Law, Politics and Intelligence - A Life of Robert Hope by Peter Edwards
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
Robert Marsden Hope (1919-99), a NSW Supreme Court judge, shaped the structures, operations and doctrines of Australia's intelligence agencies more than any other individual.Commissioned by three Prime Ministers to conduct major inquiries, including two royal commissions, Justice Hope prescribed the str ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern - A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern is a leader for a new generation, one tired of inertia in the face of pressing issues such as climate change, immigration and the rise of far-right terrorism. Ardern was catapulted onto the international stage with her grace and compassion following t ...Show more
A Bigger Picture by Malcolm Turnbull
$55.00 AUD
Category: Political
When Malcolm Turnbull took over the nation’s top job there was a sense of excitement in Australia. Sky-high opinion polls followed as the political outsider with a successful business, legal and media career took charge. The infighting that had dogged politics for the best part of a decade looked to be ...Show more
Conversations with RBG - Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law by Jeffrey Rosen
$43.00 AUD
Category: Political
In her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, though an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center. Conversations with RBG is a remarkable and unique book, an informal portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, drawing o ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern by Michelle Duff
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, is lauded as one of the world's most influential people. Her rise to power has been stellar. In 2017, she became leader of the Labour party just seven weeks before the election, at which she claimed the top job.
Remembering Bob by Sue Pieters-Hawke (Editor); Louise Swinn (Editor)
$30.00 AUD
Category: Political
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
Bob Hawke: The Complete Biography by Blanche d'Alpuget
$59.99 AUD
Category: Political
To mark Bob Hawke's extraordinary life and legacy, this master work brings together the story of the man in full in a definitive hardback commemorative biography. Bob Hawke began life as a good Christian boy from a teetotal family, became a wild, drinking, womanising student, a Rhodes Scholar, a cha ...Show more
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
Ray: "Traitor or Patriot? Now we have Edward Snowden’s own story — high-school dropout; hacker; joined the Army after 9/11; top secret security clearance at the age of 22. Will make you wonder about the wisdom of Australia sharing its intelligence with the U.S. And make you worry about how much the gov ...Show more
Kochland by Christopher Leonard
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
The annual revenue of Koch Industries is bigger than that of Google, Goldman Sachs and Kraft Foods combined. But very few people have ever heard of Koch Industries because the billionaire Koch brothers want it that way. Now, in Kochland, Christopher Leonard has managed what no other journalist has done ...Show more
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttigieg
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
Once described by the Washington Post as "the most interesting mayor you've never heard of," Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-seven-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana, has now emerged as one of the nation's most visionary politicians. With soaring prose that celebrates a resurgent American Midwest, Shortes ...Show more
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
$20.00 AUD
Category: Political
The sensational Sunday Times #1 Bestseller about taking on the mafia, the Clintons and Trump.'An urgent clarion call.' The Financial TimesIn his massive Number One bestselling memoir, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of h ...Show more
Winning for Women: A Personal Story by Iola Mathews
$29.95 AUD
Category: Political | Series: Biography Ser.
What was it like to be involved in the heady days of 'second wave' feminism in Australia, when the role of women at home and at work changed decisively? Iola Mathews was one of the founders of the Women's Electoral Lobby, a journalist at The Age, and later a leading ACTU advocate for women workers durin ...Show more