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  • Lies and Falsehoods

    The Morrison Government and the New Culture of Deceit

    by Bernard Keane ...
    Series series The Crikey Read
    Lies and Falsehoods: The Morrison Government and The New Culture of Deceit by well-known political journalist Bernard Keane combines Crikey's eye-opening dossier of Scott Morrison's documented lies with Keane's insightful take on why deceivers dominate in the new era of politics. This book is the first in The Crikey Read series by Crikey and Hardie Grant Books.All politicians lie. They twist the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • A Short History of Stupid

    The Decline of Reason and Why Public Debate Makes Us Want to Scream

    Alain de Botton meets Russell Brand in this glorious rant about everything that drives you mad about the modern world.How did everything get so dumb?How did we become hostages to idiocy?What must we do to be freed from a captor whose ransom note simply reads, 'D'oh'?The deteriorating quality of our public debate and the dwindling of common sense in media, politics and culture can drive you to ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mess We're In

    How Our Politics Went to Hell and Dragged Us with It

    by Bernard Keane ...
    'A powerful and occasionally polemical appeal to reason in politics; if you're despairing in search of an antidote to the poison of "alternative facts", here's your book. Like any good political text, there's something here to offend everyone. You'll want to cheer, high-five and occasionally shout your disagreement, but what you won't want to do is put it down.'Former Senator Scott LudlamA tide of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Surveillance

    by Bernard Keane ...
    They are watching you. Every move you make. Gripping fiction with an edge of terrifying truth - a brilliant and timely debut novel.The government is spying on everyone. But who is spying on the government?A ruthless online activist group called Kittehsaurus Rox has hacked into top-secret Cabinet information and gone public with it, creating widespread panic and embarrassing a government that will ... Read more

    $11.79 USD

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  • QAnon and On

    A Short and Shocking History of Internet Conspiracy Cults

    by Van Badham ...
    Shortlisted for the Walkley Book Award 2022In QAnon and On, Guardian columnist Van Badham delves headfirst into the QAnon conspiracy theory, unpicking the why, how and who behind this century’s most dangerous and far-fetched internet cult.From Gamergate to Pizzagate and beyond to QAnon, internet manipulation and disinformation campaigns have grown to a geopolitical scale and spilled into real life ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Power of the Second Question

    Finding Simple Truths for Complex Lives

    by Skellett, Chris ...
    In The Power of the Second Question, popular psychologist and author Chris Skellett clearly shows how you can easily harness the power of your personal reflection to capture the simple truths about your world. Each concise chapter suggests ideas, gives examples and reviews the importance of personal insight and celebrating the aha moments. You are then invited to reflect upon your own wisdom in ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Internal Medicine

    A Doctor's Stories

    by Terrence Holt ...
    Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and BookPage“Illuminates human fragility in tales both lyrical and soul-wrenching.” —Danielle Ofri, New York Times Book ReviewIn this “artful, unfailingly human, and understandable” (Boston Globe) account inspired by his own experiences becoming a doctor, Terrence Holt puts readers on the front lines of the harrowing crucible of a medical ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 60 Political Amnesia

    How We Forgot How To Govern

    by Laura Tingle ...
    Series Book 60 - Quarterly Essay
    Whatever happened to good government? What are the signs of bad government? And can Malcolm Turnbull apply the lessons of the past in a very different world?In this crisp, profound and witty essay, Laura Tingle seeks answers to these questions. She ranges from ancient Rome to the demoralised state of the once-great Australian public service, from the jingoism of the past to the tabloid scandals of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Mr Wigg

    by Inga Simpson ...
    'MR WIGG captivates to the end' Good Reading MagazineIt’s the summer of 1971, not far from the stone-fruit capital of New South Wales, where Mr Wigg lives on what is left of his family farm. Mrs Wigg has been gone a few years now and he thinks about her every day. He misses his daughter, too, and wonders when he'll see her again.He spends his time working in the orchard, cooking and preserving his ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Charlie Anderson's General Theory of Lying

    You will recognise somebody you know in this rollicking Tour De Force. For better or worse, you may even recognize yourself . . .Charlie Anderson is sure of himself. He's sure he's the best consultant in town. He's completely sure his clever wife Anna, in line to be the first female CEO in the Bank's history, is the love of his life and his three smart, happy daughters are the centre of his world. ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 58 Blood Year

    Terror and the Islamic State

    Series Book 58 - Quarterly Essay
    Last year was a “blood year” in the Middle East – massacres and beheadings, fallen cities, collapsed and collapsing states, the unravelling of a decade of Western strategy. We saw the rise of ISIS, the splintering of government in Iraq, and foreign fighters – many from Europe, Australia and Africa – flowing into Syria at a rate ten times that during the height of the Iraq War. What went wrong?In ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • What Are You Waiting For?

    A practical guide to knowing what you want and making it happen … NOW

    Everything you ever wanted to know about cats can be enjoyed in this magnificent compendium of a book. It is a delight from beginning to end to be read with one on your lap. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD