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Ashley Hay
This new edition of Gum, from award-winning author Ashley Hay, is a powerful and lyrical exploration of these magical, mythical, medicinal trees, and the story of new worlds, curious people…
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Chelsea Watego
A ground-breaking work - and a call to arms - that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people.
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Guy Rundle
With sharp wit and a discerning eye, political commentator Guy Rundle enlightens and entertains, drawing back the curtain on the iconic moments in Australian politics of the 2010s
Jeff Sparrow
A polemic about global warming and the environmental crisis that argues that ordinary people have consistently opposed the destruction of nature and so provide an untapped constituency for climate action.
Gideon Haigh
Few journalists exemplify the creed ‘without fear or favour’ like Gideon Haigh. Shelf Life selects from twenty-one years of writing on myriad subjects by one of our clearest thinkers, sharpest…
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The voices Australia should hear
Judith Brett
A brilliant collection of the best essays by award-winning writer Judith Brett, long revered by those in the know as Australia’s brightest and most astute political commentator.
Noel Pearson
Mission traces a life of politics, ideas and inspiring words.
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At a time of deepening inequality, Class in Australia brings together a range of new and original research for a timely examination of class relations, labour exploitation, and the changing…
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Marcia Langton
The second edition of this landmark travel guide, written by one of this country’s most highly respected First Nations voices.
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Anna Clark
A bold and expansive history that traces the changing and contested project of Australia’s national story. You will think about this country differently after reading this book.
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Katy Barnett,Jeremy Gans
An illuminating and entertaining history of the law’s treatment of animals
Jackie Huggins
A new edition of seminal Tiddaist classic by Murri historian and activist Jackie Huggins, featuring timely and compelling speeches and essays.
Ed Coper
From fringe conspiracy theories to ‘alternative facts’, a timely look at how we arrived in the ‘fake news’ era.
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Kristy Campion
From Irish revolutionaries to the Christchurch massacre and the rise of right wing extremism, Chasing Shadows uncovers the long and brutal history of terrorism in Australia.
Amy Remeikis
On Reckoning tells of the moment when the personal became very political, when rape became the national conversation.
Phillip Deery
Phillip Deery’s Spies and Sparrows: ASIO and the Cold War shines a powerful new light on the history of ASIO and raises important and enduring questions about the nature and…
