The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Inside Story by Sebastian Payne
$37.00 AUD
Category: Political
The Fall of Boris Johnson is the fascinating inside account of how the prime minister lost his grip on power. Sebastian Payne, Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times, tells the essential behind-the-scenes story, charting the series of scandals that felled Johnson: from the blocked suspension of Owen P ...Show more
Invasion: Inside Russia's War on Ukraine by Luke Harding
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
The first account of the Ukraine war, from the award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times selling author of Collusion and Shadow State who forecasted Putin's dark adventurist ambitions. For months, the omens had pointed in one scarcely believable direction: Russia was about to invade Ukraine. And ye ...Show more
How to be a Politician: 2,000 Years of Good (and Bad) Advice by Vince Cable
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
'Always forgive your enemies - but never forget their names.' JFK'What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.' David Lloyd George'Unchallenged master of the self-infl ...Show more
Bulldozed: Scott Morrison's Fall and Anthony Albanese's Rise by Niki Savva
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political | Series: The\Road to Ruin Trilogy Ser.
‘The gripping inside story of how Scott Morrison went from miracle man to roadkill. Savva portrays a fatally flawed leader who trashed his government, his party, and his legacy.’—Laurie Oakes Between 2013 and 2022, Tony Abbott begat Malcolm Turnbull, who begat Scott Morrison. For nine long years, Austra ...Show more
Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine by Lawrence Freedman
$65.00 AUD
Category: Political
Throughout history, the concept of command - as both a way to achieve objectives and as an assertion of authority - has been essential to military action and leadership. But, as Sir Lawrence Freedman shows, it is also deeply political. Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized since th ...Show more
Disconnect: Why we get pushed to extremes online and how to stop it by Jordan Guiao
$30.00 AUD
Category: Political
Many of us know an anti-vaxxer or a selfie-obsessed narcissist who clutters our social feeds; an online conspiracy theorist or a child whose face is buried in a smartphone. Some of us even live with one. How do we pull these people back from the brink of a digital abyss? In this animated study, journali ...Show more
How to Rule Your Own Country: The weird and wonderful world of micronations by Harry Hobbs, George Williams
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Many people think they can do a better job running a country than politicians — but few actually give it a go. What happens when political disagreement pushes to the point of no return? When a person has a dream of what their ideal country would be, and then tries to create it? A place where there is no ...Show more
Peril by Bob Woodward, Robert Costa
$25.00 AUD
Category: Political
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERTHE NEW YORK TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLERThe storming of the Capitol on 6 January 2021 revealed the transition from President Trump to President Biden to be one of the most dangerous periods in American history, with the result of the election called into question by the sitt ...Show more
How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance by Paul Mason
$23.00 AUD
Category: Political
How can we stop the spread of fascism? The bestselling author of PostCapitalism offers a guide to resisting the far rightThe far right is on the rise across the world. From Modi's India to Bolsonaro's Brazil, fascism is not a horror that we have left in the past; it is a recurring nightmare that is happ ...Show more
A Pipeline Runs Through It: Oil, Sovereignty and Politics to 1914 by Keith Fisher
$75.00 AUD
Category: Political
The origin story of our modern oil age. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, comprehensive in-depth look at the social, economic, political and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary story, from the pre-industrial history of petroleum through to ...Show more
Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia by Frank Bongiorno
$39.99 AUD
Category: Political
A landmark book - the first full political history of AustraliaIn this compelling and comprehensive work, renowned historian Frank Bongiorno presents a social and cultural history of Australia's political life, from pre-settlement Indigenous systems to the present day. Depicting a wonderful parade of d ...Show more
The Australians at Geneva: Internationalist Diplomacy in the Interwar Years by James Cotton
$40.00 AUD
Category: Political
Can Australians find their feet within the world's diplomatic manoeuvring? After the dubious justice of the Treaty of Versailles and the turmoil of the interwar years, the League of Nations is mainly remembered as a body that failed to create mechanisms that might have forestalled the horrors of Nazism ...Show more