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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Price: $24.95 Author: Barack Obama

Barack Obama sets out his vision for his country and identiies the key elements required to lead all Americans back to notions espoused by the founding fathers.

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Advance Australia Where?
Price: $35.00 Author: Hugh Mackay

As always, Hugh Mackay brings his quiet, insightful analysis to the current Australian social environment. He sees encouraging signs in our abilty to accept change even though we express sentiments of loss of power and isolation. Renowned for his social f

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The Crikey Guide to the 2007 Federal Election
Price: $19.95 Author: Christian Kerr

With a foreward by Andrew Denton, this book not only gives the reader a timeline of federal politics and a ready reference to figures of speech on Capital Hill, it also challenges us to be more than mere spectators in the sport that is politics in general

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People in Glass Houses
Price: $29.95 Author: Tanya Levin

The author grew up in a church that became Hillsong; arguably the best example of an influential religious corporation. This book is written from two perspectives - being a part of such an organisation and, then, finding a life outside the church.

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The Age of Turbulence
Price: $59.95 Author: Alan Greenspan

Greenspan is, to this point in time, the most influential person to have been working in the command room of the global economy. He shares his personal story as well as recording these extraordinary years in a world post 9/11.

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Conviction of the Innocent
Price: $32.95 Author: Chester Porter QC

Chester Porter QC believes in full resourcing of our forensic laboratories to ensure that the aim is for accurate results rather than convictions. This book introduces us to Porter as he articulates his argument.

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Globalisation, Democracy, and Terrorism
Price: $65.00 Author: Eric Hobsbawm

Hobsbawm uses the essay format to examine every aspect of these critical issues.

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Have a Nice Doomsday
Price: $35.00 Author: Nicholas Guyatt

We are presented with a humorous but ultimately unsettling account of the 50 million Americans who believe the end is nigh, and who are spending their 'last' days influencing the White House on a range of critical subjects.

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Sick to Death
Price: $29.95 Author: Hedley Thomas

They called him Dr Death. A 15-year-old boy's leg had to be amputated as a result of his poor judgement. He botched a procedure on a young man, leaving him with a 30cm surgical clamp embedded in his abdomen. Undeterred by the atrocities he was causing, Dr

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King Brown Country
Price: $24.95 Author: Russell Skelton

What has gone wrong with indigenous policy in Australia over the past 30 years? In the 1970s indigenous Australians were given equal pay, access to the nation's welfare net, and greater freedom than ever before to run their own affairs. But, for so many r

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Dumbing Down
Price: $24.95 Author: Dr Kevin Donnelly

Donnelly argues that the culture wars have bred a generation of under-educated Australians. He provides a blueprint for the future: a system based on a liberal/humanist approach, one where the focus is on learning in a balanced and impartial way and where

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Silencing Dissent
Price: $24.95 Author: Clive Hamilton & Sarah Maddison

An analysis of the tactics used by the Howard government to silence independent experts and commentators as well as public servants and organisations which criticise its policies. Hamilton is the author of Growth Fetish and Affluenza.

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Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
Price: $45.00 Author: Jimmy Carter

The crowning achievement of Carter's presidency was the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt. In this book, he has returned to the Middle East and to the question of Israel's peace with its neighbours - in particular, how Israeli sovereignty can co

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Bad Dreaming
Price: $17.95 Author: Louis Nowra

In this NOW Australia, Nowra goes behind the headlines and reveals the endemic male Aboriginal sexual and domestic violence against women and children. He tries to answer the question of whether this violence is traditional or a product of 200 years of wh

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A Game As Old As Empire
Price: $45.00 Author: Steven Hiatt et al

This is the first follow-on book to a publishing sensation Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. This one goes even further.

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