Philosophy, politics & economics 2017

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The Courage to be Happy

Ichiro Kishimi,Fumitake Koga

The sequel to the mega-selling international phenomenon, The Courage to be Disliked.

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Quarterly Essay 68: Without America - Australia in the New Asia

Hugh White

America is fading, and China will soon be the dominant power in our region. What does this mean for Australia’s future?

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Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration & the Fate of Western Democracy

Sasha Polakow-Suransky

An indispensable account of the global rise of anti-immigration politics and the ruthlessly effective rebranding of Europe’s new far right.

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The Day After the Revolution

Slavoj Zizek,V I Lenin

One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Zizek shows why Lenin’s thought is still important today

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The Big Picture: Towards an Independent Foreign Policy: Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 1

Jonathan Pearlman

‘We need to determine a foreign policy of our own - one that looks after Australia’s interest in the new order; an order which will have China as its centre…

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Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir

Gareth Evans

A colourful and central figure in Australian politics for two decades, Gareth Evans has also been applauded worldwide for his contributions to conflict resolution, genocide prevention and curbing weapons of…

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Quarterly Essay 67: Moral Panic 101 - Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal

Benjamin Law

Are Australian schools safe? And if they’re not, what happens when kids are caught in a bleak collision between ill-equipped school staff and a confected media scandal?

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Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the storming of the presidency

Joshua Green

From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump - the key to understanding the…

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The Anatomy of Inequality: Its Social and Economic Origins - and Solutions

Per Molander

Originally published by Weyler feorlag [in 2014].

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Flights

Olga Tokarczuk, Jennifer Croft (trans.)

A literary and imaginative book that explores subjects such as anatomy and psychology through narratives and reflections on travel and the body, and life and death.

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

The main driver of inequality–returns on capital that exceed the rate of economic growth–is again threatening to generate extreme discontent and undermine democratic values. Thomas Piketty’s findings in this ambitious…

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Democracy in Chains

Nancy MacLean

An explosive exposé of the man and the ideas behind the well-heeled right’s relentless campaign to eliminate unions, suppress voting, privatise public education, and curb democratic majority rule.

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Please Explain

Anna Broinowski

After eighteen years in the political wilderness, Pauline Hanson is back and more powerful than ever. Please Explain is a compelling, intimate look at how an Ipswich fish and chip…

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Asylum by Boat

Claire Higgins

In the late 1970s, 150,000 Vietnamese, Cambodians and Laotians arrived in Australia by boat, fleeing war and oppression. This influx of people, and the way the Fraser government handled it…

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The Road to Ruin

Niki Savva

In the original edition of The Road to Ruin, prominent political commentator, author, and columnist for The Australian Niki Savva revealed the ruinous behaviour of former prime minister Tony Abbott…

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Dragon and Kangaroo: Australia and China’s Shared History from the Goldfields to the Present Day

Robert Macklin

The fascinating story of the Chinese presence in and influence on this country - our intertwined history from before Captain Cook to the present day.

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The Show: Another Side of Santamaria’s Movement

Mark Aarons,John Grenville

In 1942, on the recommendation of 26-year-old Bob Santamaria, Australia’s Catholic bishops created a clandestine church organisation to smash the Communist Party’s massive trade union base. Soon, The Movement, working…

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Making Modern Australia: The Whitlam Government’s 21st Century Agenda

The changes we have made will remain - like all great Labor legislation - permanent landmarks in our history.‘ Gough Whitlam The Whitlam government propelled….

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Uncle Dysfunctional: Uncompromising Answers to Life’s Most Painful Problems

AA Gill

Highlights from AA Gill’s brilliantly acerbic advice columns from his time as Esquire’s agony uncle

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Quarterly Essay 66: The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia’s Climate Deadlock

Anna Krien

The Great Barrier Reef is dying. Extreme weather is becoming all too familiar. And the Coalition government is divided and paralysed.

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The Dilemmas of Lenin: Terrorism, War, Empire, Love, Revolution

Tariq Ali

On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Tariq Ali paints an illuminating portrait of Lenin

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Defiant Earth: The Fate of Humans in the Anthropocene

Clive Hamilton

Humans have become so powerful that we are disrupting the functioning of the earth, to the point where scientists now consider we have entered a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene…

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Everything Under The Heavens: how the past helps shape China’s push for global power

Howard W. French

Originally published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2017

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Quarterly Essay 65: The White Queen - One Nation and the Politics of Race

David Marr

Most Australians despise what Pauline Hanson stands for, yet politics in this country is now orbiting around One Nation.

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On Tyranny

Timothy Snyder

In the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people and…

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At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails

Sarah Bakewell

Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their…

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Crocs in the Cabinet: Northern Territory politics - an instruction manual on how NOT to run a government

Ben Smee,Chistopher A Walsh

This may read like a satire, but it is all true. These are stories you couldn’t make up. It is an instruction manual on how NOT to run a government.

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The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own

Veronica Chambers

Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. While many books have looked at Michelle Obama from a fashion perspective, no book has fully explored what Michelle…

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Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything

Becky Bond,Zack Exley

Lessons from the groundbreaking grassroots campaign that helped launch a new political revolution.

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A Consequential President: The Legacy of Barack Obama

Michael D'Antonio

In A Consequential President, Michael D'Antonio tallies Barack Obama’s long record of achievement, both his major successes and less-noticed ones that nevertheless contribute to his legacy. Obama’s greatest achievement came…

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They Can’t Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter

Wesley Lowery

A deeply reported book on the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement, offering unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America, and an intimate, moving portrait of…

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Philosophy, politics & economics 2017

The Courage to be Happy

Quarterly Essay 68: Without America - Australia in the New Asia

Go Back to Where You Came From: The Backlash Against Immigration & the Fate of Western Democracy

The Day After the Revolution

The Big Picture: Towards an Independent Foreign Policy: Australian Foreign Affairs Issue 1

Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir

Quarterly Essay 67: Moral Panic 101 - Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal

Devil’s Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the storming of the presidency

The Anatomy of Inequality: Its Social and Economic Origins - and Solutions

Flights

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Democracy in Chains

Please Explain

Asylum by Boat

The Road to Ruin

Dragon and Kangaroo: Australia and China’s Shared History from the Goldfields to the Present Day

The Show: Another Side of Santamaria’s Movement

Making Modern Australia: The Whitlam Government’s 21st Century Agenda

Uncle Dysfunctional: Uncompromising Answers to Life’s Most Painful Problems

Quarterly Essay 66: The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia’s Climate Deadlock

The Dilemmas of Lenin: Terrorism, War, Empire, Love, Revolution

Defiant Earth: The Fate of Humans in the Anthropocene

Everything Under The Heavens: how the past helps shape China’s push for global power

Quarterly Essay 65: The White Queen - One Nation and the Politics of Race

On Tyranny

At The Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails

Crocs in the Cabinet: Northern Territory politics - an instruction manual on how NOT to run a government

The Meaning of Michelle: 16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own

Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything

A Consequential President: The Legacy of Barack Obama

They Can’t Kill Us All: The Story of Black Lives Matter