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  • Red, White and Blown

    Is the United States of America a Cult?

    by Guy Rundle ...
    Series series The Crikey Read
    From renowned journalist Guy Rundle, Red, White and Blown is a piercing and provocative investigation into the United States' resolute failure to reckon with its own divisions and blind spots. Interrogating the political events of the 2022 midterm elections as well as their cultural and historical backdrop, this latest book from the Crikey Reads series asks us to frankly consider the US for what ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Down to the Crossroads

    by Guy Rundle ...
    If the past is a foreign country, 2008 is another planet.Who imagined the United States electing its first black president? Who imagined the scale of the global economic crisis? Who imagined Sarah Palin?Guy Rundle was on the ground throughout the momentous election, trailing its unlikely cast of candidates from Washington to Wasilla - the steely former First Lady and the backwater hockey mom, the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Clivosaurus

    The Politics of Clive Palmer: Quarterly Essay 56

    by Guy Rundle ...
    Series Book 56 - Quarterly Essay
    In Clivosaurus, Guy Rundle observes Palmer close up, examining his rise to prominence, his beliefs, his deals and his politics – not to mention his poetry. Rundle shows that neither the government nor the media have been able to take Palmer's measure.Who is Clive Palmer, and what does his ascent say about Australia's creaking political system?In Clivosaurus, Guy Rundle observes Palmer close up, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 3 The Opportunist

    John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction

    by Guy Rundle ...
    Series Book 3 - Quarterly Essay
    In the third Quarterly Essay, Guy Rundle comes to grips with John Howard, the prime minister who, on the eve of an election, seems to have turned round his political fortunes by spurning refugees and writing blank cheques for America's War on Terror.This is a brilliant account of John Howard's dominant ideas, his concerted 'dreaming' with its emphasis on unity and national identity that reveals ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Opportunist

    John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction

    by Guy Rundle ...
    Narrated by Peter Byrne ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - Quarterly Essay

    Unabridged

    2 hours 38 min

    In the third Quarterly Essay, Guy Rundle comes to grips with John Howard, the prime minister who, on the eve of an election, seems to have turned round his political fortunes by spurning refugees and writing blank cheques for America's War on Terror. This is a brilliant account of John Howard's dominant ideas, his concerted 'dreaming' with its emphasis on unity and national identity that reveals ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution; Quarterly Essay 53

    by Paul Toohey ...
    Series Book 53 - Quarterly Essay
    Paul Toohey searches for the solution our politicians have been unwilling or unable to find, and asks whether, amid the diplomatic turmoil, we’ve now missed our chance.Tony Abbott promised to stop the boats. With the help of Kevin Rudd's 'PNG solution,' he has. But at what cost?In Quarterly Essay 53, Paul Toohey tells the dramatic stories of asylum seekers heading from Java to Australia, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 47 Political Animal

    The Making of Tony Abbott

    by David Marr ...
    Series Book 47 - Quarterly Essay
    Tony Abbott is the most successful Opposition leader of the last forty years, but he has never been popular. Now Australians want to know: what kind of man is he, and how would he perform as prime minister?In this dramatic portrait, David Marr shows that as a young Catholic warrior at university, Abbott was already a brutally effective politician. He later led the way in defeating the republic and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 46 Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation

    Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation

    by Laura Tingle ...
    Series Book 46 - Quarterly Essay
    Rather than relaxed and comfortable, Australians are disenchanted with politics and politicians. In Quarterly Essay 46 Laura Tingle shows that the reason for this goes to something deep in Australian culture: our great expectations of government. Since the deregulation era of the 1980s, Tingle finds, governments can do less, but we wish they could do more. From Hawke to Gillard, each prime ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Stop at Nothing

    The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull; Quarterly Essay 34

    by Annabel Crabb ...
    Series Book 34 - Quarterly Essay
    What does Malcolm Turnbull stand for? In Stop at Nothing Annabel Crabb tells the story of the man who would be prime minister.Based on extensive interviews with Turnbull as well as those who have worked with him, this is an essay full of revelations. Crabb delves into young Malcolm's university exploits - which included co-authoring a musical with Bob Ellis - and his remarkable relationship with ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 51 The Prince

    Faith, Abuse and George Pell

    by David Marr ...
    Series Book 51 - Quarterly Essay
    The leading Catholic in the nation and spiritual adviser to Tony Abbott, Cardinal George Pell has played a key role in the greatest challenge to face his church for centuries: the scandal of child sex abuse by priests.In The Prince, David Marr investigates the man and his career: how did he rise through the ranks? What does he stand for? How does he wield his authority? How much has he shaped his ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 18 Worried Well

    The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows

    by Gail Bell ...
    Series Book 18 - Quarterly Essay
    In The Worried Well, Gail Bell investigates Australia’s depression epidemic. Why, she wonders, do well over a million Australians now take antidepressant drugs?This is a fresh, frank and independent look at the depression culture and the move to medicalise sadness. Bell examines how the prescription culture operates, scrutinising the role of big drug companies and GPs and talking to those who take ... Read more

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  • The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely

    Australia's Prime Ministers: From Barton to Albanese

    From Barton to AlbaneseUpdated editionSince 1901, thirty-one different leaders have run the national show. Whether their term was eight days or eighteen years, each prime minister has a story worth sharing.Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression. John Curtin faced the ultimate ... Read more

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