The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The Untold Story of the Shadowy International Spy Network, Through Its Targets, Traitors and Spies by Richard Kerbaj
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations. The Times best political books of 2022 'This thought-provoking and informative book suggests that the era of globetrotting lone agents such as James Bond ...Show more
Vulture Capitalism: Corproate crimes, backdoor bailouts, and the death of freedom by Grace Blakeley
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
All over the world, democracy is in crisis. Liberal political systems are straining under the pressure imposed by authoritarian strong men undermining institutions, the rule of law and the international system that governs relations between countries. Obvious examples include Donald Trump and Boris John ...Show more
What Is to Be Done: political engagement and saving the planet by Barry Jones
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
A sequel to the prescient bestseller, first published in 1982, that alerted the public to the likely impacts of information technologies and the emergence of a post-industrial society. When Sleepers, Wake!was first released in Australia, it immediately became influential around the world: it was read by ...Show more
Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
This startling history of secret psychological operations traces the century-long rise of organized deception from the Russian Revolution to contemporary internet troll farms.
Behind the Lines: The Year in Political Cartoons 2021 by Museum of Australian Democracy
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
A companion to the Behind the Lines political cartoons exhibition developed by the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
Carbon Justice: The scandal of Australia’s biggest contribution to climate change by Jeremy Moss
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
A leading political philosopher takes on Australia’s biggest carbon emitters and their moral responsibilities.It’s a shocking fact: the emissions produced annually from the fossil fuels extracted by Australia’s major gas, coal and oil producers — Glencore, BHP Yancoal, Peabody, Whitehaven and Anglo-Amer ...Show more
Chasing Wrongs and Rights: My Experience Defending Human Rights Around the World by Elaine Pearson
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
The Australia Director at Human Rights Watch shares her experiences defending human rights – from human trafficking in Nepal to the 'drug war' in the Philippines to treatment of detainees in Papua New Guinea and in Australia – offering an extremely involving personal account of how far we’ve come, and ...Show more
China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikotter
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
'A revolutionary book' Sunday Times ... 'A pulsating account' Peter Frankopan .... *A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR* How did the People's Republic of China transform from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today? Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen archiv ...Show more
Climate Change Delusion and the Great Electricity Ripoff by Ian Plimer
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
How did one of the worlds largest exporters of coal, gas and uranium end up with unreliable and expensive energy? Massive subsidies for renewable energy, gaming of the electricity market and government mandates have closed coal-fired generators that previously provided cheap reliable electricity. Five h ...Show more
Contest for the Indo-Pacific: Why China Won't Map the Future by Rory Medcalf
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
What we call a part of the world - Asia, Europe, the Middle East - seems innocuous. But the name of a region is totemic- a mental map that guides the decisions of leaders and the story of international order, war and peace. In recent years, the label 'Indo-Pacific' has suddenly gained wide use, includin ...Show more
Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
A masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by "an authority on breaking away from cults...an argument that...bears consideration as the next election cycle heats up" (Kirkus Reviews). Since the 2016 ...Show more
Dallas: 1963: The Road to the Kennedy Assassination by Bill Minutaglio
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
In November 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. His death remains a defining moment for millions of people but few understand the unstoppable forces that were building in the city long before this dramatic event played out before the world. Dallas 1963 is a riveting account ...Show more