August in Kabul - America‘s last days in Afghanistan
By: Andrew Quilty
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
As night fell on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. After a 20-year…
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1. The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
By: Hisham Matar
4.15
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From Man Booker Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Hisham Matar, a memoir of his… read more
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"What do you do when you cannot leave and cannot return?"-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
"The past, like a severed limb, tried to fix itself onto the body of the present."-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
"And I remember this man who never ran out of poems telling me once that knowing a book by heart is like carrying a house inside your chest."-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
"Those who would later lament Seif and his father's (Qaddafi) regime are like a man who looks at the ashes and says, "I much prefer the fire"-Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
2. The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster
By: Sarah Krasnostein
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Before she was a trauma cleaner, Sandra Pankhurst was many things: husband and father, drag queen, … read more
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3. Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
By: Rajiv Chandrasekaran
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
An unprecedented account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of towering plants, … read more
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4. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
By: Lawrence Wright
4.16
Format: 208 pages,
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5. Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
By: Ben Macintyre
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Hardcover
Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most re… 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. King: A Life
By: Jonathan Eig
4.67
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The first full biography in decades, King mixes revelatory and exhaustive new research with brisk a… read more
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9. The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
By: Kati Marton
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The “captivating” ( The New York Times ), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, … read more
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"This also serves as a clever way of neutralizing potential opponents. “Angela is very skilled at appropriating any issue as soon as it gains traction,"-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
"Both Merkel and Obama read Yuval Harari’s somewhat ponderous Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind for pleasure. And though their tastes are widely different, both find escape and relaxation in music."-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
"Her description of a perfect day sounds perfectly ordinary: “I will sleep long, have a relaxed breakfast. Then I’ll go out for some fresh air, chat with my husband or with friends. I might go to the …"-Kati Marton, The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
10. Games and Rituals
By: Katherine Heiny
3.82
Format: 226 pages, Hardcover
The games and rituals performed by Katherine Heiny's characters range from mischievous and edgy to … read more
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"Some people say that migraines feel like bad hangovers. And some people say that migraines feel like headaches that pulse. And some people say that migraines feel like stomach flu in your head. But w…"-Katherine Heiny, Games and Rituals
11. The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America's Invasion of Iraq
By: Steve Coll
4.44
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-… read more
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12. 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
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13. The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
By: Craig Whitlock
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how th… read more
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"To reinforce the message, Obama administration officials touted statistics that distorted what was really happening on the ground. The Bush administration had done the same, but Obama staffers in the…"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
"Ryan Crocker, who served as the top U.S. diplomat in Kabul under both Bush and Obama, said the gusher of contracts to support U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan virtually guaranteed that extortion, …"-Craig Whitlock, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
14. Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
By: Julia Baird
3.78
Format: 320 pages, ebook
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ‘This book is beautiful … Julia Baird has been to the tough edges and … read more
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"McCarthy insists if we delight in nature and find joy there, we will not so carelessly plunder, neglect and destroy it. He calls it 'defence through joy'."-Julia Baird, Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
"Seek awe and nature daily... show kindness; practise grace; eschew vanity; be bold; embrace friends, family, faith and doubt, imperfection and mess; and live deliberately."-Julia Baird, Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
"Findings revealed Type As focus on how proud they are and [how] impressed others are, but are only moderately to weakly involved in actively seeing positive memories for later recall, or in reminisci…"-Julia Baird, Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
"There are few things as startling as encountering an unearthly glow in the wild. Glow-worms. Ghost mushrooms. Fireflies. Flashlight fish. Lantern sharks. Vampire squid. Our forest floors and ceilings…"-Julia Baird, Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark
15. 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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16. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
By: Emma Carey
4.38
Format: 322 pages, Paperback
From a terrible accident that left her paraplegic, Emma Carey has become an inspiration for hundred… read more
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17. Investing with She’s on the Money: Build your future wealth
By: Victoria Devine
3.91
Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition
Through the She’s on the Money podcast and online community, and her bestselling first book, millen… read more
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18. Showing Up
By: Nedd Brockmann
4.34
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Get comfortable with being uncomfortable–the story of a 23-year-old tradie who put his body ‘throug… read more
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19. Forty Nights
By: Pirooz Jafari
3.45
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
‘This story came to me and entered my soul. It did not need a key or an invite, for it already belo… read more
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20. 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
21. Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong
By: Louisa Lim
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
The story of Hong Kong has long been obscured by competing myths: to Britain, a ‘barren rock’ with … read more
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22. The Passion of Private White
By: Don Watson
4.32
Format: None pages, Audiobook
The story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a remote Aboriginal tribe: a m… read more
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23. The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees
By: Matthieu Aikins
4.18
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this extraordinary book, an acclaimed young war reporter chronicles a dangerous journey on the s… read more
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24. The Monk of Mokha
By: Dave Eggers
4.08
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
The Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Fran… read more
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"You're in front of my face," he said every day. It was an old Yemeni expression, hard to translate into English. It was something you said to a loved one, to a friend, while pointing to your own face…"-Dave Eggers, The Monk of Mokha
25. At the Foot of the Cherry Tree
By: Alli Parker
4.28
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese… read more
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26. The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era
By: Gary Gerstle
4.19
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The most sweeping account of how neoliberalism came to dominate American politics for nearly a half… read more
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27. Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics (Quarterly Essay #88)
By: Katharine Murphy
4.02
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
A prime minister in the making, and a nation on the move. In Lone Wolf, Katharine Murphy offers a n… read more
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28. Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
By: Jeevan Vasagar
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore—the world's most successful city-stat… read more
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29. August in Kabul - America‘s last days in Afghanistan
By: Andrew Quilty
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
As night fell on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. After a 20-year… read more
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30. Creation Lake
By: Rachel Kushner
3.67
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of th… read more
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"Charisma does not originate inside the person called "charismatic." It comes from the need of others to believe that special people exist."-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"Plus, Lucien said, a lot of them had come from other social milieus and had tattoos from earlier lives, since people who change affinities are the same kinds of people who are attracted to the perman…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"My biker and these tramps, as people who organize their life around some subculture or other: People can sometimes pretend so thoroughly that they forget they are pretending. At which point, it could…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
"I could sense him gathering a false hindsight that afternoon in the Place des Vosges, shaping a retrospective narrative, the thing a person tells himself about fate, about how everything had seemed f…"-Rachel Kushner, Creation Lake
31. High Noon: Trump, Harris and America on the Brink; Quarterly Essay 95
By: Don Watson
4.00
Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition
Is the United States disintegrating? Don Watson offers a report from America that catches the ma… read more
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