We Can Do Better: A Departure into the World of Tomorrow by Maja Gopel
$32.99 AUD
Category: science environment
After her previous book, Rethinking Our World, eloquently untangled the complex world we live in, Maja G pel delivers the encouragement and the tools we need to go into action and build the world we want to live in. Humanity is undergoing a massive process of transformation, and the way we live will cha ...Show more
The Dissident - Alexey Navalny Profile of a Political Prisoner by David Herszenhorn
$42.99 AUD
Category: biography & memoir
A news-driven biography of Vladimir Putin's nemesis Alexey Navalny-- lawyer, blogger, anti-corruption crusader, protest organizer, political opposition leader, mayoral and presidential candidate, campaign strategist, provocateur, poisoning victim, dissident, and now, prisoner of conscience and anti-war ...Show more
Sister Viv (PB) by Grantlee Kieza
$35.99 AUD
Category: australian stories people & history
The inspiring story of the nursing hero who survived a wartime massacre and dedicated her life to saving others - from the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remarkable Mrs Reibey, Hudson Fysh, Lawson and Banjo. Bangka Island, 1942: Australian Army nurse Vivian Bullwinkel was just twenty-s ...Show more
Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924 by Robert Service
$65.00 AUD
Category: history
'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution. For Service, the great unanswered questio ...Show more
Task Force Hogan: The World War II Tank Battalion That Spearheaded The Liberation Of Europe by William R. Hogan
$62.99 AUD
Category: history
A fourth-generation soldier tells the story of his father’s tank battalion, the “Spearhead,” that selflessly led the charge on the front lines from Normandy into Germany—against impossible odds, technologically superior weaponry, and a fanatical enemy on its home turf—and the heroes whose sacrifice won ...Show more
The Plot by Nadine Dorries
$29.99 AUD
Category: biography & memoir
The explosive behind-the-scenes account of the plot to bring down Boris Johnson YOU THINK YOU LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE ELECTED ARE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE. THINK AGAIN. When Boris Johnson came to power in 2019, he did so with the largest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher. Rewriting the politic ...Show more
Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories and the Hunt for Putin'sAgents by Corera, Gordon
$32.99 AUD
Category: history
The urgent, explosive story of Russia's espionage efforts against the West from the Cold War to the present - including their interference in the 2016 presidential election.Like a scene from a le Carre novel or the TV drama The Americans, in the summer of 2010 a group of Russian deep cover sleeper agent ...Show more
Walking the Camino: a Modern Pilgrimage to Santiago by Tony Kevin
$29.99 AUD
Category: travel
In May 2006, armed only with a small rucksack and a staff, Tony Kevin, an overweight, sedentary, 63- year-old former diplomat, set off on an eight-week trek across Spain. But this was not just a very long walk - it was a pilgrimage. From Granada, in the southeast, to Santiago de Compostela, in the far n ...Show more
How The World Became Rich The Historical Origins Of Economic Growth by Koyama M
$36.95 AUD
Category: economics politics business
Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth in the last two centuries. How did this come to pass? How did the world become rich? Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin dive into the many theories of why modern economic growth happened when and where it did. ...Show more
An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilisation to Independence by Zeinab Badawi
$36.99 AUD
Category: history
Zeinab Badawi, award-winning broadcaster and President of SOAS, tells an epic story of the oldest inhabited continent in the world from an African perspective, for fans of William Dalrymple, David Olusoga and Peter Frankopan.*Selected as a book to look out for in 2024 by the Guardian* Everyone is origi ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Booksellers & Librarians by James Patterson
$36.99 AUD
Category: biography & memoir
Featuring original interviews with booksellers and librarians, James Patterson presents a new non-fiction title that highlights the magic of books. To be a bookseller or librarian . . . You have to play detective. Be a treasure hunter. A matchmaker. A brilliant listener. A person who creates a kind of m ...Show more