Category: International Politics
An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation's capital.
Category: Australian Politics
James is our most mundane villain. His victim is Bruce, our typical Aussie, who bleeds from the hip pocket because of James' actions. Game of Mates tells a tale of economic theft across major sectors of Australia's economy, showing how James and his group of well-connected Mates siphon off billions from ...Show more
Category: Australian Politics
China has become a key nation for Australia's future - for our security, economy and identity. But what are China's intentions and strategy when it comes to Australia? In this gripping account, Peter Hartcher shows that we are entering an era of undeclared contestation, whether for hearts and minds, mi ...Show more
Category: Australian Politics | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Bob Hawke's death in May 2019 sparked national mourning across the country as we remembered just how important Bob had been in the shaping of modern Australia. In an age when political personas have become increasingly formulaic and predictable, Bob was a man of glorious contradictions. He was a Rhodes ...Show more
Category: Australian Politics
Australian Politics in the Twenty-First Century brings to life traditional institutions, theories and concepts by considering the key question: how are Australia's political institutions holding up in the face of the new challenges, dynamics and turbulence that have emerged and intensified in the new mi ...Show more
Category: International Politics | Series: Quotable Wisdom Ser.
" D]emocracy isn't a spectator sport. America isn't about 'yes he will.' It's about 'yes we can.'" --Barack ObamaExperience the powerful oratory of our 44th president Obama's skill at expressing deep empathy and thoughtful idealism made him a bestselling author at an early age. These selections have be ...Show more
Category: Australian Politics
A revelatory examination of the history and the future of the Australian Greens. After a decade of unprecedented political volatility, Australians appear increasingly disillusioned with the two major parties. Yet the Greens, the third force in Australian politics since the turn of the century, get comp ...Show more
Category: International Politics | Series: Beginner's Guides
The essential guide to understanding what populism is, why it's flourishing, what sets it apart from other styles of politics, and what--if anything--we ought to do about it. about it.
Category: Australian Politics | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Since 1901, thirty different leaders have run the national show. Whether their term was eight days or eighteen years, each prime minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the G ...Show more
Category: Australian Politics
A cracking account of the rivalries and hatreds that split the Liberal Party, brought down Malcolm Turnbull and propelled Scott Morrison to power. They plotted. They schemed. They unleashed chaos. Australia lost two prime ministers in three years in a period of political bloodshed that took the nation' ...Show more
Category: Australian Politics
The Australian Labor Party is one of the oldest labour parties and was the first in the world to form a government. 2011 marks its 120th birthday. This short and lively book tells the story of the ALPs numerous successes in winning government at all levels and making policy that has transformed lives. T ...Show more