Fear of Abandonment: Australia in the World Since 1942
By: Allan Gyngell
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The fear of abandonment lies deep in the history of European settlement in Australia. In this na…
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3.96
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3. Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
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4.56
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4.30
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5. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
6. Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women
By: Christina Lamb
4.63
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"Around the world, a woman's body is still very much a battlefield and hundreds of thousands of women bear the invisible wounds of war."-Christina Lamb, Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women
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7. Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
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4.18
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8. Peril
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4.09
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Graham said, "I can get an affidavit tomorrow saying the world is flat."-Bob Woodward, Peril
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4.33
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4.09
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3.97
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12. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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3.91
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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4.47
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14. Fear of Abandonment: Australia in the World Since 1942
By: Allan Gyngell
4.19
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The fear of abandonment lies deep in the history of European settlement in Australia. In this na… read more
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15. Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics (Quarterly Essay, #93)
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16. Overreach
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4.37
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17. Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy
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4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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19. Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China
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4.09
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20. The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House
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4.30
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21. Australia's Secret Army
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4.48
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
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22. Modern Warfare: A Lowy Institute Paper: Penguin Special: Lessons from Ukraine
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4.24
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4.12
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4.03
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27. Lessons from History: Leading historians tackle Australia's greatest challenges
By: David Lowe
3.75
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28. Dead in the Water: The AUKUS Delusion (Australian Foreign Affairs, #20)
By: Jonathan Pearlman
4.10
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29. How to Defend Australia
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4.21
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30. China's Grand Strategy and Australia's Future in the New Global Order
By: Geoff Raby
4.03
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Disruption has blown the old world apart. The rise of China, Trump's America First policies, divisi… read more
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31. The victory: The inside story of the takeover of Australia
By: Pamela Williams
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
In 1996 the political stakes had never been higher. For the Coalition, this was the final throw of … read more
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