Behind the Lines: The Year in Political Cartoons 2021 by Museum of Australian Democracy
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
A companion to the Behind the Lines political cartoons exhibition developed by the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
Carbon Justice: The scandal of Australia’s biggest contribution to climate change by Jeremy Moss
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A leading political philosopher takes on Australia’s biggest carbon emitters and their moral responsibilities.It’s a shocking fact: the emissions produced annually from the fossil fuels extracted by Australia’s major gas, coal and oil producers — Glencore, BHP Yancoal, Peabody, Whitehaven and Anglo-Amer ...Show more
Chasing Wrongs and Rights: My Experience Defending Human Rights Around the World by Elaine Pearson
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The Australia Director at Human Rights Watch shares her experiences defending human rights – from human trafficking in Nepal to the 'drug war' in the Philippines to treatment of detainees in Papua New Guinea and in Australia – offering an extremely involving personal account of how far we’ve come, and ...Show more
China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikotter
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'A revolutionary book' Sunday Times ... 'A pulsating account' Peter Frankopan .... *A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR* How did the People's Republic of China transform from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today? Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen archiv ...Show more
Climate Change Delusion and the Great Electricity Ripoff by Ian Plimer
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
How did one of the worlds largest exporters of coal, gas and uranium end up with unreliable and expensive energy? Massive subsidies for renewable energy, gaming of the electricity market and government mandates have closed coal-fired generators that previously provided cheap reliable electricity. Five h ...Show more
Contest for the Indo-Pacific: Why China Won't Map the Future by Rory Medcalf
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What we call a part of the world - Asia, Europe, the Middle East - seems innocuous. But the name of a region is totemic- a mental map that guides the decisions of leaders and the story of international order, war and peace. In recent years, the label 'Indo-Pacific' has suddenly gained wide use, includin ...Show more
Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
A masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by "an authority on breaking away from cults...an argument that...bears consideration as the next election cycle heats up" (Kirkus Reviews). Since the 2016 ...Show more
Dallas: 1963: The Road to the Kennedy Assassination by Bill Minutaglio
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs
In November 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. His death remains a defining moment for millions of people but few understand the unstoppable forces that were building in the city long before this dramatic event played out before the world. Dallas 1963 is a riveting account ...Show more
Disloyal - A Memoir - The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump by Michael Cohen
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
This book almost didn't see the light of day as government officials tried to bar its publication.The Inside Story of the Real President Trump, by His Former Attorney And Personal Advisor--The Man Who Helped Get Him Into the Oval OfficeOnce Donald Trump's fiercest surrogate, closest confidant, and staun ...Show more
Drums In The Distance: Journeys Into the Global Far Right by Joe Mulhall
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Few, if any, are better placed to write a book of this breadth and scale than Joe Mulhall. Mark Townsend, Home Affairs editor of the Observer A terrifying and timely look at the spread of far-right movements across the globe Joe Mulhall knows what it's like to stare fascism in the face. For a decade, ...Show more
Exit Strategy: Politics After the Pandemic: Quarterly Essay 82 by George Megalogenis
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In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of social security and concern for the future? Australia faces recession. In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of care and fear, of social security and concern for the future? In this original essay, George Megalogenis explains ...Show more
Fascism - A Warning by Madeleine Albright
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Category: Politics and Current Affairs | Reading Level: very good
The #1 NYT BESTSELLER A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state. "There is priceless wisdom on every page." Kirkus Starred re ...Show more