The Sins of the Sheikh: Abduction, Intimidation and Intrigue Inside the Royal House of Dubai by Tom Steinfort
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The Sins of the Sheikh tells the dark story of abduction, cover-ups, brutality and intimidation within the mysterious royal family of Dubai, ruled by the iron fist of its patriarch, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.Dubai is feted internationally as a beacon of modernity- glittering skyscrapers, a c ...Show more
The Snapshot Killer: The shocking true story of serial killer Christopher Wilder - from Sydney's beaches to America's Most Wanted by Duncan McNab
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Christopher Wilder was about as bad as they get. A serial killer and predator, he first came to the attention of police in Sydney when as a teenager in 1963 he was charged with rape. As a young adult he relocated to Florida, USA.Wilder plied his vile and deadly trade on two continents and did so undetec ...Show more
Love Around the World by Fleur Pierets; Beatrice Cerocchi (Illustrator); Fatinha Ramos (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Love Around the World Ser.
Fleur and Julian are two women very much in love. When they decide to get married, however, they discover that in most countries, a man cannot marry a man and a woman cannot marry a woman. In fact, out of 195 countries in the world, they can only marry in 26 of them. Fleur and Julian want to make other ...Show more
The Book of Gutsy Women by Hilary and Chelsea Clinton
$45.00 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
She couldn't have been more than seven or eight years old. "Go ahead, ask your question," her father urged, nudging her forward. She smiled shyly and said, "You're my hero. Who's yours?" Many people--especially girls--have asked us that same question over the years. It's one of our favorite topics. HIL ...Show more
Uncharted: How to Map the Future by Margaret Heffernan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
'An urgent read...Karl Popper for the 21st century' Robert Phillips, former CEO, Edelman EMEA and author of Trust me, PR is DeadHow can we think about the future? What do we need to do - and who do we need to be?In her bold and invigorating new book, distinguished businesswoman and author Margaret Heff ...Show more
Butler to the World: How Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals by Oliver Bullough
$39.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
'A savage analysis of Britain's soul. As essential as Orwell at his best' - Peter Pomerantsev 'Horribly brilliant' -James O'Brien The Suez Crisis of 1956 was Britain's twentieth-century nadir, the moment when the once superpower was bullied into retreat. In the immortal words of former US Secretary of ...Show more
The Jakarta Method - Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins
$39.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- backed by the United States. In 1965, the U.S. government helped the Indonesian military kill approximately one million innocent civilians. This was one of the most important turning points of the twentieth ...Show more
When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People: How Philosophy Can Save Us from Ourselves by Steven Nadler, Lawrence Shapiro
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today's epidemic of irrationality There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today. An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. They believe that vaccinations cause autism. They reject the scientific consensus on ...Show more
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness by Michelle Alexander
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
Once in a great while a book comes along that radically changes our understanding of a crucial political issue and helps to fuel a social movement. The New Jim Crowis such a book. Lawyer and activist Michelle Alexander offers a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, ...Show more
A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction
A "powerful and indispensable" look at the devastating consequences of environmental racism (Gerald Markowitz) and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities -- featuring a new preface on COVID-19 risk factors.Did you know...- Middle-class African American households with inc ...Show more
LGBTQ+ Rights (Civil Rights Stories) by Louise Spilsbury
$24.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Civil Rights Stories
This book explains civil rights, and the reasons why LGBTQ+ people have had to fight for equal rights, in an accessible way for younger readers. LGBTQ+ movements through history are explored chronologically. A selection of key civil rights moments and movements are broken down into short blocks of text ...Show more
The Prince (Leather Bound) by MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO
$22.99 AUD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions
"[I]t is safer to be feared than loved." These words embody the spirit of The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli's classic work of political philosophy. Machiavelli's advice for how a ruler should acquire and ruthlessly exercise power over others continues to be relevant to contemporary readers more than five ...Show more