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  • New Flags Flying

    Pacific Leadership

    by Ian Johnstone, Michael Powles ...
    From 1960 to 1990, islands across the Pacific gained independence or self-government. In the years following this, Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles interviewed the Pacific people in key leadership positions in the lead-up to and achievement of independence, many of whom became well-known in the Pacific and more widely. This book presents a nation-by-nation history of this change from being ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A Short History of New Zealand

    by Gordon McLauchlan ...
    A new edition of the bestselling short history on New Zealand, updated to include the Helen Clark years, the rise of John Key, the Christchurch earthquakes and the 2011 Rugby World Cup! A lively and accessible history written by one of New Zealands most well-known commentators on matters past and present. Succinct and well referenced, this book is the most accessible introduction to New Zealand ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Crossing the Line

    Australia’s Secret History in the Timor Sea

    by Kim McGrath ...
    Series Book 12 - Redback
    For fifty years, Australia has schemed to deny East Timor billions of dollars of oil and gas wealth.With explosive new research and access to never-before-seen documents, Kim McGrath tells the story of Australia’s secret agenda in the Timor Sea, exposing the ruthlessness of successive governments. Australia did nothing to stop Indonesia’s devastating occupation of East Timor, when – on our ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The law of the sea

    Fourth edition

    by Robin Churchill, Vaughan Lowe, Amy Sander ...
    Series series Melland Schill Studies in International Law
    For nearly forty years, The law of the sea has been regarded as an authoritative and standard work on the subject, combining detailed analysis and relevant, practical examples with a clear and engaging style. Completely revised and updated, this new edition will be a vital resource for anyone with an interest in maritime affairs.The book provides a rigorous analysis of the 1982 UN Convention on ... Read more

    $59.09 USD

  • Lion City

    Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia

    by Jeevan Vasagar ...
    A compelling, illuminating and evocative history of Singapore—the world's most successful city-state.In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The International Law of the Sea

    by Tim Stephens, Professor Donald R Rothwell ...
    The law of the sea provides for the regulation, management and governance of the ocean spaces that cover over two-thirds of the Earth's surface. This book provides a fresh explanation of the foundational principles of the law of the sea, a critical overview of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, and an analysis of subsequent developments including the many bilateral, regional ... Read more

    $40.89 USD

  • Our Sphere of Influence

    Rivalry in the Pacific; Australian Foreign Affairs 6

    Edited by Jonathan Pearlman ...
    Series Book 6 - Australian Foreign Affairs
    Australian Foreign Affairs is published three times a year and seeks to explore – and encourage – debate on Australia’s place in the world and global outlook."The uncomfortable reality is that preserving an exclusive sphere of influence in the South Pacific is not going to be possible against a regional power that is far stronger than any we have ever confronted, or even contemplated." HUGH ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Ivory

    Power and Poaching in Africa

    by Keith Somerville ...
    Half of Tanzania's elephants have been killed for their ivory since 2007. A similar alarming story can be told of the herds in northern Mozambique and across swathes of central Africa, with forest elephants losing almost two-thirds of their numbers to the tusk trade. The huge rise in poaching and ivory smuggling in the new millennium has destroyed the hope that the 1989 ivory trade ban had capped ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Tides that Bind

    Australia in the Pacific

    by Richard Marles ...
    Series series In The National Interest
    As the many nations of the Pacific deal with the threat of climate change, including rising sea levels and lessening access to fresh water, they are also suffering from some of the slowest rates of development of any region on earth. Now more than ever, the Pacific needs a champion, and that champion needs to be Australia. The Pacific is where our foreign policy starts, yet for too long we have ... Read more

    $5.89 USD

  • Thailand Transformed: 1950-2012

    "Is Thailand the Test Case?"

    by Culver S. Ladd ...
    Is Thailand the Test Case for Asian Development? That is the issue that caught my imagination and attracted me to teach and research in Thailand in 1964 and it has caught my constant attention over the years to the processes that were applied to help that nation develop. the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) financing of the Bhumipol (Yanhee) Dam at Tak in ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Icy Battleground

    Canada the IFAW and the Seal Hunt

    by Donald Barry ...
    Icy Battleground is the first comprehensive account of the forty-year political controversy over the seal hunt. With a foreword by the Honourable John C. Crosbie, it traces the rise of the anti-sealing protests, the emergence of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, its vigorous and unrelenting campaign to end commercial sealing, and its strategies in mobilising pressure in Canada and abroad. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Quarterly Essay 8 Groundswell

    The Rise of the Greens

    by Amanda Lohrey ...
    Series Book 8 - Quarterly Essay
    Who are the Greens, where do they come from and where are they going? In the wake of the Cunningham by-election and the Tasmanian results Amanda Lohrey, novelist and political thinker, looks at the philosophical background of the Greens, the history of the campaigns to save the wilderness and the election figures that suggest the Greens are making powerful advances towards becoming the major ... Read more

    $5.99 USD