Superpower: Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity
By: Ross Garnaut
4.06
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The fog of Australian politics on climate change has obscured a fateful reality: Australia has the …
Want to Read $ 12.77"There is a chasm between a world that quickly breaks the link between modern economic growth and carbon emissions, and a world that fails to do so. The side of the chasm we are now on is a dangerous place. It would be reckless beyond the normal human irrationality for us to stay where we are."-Ross Garnaut, Superpower: Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity
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1. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
By: Elizabeth Kolbert
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Over the last half-billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life… read more
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2. 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good
By: Benjamin Todd
3.75
Format: 148 pages,
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3. Recollections Of A Bleeding Heart: A Portrait Of Paul Keating PM
By: Don Watson
4.24
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
If he had never become Prime Minister Paul Keating's place in Australian history would still have b… read more
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4. Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
By: Sam Harris
3.80
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris's new book is a gu… read more
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5. Dark Emu
By: Bruce Pascoe
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial … read more
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6. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
By: Cal Newport
3.36
Format: 96 pages, ebook
In this eye-opening account, Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is… read more
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7. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
By: Shankari Chandran
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more
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8. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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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
9. Devotion
By: Hannah Kent
3.87
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Prussia, 1836. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on… read more
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"Dying is unlike living. The smooth running of time is for the beating heart only. The dead stutter. The hands on my clock do not turn to numbers but to each other."-Hannah Kent, Devotion
"Thea, in all incarnations, wherever my soul has resided, I have loved you, am loving you, will love you. If the earth one day burns out its charge, you will find me in the ash. if the sea dries, find…"-Hannah Kent, Devotion
10. Treasure & Dirt (Ivan Lucic & Nell Buchanan, #1)
By: Chris Hammer
4.07
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
An unputdownable thriller from the bestselling author of Scrublands. In the desolate outback tow… read more
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11. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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12. Boy Swallows Universe
By: Trent Dalton
4.34
Format: 474 pages, Paperback
A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class subu… read more
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"Don't fuckin' swear."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
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"To burn this house down or set the world on fire. Up to you, Eli."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
13. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
14. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
By: George Saunders
4.54
Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition
For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to … read more
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"Then do that again, over and over, until I'm pleased."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"What transforms an anecdote into a story is escalation. Or, we might say: when escalation is suddenly felt to be occurring, it is a sign that our anecdote is transforming into a story."-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"There’s a vast underground network for goodness at work in this world—a web of people who’ve put reading at the center of their lives because they know from experience that reading makes them more ex…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
"We tend, in discussion, to reduce stories to plot (what happens). We feel, correctly, that something of their meaning resides there. But stories also mean through their internal dynamics—the manner i…"-George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
15. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
By: Bill Gates
4.13
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Bill Gates shares what he's learned in more than a decade of studying climate change and investing … read more
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16. Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia
By: Victor Steffensen
4.47
Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition
Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country i… read more
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17. The Precipice
By: Toby Ord
4.00
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
This urgent and eye-opening book makes the case that protecting humanity's future is the central ch… read more
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"If all goes well, human history is just beginning. Humanity is about two hundred thousand years old. But the Earth will remain habitable for hundreds of millions more—enough time for millions of futu…"-Toby Ord, The Precipice
18. Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics (Quarterly Essay, #93)
By: Lech Blaine
4.17
Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition
Where will Dutton lead the Coalition? A portrait of Peter Dutton, as well as a modern interrogatio… read more
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19. Eggshell Skull
By: Bri Lee
4.36
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more
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20. The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China
By: Kevin Rudd
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is… read more
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21. Superpower: Australia's Low-Carbon Opportunity
By: Ross Garnaut
4.06
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The fog of Australian politics on climate change has obscured a fateful reality: Australia has the … read more
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22. Voice of Reason: On Recognition and Renewal (Quarterly Essay #90)
By: Megan Davis
4.22
Format: 150 pages, Kindle Edition
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23. The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (Quarterly Essay #92)
By: Alan Kohler
4.31
Format: 161 pages, Kindle Edition
What caused Australia's housing crisis -- and how we might fix it One of the great mysteries of Au… read more
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24. The Shortest History of Economics
By: Andrew Leigh
4.00
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
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25. Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future
By: Saul Griffith
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An optimistic--but realistic and feasible--action plan for fighting climate change while creating n… read more
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26. Subimperial Power: Australia in the International Arena
By: Clinton Fernandes
4.19
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
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27. The Big Switch: Australia’s Electric Future
By: Saul Griffith
4.47
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
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28. Getting to Zero: Australia's Energy Transition (Quarterly Essay #81)
By: Alan Finkel
3.95
Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition
The world is overheating, and despite good intentions and significant efforts, emissions increase n… read more
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29. Inside the Greens: The Origins and Future of the Party, the People and the Politics
By: Paddy Manning
4.11
Format: 455 pages, Kindle Edition
A penetrating examination of the history and future of the Australian GreensThe re-election of a Co… read more
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30. The Book of Paul: The Wit and Wisdom of Paul Keating
By: Russell Marks
3.55
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