Best Laid Plans: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: The Inside Story of Reform in Aung San Suu Kyi's Myanmar by Sean Turnell
12.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Best laid Plans is a unique first-hand account of the radical economic reforms implemented in Myanmar under the ill-fated civilian government of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. These reforms, designed both to turn around Myanmar's dire economy and lay the economic foundations for democracy, were brought to a dram ...Show more
Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia by Stephanie Baker
34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
An in-depth, authoritative, and timely look at the unprecedented economic war against Russia after Putin's invasion of Ukraine - written by a veteran journalist with unparalleled access to Western and Russian sources Undeterred by eight years of timid US sanctions, Vladimir Putin ordered his full-scale ...Show more
Mathematical Intelligence: What We Have that Machines Don't by Junaid Mubeen
24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A fascinating exploration of an unexpected advantage that humans will have over our incoming robot masters: we're actually good at maths
Slick: Australia’s Toxic Relationship with Big Oil by Royce Kurmelovs
34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A riveting expose of the global oil industry's multi-decade conspiracy to muddy the waters around the science of climate change and use the Australian government to undermine worldwide efforts to address environmental devastation. Slick- Australia's toxic relationship with Big Oil takes a comprehensive ...Show more
Milk: The truth, the lies and the unbelievable story of the original superfood by Matthew Evans
34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Milk: The truth, the lies and the unbelievable story of the original superfood. A powerful, entertaining and, at times, eviscerating commentary on the most controversial of original superfoods. Milk. It's in our coffee, on our cereal. We see it in processed form - yoghurt, butter, cheese, skimmed and l ...Show more
The Odd Couple: Re-configuring the America-Australia relationship by Allan Behm
29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
America matters. Australia matters. They matter to each other. They matter to the world. Their institutional and structural alignments are deep and powerful. Americans believe in themselves. Australians believe in each other. They are mates. They are gregarious. Americans are single-minded and ambitious ...Show more
The Forever War by Nick Bryant
36.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the American experiment is failing. Division, mistrust and misinformation are now its defining characteristics. The storming of the Capitol, the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the increasing spotlight on Second Amendment rights rai ...Show more
Climate Clangers: The Bad Ideas Blocking Real Action by Jennifer Rayner
19.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The climate assertions that only prevent effective action, and what could replace them The impacts of climate change keep getting worse, but the typical framing of the problem and the solutions so far being pursued are seriously insufficient. As a result, the steps we’re taking to build a clean energy e ...Show more
She'll Be Right ... or Will She? by Neer Korn
29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Battle for the Bird: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk and the $44 Billion Fight for Twitter's Soul by Kurt Wagner
34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
On October 28th, hours after completing a $44 billion takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk Tweeted to his millions of followers 'The bird is freed.'Musk's takeover of Twitter was one of the most audacious and remarkable deals in tech history. The Battle for Twitter takes readers back to the very beginning and ...Show more
Has Political Correctness Gone Mad?: Interrogating a Right-wing Conspiracy Theory by Tony McKenna
39.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Woke social justice warriors lurk around every corner, ready to cancel free speakers and police common sense. Muslims love nothing better than abolishing Christmas. FemiNazi's throw false accusations at the pillars of our society. Decried by right-wing pundits and politicians alike, the idea of 'politic ...Show more
Human? A Lie That's Been Killing Us Since 1788 by Ziggy Ramo
32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
So-called Australia is built upon a lie- that 97% of the population are human, and the others simply 'Indigenous', devoid of the same basic rights. Human? is the story of Ziggy Ramo's experience growing up under the weight of this lie. We've had 235 years of continued destruction in the name of 'civilis ...Show more