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Bradley Hope
A gripping account of an Ivy League activist-turned-fugitive and his clandestine effort to subvert the North Korean regime, a heart-pounding tale of a self-taught operative and his high-stakes attempt to…
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David Enrich
A long-overdue exposé of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world’s largest law firms.
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Frank Bongiorno
A landmark book - the first full political history of Australia
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Rebecca Giblin, Cory Doctorow
A call to action for the creative class and labour movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big Media
Luke Harding
The first account of the Ukraine war, from the award-winningjournalist and #1 New York Times sellingauthor of Collusion and Shadow State who forecastedPutin’s dark adventurist ambitions.
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Behrouz Boochani
The collected prison writings of Behrouz Boochani, with essays by experts on a wide range of topics from refugees, imprisoned writers and politics
Brook Turner
The full story of the independent candidates and community volunteers who stormed previously safe Liberal seats at the 2022 federal election and created a revolution in Australian politics.
Ha-Joon Chang
Economic thinking - about climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible form
For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But…
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Ben Schneiders
A startling investigation of how some of Australia’s best-known companies have abused their power to systematically underpay their workers in recent years.
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Gabriel Debenedetti
New York Magazine national correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti provides an inside look at the complicated, co-dependent, and at-times rocky relationship between Joe Biden and Barack Obama, which has shaped Democratic politics…
Frank Dikoetter
From internationally renowned historian Frank Dikoetter, a myth-shattering history of China from the death of the Chairman to Xi Jinping.
Alex Joske
A forensic and gripping examination of China’s intelligence work globally.
James Cotton
Can Australians find their feet within the world’s diplomatic manoeuvring?
Julia Gillard (ed.)
Ten years on from the speech that stopped us all in our tracks - Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech. Where were you then? And where are we now?
Scott Hershovitz
A thought-provoking investigation into life’s biggest questions with the help of great philosophers, old and young
Simon Garfield
A gloriously illuminating history of the encyclopaedia (and how and why we have captured knowledge over the years).
Sinclair McKay
The Sunday Times bestselling author of Dresden on the most important city of the 20th century
Philippe Sands, QC
Telling the story of the landmark international judgement that brought an end to Britain’s colonial rule in Africa, The Last Colony is a riveting, enraging and beautifully rendered history of…
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Krzysztof Pelc
A bold, incisive and original work that draws on three centuries of intellectual thought, Beyond Self-Interest is a book to upend how we relate to capitalism.
Paul Frijters,Cameron Murray
The shocking story of how networks of Mates have come to dominate business and government, and managed to rob the majority of ordinary Australians of half our wealth.
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Tim Hollo
Greens activist Tim Hollo offers bold ideas and a positive vision for the future. While it might be the end of the world as we know it, it doesn’t have…
Andrew Quilty
Told through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty’s debut publication offers a remarkable record of this historic moment
Jennifer Jacquet
A biting satire of corporate power: how it works, how it harms us and what we can do about it
Jamie Susskind
In The Digital Republic, acclaimed author and barrister Jamie Susskind tackles one of the biggest political and social questions of our time
Clare Chambers
A vital exploration of equality and the body from an acclaimed political philosopher
Susie Alegre
The story of our most fundamental human right - and why it is in grave danger.
Louisa Lim
An award-winning journalist takes to the protest-riven streets of Hong Kong to write this startling landmark account of the island city’s complex past and precarious future.
China Mieville
China Mieville’s reading of the modern world’s most controversial and enduring political document: the Communist Manifesto.
Justin E. H. Smith
An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it - and explains why they have died today.
Andrew Leigh
An analysis of the ways in which populist politics place our long-term well-being at risk, exploring pandemics, climate change, nuclear war and other issues –
Johan Anderberg
In the spring of 2020, as a new and deadly virus rapidly spread across the globe, the world shut down. But a small country in Northern Europe remained open.
Kevin Rudd
From a veteran diplomat and prime minster at the heart of the Western alliance, and a deeply knowledgeable China watcher, a way forward for the US and China to avoid…
Noam Chomsky
An accessible, powerful overview of Noam Chomsky’s political thought
Ed Coper
From fringe conspiracy theories to ‘alternative facts’, a timely look at how we arrived in the ‘fake news’ era.
John Fitzgerald
Since the founding of the Communist Party in China just over a century ago, there is much the country has achieved. But who does the heavy lifting in China? And…
Stuart Macintyre
The long awaited second volume in Stuart Macintyre’s definitive history of the Communist Party of Australia.
The award-winning account of the early years of communism in Australia, written by one of Australia’s most highly regarded historians.
John Keane
In an age of fake news and half-truths, the radical potential of democracy is more important than ever, as this nimble, illuminating history by a celebrated political theorist reveals.
Laurie Penny
An urgent, hopeful, and unapologetically radical new book about consent, democracy, desire, and the future of sexual politics from award-winning writer Laurie Penny.
A. C. Grayling
A lucid and inspiring consideration of the challenges we and our world now face, and a proposal for a way to overcome them.
Nicole Haddow
The essential, practical guide to growing your wealth while making a difference
Kimberly Jones
An essential breakdown of the economic and social injustices faced by Black people, based on the viral video by writer, director and political activist Kimberly Jones
Anne Helen Petersen,Charlie Warzel
A game-changing book about the revolutionary potential of working from home, by two experts who work - and live - together.
Olivia Yallop
Traditional media is over. The internet reigns. And in the attention economy, influencers are royalty. But who are they … and how do you become one?
David Kilcullen,Greg Mills
The Ledger identifies and assesses the failures of the West’s approach to Afghanistan after 9/11 - military, diplomatic, political and developmental
Siri Hustvedt
Feminist philosophy meets family memoir in a fresh essay collection by the award-winning essayist and novelist Siri Hustvedt, author of the bestselling What I Loved and Booker Prize-longlisted The Blazing…
Susan Orlean
A delightful and entertaining collection of a lifetime of musings, meditations and in-depth profiles about animals, by the bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book.
Jess Hill
Tracing the impact of Australia’s #MeToo moment
