From Cold War to Hot Peace: The Inside Story of Russia and America by Michael McFaul
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
In 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join an unlikely presidential campaign, he had no idea that he would find himself at the beating heart of one of today's most contentious and consequential international relationships. As President Barack Obama's adviser on Russia ...Show more
The Art of Growing Up by John Marsden
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
When I hear parents say 'I want my children to enjoy their childhood; there'll be time when they're older to learn about those things', I hear the voices of those who are scared of the vastness of the universe. These adults have a view of childhood as some kind of discrete interval, rather than just a f ...Show more
Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing by David Leser
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
One of the most talked-about and widely praised articles of 2018, expanded into the water-cooler book of the #MeToo era. 'How to find the right words to frame this horror? How to understand why men do what they do to women? How to comprehend this malign force that seems to seep from the male psyche and ...Show more
How Powerful We Are: Behind the scenes with one of Australia's leading activists by Sally Rugg
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Even if you're not an activist (yet), at a time when the news is written for clicks and elections are foight with three-word slogans, it's crucial to preserve some record of events that isn't 'fake news' or political spin. In part, this book is my attempt to counter the re-writing of how Australia achie ...Show more
The Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide Their Money by Bastian Obermayer; Frederik Obermaier
$19.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
From the winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting 11.5 million documents sent through encrypted channels. The secret records of 214,000 offshore companies. The largest data leak in history. In early 2015, an anonymous whistle-blower led investigative journalists Bastian Obermayer ...Show more
This Is What a Feminist Looks Like: The Rise and Rise of Australian Feminism by Emily Maguire
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Women must quit their jobs when they marry. They are barred from trade unions and universities. Their husbands can legally rape them. And they are not allowed to vote. This could be the reality in Australia today — if it weren’t for the many women who, over more than a century of activism, fought for ch ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 76: Red Flag: Waking Up to China's Challenge by Peter Hartcher
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: QUARTERLY ESSAY 76
China has become a key nation for Australia's future - for our security, economy and identity. But what are China's intentions and strategy when it comes to Australia? In this gripping account, Peter Hartcher shows that we are entering an era of undeclared contestation, whether for hearts and minds, mi ...Show more
Targeted: My Inside Story of Cambridge Analytica and How Trump and Facebook Broke Democracy by Brittany Kaiser
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
In this explosive memoir, a political consultant and technology whistleblower reveals the disturbing truth about the multi-billion-dollar data industry, revealing to the public how companies are getting richer using our personal information and exposing how Cambridge Analytica exploited weaknesses in pr ...Show more
Generation F: Why we Still Struggle with Sex and Power by Virginia Trioli
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
‘For me these Ormond College women were, and are, the first voices of the revolution that is #MeToo in Australia.’ Twenty-five years ago, Australia was in the grip of another debate about sex and power. The Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne had been acquitted of indecent assault ...Show more
Griffith Review 67: Matters of Trust by Ashley Hay
$27.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Griffith Review Ser.
From our first experiences to our last, institutions structure our world - through education and medicine to politics, justice, civics and religion. But in recent years even the most entrenched of institutions are seemingly on the edge of implosion. Either through deliberate political attacks or as an e ...Show more
Tickbox by David Boyle
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The word 'tickbox' emerged recently as a cynical angle on official or corporate incompetence. They had 'ticked the box' - people said - but failed to act. It is increasingly used to describe this gap between official spin and reality. Yet, says David Boyle in this powerful expose of tickbox culture, tha ...Show more
Gender: Your Guide - A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Say, What to Know, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture by Lee Airton
$39.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
An authentic and accessible guide to understanding--and engaging in--today's gender conversation. The days of two genders--male, female; boy, girl; blue, pink--are over, if they ever existed at all. Gender is now a global conversation, and one that is constantly evolving. More people than ever before ar ...Show more