How Democracy Ends by David Runciman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
'Scintillating ... thought-provoking ... one of the very best of the great crop of recent books on the subject.' Andrew Rawnsley, ObserverDemocracy has died hundreds of times, all over the world. We think we know what that looks like: chaos descends and the military arrives to restore order, until the p ...Show more
Can We Trust America: Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 8 Australian Foreign Affairs 8 by Jonathan Pearlman
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Category: Current Affairs
The eighth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the changing status of the United States as its dominance in the Asia-Pacific faces challenge from China and its "America First" foreign policy marks a shift away from global engagement. Can We Trust America? looks at the uncertainties for Austral ...Show more
Merchants of Truth - Inside the News Revolution by Jill Abramson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The gripping and definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped our world. The last decade has seen the News industry face unprecedented change. The sometimes-century old institutions which were once the bastions of truth have had the ...Show more
Scientific Advertising by Claude C. Hopkins
$15.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Much about consumerism is the same today as it has been for almost the whole of civilization. One aspect that has remained the same is advertising. The specific methods of advertising have changed from newspapers to billboards to the internet, but the goals and techniques of advertising have remained al ...Show more
On Digestion (On Series) by Gay Bilson
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: On Ser.
Part of a series that pairs leading Australian thinkers and cultural figures with important themes in life, this essay reflects on food and how the way we eat has changed over time. Considering topics such as cooking, recipes, both domestic and professional chefs, and food developments, this handbook ap ...Show more
Gloria Steinem (I Know This to Be True): On Integrity, Empathy and Authenticity by Gloria Steinem; Geoff Blackwell
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: I know this to be true
One of America's most influential political activists on issues of equality and gender, Gloria Steinem answers fundamental questions about leadership and what really matters to her.
Just Money: Misadventures in the Great Australian Debt Trap by Royce Kurmelovs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The debt business is booming. Millions of Australians grapple with credit cards, mortgages and student debt repayments each day. As the result of a car crash without insurance, investigative journalist Royce Kurmelovs finds himself among them. When a debt collector knocks on his door, he embarks on a j ...Show more
How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones
$26.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
WINNER OF THE 2019 KIRKUS PRIZE IN NONFICTIONWINNER OF THE 2020 STONEWALL BOOK AWARD-ISRAEL FISHMAN NONFICTION AWARDONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019One of the best books of the year as selected by The Washington Post; NPR; Time; The New Yorker; O, The Oprah Magazine; Harper's Bazaar ...Show more
Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created our Mental Health Crisis by James Davies
$39.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
A provocative and shocking look at how western society is misunderstanding and mistreating mental illness. In Britain alone, more than 20% of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year. This is an increase of over 500% since 1980 and the numbers continue to grow. Yet, despite this pres ...Show more
Peril by Bob Woodward
$49.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's account of the presidential transition from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. The storming of the Capitol on 6 January 2021 revealed the transition from President Trump to President Biden to be one of the most dangerous periods in American history, with the result of the elec ...Show more
Between the Last Oasis and the next Mirage: Writings on Australia by Guy Rundle
$39.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
With sharp wit and a discerning eye, political commentator Guy Rundle enlightens and entertains, drawing back the curtain on the iconic moments in Australian politics of the 2010s From the coal blockade frontline of the Liverpool Plains to Hobart's Cat and Fiddle arcade, from being on the road with last ...Show more
Small World, Big Ideas: Eco-Activists for Change by Satish Kumar
$19.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
There's an activist in all of us, and you don't have to shout about it to be heard. In Small World, Big Ideas, Satish Kumar collects the voices of some of the most passionate activists fighting for a better world, and shares their insights into how we can achieve this. Small World, Big Ideas collects tw ...Show more