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Discrimination & Race Relations eBooks

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  • Poor

    Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief

    by Katriona O'Sullivan ...
    'One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty . . . one of the most remarkable people you will ever meet' Guardian'An amazing story . . . moving, uplifting, brave, heroic, shocking at times' Nuala McGovern, Woman's Hour, BBC'They should put it on the leaving cert . . . an extraordinary book' Brendan O'Connor, RTÉ Radio One'[Poor] is absolutely brilliant. I... ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Finding the Heart of the Nation 2nd edition

    The Journey of the Uluru Statement from the Heart Continues

    by Thomas Mayo ...
    In this updated edition of the bestselling book, Finding the Heart of the Nation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander author Thomas Mayo gets behind the politics and legal speak to explain why the Uluru Statement from the Heart is an invitation to all Australians.Australia is set to vote on a referendum to enshrine a First Nations voice in the constitution as a result of the 2022 federal ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • Jews Don’t Count

    by David Baddiel ...
    How identity politics failed one particular identity.‘a must read and if you think YOU don’t need to read it, that’s just the clue to know you do.’ SARAH SILVERMAN‘a masterpiece.’STEPHEN FRYJews Don’t Count is a book for people who consider themselves on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight against homophobia, disablism, transphobia and, particularly, racism. People, possibly, ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The Fire Next Time

    by James Baldwin ...
    series Penguin Modern Classics
    'A seminal meditation on race by one of our greatest writers' Barack Obama'We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation'James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the emerging civil rights movement. Told in the form of two intensely ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • The Sweetness of Water

    Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize

    by Nathan Harris ...
    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEA TIMES BEST PAPERBACK 2022, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 2021, OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK AND BARACK OBAMA SELECTION'A fine, lyrical novel, impressive in its complex interweaving of the grand and the intimate, of the personal and political' Observer**Landry and Prentiss are two brothers born into slavery, finally freed as ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Such a Fun Age

    'The book of the year' Independent

    by Kiley Reid ...
    _______________'Essential. This year's hit debut' - Guardian'A biting tale of race and class' - Sunday Times'I couldn't put this down' - Jojo Moyes_______________The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellerLonglisted for the Booker PrizeA Times, Guardian<... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Burn It Down

    Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood

    by Maureen Ryan ...
    In this spectacular, newsmaking exposé that has the entertainment industry abuzz and on its heels, Vanity Fair's Maureen Ryan blows the lid on patterns of harassment and bias in Hollywood, the grassroots reforms under way, and the labor and activist revolutions that recent scandals have ignited.It is never just One Bad Man.Abuse and exploitation of workers is baked into the very foundations of the ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD

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  • Man-Made

    How the bias of the past is being built into the future

    by Tracey Spicer ...
    Walkley Award-winning journalist Tracey Spicer exposes the next frontier of feminism. Man-Made aims to open readers’ eyes to a transformative technological shift in society and give them the tools to make positive change.`Mum, I want a robot slave.’Broadcaster Tracey Spicer had an epiphany when her young son uttered these six words. Suddenly, her life’s work fighting inequality seemed futile. What ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Talking To My Country

    by Stan Grant ...
    The acclaimed national bestseller - moving, passionate, deeply felt and powerful.In July 2015, as the debate over Adam Goodes being booed at AFL games raged and got ever more heated and ugly, Stan Grant wrote a short but powerful piece for The Guardian that went viral, not only in Australia but right around the world, shared over 100,000 times on social media. His was a personal, passionate and ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tears of Strangers

    The extraordinary powerful family story that reckons with the legacy of Australia's history from award-winning journalist and author of Talking To My Country

    by Stan Grant ...
    A family memoir charting the political and social changes of Aborigines over the past 40 years.Stan Grant was born in 1963 into the Wiradjuri people -- a tribe of warriors who occupied the vast territory of central and southwestern New South Wales. For 100 years the Wiradjuri waged a war against European invasion and settlement. This war has largely been ignored by historians and politicians but ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD $14.99 AUD

  • Big Love

    Reclaiming myself, my people, my country

    by Brooke Blurton ...
    A raw, moving and uplifting memoir about courage, resilience and the transformative power of love, from one of Australia's most captivating personalities'Powerful, heartbreaking and beautiful ... a story of incredible triumph fuelled by love and compassion' Osher Gunsberg'Brooke Blurton is an icon for people of all generations and backgrounds. I love seeing her star shine.' Clementine FordMy story ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The Fatal Shore

    by Robert Hughes ...
    An award-winning epic on the birth of AustraliaIn 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonise Australia.Documenting the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia, The Fatal Shore is the definitive, ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • The Stoning of Soraya M.

