Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
We live in a time of unprecedented upheaval, when technology and so-called progress have made us richer but more uncertain than ever before. We have questions about the future, society, work, happiness, family and money, and yet no political party is providing us with the answers. We need a new movemen ...Show more
Value(s) - Climate, Credit, Covid and How We Focus on What Matters by Mark Carney
$25.00 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A radical book that speaks out accessibly' BONO 'Indispensable ... This is the essential handbook' CHRISTINE LAGARDE 'A remarkably good read' GILLIAN TETT, Financial Times 'A landmark achievement' WILL HUTTON, Observer We are at a pivotal moment in the fight against climat ...Show more
10 Arguments for Deleting Social Media.. by Jaron Lanier
$24.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
'A blisteringly good, urgent, essential read' ZADIE SMITHJaron Lanier, the world-famous Silicon Valley scientist-pioneer and 'high-tech genius' (Sunday Times) who first alerted us to the dangers of social media, explains why its toxic effects are at the heart of its design, and explains in ten simple ar ...Show more
2020: The Year That Changed Us by The Conversation; Molly Glassey (Contribution by)
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Category: Current Affairs
In January 2020, Australia went from battling one of its worst-ever bushfire seasons to preparing for COVID-19 to hit its shores. What ensued was crisis: a pandemic, political upheaval, an international human rights movement, global recession and localised emergencies dwarfed by a world spinning on an a ...Show more
21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy by Lucinda Holdforth
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater ...Show more
A Banquet of Consequences, Reloaded: How we got into the mess we're in, and why we need to act now by Satyajit Das
$34.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Essential reading for anyone concerned about the dire future of the global economy, the deepening environmental crisis the alarming deterioration of our social fabric, A Banquet of Consequences incisively explains the problems confronting us, how we're making those problems worse, and what the real solu ...Show more
A Bright Future - How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow by Joshua S. Goldstein; Staffan A. Qvist; Steven Pinker (Foreword by)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
The first book to offer a proven, fast, inexpensive, practical way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic climate change. As climate change quickly approaches a series of turning points that guarantee disastrous outcomes, a solution is hiding in plain sight. Several countries have ...Show more
A Decade of Drift (In the National Interest) by Martin Parkinson
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Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
The erosion of public trust in government has been a characteristic of liberal democracies in recent years. How much have the twists and turns in climate change policy over the past decade contributed to this in Australia? As a senior public servant during six prime ministerships, Martin Parkinson had a ...Show more
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey
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Category: Current Affairs
Dealing with the mafia, the Clintons and Trump: In A Higher Loyalty former FBI director James Comey details his experiences with some of the most important cases in USA history. In his Number One bestselling memoir, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of t ...Show more
A Passion for Ignorance - What We Choose Not to Know and Why by Renata Salecl
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Category: Current Affairs
An original and provocative exploration of our capacity to ignore what is inconvenient or traumatic Ignorance, whether passive or active, conscious or unconscious, has always been a part of the human condition, Renata Salecl argues. What has changed in our post-truth, postindustrial world is that we ...Show more
A River with a City Problem by Margaret Cook
$32.95 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
When floods devastated South East Queensland in 2011, who was to blame? Despite the inherent risk of living on a floodplain, most residents had pinned their hopes on Wivenhoe Dam to protect them, and when it failed to do so, dam operators were blamed for the scale of the catastrophic events that followe ...Show more
A River with a City Problem: A History of Brisbane Floods by Margaret Cook
$32.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
When floods devastated South East Queensland in 2011, who was to blame? Despite the inherent risk of living on a floodplain, most residents had pinned their hopes on Wivenhoe Dam to protect them, and when it failed to do so, dam operators were blamed for the scale of the catastrophic events that followe ...Show more