Wild Grass - China's Revolution from Below by Ian Johnson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A compelling history of Chinese resistance to state oppression, told through the stories of three remarkable individuals In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the desire for change percolating up from below and the ossified political structure above. He recou ...Show more
Winners Take All - The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
What explains the spreading backlash against the global elite? In this revelatory investigation, Anand Giridharadas takes us into the inner sanctums of a new gilded age, showing how the elite follow a 'win-win' logic, fighting for equality and justice any way they can - except ways that threaten their p ...Show more
With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant
$34.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A deeply powerful, poetic and compelling book on the challenges facing our world, from one of Australia's most experienced journalists and international commentators, Stan Grant. History is turning. In only a few short decades, we have come a long way from Francis Fukuyama's declaration of the 'end of ...Show more
Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy by Carl Rhodes
$39.99 AUD
Category: Politics
Does 'woke capitalism' improve capitalism's image or does it threaten the future of democracy? From Nike's support for Colin Kaepernick, to Gillette's engagement with the toxic masculinity debate, the 21st century has seen a sharp increase in corporations taking over public morality, a phenomenon which ...Show more
World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History by Henry A. Kissinger
$24.99 AUD
Category: Politics
In World Order, Henry Kissinger - one of the leading practitioners of world diplomacy and author of On China - makes his monumental investigation into the 'tectonic plates' of global history and state relations. World Order is the summation of Henry Kissinger's thinking about history, strategy and state ...Show more
Xi: A Study in Power by Kerry Brown
$22.99 AUD
Category: Politics
A timely political primer on Xi Jinping by acclaimed author and academic, Professor Kerry Brown.
Xi Jinping - The Backlash by Richard McGregor
$12.99 AUD
Category: Politics | Series: Pengun Special
Xi Jinping has transformed China at home and abroad with a speed and aggression that few foresaw when he came to power in 2012. Finally, he is meeting resistance, both at home among disgruntled officials and disillusioned technocrats, and abroad from an emerging coalition of Western nations that seem de ...Show more
ZOV: Lies and Corruption Within Putin's War in Ukraine by Pavel Filatyev
$32.99 AUD
Category: Politics
'A bombshell ... until now, there has been no more detailed, voluntary account from a Russian soldier participating in the invasion of Ukraine' GuardianPavel Filatyev was a paratrooper in the Russian army that invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Part of the invasion force that shelled the city of Kherson, ...Show more