In the Plex - How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
"The most interesting book ever written about Google" (The Washington Post) delivers the inside story behind the most successful and admired technology company of our time, now updated with a new Afterword. Google is arguably the most important company in the world today, with such pervasive influen ...Show more
Invasion: Inside Russia's War on Ukraine by Luke Harding
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
The first account of the Ukraine war, from the award-winning journalist and #1 New York Times selling author of Collusion and Shadow State who forecasted Putin's dark adventurist ambitions. For months, the omens had pointed in one scarcely believable direction: Russia was about to invade Ukraine. And ye ...Show more
It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
A takedown of the status quo that has enriched a few billionaires at the expense of the rest of us - and a blueprint for real change. It's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is fuelled by uncontro ...Show more
Keeping Them Honest: the case for a genuine national integrity commission and other vital democratic reforms by Stephen Charles QC AO Charles, Catherine Williams
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
A revealing and compelling case by Australia's foremost integrity advocate for a strong national body to expose political corruption, uphold accountability, and restore trust - and why the country needs it now. Over the last few years, instances of the federal government spending taxpayers' money to ga ...Show more
Man-Made: How the bias of the past is being built into the future by Tracey Spicer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer exposes the next frontier of feminism. Man Made aims to open readers’ eyes to a transformative technological shift in society and give them the tools to make positive change. `Mum, I want a robot slave.’ Broadcaster Tracey Spicer had an epiphany when her ...Show more
Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East by Robert Fisk
$45.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
The final work of Robert Fisk, following on from the authoritative and highly acclaimed The Great War for Civilisation, which charted his 30-year career as a reporter in the war zones of the Middle East. An extraordinary chronicle of Fisk's trademark rigorous journalism, historical analysis and eyewitn ...Show more
Noise - A Flaw in Human Judgment by Daniel Kahneman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Thinking Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman, the co-author of the million-copy bestseller Nudge Cass Sunstein, and the eminent professor and writer on strategic thinking Olivier Sibony, a new book about how to make better decisions. We make thousands of decis ...Show more
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
The inspiration for the film 'Nomadland' starring Frances McDormand. From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labour pool, made up largely of transient older adults. These invisible casualti ...Show more
Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life by ANU PARTANEN
$27.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
An optimistic account of how the Nordic countries can teach us to live easier, healthier, happier lives: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary. From childcare to healthcare to provision for the elderly and the homeless, the Nordic countries are world leaders ...Show more
Palestinians and Israelis: A Short History of Conflict by MICHAEL SCOTT-BAUMANN
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
Newly updated, this accessible history explores the origins and development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What are the origins of the Israeli Palestinian conflict? Why has it proved so intractable, and what are the implications of escalating tensions for both the Middle East and the world? The co ...Show more
Pandemedia - How Covid Changed Journalism by Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang (eds)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
If journalism is the first draft of history, what will it say about Covid? The Covid-19 pandemic ripped through the world with no regard for borders, age, status or wealth. It was brutal in its impact and created a raft of new social norms. And without warning, the pandemic changed journalism, in some ...Show more
People vs. Donald Trump: An Inside Account by Mark Pomerantz
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs, Culture and Society
A fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former US president Donald Trump. Mark Pomerantz was a retired lawyer living a calm suburban life when he accepted an offer to join the staff of the district attorney of New York County in February 2021. His brief: to work on the investigation of ...Show more