The Consul: An Insider Account from Australia's Diplomatic Frontline by Ian Kemish
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
An absorbing insider's account of leadership and service within Australia's Consular service, through tumultuous events including the September 11 attacks, the Bali bombings and the Boxing Day Tsunami.As head of Australia's consular service, Ian Kemish played a central role in the nation's response to s ...Show more
Our Unstable Neighbourhood: The Contest for South-East Asia: Australian Foreign Affairs 15 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
As the great powers clash in South-East Asia, how will Australia secure its interests in the region?The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the challenges confronting South-East Asia as it finds itself at the epicentre of the rivalry between the United States and China.Our Unstable Neigh ...Show more
The Interpreter's Daughter by Teresa Lim
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A photograph passed down through generations inspires this beautifully written, compelling memoir of one Singapore family and the secrets that defined their storyA cherished family photograph, taken in Hong Kong, 1935, sets Teresa Lim on a journey to uncover her family history. Through detective work, s ...Show more
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
$26.99 AUD
Category: Politics
'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York TimesA compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from 'the most brilliant British historian of his generation' (The Times)Disasters are inherent ...Show more
Fact or Fission?: the truth about Australia's nuclear ambitions by Richard Broinowski
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
An updated and authoritative account of Australia's involvement with nuclear power, including the AUKUS nuclear submarine pact.Based on previously classified files and interviews with some of Australia's prominent politicians and diplomats, the first edition of Fact or Fission? revealed that the nation' ...Show more
The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World by Jennifer Jacquet
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
A biting satire of corporate power - how it works, how it harms us and what we can do about it. Knowledge is power. Which is why the rich and powerful don't want you to have it. The Playbook is an expose of the extraordinary lengths that corporations will go to in order to deny the scientific facts - ar ...Show more
False Prophets - British Leaders' Fateful Fascination with the Middle East from Suez to Syria by Nigel Ashton
$39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
An engaging and incisive history of British prime ministers' post-war entanglements in the Middle East, from Anthony Eden in Egypt to David Cameron in Syria.
Liberalism and its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A defence of liberalism by the renowned political philosopher.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu; Peter Harris (Translator)
$15.99 AUD
Category: 2022 03 March New Release | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise by Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. For the l ...Show more
Economics and the Left - Interviews with Progressive Economists by C. J. Polychroniou (Editor)
$49.99 AUD
Category: 2022 03 March New Release
Twenty-four economists discuss how they promote egalitarianism, democracy and ecological sanity through research, activism, and policy engagement. Economics and the Left presents interviews with twenty-four leading progressive economists. All of these practitioners of the "dismal science" are dedicated ...Show more
American Breakdown What Went Wrong: How America Conquered the World and then Defeated Itself by Gerard Baker
$42.99 AUD
Category: Politics
From the former editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal, a must-read autopsy on how America went from a shining beacon to a country wallowing in self-hatred in just thirty years.
Master of the Game - Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy by Martin Indyk
$48.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A perceptive and provocative history of Henry Kissinger's diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East that illuminates the unique challenges and barriers Kissinger and his successors have faced in their attempts to broker peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. Twenty-two years have elapsed since th ...Show more