    A Story of Injustice in Iran

    by Freidoune Sahebjam ...
    Translated by Richard Seaver ...
    Soraya M.’s husband, Ghorban-Ali, couldn’t afford to marry another woman. Rather than returning Soraya’s dowry, as custom required before taking a second wife, he plotted with four friends and a counterfeit mullah to dispose of her. Together, they accused Soraya of adultery. Her only crime was cooking for a friend’s widowed husband. Exhausted by a lifetime of abuse and hardship, Soraya said ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Other Black Girl

    'Get Out meets The Devil Wears Prada' Cosmopolitan

    by Zakiya Dalila Harris ...
    * THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION ***'One of the biggest reads of the summer, and for good reason'**INDEPENDENT'Enormously fun . . . A joyous thrill ride of a book' VOX'Candice Carty-Williams' Queenie crossed with Jordan Peele's Get Out . . . ... ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD

  • The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

    by Jonas Jonasson ...
    SUNDAY TIMES NO 1 FICTION BESTSELLERFROM THE AUTHOR OF THE HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEAREDJust because the world ignores you, doesn’t mean you can’t save it . . .Nombeko Mayeki was never meant to be a hero. Born in a Soweto shack, she seemed destined for a short, hard life. But now she is on the run from the world ‘s most ruthless secret service, with three ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • The Invention of Wings

    by Sue Monk Kidd ...
    The No. 1 New York Times bestseller. A powerful and extraordinary novel about the unlikely friendship between two exceptional women during the last years of slavery in the US. From the celebrated author of the multi-million-copy-bestselling novel The Secret Life of Bees.'Fascinating... A splendid tribute to a pair of true heroines' The Times'Wonderful - well-written, moving and engaging by turns, ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD

  • Twelve Years a Slave

    (12 Years a Slave)

    by Solomon Northup ...
    This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy Award-winning film 12 Years a Slave. This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in New York. He lived the American dream, with a house and a loving family - a wife and two kids. Then one day he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the deep south. These are the true accounts of his twelve hard ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD

  • 12 Years a Slave

    by Solomon Northup ...
    This unforgettable memoir was the basis for the Academy Award nominated film 12 Years a Slave. This is the true story of Solomon Northup, who was born and raised as a freeman in New York. He lived the American dream, with a house and a loving family - a wife and two kids. Then one day he was drugged, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the deep south. These are the true accounts of his twelve hard ... Read more

    $1.99 AUD

  • Australia Day

    by Stan Grant ...
    'As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can really look away.'Since publishing his critically acclaimed, Walkley Award-winning, bestselling memoir Talking to My Country in early 2016, Stan Grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the Australian dream. But Stan ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race

    The Sunday Times Bestseller

    by Reni Eddo-Lodge ...
    'Every voice raised against racism chips away at its power. We can't afford to stay silent. This book is an attempt to speak'*Updated edition featuring a new afterword*The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Mornings in Jenin

    by Susan Abulhawa ...
    A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel: a Kite Runner for Palestine'One of the most thought-provoking books I've read ... written with passion and honesty, and poetry' Daily Mail'The writer's pain - and the beauty of her prose - are very real' TelegraphPalestine, 1948. Half a million Palestinians are forced from their homes. A mother clutches her six-month-old son as Israeli soldiers ... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • White Fragility

    Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

    by Robin DiAngelo ...
    **The International Bestseller'With clarity and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to "bad people." In doing so, she moves our national discussions forward. This is a necessary book for all people invested in societal change' Claudia Rankine**Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Superior: The Return of Race Science

    by Angela Saini ...
    Financial Times Book of the YearTelegraph Top 50 Books of the YearGuardian Book of the YearNew Statesman Book of the Year‘Roundly debunks racism’s core lie – that inequality is to do with genetics, rather than political power’ Reni Eddo-LodgeFor millennia, dominant societies have had the habit of believing their own people to ... ... Read more

    $0.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting The Story

    by Angela Saini ...
    ‘Inferior is more than just a book. It’s a battle cry – and right now, it’s having a galvanising effect on its core fanbase’ ObserverAre women more nurturing than men?Are men more promiscuous than women?Are males the naturally dominant sex?And can science give us an impartial answer to these questions?Taking us on an eye-opening journey through science, Inferior challenges o... ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD