19 must-read nonfiction books like The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal (Quarterly Essay, #89) by Saul Griffith

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The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal (Quarterly Essay, #89)

By: Saul Griffith

4.12

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

A compelling vision of green energy at a local level The country is at a crossroads. In The Wire…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal (Quarterly Essay, #89) by Saul Griffith , here is a list of 19 books like this:

1. Monkey Grip

By: Helen Garner

4.22

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

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2. 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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  • australia
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3. 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
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4. Stone Yard Devotional

By: Charlotte Wood

3.68

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more

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  • australia
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5. Limberlost

By: Robbie Arnott

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more

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"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"

-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost

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6. Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more

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  • australia
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7. Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything

By: Julia Baird

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Phosphorescence comes a beautiful and timely exploration of that mos… read more

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"our bodies, our misshapen, lumpy, wobbly, birth-marked, uneven, scarred, imperfect bodies are our vessels. If only we were more gracious towards them. They won't last forever, they will eventually gr…"

-Julia Baird, Bright Shining: How Grace Changes Everything

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8. 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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9. The Angry Women's Choir

By: Meg Bignell

4.07

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more

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10. The Book of Roads and Kingdoms

By: Richard Fidler

4.11

Format: 448 pages, ebook

A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever… read more

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11. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

By: Grace Tame

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more

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"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"

-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner

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12. The Hummingbird Effect

By: Kate Mildenhall

3.60

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more

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13. I'd Rather Not

By: Robert Skinner

3.72

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

An endlessly entertaining collection of wayward autobiographical tales about a search for a richer … read more

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  • essays
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14. Did I Ever Tell You This?

By: Sam Neill

4.06

Format: 398 pages, Hardcover

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tell… read more

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15. The Call

By: Christian White

3.56

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

Jackie and Pete King have lived in Dunmore for years, running one of the two local pubs in the slee… read more

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16. I Don't: The Case Against Marriage

By: Clementine Ford

4.13

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against mar… read more

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17. The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

By: Peter Frankopan

3.94

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • climate change
  • environment
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18. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

By: Tyson Yunkaporta

4.36

Format: 256 pages, ebook

This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and … read more

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"The war between good and evil is in reality an imposition of stupidity and simplicity over wisdom and complexity."

-Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

"Guilt is like any other energy: you can't accumulate it or keep it because it makes you sick and disrupts the system you live in - you have to let it go. Face the truth, make amends and let it go."

-Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

"Engaging with them (malignant narcissists) alone is futile - never wrestle a pig, as the old saying goes; you both end up covered in shit, and the pig likes it. The fundamental rules of human interac…"

-Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

"Understanding your own culture and the ways it interacts with others, particularly the power dynamics of it, is far more appreciated. My reading of Germane Greer when I was a young lad was a lot more…"

-Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World

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19. Don't Hang Up

By: Benjamin Stevenson

3.54

Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio

‘You and I are going to have a chat. If you hang up, this girl dies.’ Adam Turner works the mid-… read more

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20. Car Crash: A Memoir of the Aftermath

By: Lech Blaine

4.31

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

“A story of carnage and life-long consequences. A brave and unsettling account.” —Tim Winton, autho… read more

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21. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need

By: Thomas Mayo

4.52

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who hav… read more

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22. Gen F'd?: How Young Australians Can Take Back Their Stolen Futures

By: Alison Pennington

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

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23. Saga Land

By: Richard Fidler

4.03

Format: 480 pages, Kindle Edition

'I adored this book - a wondrous compendium of Iceland's best sagas' - Hannah Kent A new friends… read more

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24. When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance

By: Michael S. Neiberg

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Shocked by the fall of France in 1940, panicked US leaders rushed to back the Vichy government--a f… read more

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25. The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal (Quarterly Essay, #89)

By: Saul Griffith

4.12

Format: 147 pages, Paperback

A compelling vision of green energy at a local level The country is at a crossroads. In The Wire… read more

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26. The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself

By: Nick Bryant

4.43

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Forever War tells the story of how America's political polarization is 250 years in the making,… read more

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27. We Need to Talk about America: An Alliance in Flux: Australian Foreign Affairs 18

By: Jonathan Pearlman

4.00

Format: 125 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines Australia's evolving ties with the United S… read more

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28. My Efficient Electric Home Handbook: How to slash your energy bills, protect your health & save the planet

By: Tim Forcey

4.42

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Everything you need to know to transform your home – old, new or rented – for an efficient, comfort… read more

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29. Girt by China: Power play in the Pacific: Australian Foreign Affairs 17

By: Jonathan Pearlman

4.23

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

What challenges does Australia face as the world's great powers battle for a foothold in the Pacifi… read more

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30. Blackout: How is Energy-Rich Australia Running Out of Electricity

By: Matthew Warren

4.47

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

For 20 years Australia has been in political denial about the seismic changes occurring in the way … read more

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4.13

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Charlotte Wood

3.68

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4.25

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4.07

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Emma Espiner

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