16 Top nonfiction books like Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia by Frank Bongiorno

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Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia

By: Frank Bongiorno

4.23

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

A landmark book—the first full political history of Australia In this compelling and comprehensive…

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Cover of Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4) by C.J. Sansom

1. Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)

By: C.J. Sansom

2.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But … read more

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2. The Good the Bad and the Unlikely Australia's Prime Ministers

By: Mungo MacCallum

2.43

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes Since Australia's birth in 1901, twenty-seven polit… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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3. In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right (Quarterly Essay #1)

By: Robert Manne

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

In this national bestseller Robert Mane attacks the right-wing campaign against the Bringing them h… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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4. 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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  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. Day's End (Hirsch, #4)

By: Garry Disher

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Hirsch’s rural beat is wide. Daybreak to day’s end, dirt roads and dust. Every problem that besets … read more

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  • australia
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6. Prima Facie

By: Suzie Miller

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

This is not life, this is law… Tessa Ensler loves her job. She’s worked her up to being a top cr… read more

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"All I know is that somewhere. Some time. Somehow. Something has to change."

-Suzie Miller, Prima Facie

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7. The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

By: Anna Keay

4.39

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

‘The execution of the king took place on a bleak, bitterly cold afternoon in January. As the execut… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"This book was born of ignorance."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"... he was not one to let other people's feelings get in the way when he knew he was right."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"He warned his pious daughter Bridget of the dangers of self-criticism and the overwhelming importance of love."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

"As in many parts of the country, people's desire for peace and prosperity was stronger than their loyalty to one regime or another."

-Anna Keay, The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

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8. Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award

By: David Marr

4.39

Format: 596 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia's frontier wars David Marr was shocked… read more

Similar categories in David Marr's Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award book and Frank Bongiorno's Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • australia
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9. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France

By: James Holland

4.45

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Alli… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
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10. Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s Fall and Anthony Albanese’s Rise

By: Niki Savva

4.21

Format: 320 pages, ebook

‘I don’t hold a hose, mate.’ Scott Morrison, 20 December 2019, on the Black Summer bushfires ‘It’s… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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11. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

By: Camilla Townsend

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In November 1519, Hernando Cortés walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingd… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
"Letters and diaries sometimes bring us close to grand moments or touching scenes in the history of Euro-Americans, but harkening back to the thoughts and feelings of the less powerful, we meet only s…"

-Camilla Townsend, Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs

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12. A Little History of the Australian Labor Party

By: Nick Dyrenfurth

3.78

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

The Australian Labor Party is one of the oldest labour parties and was the first in the world to fo… read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • australia
Cover of Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics (Quarterly Essay, #93) by Lech Blaine

13. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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14. Fire with Fire

By: Candice Fox

4.20

Format: 314 pages, Hardcover

A pair of desperate parents. A man on the run. A rookie cop. Four people with everything on the li… read more

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  • australia
Cover of The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd

15. 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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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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16. Subimperial Power: Australia in the International Arena

By: Clinton Fernandes

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

How does Australia operate in the world? And why? In this closely evidenced, original account, form… read more

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  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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17. Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia

By: Frank Bongiorno

4.23

Format: 472 pages, Paperback

A landmark book—the first full political history of Australia In this compelling and comprehensive… read more

Similar categories in Frank Bongiorno's Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia book and Frank Bongiorno's Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia

  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • australia
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18. The Way We Are: Lessons from a lifetime of listening

By: Hugh Mackay

3.81

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Hugh Mackay's The Way We Are: Lessons from a lifetime of listening book and Frank Bongiorno's Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia

  • nonfiction
Cover of Political Lives: Australian prime ministers and their biographers by Christine Wallace

19. Political Lives: Australian prime ministers and their biographers

By: Christine Wallace

4.03

Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition

Political Lives is an intimate history of image-making and image-breaking in national politics. … read more

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  • politics
  • nonfiction
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20. Vida: A Woman for Our Time

By: Jacqueline Kent

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Blazing her trail at the dawn of the twentieth century, Vida Goldstein remains Australia’s most cel… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Kent's Vida: A Woman for Our Time book and Frank Bongiorno's Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia

  • nonfiction
  • history

13 best-selling history books like Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia by Frank Bongiorno

Transform Your Habits

The Good the Bad and the Unlikely Australia's Prime Ministers

Mungo MacCallum

2.43

Transform Your Habits

In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right (Quarterly Essay #1)

Robert Manne

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

4.13

Transform Your Habits

The Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown

Anna Keay

4.39

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Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder

4.13

Transform Your Habits

This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends On It

Tabitha Carvan

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Ten Steps to Nanette

Hannah Gadsby

4.47

Transform Your Habits

Killing for Country: A Family Story: Winner of the 2024 Indie Book of the Year Award

David Marr

4.39

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