An Unlikely Prisoner: How an Eternal Optimist Found Hope in Myanmar’s Most Notorious Jail by Sean Turnell
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
How hope became one man's closest companion in his darkest hour. 'Australia's most unlikely political prisoner . . . is known as a person of deep optimism, bubbling enthusiasm and infectious warmth.' Melissa Crouch, Sydney Morning Herald For 650 days Sean Turnell was held in Myanmar's terrifying Insei ...Show more
Johnson at 10: The Inside Story by Anthony Seldon
$60.00 AUD
Category: Political
The definitive account of Boris Johnson's turbulent time in office by one of Britain's leading political and social commentators. ***Chosen as a non-fiction highlight of 2023 in the Times and the Observer*** After his sudden rise to power in the summer of 2019 amid the Brexit deadlock, Boris Johnson pr ...Show more
Trump's Australia: How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequences for us of a second term by Bruce Wolpe
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Trump (or a Trumpist) could well win the 2024 US presidential election, and if he does, American democracy as we have known it will probably come to an end. Australia's best-informed commentator on US politics sends a chilling warning. What if Trump (or a Trump-like candidate) becomes US president in 2 ...Show more
The Man Without A Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
$25.00 AUD
Category: Political
The Man without a Face is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress, making his country once more a threat to her own people and to the world. Handpicked as a successor by the " ...Show more
Freedom, Only Freedom: The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani by Omid; Mans Behrouz; Tofighian Boochani
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
Over six years of imprisonment on Australia's offshore migrant detention centre, the Kurdish Iranian journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani bore personal witness to the suffering and degradation inflicted on him and his fellow refugees, culminating eventually in his prize-winning book - No Friend but th ...Show more
Ten Years to Save the West - Lessons from the Only Conservative in the Room by Liz Truss
$45.00 AUD
Category: Political
'I want to provide a call to action for fellow conservatives who believe in our nation and our way of life and who share my frustration at what has been going wrong with our politics and governance. I want others to heed the warnings of what I saw happening and learn the lessons of the battle I lost.' O ...Show more
The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner by David Herszenhorn
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival-so despised that the Russian leader makes a point of never uttering Navalny ...Show more
Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin by David A Day
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, Australia's iconic larrikin PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds new light on the early years of a political legend. David Day's biography of the young Bob Hawke takes readers on a journey t ...Show more
Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World by Jen Psaki
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki shares the surprising lessons she’s learned on her path to success and offers unique yet universal advice about how to be a more effective communicator in any situation. Not many White House Press Secretaries capture the nation’s int ...Show more
Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela
$27.00 AUD
Category: Political
'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history - and then go out and change it' Barack Obama'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book' The Times'Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignity' Andre Brink'Splendid... This is his story ...Show more
Moederland: Nine Daughters of South Africa by Cato Pedder
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Moederland is a courageous and modern appraisal of what it means to be descended from the people who created the ultraracist apartheid system in South Africa. Illuminating its turbulent history through the lives of her female ancestors, it is a history of South Africa like no other, told from the perspe ...Show more
We Are Free to Change the World - Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience (US HB) by Lyndsey Stonebridge
$60.00 AUD
Category: Political
This bold new take on the life and ideas of political philosopher Hannah Arendt explores her lessons for living in an age of uncertainty 'Exhilarating, brilliant and utterly original' PHILIPPE SANDS, author of East West Street 'Beautifully written... Biography at its best' EDDIE GLAUDE, author of Begi ...Show more