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Money and Politics: The Democracy We Can't Afford
Money plays a controversial role in Australian politics. Political donations may spark claims of secret contributions and corruption. Do corporations or trade unions have undue infl uence over political parties...
East Timor: A Rough Passage to Independence
"East Timor: A Rough Passage to Independence" is a story of political intrigue and the hidden world of international diplomatic deals. It is also the story of countless individuals, governments,...
His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill
'A gem. Brief, authoritative and fair in its judgements - an intensely readable introduction to this most complex and fascinating man' - Graham Farmelo, award-winning author of The Strangest Man...
The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die
The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today, it seems: slowing growth, crushing debts, aging populations, anti-social behaviour....
Factor Five: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Improvements
When first published in 1997, Factor Four: Doubling Wealth, Halving Resource Use by renowned economic and engineering experts Ernst von Weizsi? cker, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, transformed how...
Working With Winston
To maintain the pace at which he worked as a parliamentarian, cabinet minister, war leader, writer and painter, Churchill required a vast female staff of secretaries, typists and others. For...
Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis
A toxic ideology rules the world - of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. Only a positive vision can replace it, a new...
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
This timely, sobering and inspiring call to arms on our planet's future is the most important book you'll read this year. A powerful call to arms from one of the...
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
"No writer has better understood the mix of fear and possibility, peril and exuberance that's marked this new millennium." --Bill McKibben "An elegant reminder that activist victories are easily forgotten,...
Unaccountable: How Elite Power Brokers Corrupt our Finances, Freedom,
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From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street, however divergent their political views, these groups seem united by one thing: outrage over a system of power and influence that they...
Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the
Ralph Nader has fought for over fifty years on behalf of American citizens against the reckless influence of corporations and their government patrons on our society. Now he ramps up...
The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and How to Build a Better
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The tools we desperately need to build a safe future for all. Read it' Naomi Klein 'This book is going to be influential' Financial Times 'A...
Churchill
From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw some of the most important events the world has ever...
Democracy: All That Matters
Democracy is in crisis. There is a crisis of growth on the one hand, with the Arab Spring and possible change in Burma and elsewhere; but also a crisis of...
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, AND KIRKUS REVIEWS A scathing portrait of an urgent new American...
Whose Crisis, Whose Future?
Crisis? Whose crisis? Today we are in the midst of a multifaceted crisis which touches the lives of everyone on the planet. Whether it's growing poverty and inequality or shrinking...
Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age
Using a vast swath of data spanning the past six decades, Unequal Democracy debunks many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the...
Napoleon Volume 2: The Spirit of the Age
'Masterly.' - Daily Mail 'Stunning.' - History Today 'Magnificent.' - Literary Review Napoleon's life reached its most extraordinary stage between 1805 and 1810. At war with Britain, Russia, and Austria,...
The Most Dangerous Man In The World: Julian Assange and WikiLeaks'
Updated edition With forensic detail, Andrew Fowler provides a ringside seat at the epic battle that has made Julian Assange the USA's public enemy number one. Since it was first...
The Reith Papers
The Reith Papers is the best of those diary entries from the heart of a government that changed Australia. Peter Reith was a senior cabinet minister under John Howard from...
The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money
Praise for THE BIG RIPOFF "Politicians like to say that government is on the side of the little guy. But with impressive documentation and persuasive examples, Tim Carney shows how...
Impeach: The Case Against Donald Trump
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Why impeachment is the only remedy for the dangers posed by President Trump, as explained by celebrated Supreme Court lawyer and former Acting Solicitor General...
Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain
For years Rupert Murdoch's newspapers had been hacking, spying, blagging, bribing and destroying the evidence. They thought they were untouchable. They were wrong.This is the book that exposed the shadow...
Napoleon
A biography of Napoleon, which attempts to explain the history of this great man in personal terms.
The Cold War Experience
This book, published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cold War, is a graphic account of this long-running global drama, which encompassed moments of high tension,...
Islamic Arts
Islamic Arts , a comprehensive survey covering a thousand years, highlights those characteristics that connect the various arts of the Islamic lands without minimizing the differences. The book is divided...
Gorbachev: Heretic in the Kremlin
The book titled Gorbachev: Heretic in the Kremlin by the author Dusko Doder. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation
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The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author provides a shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West. Ahmed Rashid is Pakistan s...
International Relations: Perspectives and Controversies
This innovative presentation of international relations provides introductory students with a foundation of knowledge to help them understand the broader historical context and the multiple perspectives that apply to this...
Essentials of International Relations
Taking a balanced view of major theoretical approaches, including liberalism, Marxism, feminism, and constructivism, Mingst (University of Kentucky) provides analytical tools students need to understand world political affairs at the...
Nelson Mandela: A Force for Freedom
Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered public figures, a man synonymous with the long, bitter struggle to rid South Africa of an apartheid regime and replace it...
Resisting Arrest
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat happens when the law itself becomes the accused? Resisting Arrest by Steven Phillips is a gripping, unflinching examination of the criminal justice system, charting...
Land And Power: British And Allied Policy On Germany's Frontiers 1916-19
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the close of the First World War, the boundaries of a shattered Europe hung in...
Tale Of The Scorpion
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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the heart of Australia's most sensitive intelligence operations stands one man who saw it all — Harvey Barnett, former Director-General of ASIO, whose...
The American Dissent: A Decade Of Modern Conservatism
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt a pivotal moment in American political life, The American Dissent: A Decade of Modern Conservatism presents a rigorous and impassioned intellectual...
From Massacres To Mining: The Colonization Of Aboriginal Australia
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA searing indictment of one of history's most overlooked injustices, From Massacres to Mining: The Colonization of Aboriginal...
Restoration, Revolution, Reaction
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Condition remarks:Book: NewJacket: N/APages: GoodCondition remarks: New in original plastic wrap. "Restoration, Revolution, Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany, 1815-1871" is a work of political and economic history that chronicles...
Freemasonry And The Vatican: A Struggle For Recognition
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, Internally sound. At the intersection of two of history's most secretive and powerful institutions lies a conflict...
Muckraking: Past Present And Future
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Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of conscience and power, Muckraking: Past Present and Future presents a sweeping...
Roots Of British Air Policy
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedAt the crossroads of military strategy and national identity, Roots of British Air Policy presents a rigorous and authoritative examination...
Catherine The Great: Autocrat And Empress Of All Russia
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodShe seized a throne that was never meant to be hers, yet went on to become the most...
The Crimes Of Patriots: A True Tale Of Dope, Dirty Money, And The Cia
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingWhen the men sworn to protect a nation become its greatest criminals, the line between patriotism and corruption dissolves entirely — and...
The Seven Sisters: The Great Oil Companies And The World They Made
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the shadowy halls of global power, seven oil companies quietly shaped the fate of nations, economies,...
Dreyfus: A Family Affair; 1789-1945
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodOne of the most explosive political scandals in modern European history — the wrongful conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus —...
Passport: An Autobiography
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew journalists have witnessed the defining conflicts of the twentieth century with the audacity and access of Wilfred...
Spain: The Vital Years
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew political upheavals of the twentieth century have been as violently contested — in both blood and ink — as the Spanish Civil War,...