Terrorism and the Economy: How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World by Loretta Napoleoni
$25.00 AUD
Category: Politics
Economist and bestselling author Loretta Napoleoni traces the link between the finances of the War on Terror and the global economic crisis, finding connections from Dubai to London to Las Vegas that politicians and the media have, at best, ignored. Consumers and tax payers, spurred by propaganda fears, ...Show more
A Short History of Brexit by Kevin O'Rourke
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Pelican Bks.
A succinct, expert guide to how we got to Brexit After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O'Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowhere: it is the culmination of events that have been under way for decades and have historical roots str ...Show more
Quantum Economics - The New Science of Money by David Orrell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A decade after the financial crisis, there is a growing consensus that economics has failed and needs to go back to the drawing board. David Orrell argues that it has been trying to solve the wrong problem all along. Economics sees itself as the science of scarcity. Instead, it should be the science of ...Show more
Are We Asian yet?: History vs Geography - Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 5 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines Australia?s struggle to define its place in Asia as it balances its historic ties to the West with its geography. Are We Asian Yet? explores Australia?s changing population, outlook and identity as it adjusts to the Asian Century. David Walker- 'Gr ...Show more
Seeds of Terror : How Drugs, Thugs, and Crime are Reshaping the Afghan War by Gretchen Peters
$24.95 AUD
Category: Politics
"Seeds of Terror" will reshape the way you think about the West's enemies, revealing them less as ideologues and more as criminals who earn billions of pounds every year off the opium trade. With the breakneck pace of a thriller, author Gretchen Peters traces their illicit activities from the vast poppy ...Show more
Remembering Bob by Sue Pieters-Hawke (Editor); Louise Swinn (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Bob Hawke's death in May 2019 sparked national mourning across the country as we remembered just how important Bob had been in the shaping of modern Australia. In an age when political personas have become increasingly formulaic and predictable, Bob was a man of glorious contradictions. He was a Rhodes ...Show more
Rise and Resist - How to Change the World by Clare Press
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Rise & Resisttakes a wild trip through the new activism sweeping the world. The political march is back in a big way, as communities rally to build movements for environmental and social justice. But today?s context calls for increasingly creative strategies to make our voices heard. Crossing the gl ...Show more
Best Australian Political Cartoons 2018 by Russ Radcliffe (ed)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Politics
With Dean Alston, Peter Broelman, Pat Campbell, Andrew Dyson, John Farmer, First Dog on the Moon, Matt Golding, Fiona Katauskas, Mark Knight, Jon Kudelka, Alan Moir, David Pope, David Rowe, Andrew Weldon, Cathy Wilcox, Paul Zanetti, and many more . . .
Practice: Journalism, Essays and Criticism by Guy Rundle
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Known for his wild wit and irreverent commentary, Guy Rundle is one of Australia's most virtuosic minds. Practice distils his best writing on politics, culture, class and more. In it, Rundle roves the campaign trails of Obama, Palin and Trump; rides the Amtrak around a desolate America; bails up Bob Ka ...Show more
Democracy on the Road by Ruchir Sharma
$49.99 AUD
Category: Politics
India is a country obsessed by politics. In early 2019, it faces national elections, and urgent questions present themselves: will India continue down a path of populism and increasingly strident Hindu nationalism or will it return to its postcolonial secular vision? Is the long-promised economic boom f ...Show more