Isambard Kingdom Brunel - Remarkable Lives by John McIlwain
$12.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Remarkable Lives Ser.
An illustrated biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59), the foremost engineer in an age of great engineers, when the Industrial Revolution was at its height and Britain, its birthplace, was the vibrant hub of a world empire. It presents the story of this perfectionist, the setbacks and challenges ...Show more
Islam: An Illustrated Journey by Farhad Daftary; Zulfikar Hirji
$85.00 AUD
Category: History
The book contains a multitude of images, graphics, maps and charts, features many of the masterpieces of art, architecture and literature produced by Muslims along with an easy-to-use glossary and a detailed bibliography that will appeal to both general audiences and enthusiasts of Islamic societies and ...Show more
Island Stories - Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit by David Reynolds
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'Splendid... a clear, wellwritten and highly stimulating account of the flaws in our understanding of Britain's past that bedevilled the great debate over the country's relations with the EU' Literary Review Politicians like to extol 'our island story' as if there is just one island and one story. Isl ...Show more
Island off the Coast of Asia - Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy by Clinton Fernandes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: Investigating Power Ser.
Island off the Coast of Asia: Instruments of Statecraft in Australian Foreign Policy is an unprecedented 230-year Australian study that reveals the central role of economic actors in defining and pursuing the ‘national interest’. Australia’s search for security has meant much more than protection from m ...Show more
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby
$26.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A "fascinating and very moving" (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network) chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that explores one of the most interesting countries in the world--Israel.Israel. The small strip of arid land is 5,700 miles awa ...Show more
It Could Happen Here: Why America Is Tipping from Hate to the Unthinkable - And How We Can Stop It by Jonathan Greenblatt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
"Refreshingly candid . . . Get off Instagram and read this book." --Sacha Baron Cohen From the dynamic head of ADL, an impassioned argument about the terrifying path that America finds itself on today--and how we can save ourselves. It's almost impossible to imagine that unbridled hate and systemat ...Show more
It Happened in a Holden 2nd Edition by Paddy O'Reilly (Editor)
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
It Takes Two: a History of the Couples Who Dared to Be Different by Cathy Newman
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
'Sometimes, 1+1 = changing the world. Cathy Newman's witty, warm history on the power of determined couples will make you look at your relationship and wonder, "Could we be doing more this weekend than just going to IKEA?"' CAITLIN MORAN Throughout history, collaboration has fuelled greatness. From riv ...Show more
Italian Life: A Modern Fable of Loyalty and Betrayal by Tim Parks
$35.00 AUD
Category: Culture Studies
Forty years ago, Tim Parks made the bel paese his home. Italian Life is his reckoning with his adopted country, an attempt to get to the core of it, to make sense of it, to fold others' stories in with his own experience - now that he is, in his own words, 'to some degree Italian' himself. The result i ...Show more
It's Not about the Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race by Mariam Khan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalization of Muslim men to the 'traditional submissiveness' of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn't know a single Muslim woman who would descri ...Show more
It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A takedown of the status quo that has enriched a few billionaires at the expense of the rest of us - and a blueprint for real change It's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is rigged against ord ...Show more
It's Our Country: Indigenous Arguments for Meaningful Constitutional Recognition and Reform by Megan Davis & Marcia Langton (ed.)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Culture Studies
It is a collection of short essays by leading and emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander thinkers and leaders. Edited by and including contributions from Megan Davis and Marcia Langton, it conveys to Australians why indigenous peoples should have a direct say in the decisions that affect their l ...Show more