Woolloomooloo by Louis Nowra
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
It was no wonder I was glad to be down in Woolloomooloo. The Old Fitzroy reminded me of how Kings Cross used to be. Told in his vivid and entertaining style, Louis Nowra writes Woolloomooloo’s biography, drink in hand, from the vantage point of the Old Fitzroy Hotel, the cosy, eccentric and wonderful p ...Show more
Growing Up Indian in Australia by Aarti Betigeri
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
'To be Indian growing up in Australia is to tread the narrow line between here and there, to constantly code-switch and navigate between filling the needs and aspirations of your family, your community - and yourself.' Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all descriptor. Given the depth and richne ...Show more
Liberty: The Evolution of an Idea by John Bew (Text by); Adrian Bradshaw (Text by); Alexander McCall Smith (Text by)
$40.00 AUD
Category: European | Series: Essay Ser.
Liberty is indispensable to flourishing societies the world over. Its story contains multitudes - humanity's eternal struggle with fate, our ancestors' long quest to establish freedom of thought and freedom of religion, the rise of democratic liberties in society at large and the modern fight against au ...Show more
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany by Harald Jähner
$37.00 AUD
Category: European
Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Harald J hner (Aftermath- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich) presents a staggering new assessment of the short life of the Weimar Republic between the wars in Germany. Germany, 1918- a country in flux. The First World War is lost, traditional values are shaken to ...Show more
Churchill's Wit: The Definitive Collection by Richard M. Langworth
$30.00 AUD
Category: British
The ultimate guide to the wonderful wit of our nation's greatest leader Charismatic, erudite and often controversial Winton Churchill was one of the most inspiring leaders of the 20th century, and one of its greatest wits. His much-celebrated sense of fun and mischief has led to many of his jokes and ri ...Show more
Tokyo Noir: In and out of Japan's underworld by Jake Adelstein
$37.00 AUD
Category: True Crime
A darkly comic sequel to Tokyo Vicethat is equal parts history lesson, true-crime exposé, and memoir. It's 2008, and it's been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijincrime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun. The global economy is in shambles, Jake is off the police beat but still chain-smoking c ...Show more
The Trial of Vladimir Putin by Geoffrey Robertson QC
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
There have been dozens of books about the Russian President since he launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Some have examined the historical aspects of the conflict, others have analysed its military and geopolitical importance. However, none so far have looked purely at the legal c ...Show more
Battleground: The Struggle for the New Middle East by Christopher Phillips
$39.95 AUD
Category: Middle East
The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead ushered in a series of civil wars, coups, and even ...Show more
The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust Survival, Music and Hope by Roxanne de Bastion
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
This is a story about a piano and its most prodigious player - how it, along with him, survived.When her father died, singer songwriter Roxanne de Bastion inherited a piano she knew had been in her family for over a hundred years. But it is only when she finds a cassette recording of her grandfather, St ...Show more
Fight for Liberty and Freedom: The origins of Australian Aboriginal activism by John Maynard
$30.00 AUD
Category: Asian
Opposition to the British colonisation of Australia did not spring from the Mabo decision or the Native Title Act, nor was it born in the vibrant 1960s which culminated in the famous Aboriginal tent embassy in 1972.Rather, the first politically organised and united all-Aboriginal activist group was the ...Show more
Dethroned: The Downfall of India's Princely States by John Zubrzycki
$35.00 AUD
Category: Asian
The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July 1947, India’s ...Show more
How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History by Josephine Quinn
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
Based on her own sweeping research, an award-winning Oxford history professor overturns the way the West thinks about itself, tracing its innovations and traditions to societies from all over the world and making the case that we are, and always have been, a truly global culture. In How the World Made ...Show more