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  • The Rest is History

    The official book from the makers of the hit podcast

    by Goalhanger Podcasts, Dr Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook ...
    Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys – t****here's a new history book in town.From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past – from Alexander the Great to Tolkien, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook take on the most curious moments in history, answering the questions we ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The Drone Eats With Me

    Diaries From a City Under Fire

    by Atef Abu Saif ...
    On 7 July 2014, in an apparent response to the murder of three teenagers, Israel launched a major offensive against the Gaza Strip, lasting 51 days, killing 2145 Palestinians (578 of them children), injuring over 11,000, and demolishing 17,200 homes.The global outcry at this collective punishment of an already persecuted people was followed by widespread astonishment at the pro-Israeli bias of ... Read more

    $9.63 AUD

  • Brave

    by Rose McGowan ...
    "My life, as you will read, has taken me from one cult to another. BRAVE is the story of how I fought my way out of these cults and reclaimed my life. I want to help you do the same." -Rose McGowanA revealing memoir and empowering manifesto – A voice for generationsRose McGowan was born in one cult and came of age in another, more visible cult: Hollywood.In a strange world where she was ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • Pageboy

    A Memoir: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

    by Elliot Page ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A New York Times Book of the Year and Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2023Shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Awards and Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2023**‘Powerful’ New York Times‘Written by a sensitive soul’ Guardian‘Raw, harrowing, and often heartbreaking’ LA Times‘Eloquent and enthrallin... ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Homage to Catalonia

    by George Orwell ...
    Homage to Catalonia is a bracing personal account of George Orwell’s time fighting for the Republican army in the Spanish Civil War.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by Helen Graham, a leading ... Read more

    $2.99 AUD

  • The Brilliant Boy

    Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Dissent

    by Gideon Haigh ...
    Longlisted for the 2022 Indie Book Awards.Longlisted for the Australian Political Book of the Year Award.Chosen as a ‘Book of the Year’ in The Australian, The Australian Financial Review and The Australian Book Review.In a quiet Sydney street in 1937, a seven year-old immigrant boy drowned in a ditch that had filled with rain after being left unfenced by council workers. How the law should deal ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Winston Churchill

    His Times, His Crimes

    by Tariq Ali ...
    The subject of numerous biographies and history books, Winston Churchill has been repeatedly voted as one of the greatest of Englishmen. Even today, Boris Johnson in his failing attempts to be magisterial, has adopted many of his hero's mannerism! And, as Tariq Ali agrees, Churchill was undoubtedly right in 1940-41 to refuse to capitulate to fascism. However, he was also one of the staunchest ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Maverick Messiah

    A Political Biography of N.T. Rama Rao

    by Ramesh Kandula ...
    'Excellent political biography of NTR. I enjoyed reading it. There is a lot of good stuff here'SANJAYA BARU, author, political commentator'A very objective, lucid, truthful biography'DR JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN, founder, Lok Satta'...fair, even-handed and objective in assessing NTR's political journey'PARAKALA PRABHAKAR, author, political commentator'Found it impossible... ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

  • Shattered

    Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign

    by Jonathan Allen, Amie Parnes ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIt was never supposed to be this close. And of course she was supposed to win. How Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to Donald Trump is the riveting story of a sure thing gone off the rails. For every Comey revelation or hindsight acknowledgment about the electorate, no explanation of defeat can begin with anything other than the core problem of Hillary's campaign- ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • Lady Death

    The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper

    by Lyudmila Mykhailvna Pavlichenko ...
    "Arguably the finest account of sniping during World War II." – Adrian Gilbert, author of Challenge of Battle. "Undoubtedly literature’s most remarkable account of sniper action." – Charles W. Sasser, former US Army Special Forces soldier and author of One Shot–One KillLyudmila Pavlichenko was one of the most successful – and feared – female snipers of all time. When Hitler launched Operation ... Read more

    $9.99 AUD

  • Politics On the Edge

    The instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller from the host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics

    by Rory Stewart ...
    A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics'The most exceptional political memoir I've ever read' ALAN JOHNSON'An instant classic' MARINA HYDE'At last a politician who can write' SEBASTIAN FAULKSThe Times Political Book of the Year and pick... ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • Born to Rule

    The unauthorised biography of Malcolm Turnbull

    by Paddy Manning ...
    Born to Rule is the unauthorised biography that unravels the many layers of the man who has just become the 29th Prime Minister of Australia.The highs and lows of Malcolm Turnbull's remarkable career are documented here in technicolour detail by journalist Paddy Manning. Based on countless interviews and painstaking research, it is a forensic investigation into one of Australia's most celebrated ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • Perkin

    by Ann Wroe ...
    The story of Perkin Warbeck is one of the most compelling mysteries of English history. A young man suddenly emerged claiming to be Richard of York, the younger of the Princes in the Tower. As such, he tormented Henry VII for eight years. He tried three times to invade England and behaved like a prince. Officially, however, he was proclaimed to be Perkin Warbeck, the son of a Flemish boatman. A ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • The Master of Disguise

