Our Exceptional Friend
By: Emma Shortis
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In Our Exceptional Friend , Emma Shortis draws on history, current affairs and questions of morali…
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1. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By: Kai Bird , Martin J. Sherwin
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "father of the ato… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
2. The Death of Holden: The End of an Australian Dream
By: Royce Kurmelovs
3.88
Format: None pages, ebook
Holden is one of the few brands that has an emotional grip on Australia (Qantas being another). The… read more
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3. Jasper Jones
By: Craig Silvey
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Late on a hot summer night in 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is s… read more
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4. Erasure
By: Percival Everett
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more
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5. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
By: Vladimir Lenin
4.23
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'Globalisation' is the buzzword of the 1990s. VI Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitali… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Crises of every kind — economic crises more frequently, but not only these — in their turn increase very considerably the tendency towards concentration and monopoly."-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"At the basis of these swindles and manipulations lies socialised production; but the immense progress of humanity, which achieved this socialisation, goes to benefit the speculators."-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"But suppose, for the sake of argument, free competition, without any sort of monopoly, would develop capitalism trade more rapidly. Is it not a fact that the more rapidly trade and capitalism develop…"-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
"As long as capitalism remains what it is, surplus capital will never be utilised for the purpose of raising the standard of living of the masses in a given country, for this would mean a decline in p…"-Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
6. 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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7. 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
8. The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
By: Tina Brown
4.03
Format: 571 pages, Hardcover
The gripping inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"What Diana’s younger son was thinking only he can tell us, and doubtless will."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Dacre's staff referred to his morning editorial meetings as the “Vagina Monologues,"-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Until he lost his hair, Prince William was probably the biggest heartthrob to be heir to the throne since the pre-obese Henry VIII."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
"Philip had to apologize in 1999 after a walkabout at an Edinburgh electronics factory when he commented that a fuse box bursting with wires looked “as if it was put in by an Indian."-Tina Brown, The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
9. Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace
By: Matthew C. Klein
4.17
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A provocative look at how today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interests… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- international relations
10. Permanent Record
By: Edward Snowden
4.30
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveill… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"The government should be afraid of the people, the people shouldn't be afraid of the government."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"This was the ultimate leap of faith, in a way: I could hardly trust anyone, so I had to trust everyone."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"A little bit of math can accomplish what all the guns and barbed wire can't: a little bit of math can keep a secret."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
"The reason you're reading this book is that I did a dangerous thing for a man in my position: I decided to tell the truth."-Edward Snowden, Permanent Record
11. The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
By: Stephanie Kelton
4.04
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Bestseller The leading thinker and most visible public advocate of modern monetary… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
12. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
By: Yanis Varoufakis
4.01
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
"Il profitto è vulnerabile alla competizione di mercato, mentre la rendita non lo è."-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Se non è un mercato capitalista, in cosa entriamo, buon Dio, quando andiamo su amazon.com ?"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"Oltre ad avvertirci che ogni nuova epoca forgiata da qualche tecnologia rivoluzionaria produce una generazione che “mai passerà un giorno immune da fatica e dolore, struggendosi anche di notte"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
"La rivoluzione digitale potrebbe consistere nel trasformare i lavoratori salariati in proletari del cloud, che vivono una vita sempre più precaria e stressante sotto il controllo invisibile di capi a…"-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism
13. 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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- nonfiction
"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
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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- nonfiction
15. The Stasi Poetry Circle: The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War
By: Philip Oltermann
3.52
Format: 212 pages, ebook
The extraordinary true story of the Stasi's poetry Stasiland and The Lives of Others crossed with … read more
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- nonfiction
16. Ghost Cities
By: Siang Lu
3.91
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
Ghost Cities – inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China – follows multiple narrative… read more
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17. Trump's Australia: How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequences for us of a second term
By: Bruce Wolpe
4.05
Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition
Trump could well win the 2024 US presidential election, and if he does, American democracy as we ha… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
18. The Boys' Club
By: Michael Warner
4.15
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
The Boys' Club is the must-read inside story behind the power and politics of AFL, Australia's bigg… read more
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19. 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
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- nonfiction
20. The Woman Who Fooled The World: Belle Gibson’s Cancer Con, and the Darkness at the Heart of the Wellness Industry
By: Beau Donelly
4.06
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
Belle Gibson convinced the world she had healed herself of terminal brain cancer by eating a health… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Private Revolutions: Four Women Face China's New Social Order
By: Yuan Yang
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping yet intimate portrait of modern China told through the lives of four ordinary women stri… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
22. Sex, Lies and Question Time
By: Kate Ellis
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In Sex, Lies and Question Time, former MP Kate Ellis explores the good, the bad and the ugly of lif… read more
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- nonfiction
23. The Echidna Strategy: Australia's Search for Power and Peace
By: Sam Roggeveen
4.03
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
In the wake of a shift in the global power balance, how can Australia best protect itself?The Echid… read more
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24. Sleepwalk to War: Australia’s Unthinking Alliance with America (Quarterly Essay #86)
By: Hugh White
4.14
Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition
In this gripping essay, Hugh White explores Australia’s fateful choice to back America to the hilt … read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- international relations
25. The Men Who Killed the News: The inside story of how media moguls abused their power, manipulated the truth and distorted democracy
By: Eric Beecher
4.02
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Crikey owner and ex-News Corp and Fairfax editor lifts the lid on the abuse of power by media mogul… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
26. How to Defend Australia
By: Hugh White
4.21
Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition
A brilliant and important book about Australia’s future. Can Australia defend itself in the Asian c… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- international relations
27. The Teal Revolution: Inside the Movement Changing Australian Politics (The Crikey Read)
By: Margot Saville
4.17
Format: 124 pages, Kindle Edition
The Teal Revolution is essential reading on the unprecedented Teal wave of the 2022 election, a mov… read more
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28. Our Exceptional Friend
By: Emma Shortis
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In Our Exceptional Friend , Emma Shortis draws on history, current affairs and questions of morali… read more
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29. 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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- nonfiction
30. Cherrywood
By: Jock Serong
3.89
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
From multiple award-winning author, Jock Serong, comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful a… read more
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31. 2023: A Year of Consequence
By: The Conversation
3.58
Format: None pages, Paperback
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