A Prisoner in the Garden: Opening Nelson Mandela's Prison Archive by Nelson Mandela Foundation
$22.99 AUD
Category: Political
This magnificent book, published in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, reveals for the first time the intimate details of Nelson Mandela's life in prison. Between the covers of this handsome, full-colour publication you will catch glimpses of Mandela's notebooks, his diaries and personal co ...Show more
Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City by Guy Delisle
$39.95 AUD
Category: Political
"Neither Jewish nor Arab, Delisle explores Jerusalem and is able to observe this strange world with candidness and humor...But most of all, those stories convey what life in East Jerusalem is about for an expatriate."--Haaretz "Engaging...[ Delisle] highlights the very complex lives of Israelis, Palest ...Show more
Keith Kyle, Reporting the World by Keith Kyle
$59.95 AUD
Category: Political
Keith Kyle was 'the epitome of the intellectual journalist' and the foremost historian of the Suez War. In this, his posthumously published autobiography, he takes the reader on a spectacular and exhilarating journey through the political history of the later 20th century, to the heart of world-shaking ...Show more
Pat and Dick: The Nixons, an Intimate Portrait of a Marriage by Will Swift
$27.00 AUD
Category: Political
Written by a leading presidential biographer who "narrates with grace and style" ("Kirkus Reviews") this is a probing, insightful, and nuanced study of the partnership between Pat and Dick Nixon throughout their turbulent fifty-three-year marriage. A sweeping portrait of the long-misunderstood marriage ...Show more
Aung San Suu Kyi: A Portrait in Words and Pictures by Christophe Loviny
$29.95 AUD
Category: Political
Placed under house arrest for more than fifteen years, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an international icon for her courage and the personal sacrifices she has made in the struggle against Burma's military regime. With her passion for freedom and human rights, she stands alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Ma ...Show more
WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy by The Guardian
$20.00 AUD
Category: Political
New and Updated edition - It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in North Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. ...Show more
Rose Kennedy's Family Album: from the Fitzgerald Kennedy Private Collection, 1878-1946 by Caroline Kennedy
$70.00 AUD
Category: Political
A selection of more than 400 photos collected by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, most never seen before, featuring the beloved and revered Kennedy family: This remarkable history dates from 1878 through 1946 - up to the aftermath of WWII and the beginning of JFK's political career - and covers everything from ...Show more
Speechless A Year In My Father's Business by James Button
$27.95 AUD
Category: Political
James Button spent a year writing speeches for Kevin Rudd. Before that, he reported on politics as a highly regarded journalist for Fairfax. But James also has politics in the blood: his father was the diminutive but larger-than-life Senator John Button, who was a minister in the Hawke and Keating gover ...Show more
A Smile For My Parents by Heather Henderson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political
Heather Henderson is the only daughter of Sir Robert Menzies, Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister and founder of the Liberal party. Father and daughter were very close, and in 2011 Heather edited and published Letters to My Daughter, a collection of letters written by Menzies to Heather throughou ...Show more
Disraeli: a Biography by Rt Hon Lord Douglas Hurd, CH CBE
$45.00 AUD
Category: Political
Benjamin Disraeli is one of the most fascinating men of the 19th century. A superb politician, orator, writer and wit, he was the most gifted parliamentarian of his time, who rose to become Prime Minister (twice), despite prevailing anti-Semitic attitudes. Yet Disraeli had never intended to be a politic ...Show more
Clive: The Story of Clive Palmer by Sean Parnell
$39.99 AUD
Category: Political
Big-spending Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer bought a football team, helped create a political party, and is set to recreate the 'Titanic' and build a dinosaur park. But are these just fanciful splurges or something more calculated? The reality is that Palmer uses his immense mining wealth (estimate ...Show more