Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
$36.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the ...Show more
The Twentysomething Treatment by Meg Jay
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
In Skills Over Pills, clinical psychology Dr Meg Jay sounds the alarm about a problem which has reached epidemic proportions: the over-prescription of antidepressants and anti-anxiety drugs to young people who are in many cases going through normal developmental challenges. Psychologist, Dr Meg Jay mak ...Show more
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in the Philippines by Patricia Evangelista
$45.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy--told through harrowing stories of the Philippines' state-sanctioned killings of its citizens--from a journalist of international renown "Tragic, elegant, vital . . . Evangelista risked her life to tell ...Show more
Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler
$55.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed 'anti-gender ideology movements' dedicated to circulating a fantasy that ge ...Show more
The Trial of Vladimir Putin by Geoffrey Robertson QC
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
There have been dozens of books about the Russian President since he launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Some have examined the historical aspects of the conflict, others have analysed its military and geopolitical importance. However, none so far have looked purely at the legal c ...Show more
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
$36.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The world-famous #1 bestselling economist explains how capitalism has been usurped by a technologically enhanced form of feudalism. No one noticed when capitalism died. Perhaps we were too distracted by the implosion of global finance, or the rise of populism, or the demise of the planet - or all of th ...Show more
The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire by Tim Schwab
$36.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
A critical look at how Bill Gates uses his wealth and power through the Gates Foundation to advance his own agenda and erode democratic institutions in the process. From greedy to generous, from cold to kind-hearted, from rogue to hero, Bill Gates is an extraordinarily complex public figure. Yet over th ...Show more
21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy by Lucinda Holdforth
$19.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater ...Show more
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The Financial Times Business Book of the Year, this epic account of the decades-long battle to control one of the world's most critical resources--microchip technology--with the United States and China increasingly in fierce competition is "pulse quickening...a nonfiction thriller" (The New York Times). ...Show more
Hippocrasy: How doctors are betraying their oath by Rachelle Buchbinder, Ian Harris
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
In Hippocrasy, two world-leading doctors — rheumatologist and epidemiologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris — reveal the true state of modern medicine and how doctors are letting their patients down. They argue that the benefits of treatments are often wildly overstated and the h ...Show more
Superpower: Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity by Ross Garnaut
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
'The fog of Australian politics on climate change has obscured a fateful reality- Australia has the potential to be an economic superpower of the future post-carbon world.'-Ross Garnaut We have unparalleled renewable energy resources. We also have the necessary scientific skills. Australia could be the ...Show more
A Little History of the Australian Labor Party by Nick Dyrenfurth, Frank Bongiorno
$27.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
A little book about the big history of one of Australia’s most important institutions The Australian Labor Party is one of the oldest labour parties in the world and the first to form a government. This short, sharp history tells the story of the party’s formation, its successes and failures at winning ...Show more