Chronicles on Our Troubled Times by Thomas Piketty
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Reading Level: very good
With Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty wrote a bestselling book that was widely agreed to be 'extraordinarily important' (Martin Wolf, Financial Times). His powerful, evidence-based analysis and solutions - including progressive wealth taxes to reduce inequality - were praised as much ...Show more
Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
The extraordinary story of how Jack Ma, a teacher and civil servant, built one of the most valuable companies in the world and forever changed our global economy. In just a decade and half, Jack Ma built a company that rivals Walmart in value and is worth as much as Amazon and eBay. A man from humble be ...Show more
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Reading Level: very good
From the legendary journalist and creator of "Gonzo" journalism Hunter S. Thompson comes the bestselling critical look at Nixon and McGovern's 1972 presidential election. Forty years after its original publication, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 remains a cornerstone of American political ...Show more
Speechless: A Year in My Father's Business by James Button
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
James Button spent a year writing speeches for Kevin Rudd. Before that, he reported on politics as a highly regarded journalist for Fairfax. But James also has politics in his blood: his father was the larger-than-life, street-fighting Senator John Button, who was a minister in the Hawke government. Gro ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 50: Unfinished Business: Sex, Freedom and Misogyny by Anna Goldsworthy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
On the surface, it seems the best time ever to be a woman in Australia. The prime minister, governor-general and the richest person are all female; women are at the forefront of almost every area of public life. Yet when Julia Gillard's misogyny speech ricocheted around the world, it clearly touched a n ...Show more
North Korea Undercover by John Sweeney
$34.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Award-winning BBC journalist John Sweeney is one of the few to have witnessed at first hand the devastating reality of life in the controversial and isolated nation of North Korea. Posing as a university professor, Sweeney went undercover to gain unprecedented access to the world's most secret state. He ...Show more
Rigged: How Networks of Powerful Mates Rip Off Everyday Australians by Paul Frijters, Cameron Murray
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
The shocking story of how networks of Mates have come to dominate business and government, and managed to rob the majority of ordinary Australians of half our wealth. 'This book will open your eyes to how Australia really works. It's not good news, but you need to know it.' - Ross Gittins 'You'll be sho ...Show more
Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia by Frank Bongiorno
$39.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
A landmark book - the first full political history of AustraliaIn this compelling and comprehensive work, renowned historian Frank Bongiorno presents a social and cultural history of Australia's political life, from pre-settlement Indigenous systems to the present day. Depicting a wonderful parade of d ...Show more
October Surprise: How the FBI Tried to Save Itself and Crashed an Election by Devlin Barrett
$39.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
The 2016 Election, which altered American political history, was not decided by the Russians or in Ukraine or by Steve Bannon. The event that broke Hillary's blue wall in the Midwest and swung Florida and North Carolina was an October Surprise, and it was wholly a product of the leadership of the FBI. T ...Show more
Feeling the Heat; Australia Under Climate Pressure: Australian Foreign Affairs 12 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
As a new US administration edges closer to international climate action, will Australia follow suit, or risk becoming an outlier?The twelfth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the growing pressure on Australia as global and regional powers adopt tough measures to combat climate change. Feeling ...Show more
Laptop from Hell: Hunter Biden, Big Tech, and the Dirty Secrets the President Tried to Hide by Miranda Devine
$45.00 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
The inside story of the laptop that exposed the president's dirtiest secret. When a drug-addled Hunter Biden abandoned his waterlogged computer at a Mac repair shop in Delaware in the spring of 2019, just six days before his father announced his candidacy for the United States presidency, it became th ...Show more
The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating by Russell Marks
$9.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Presenting the one and only Mr Paul Keating - at his straight-shooting, scumbag-calling, merciless best. Paul lets rip - on John Howard- 'The little desiccated coconut is under pressure and he is attacking anything he can get his hands on.' On Peter Costello- 'The thing about poor old Costello is he is ...Show more