Towards Reproductive Justice by Ronli Sifris
Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
In June 2022, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision that overturned Roe v Wade, declaring that the American Constitution did not protect the right to abortion. Several US states immediately banned abortion, while others were quick to enact restrictive regulation. This decision sent shoc ...Show more
The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire by Tim Schwab
Category: Current Affairs
A critical look at how Bill Gates uses his wealth and power through the Gates Foundation to advance his own agenda and erode democratic institutions in the process. From greedy to generous, from cold to kind-hearted, from rogue to hero, Bill Gates is an extraordinarily complex public figure. Yet over th ...Show more
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein
Category: Current Affairs
Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israel's occupation-enforcing technologies. For more than 50 years, the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has given the Israeli state invaluable experience in controlling an 'enemy' p ...Show more
Powering Up: Unleashing the Clean Energy Supply Chain by Alan Finkel
Category: Current Affairs
Former chief scientist Alan Finkel shares his compelling insights and expertise and makes the case for Australia leading the way in the global transition to clean energy. The clean energy transition is humanity's biggest ever economic challenge. In Powering Up, former Australian chief scientist Alan F ...Show more
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller
Category: Current Affairs
The Financial Times Business Book of the Year, this epic account of the decades-long battle to control one of the world's most critical resources--microchip technology--with the United States and China increasingly in fierce competition is "pulse quickening...a nonfiction thriller" (The New York Times). ...Show more
Keanu Reeves Is Not in Love with You - The Murky World of Online Romance by Becky Holmes
Category: Current Affairs
One woman's hilarious and fascinating quest to expose the truth behind fraudulent Twitter profiles: romance scammers beware, you have met your match! Online romance fraud is a problem across the globe. It causes financial and emotional devastation, yet many people refuse to take it seriously. This is t ...Show more
21st-Century Virtues: How They Are Failing Our Democracy by Lucinda Holdforth
Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Authenticity. Vulnerability. Humility. Transparency. These are some of the 21st-century virtues proselytised by mindset gurus, paraded (if not practised) by big corporations, and lauded by professionals on LinkedIn. The quest for authenticity, for example, is central to progressive campaigns for greater ...Show more
Time to Reboot : Feminism in the Algorithm Age by Carla Wilshire
Category: Current Affairs | Series: In the National Interest Ser.
Technology is radically transforming society. From social media to artificial intelligence, our world is now governed by algorithms, powerful tools that not only predict human behaviour but affect how we look at each other, and ourselves. At the same time, we are seeing hard-fought-for women’s rights be ...Show more
History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World by DK
Category: Current Affairs
Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the war of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover history's most decisive moments as and when they happen ...Show more
The Teal Revolution: Inside the Movement Changing Australian Politics by Margot Saville
Category: Current Affairs | Series: The\Crikey Read Ser.
The Teal Revolution is essential reading on the unprecedented Teal wave of the 2022 election, a movement with the potential to change Australian politics. From experienced political journalist Margot Saville, this is the fourth book in The Crikey Read series by Crikey and Hardie Grant Books. In the 2 ...Show more
Australia's Looming Energy Crisis: Can We Keep the Lights On? by Alan G. Lawrenson
Category: Current Affairs
The book is about Australias looming energy crisis. It looks at energy sources including coal, gas, hydro and pumped hydro, solar and onshore and offshore wind as well as long term energy storage. It reviews the critical minerals that Australia needs. The book is a detailed analysis of Australias loomin ...Show more
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
Category: Current Affairs
The world-famous #1 bestselling economist explains how capitalism has been usurped by a technologically enhanced form of feudalism. No one noticed when capitalism died. Perhaps we were too distracted by the implosion of global finance, or the rise of populism, or the demise of the planet - or all of th ...Show more