From Russia with Blood by Heidi Blake
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Orwell Prize-nominated journalist Heidi Blake uncovers exclusive details of Vladimir Putin's worldwide meddling with dissident voices. This is the explosive and true story of how Russia operates in our cities, right under the noses of the most powerful nations in the world, and why even they can't stop ...Show more
The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan by Ahmad Shuja Jamal; William Maley
$49.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 was the result of declining active support for the government, and of waste and inefficiency in aid delivery. Yet, while corrosive, these problems were not in themselves sufficient to have brought about a collapse. To a significant degree, they were the resu ...Show more
When America Stopped Being Great: A history of the present by Nick Bryant
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The presidency of Donald Trump is commonly seen as an historical accident. In When America Stopped Being Great, Nick Bryant argues that by 2016 it had become almost historically inescapable. In this highly personal account, drawing on decades of covering Washington for the BBC, Bryant shows how the bill ...Show more
Democracy and Its Crisis by A C Grayling
$19.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Prompted by the EU referendum in the UK and the presidential election in the USA, A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why, crucially, it matters. First he considers moments in history - Peric ...Show more
The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World by Tim Marshall
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: near fine
'Quite simply, one of the best books about geopolitics you could imagine: reading it is like having a light shone on your understanding' - Nicholas Lezard, Evening Standard, on Prisoners of Geography If you want to understand what's happening in the world, look at a map. Tim Marshall's global bestseller ...Show more
The Expendables: How the middle class got screwed by globalisation by Jeff Rubin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A provocative, far-reaching account of how the middle class got stuck with the bill for globalisation, and how the blowback — from Brexit to Trump to populist Europe — will change the developed world. Real wages have not risen much for decades. Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is be ...Show more
The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
At the heart of this title is Senator Obama's vision of how his country can move beyond its divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families and the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and considers the nature of threats from outs ...Show more
Pills, Powder, and Smoke: Inside the bloody war on drugs by Antony Loewenstein
$17.50 AUD
$35.00 (50% off)
Category: Politics | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
The War on Drugs has been official American policy since the 1970s, with the UK, Europe, and much of the world following suit. It is at best a failed policy, according to bestselling author Antony Loewenstein. Its direct results have included mass incarceration in the US, extreme violence in different p ...Show more
Friendly Fire: How Israel Became Its Own Worst Enemy by Ami Ayalon; Anthony David (As told to); Dennis Ross (Foreword by)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
A highly decorated Israeli military officer, leader, and former director of the internal security service, Shin Bet, sees the light on what his country must do to achieve a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians. In this deeply personal journey of discovery, Ami Ayalon seeks input and perspe ...Show more
Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: good-very good
The dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a 35-storey-high basilica in the jungles of the Ivory Coast. The austere, incorruptible leader who has shut Eritrea off from the world in a permanent state of war and conscripted every adult into the armed forces. In Equatorial Guin ...Show more
Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity by Scott Galloway
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
The New York Times bestselling author of The Four and NYU Business School professor delivers an insightful, urgent analysis of who stands to win and who's at risk to lose in a post-pandemic world. The Covid-19 outbreak has turned bedrooms into offices, pitted young against old and widened the gaps betwe ...Show more
How to Spot a Fascist by Umberto Eco
$6.99 AUD
Category: Politics
We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that 'they' must never do it again. But who are 'they'? HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance - including Eco's iconic essay 'Ur-Fascism', which lists the four ...Show more