The Truth About China: Propaganda, patriotism and the search for answers by Bill Birtles
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
'People abroad always thought things were much scarier in China than they really were. What threw me, though, was the urgency of the diplomats in Beijing. They live it, they get it. And they wanted me out.'Bill Birtles was rushed out of China in September 2020, forced to seek refuge in the Australian Em ...Show more
The Unfair Trade by Michael Casey
$35.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The Unfair Trade is a riveting expose of the global financial system, whose flaws are the source of our economic malaise. More than ever before, our livelihoods are beholden to its imbalances and inequities, which have already taken down the economies of Iceland, Ireland, Spain, and Greece. With a combi ...Show more
The War of the Windsors: The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the Rivalry That Has Defined the Royal Family by Nigel Cawthorne
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this new book will look at the fraught relationship (and fiery rivalry) between King Charles and Prince Andrew.
The War on the West by Douglas Murray
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world’s foremost political writers ‘The anti-Western revisionists have been out in recent years. It is high time that we revise them in turn…’ In The War on the West, international bestselling author Douglas Murray asks: if the history of humankind ...Show more
The Yield by Tara June Winch
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2020. Winner of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2020. Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2020. Just tell the truth and someone will hear it eventually. The Yield in English is the reaping, the things that man can take from the land. In the langu ...Show more
There's a War Going On But No One Can See It by Huib Modderkolk
$27.99 AUD
$29.99 (6% off)
Category: Current Affairs
'In the old days, anyone wanting to understand the world read the Bible. Anyone wanting to understand the world today should read this book.' Arjan Lubach' This is even better than John le Carre, because it's true.' Matthijs van Nieuwkerk Summer 2017- computer screens go blank in 150 countries. The NH ...Show more
This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core "free market" ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. In short, either we em ...Show more
This Changes Everything - Capitalism vs the Climate by Naomi Klein
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It's not about carbon - it's about capitalism. The good news is that we can seize this crisis to transform our failed economic system and build something radically better. In her most provocative book yet, Naomi Klein, author of the global bests ...Show more
Tony Speaks!: The Wisdom of the Abbott... by BLACK INC.
$9.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
You've seen him wearing speedos, kissing babies, driving a mining truck and chatting to his flock. But who is the real Tony Abbott? As the Bible says, by his words you shall know him. He's a concerned parent: 'I won't be rushing out to get my daughters vaccinated (against cervical cancer).' A philanthro ...Show more
Totalitaria: What If the Enemy is the State? by Ian Wishart
$39.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Never before in human history have governments had the power to totally control your life. Today, they do. That sort of power does strange things to human ambition. Even with the best of intentions, Lord Acton famously noted, absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely. Hard-won freedoms that our grandpa ...Show more
Trading Places: The Airport Economist's Guide to International Business by Tim Harcourt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Is Japan running out of husbands? Is China running out of wives? Did Genghis Khan really invent free trade? And why can't you see the price of a Big Mac at McDonalds in Argentina? In Trading Places, Tim Harcourt - also known as the Airport Economist - takes you around the globe, talking to businesses, g ...Show more
Triumph and Demise The broken promise of a Labor generation by Paul Kelly
$44.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Triumph and Demise is the inside account of the hopes, achievements and bitter failures of the Labor Government from 2007 to 2013. Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard came together, defeated John Howard, formed a brilliant partnership and raised the hopes of a nation, yet fell into disagreements, tensions and ...Show more