The Decadent Society - How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success by Ross Douthat
$45.00 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: good-very good
From the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bad Religion, a "clever and stimulating" (The New York Times Book Review) portrait of how our turbulent age is defined by dark forces seemingly beyond our control. Today the Western world seems to be in crisis. But beneath our social media fren ...Show more
The Desire for Change, 2004-2007 - The Howard Government, Vol IV by Tom Frame (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The Liberal-National Party Coalition was elected to office on 2 March 1996 and continued in power until 3 December 2007 making John Howard the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister. This book is the final in a four-volume series examining the four Howard Governments. Contributors to each of ...Show more
The Enemy of the People - A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America by Jim Acosta
$49.99 AUD
Category: Politics
From CNN's veteran Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, an explosive, first-hand account of the dangers he faces reporting on the current White House while fighting on the front lines in President Trump's war on truth. In Mr. Trump's campaign against what he calls "Fake News," CNN Chief White ...Show more
The Fire of the Dragon - China's New Cold War by Ian Williams
$39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Under President Xi Jinping, China's global ambitions have taken a dangerous new turn. Bullying and intimidation have replaced diplomacy, and trade, investment, even big-spending tourists and students have been weaponised. Beijing has strengthened its alliance with Vladimir Putin, supporting Russia's agg ...Show more
The Future Is Asian: Global Order in the Twenty-First Century by Parag Khanna
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
Five billion people, two-thirds of the world's mega-cities, one-third of the global economy, two-thirds of global economic growth, thirty of the Fortune 100, six of the ten largest banks, eight of the ten largest armies, five nuclear powers, massive technological innovation, the newest crop of top-ranke ...Show more
The Future of Us: Demography Gets a Makeover by Liz Allen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Demography is far more important than destiny. By tracing connections between a population’s past and present, demographers can foresee its future. The true wonder of demography, though, is not its ability to predict the future but to shape it. With energy and passion, demographer Liz Allen sets out the ...Show more
The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison by Sean Kelly
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
What happens when the prime minister views politics only as a game? Australia wanted Scott Morrison. In a time of uncertainty, the country chose in 2019 to turn to a man with no obvious beliefs, no clear purpose and no famous talents. That we wanted Scott Morrison was the secret we did not know about ou ...Show more
The Good State - On the Principles of Democracy by A C Grayling
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power ...Show more
The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers by Mungo MacCallum
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Since 1901, thirty different leaders 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 Street crashed into the G ...Show more
The Gospel According to Paul by Jonathan Biggins
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Keating had a deadly wit and an ego the size of Everest. But he was also a remarkable politician, and we can learn much from him about the art and craft of politics.Paul Keating was, above all, a politician with a vision for the country but he was also a master of the theatre of politics, skewering his ...Show more
The Great Experiment: How to Make Diverse Democracies Work by Yascha Mounk
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics
'Anyone interested in the future of liberal democracy should read this book'ANNE APPLEBAUMOne of our most important political thinkers looks to the greatest challenge of our time- how to live together equally and peacefully in diverse democracies. It's easy to be pessimistic about the fate of democracy ...Show more
The Insider by Christopher Pyne
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Christopher Pyne has been many things and called many things throughout his long career in politics. Member for Sturt. Minister for Defence. Manager of Opposition Business. Leader of the House. 'The Fixer'. Any Canberra story he doesn't know isn't worth telling. Now, after 26 years, the ultimate ins ...Show more