Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
The extraordinary story of how Jack Ma, a teacher and civil servant, built one of the most valuable companies in the world and forever changed our global economy. In just a decade and half, Jack Ma built a company that rivals Walmart in value and is worth as much as Amazon and eBay. A man from humble be ...Show more
Speechless: A Year in My Father's Business by James Button
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
James Button spent a year writing speeches for Kevin Rudd. Before that, he reported on politics as a highly regarded journalist for Fairfax. But James also has politics in his blood: his father was the larger-than-life, street-fighting Senator John Button, who was a minister in the Hawke government. Gro ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 50: Unfinished Business: Sex, Freedom and Misogyny by Anna Goldsworthy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Series: Quarterly Essay Ser.
On the surface, it seems the best time ever to be a woman in Australia. The prime minister, governor-general and the richest person are all female; women are at the forefront of almost every area of public life. Yet when Julia Gillard's misogyny speech ricocheted around the world, it clearly touched a n ...Show more
North Korea Undercover by John Sweeney
$34.95 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Award-winning BBC journalist John Sweeney is one of the few to have witnessed at first hand the devastating reality of life in the controversial and isolated nation of North Korea. Posing as a university professor, Sweeney went undercover to gain unprecedented access to the world's most secret state. He ...Show more
October Surprise: How the FBI Tried to Save Itself and Crashed an Election by Devlin Barrett
$39.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
The 2016 Election, which altered American political history, was not decided by the Russians or in Ukraine or by Steve Bannon. The event that broke Hillary's blue wall in the Midwest and swung Florida and North Carolina was an October Surprise, and it was wholly a product of the leadership of the FBI. T ...Show more
Feeling the Heat; Australia Under Climate Pressure: Australian Foreign Affairs 12 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
As a new US administration edges closer to international climate action, will Australia follow suit, or risk becoming an outlier?The twelfth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the growing pressure on Australia as global and regional powers adopt tough measures to combat climate change. Feeling ...Show more
Australian Moment by George Megalogenis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
Winner of the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award, 2012 Walkley Book Award, and Australia's bestselling political book of 2012 The book of the TV series Making Australia Great There's no better place to be during economic turbulence than Australia. Brilliant in a bust, we've learnt to use our brains in ...Show more
Beginners Guide to Wealth (5th edition) by Noel Whittaker, James Whittaker
$29.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
In this revised edition book Noel and James share all their knowledge and experience to help you create a successful life.
The $1000 Project by Canna Campbell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Series: thousand dollar project
A guide to mindful saving from the financial guru behind online sensation SugarMamma.TV, The $1000 Project shows how easy it is to set yourself up for financial wellbeing. Financial planner Canna Campbell saved $32,000 in twelve months by using her unique strategy of bundling--saving and earning extra m ...Show more
Korea : Where the American Century Began by Michael Pembroke
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
This lucid book should be compulsory reading for anyone who wonders how the situation on the Korean peninsula has deteriorated to the point it is today. It demonstrates the truth of the axiom that unless you know the history, you cannot see the future. The failed invasion of North Korea by US-led forces ...Show more
The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq by Emma Sky
$22.99 AUD
Category: Political / Economic | Reading Level: very good
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015 Emma Sky was working for the British Council during the invasion of Iraq, when the ad went around calling for volunteers. Appalled at what she saw as a wrongful war, she signed up, expecting to be gone for months. Instea ...Show more
Everything Under the Heavens by Howard W. French
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political / Economic
For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China maintained an attitude of false modesty about its ambitions. That fa ade, reports former New York Times Asia correspondent Howard French, has now been cast off. China is increasingly asserting its place among the global powers, signaling its pla ...Show more