Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty; Arthur Goldhammer (Translator)
$65.95 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
The epic successor to one of the most important books of the century: at once a retelling of global history, a scathing critique of contemporary politics, and a bold proposal for a new and fairer economic system. Thomas Piketty's bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century galvanized global debate a ...Show more
The State and Revolution: The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasksof the Proletariat in the Revolution by Vladimir Lenin
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Lenin's booklet State and Revolution is widely recognised to be a lightening bolt in Marxist theory. Written in the months immediately running up to the October Revolution of 1917, Lenin turned the traditional socialist concept of the state on its head, arguing for the need to smash the organs of the bo ...Show more
Lost Copy:The Endless Wars by John Martinkus
$39.95 AUD
Category: Politics
“We, his friends, never knew if it was suicide or not but the reality was Tor [Norwegian journalist Torgeir Norling], who had shared so many dangers, hardships and fear, with us was gone. Tor was a journalist’s journalist. I had covered East Timor with him in the late nineties. Like me he had gone on t ...Show more
Visiting Immigration Detention - Care and Cruelty in Australia's Asylum Seeker Prisons by Michelle Peterie
$185.00 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Global Migration and Social Change Ser.
Michelle Peterie's revealing research offers a fresh angle on the human costs of immigration detention. Drawing on over 70 interviews with regular visitors to Australia's onshore immigration detention facilities, Peterie paints a unique and vivid picture of these carceral spaces. The book contrasts the ...Show more
Russia's War Against Ukraine: The Whole Story by Mark Edele
$32.00 AUD
Category: Politics
An examination of the causes of the Russian invasion and its implications for the future In February 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a fellow East Slav state with much shared history. Mark Edele, a world authority on the history of the Soviet Union, explains why and how this conf ...Show more
The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
At the heart of this title is Senator Obama's vision of how his country can move beyond its divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families and the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and considers the nature of threats from outs ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern - A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: good-very good
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 th ...Show more
The Origins Of Political Order: From pre-human times to the French Revolution by Francis Fukuyama
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the p ...Show more
No Logo by Naomi Klein
$19.99 AUD
Category: Politics
NO LOGO was an international bestseller and "a movement bible" (The New York Times). Naomi Klein's second book, The Shock Doctrine, was hailed as a "master narrative of our time," and has over a million copies in print worldwide. In the last decade, No Logo has become an international phenomenon and a ...Show more
Wagnerism - Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music by Alex Ross
$39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
'An absolutely masterly work' - Stephen Fry Alex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics - an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wrestled with its capacity for beauty and violence. ...Show more
Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics by Troy Bramston
$49.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Robert Menzies claimed the prime ministership in 1939 and led the nation during the early years of the war, but resigned two years later when he lost the confidence of his party. His political career seemed over, and yet he staged one of the great comebacks to forge a new political party, devise a new g ...Show more