The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck and Could Now Throw It All Away by Peter Hartcher
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Australia is an international success story, but can it stay on top? The Sweet Spot takes a provocative look at how Australia continues to ride the boom, and what might cause it to fall.
Politics with Purpose: Occasional Observations on Public and Private Life by Lindsay Tanner
$32.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
'We cannot blame particular individuals for modern Labor's malaise, because it is part of a systemic global phenomenon. We are all under the sway of politics without purpose. And politics without purpose is pointless.' Nothing could better sum up Lindsay Tanner's forthright attitude to politics and the ...Show more
Talk of the Devil:Encounters with Seven Dictators by Riccardo Orizio
$19.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
What happened to the great dictators of contemporary history, responsible for some of its most gruesome chapters? And, now that they are disgraced, or in prison, or exiled, or simply forgotten, do they still seem as terrifying as when they held power? Thanks to his conversion to Islam, the unrepentant I ...Show more
Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman by James C. Humes
$36.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
"Churchill: The Prophetic Statesman" reveals the astonishingly accurate predictions of Britain's most famous Prime Minister, and how his critics perceived them throughout his political career Who could have foreseen the start of World War I twenty-five years before the assassination of a Serbian archduk ...Show more
A Matter of Principle by Conrad Black
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
"I never ask for mercy and seek no one's sympathy. I would never, as was once needlessly feared in this court, be a fugitive from justice in this country, only a seeker of it."--Conrad Black, in his statement to the court, June 24, 2011 In 1993, Conrad Black was the proprietor of London's "Daily Telegra ...Show more
Party Time: Who Runs China and How by Rowan Callick
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Who is running China? Where does real power lie? In Party Time, Rowan Callick goes behind the scenes of reveal the workings of the county's political elite. This is a vivid, ground-breaking book about the world's most powerful institutions- the Chinese Communist Party. Nearly a century after its undergr ...Show more
Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation by Laura Tingle
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Rather than relaxed and comfortable, Australians are disenchanted with politics and politicians. In this brilliant short book - an expanded version of her acclaimed Quarterly Essay - Laura Tingle shows that the reason for this goes to something deep in Australian culture: our great expectations of gover ...Show more
The Professionals: Strategy, Money and the Rise of the Political Campaigner in Australia by Stephen Mills
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Stephen Mills has conducted on-the-record interviews with every living national campaign director of the two major political parties. Their experience covers the 15 federal election campaigns from 1974 to the present day. Built around twelve critical moments in Australian electoral history, The Professi ...Show more
Drone Theory by Grégoire Chamayou
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Drone Theory is Gregoire Chamayou's poignant and sharply argued polemic against US drone warfare. In 2011 alone, the US deployed one drone strike every four days in Pakistan. Drone Theory is a rigorous polemic against the increasing use of robot warfare around the world. Drawing on philosophical debate, ...Show more
Everything You Need to Know About the Referendum to Recognise Indigenous Australians by George Williams
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
This book explains everything that Australians need to know about the proposal to recognise Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution. It details how our Constitution was drafted, and shows how Aboriginal peoples came to be excluded from the new political settlement. It explains what the 1967 referendum - ...Show more
War: What is it Good for?: The Role of Conflict in Civilisation, from Primates to Robots by Ian Morris
$24.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the misery it causes poisons foreign policy for future generations. But, argues bestselling historian Ian Morr ...Show more