The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room. And yet, none is more shrouded in secrecy and mystery. Created under President Kennedy, the Sit Room has been the epicentre of crisis management for presidents for more than six decades. Time and again, ...Show more
Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the New Fight for the Future of Russia by Mark Galeotti, Anna Arutunyan
$36.99 AUD
Category: Politics
The compelling, first-to-market story of the rise, fall and death of the Wagner Group's Evgeny Prigozhin, and what this tells us about the chaotic new direction of late Putinism, by the acclaimed author of A Short History of Russia. Evgeny Prigozhin emerged as one of the most dangerous warlords in the w ...Show more
Politics On the Edge: The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics by Rory Stewart
$36.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics'An instant classic' MARINA HYDE'At last a politician who can write' SEBASTIAN FAULKS'Candid, angry, funny, and self-revelatory' JO ...Show more
The Architecture of Modern Empire by Arundhati Roy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
From the bestselling author of Azadi and My Seditious Heart, a piercing exploration of modern empire, nationalism and rising fascism that gives us the tools to resist and fight back Over a lifetime spent at the frontline of solidarity and resistance, Arundhati Roy's words have lit a clear way through th ...Show more
A Little History of the Australian Labor Party by Nick Dyrenfurth, Frank Bongiorno
$27.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A little book about the big history of one of Australia’s most important institutions The Australian Labor Party is one of the oldest labour parties in the world and the first to form a government. This short, sharp history tells the story of the party’s formation, its successes and failures at winning ...Show more
The Palace Letters: The Queen, the governor-general, and the plot to dismiss Gough Whitlam by Professor Jenny Hocking
$35.00 AUD
Category: Politics
What role did the queen play in the governor-general Sir John Kerr's plans to dismiss prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975, which unleashed one of the most divisive episodes in Australia's political history? And why weren't we told? Under the cover of being designated as private correspondence, the lett ...Show more
The Sparrows of Kabul by Fred Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
When the US announced their intention to pull out of Afghanistan by September 2021, few anticipated how quickly the Taliban would overrun the Afghan National Security Forces. As Kabul fell two weeks before the deadline, those with reason to fear the new regime rushed to the airport desperate to find a w ...Show more
Oath and Honor: the explosive inside story from the most senior Republican to stand up to Donald Trump by Liz Cheney
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the US Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violen ...Show more
Freezing Order: Vladimir Putin, Russian Money Laundering and Murder - A True Story by Bill Browder
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir | Reading Level: good-very good
‘More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly, heart-poundingly thrilling than any fiction I have read for years, but it is all true’ Stephen Fry ‘Mind-blowing...Browder's battle for justice is at times terrifying, at times deeply touching’ Catherine Belton ‘A jaw-dr ...Show more
The Secret by Alexandra Smith
$36.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Gladys Berejiklian was Australia's rockstar premier. The first woman to lead NSW, she steered the state through devastating bushfires, drought and a once-in-a-generation pandemic with grace and a steady hand. To many Australians, she was 'The Woman Who Saved Australia' for the way in which she navigate ...Show more
Angry at Breakfast: Ten Years of Editorials from The Saturday Paper by Erik Jensen
$26.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Some of Australia's best political writing- a dazzling chronicle from the editor of The Saturday Paper Drawn from the first ten years of The Saturday Paper, these editorials tell the story of a country in trouble. They are a penetrating account of the people who have led Australia, fusing character stu ...Show more
The Indi Way: how a rural community sparked a social and political movement by Voices for Indi
$36.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A behind-the-scenes account of how a rural community found its own voice, elected its own independent representatives, and inspired a national movement that is transforming Australian politics. Twelve people met for the first time at their local library in the rural and regional electorate of Indi in n ...Show more