pride. They include prominent Australian activists including Bob Brown, Sally Goldner and the Hon. Michael Kirby. It also includes New Zealanders Miriam Saphira, Helen M ...Show more
Meatsplaining - The Animal Agriculture Industry and the Rhetoric of Denial by Jason Hannan (Editor); David Nibert (Foreword by)
45.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Series: Animal Publics Ser.
The animal agriculture industry, like other profit-driven industries, aggressively seeks to shield itself from public scrutiny. To that end, it uses a distinct set of rhetorical strategies to deflect criticism. These tactics are fundamental to modern animal agriculture but have long evaded critical anal ...Show more
Unfinished Business by Gunstone Andrew
39.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
In 1991, the Hawke Government aimed to reconcile Indigenous and non-Indigenous people by implementing a ten-year reconciliation process. Its three broad goals concerned the education of the wider community; Indigenous socio-economic disadvantage; and a document of reconciliation. The following decade o ...Show more
Apple: Sex, Drugs, Motherhood and the Recovery of the Feminine by Antonella Gambotto-Burke
29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Woman as comestible. Woman as kingmaker. Woman as oblivion. Woman as comestible. Woman as kingmaker. Woman as oblivion. Why is our culture governed by the principle of separation? Beginning with a devastating exploration of the 1960s, understood up until now as the era of female liberation, free love an ...Show more
The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How the World Sees Time by Richard Fisher
34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
'A beautifully turned, calmly persuasive but urgent book' IAN MCEWAN'A landmark book that could help to build a much brighter future' DAVID ROBSONA wide-ranging and thought-provoking exploration of the importance of long-term thinking.Humans are unique in our ability to understand time, able to comprehe ...Show more
With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant
34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
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
Caravansarai - journey among Australian Muslims by Hanifa Deen
24.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
In 1993 Hanifa Deen set out on a journey of the heart and mind to show the human face of Australian Muslims. These are ordinary people from diverse backgrounds and cultures, people who mow their lawns, worry about their mortgages and love their children. Ten years later, in the wake of September 11 and ...Show more
From the Ground Up: How a Community with a Vision and a Principal with a Purpose Created a Thriving State School by Steven Cook
29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Taking Albert Park College from forced closure to Australia's School of the Year In 2006, Albert Park College, a public secondary school in inner-city Melbourne, was closed after a dramatic loss in confidence caused enrolments to plummet. Devastated yet determined parents rallied and convinced the educ ...Show more