The Future by Al Gore
$34.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
In "The Future", former US Vice President Al Gore, explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades. From demographics to democracy, Gore explores what he calls the 'Drivers of Global Change', framing the international conversa ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 49: Not Dead Yet: Labor's Post-Left Future by Mark Latham
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
'During the term of the Rudd and Gillard governments, criticism of the Labor Party became a national pastime.' So writes Mark Latham, a one-time leader of the party and still its most perceptive - and fiercest - critic.In Quarterly Essay 49, Latham argues that the time has come to go beyond criticism to ...Show more
The Rudd Rebellion by Bruce Hawker
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
This is a fascinating account of one of the most challenging political campaigns Australia has ever seen. From the detailed war-gaming of potential political outcomes to the nail-biting lead-up to the polls...what really happened on that campaign trail? How did Rudd resume the prime ministership? Did hi ...Show more
End of the Road?: Australia's love affair with the car industry, its current difficulties, and why we shouldn't rush into a divorce by Gideon Haigh
$9.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Series: Penguin Specials
Australia is one of just thirteen countries in the world equipped to take a car from design concept all the way to a showroom - a remarkable achievement in a market so small. Yet the industry has few friends, and many vociferous critics who argue that the country should not make cars at all. In this eng ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 53: That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution by Paul Toohey
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Category: Political / Economic | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
In Quarterly Essay 53, Paul Toohey looks at one of Tony Abbott's signature promises: to stop the boats. Has his government succeeded? If so, at what cost?In Java, Toohey observes asylum seekers heading for Australia and reports on the Indonesian response. He tells the stories of individual refugees, loo ...Show more
Tales From Boom Town: Western Australian Premiers from Brand to Barnett by Peter Kennedy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Veteran political journalist Peter Kennedy spent more than forty years observing eleven Premiers of Western Australia, across an extraordinary period of change in Western Australia's history, from 1970 to 2013. His insiders account reveals first-hand the issues linked with the jailing of two Premiers an ...Show more
The Whitlam Mob by Mungo MacCallum
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
'We were a motley mob, we sans-culottes of Canberra . . . ' In this vastly entertaining book, Mungo MacCallum captures the spirit of a nation-changing time. He portrays the Whitlam government's key figures - from Gough and Margaret to Lionel Murphy, Bill Hayden and Jim Cairns - as well as 'the other mo ...Show more
The Good Fight by Wayne Swan
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
A very personal account of an extraordinary period in Australian politics. Despite the divisions within the Labor Party as the Rudd government fell into disunity and as Julia Gillard was undermined by disloyalty from within, Wayne Swan steered the Australian economy through a time of unprecedented inter ...Show more
Terror TunnelsThe Case for Israel's Just War Against Hamas by Alan M. Dershowitz
$39.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
At a time when Israel is under persistent attack—on the battlefield, by international organizations, and in the court of public opinion—Alan Dershowitz presents a powerful case for Israel's just war against terrorism. In the spirit of his international bestseller The Case for Israel, Dershowitz show ...Show more
Great Divide by Joseph Stiglitz
$49.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Why has inequality increased in the Western world - and what can we do about it? In The Great Divide, Joseph E Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter this growing problem. With his characteristic blend of clarity and pas ...Show more
My Story (Julia Gillard) by Julia Gillard
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Category: Chat10Looks3 Recommendations
Featuring new material. 'I was prime minister for three years and three days.Three years and three days of resilience.Three years and three days of changing the nation.Three years and three days for you to judge.' On Wednesday 23 June 2010, with the government in turmoil, Julia Gillard asked Prime Minis ...Show more
The New Spymasters: Inside Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror by Stephen Grey
$49.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
The New Spymasters by Stephen Grey - Inside Espionage from the Cold War to Al-Qaeda. In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, many believe that the spy is dead. What use are double agents and dead letter boxes compared to the all-seeing digital eye? They couldn't be more wrong. The spying game ...Show more