    My Secret Life in the CIA

    by Antonio J Mendez ...
    From the author of Argo comes an unforgettable behind-the-scenes story of espionage in action. In the first ever memoir by a top-level operative to be authorized by the CIA, Antonio J. Mendez reveals the cunning tricks and insights that helped save hundreds from deadly situations.Adept at creating new identities for anyone, anywhere, Mendez was involved in operations all over the world, from "Wild ... Read more

    $3.99 AUD

  • Vladimir Lenin

    The Russian Revolution

    by 50minutes ...
    Series series History
    Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Vladimir Lenin in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Vladimir Lenin. Having seen his brother executed for a political conspiracy and expelled from university under similar suspicions, Lenin grew up in an environment in which the Russian tsars had an uncomfortable ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Meeting Churchill

    A Life in 90 Encounters

    by Sinclair McKay ...
    This insightful portrait of Winston Churchill delves beyond well-known political moments, incorporating perspectives from various individuals who encountered him throughout his life.From Bletchley Park codebreakers and Hollywood stars such as Charlie Chaplin, through writers as varied as H. G. Wells and P. G. Wodehouse, to the likes of Harold Wilson, Mahatma Gandhi and Queen Elizabeth II, these ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Hons and Rebels

    The Mitford Family Memoir

    by Jessica Mitford ...
    Series series W&N Essentials
    'This book is just about my favourite book of all time ... I'm not entirely convinced I could like somebody who didn't like this book ... it's funny and moving and gives you an insight into this extraordinary moment as the war is about to begin ... it's so vivid, and what's more, it's incredibly current' Robert Rinder, BBC Radio 4'Wonderfully funny and very poignant' Philip Toynbee'More than an ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Henry Kissinger and American Power

    A Political Biography

    by Thomas A. Schwartz ...
    [Henry Kissinger and American Power] effectively separates the man from the myths." —The Christian Science Monitor | Best books of August 2020The definitive biography of Henry Kissinger—at least for those who neither revere nor revile himOver the past six decades, Henry Kissinger has been America’s most consistently praised—and reviled—public figure. He was hailed as a “miracle worker” for his ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD

  • Bibi

    My Story

    by Benjamin Netanyahu ...
    In Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s “compelling” (The Economist) and “fascinating” (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling autobiography, the prime minister of Israel tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment to defending his country and securing its future.From their earliest days, Bibi and his close-knit brothers, Yoni and Iddo, were instilled ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD

  • General's Son

    Journey of an Israeli in Palestine

    by Miko Peled ...
    A powerful account, by Israeli peace activist Miko Peled, of his transformation from a young man who'd grown up in the heart of Israel's elite and served proudly in its military into a fearless advocate of nonviolent struggle and equal rights for all Palestinians and Israelis. His journey is mirrored in many ways the transformation his father, a much-decorated Israeli general, had undergone three ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Power Play

    Breaking Through Bias, Barriers and Boys' Clubs

    by Julia Banks ...
    Power Play is an honest guide for women who aspire to leadership in the workplace and in the world, from the trailblazing Julia Banks.Having won the ‘unwinnable’ seat that secured the Coalition Government majority in 2016, Julia Banks shocked Australia when she announced she would stand as an independent MP in 2018, having experienced a toxic workplace culture in the country’s centre of power – ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • Finding Poland

    by Matthew Kelly ...
    Following the partitioning of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939, Matthew Kelly's great grandmother and her two daughters were deported to the East. Thus began an extraordinary ordeal that took them, and many thousands like them, on a journey stretching from Siberia to Pakistan, and beyond. Their male relatives endured a parallel journey; arrested, exiled, and held as prisoners of war. ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The Enigmatic Mr Deakin

    by Judith Brett ...
    Alfred Deakin—scholar, spiritualist, prime minister—was instrumental in creating modern Australia. In the first biography of Deakin in more than half a century, the acclaimed political historian Judith Brett deftly weaves together his public, private and family lives. She brings out from behind the image of a worthy, bearded father of federation the principled and passionate, gifted and eccentric ... Read more

    $31.99 AUD

  • Frank & Marilyn

    The Lives, the Loves, and the Fascinating Relationship of Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe

    by Edward Z. Epstein ...
    Frank Sinatra! Marilyn Monroe! Never before teamed in a book, yet theirs was a seven-year friendship and on-and-off intimate relationship shrouded in secrecy and fraught with danger.Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe—here is the first book to bring these two all-American icons together. Their friendship and on-and-off intimate relationship, kept secret because of powerful others in their lives, ... Read more

    $23.76 AUD