Islam & the Future of Tolerance - A Dialog by Maajid Nawaz; Sam Harris
$37.95 AUD
Category: Politics
In this deeply informed exchange, Sam Harris and Maajid Nawaz present an antidote to the polarizing rhetoric and obscurantism that define our time: honest dialogue. Guided by a commitment to the belief that no idea is above scrutiny and no people beneath dignity, Harris and Nawaz challenge each other, a ...Show more
Inside the Hawke-Keating Government: A Cabinet Diary by Gareth Evans
$49.99 AUD
Category: Politics
As good as it gets in Australian politics. That is how the Hawke -Keating Government is now widely regarded. But how did this highly able, ambitious, strong-willed collective work through its crises and rivalries, and achieve what it did? Gareth Evans's diary, written in the mid-1980s and published now ...Show more
Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the American Circus by Matt Taibbi
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
"The thing is, when you actually think about it, it's not funny. Given what's at stake, it's more like the opposite, like the first sign of the collapse of the United States as a global superpower. Twenty years from now, when we're all living like prehistory hominids and hunting rats with sticks, we'll ...Show more
Incorrigible Optimist (HB) by Gareth Evans
$49.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A colourful and central figure in Australian politics for two decades-described by Bob Hawke as having 'the most acute mind' of any of his ministers-Gareth Evans has also been applauded worldwide for his contributions, both as Foreign Minister and in later international roles, to conflict resolution, ge ...Show more
In Search of Good Government: Great Expectations & Political Amnesia by Laura Tingle
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
With the politics of rage and resentment dominating many Western nations, including Australia, Laura Tingle's calm, perceptive analysis is more relevant than ever. What has happened to good government? Can Malcolm Turnbull apply the lessons of the past to put things right? When leaders surf the wave of ...Show more
In God They Trust by Roy Williams
$19.95 AUD
Category: Politics
Most of Australia's leaders since Federation believed in God. Some were serious Christians and very few were indifferent towards religion. In this timely and original book, Roy Williams examines the spiritual life of each of our Prime Ministers from Edmund Barton to Julia Gillard. He explores the ways i ...Show more
How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language by Peter Oborne
$19.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The most unusual feature of Donald Trump's nationalist and populist campaign for the presidency of the USA was his obsessive use of Twitter. Like other social media, this form of communication has often been assumed to encourage the dissemination of liberal values and the circulation of facts. Trump's t ...Show more
How to Vote Progressive in Australia: Labor or Green? by Dennis Altman
$29.95 AUD
Category: Politics
Red or Green? Traditionally, Australian progressives have supported the Australian Labor Party; increasingly, The Greens appeal. What are the key differences between the parties? Is greater collaboration desirable? Is it likely? Some progressives remain strongly committed to Labor or The Greens. Others ...Show more
A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things - A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet by Raj Patel; Jason Moore
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Nature, Money, Work, Care, Food, Energy, and Lives. These are the seven things that have made our world and will continue to shape its future. By making these things cheap, modern commerce has controlled, transformed, and devastated the Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel ...Show more
Hearts and Minds: A Blueprint for Modern Labor by Chris Bowen
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
In Hearts and Minds: A Blueprint for Modern Labor, former cabinet minister Chris Bowen writes a passionate clarion call to Labor's heartland, making the powerful argument that the Labor project is far from complete and it is time for a radical program of renewal and reform for the party. Hearts and Mind ...Show more
The Good the Bad and the Unlikely by Mungo MacCallum
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
"Since Australia's birth in 1901, twenty-nine politicians have run the national show. Whether their term was eight days or eighteen years, each Prime Minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Stre ...Show more