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Dirty Money: The True Cost of Australia's Mineral Boom

Matthew Benns

Economics & Business; Mining industry; Pollution & threats to the environment; Social impact of environmental issues

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They put the boys into the Anvil mining truck. They came for my dad. I asked them 'where are you taking him?' and they didn't... [more]

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Broadcast Wars: The Money, the Ego, the Power Behind Your Remote Control...

Michael Bodey

21st century history: from c 2000 -; Society & Social Sciences; TV & society; Radio & television industry

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BROADCAST WARS is an explosive look at a tumultuous period (2003-2011) in Australian television as the Nine and Seven networks... [more]

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Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography

Walter Isaacson

Biography; Biography: business & industry; Information technology industries

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From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. In Steve Jobs: The Exclusive... [more]

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Rich Land, Wasteland

Sharyn (Sharyn Therese) Munro

History; Mining industry; Pollution & threats to the environment; Social impact of environmental issues

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For nearly a year Sharyn Munro travelled through rural Australia, visiting the communities in coal-mining areas. She found... [more]

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Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain

Martin Hickman, Tom Watson

Society & Social Sciences; Political corruption; Media, information & communication industries

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Rupert Murdoch's newspapers had been hacking phones, blagging information and casually destroying people's lives for years,... [more]

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It's OK! I'm from the Daily Mail: Tales of a Foreign Correspondent

Richard Shears

Biography; Memoirs; Press & journalism

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Richard Shears, a foreign correspondent with the UK Daily Mail, has covered stories all over the world - from Yellowknife... [more]

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Rupert Murdoch: An Investigation of Political Power

David McKnight

Biography; Media studies; Press & journalism

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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is the most powerful media organisation in the world. Murdoch's commercial success is obvious,... [more]

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Alan 'the Red Fox' Reid: Pressman Par Excellence

Ross Fitzgerald, Stephen Holt

Biography; Biography: general; Politics & government; Press & journalism

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Arguably Australia's most influential political journalist, Alan 'the red fox' Reid covered Australian politics from the 1930s... [more]

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Asbestos House: The Secret History of James Hardie Industries

Gideon Haigh

History; History: specific events & topics; Construction & heavy industry; Occupational & industrial health & safety

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Founded in 1888, James Hardie Industries is one of Australia's oldest, richest and proudest corporations. And its fortunes... [more]

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Digital Wars: Apple, Google, Microsoft and the Battle for the Internet

Charles Arthur

Society & Social Sciences; Internet & WWW industries; Ethical & social aspects of computing

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Which of Apple, Google and Microsoft had an office with a drawer of broken dreams - and what (real) objects lay inside it?... [more]

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Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next

Greg Lindsay, John Kasarda

Society & Social Sciences; Urban communities; Airports; Urban & municipal planning

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Throw out your old atlas. The new version is here . (Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air ). From Dubai to Amsterdam, Memphis... [more]

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Steve Jobs the Man Who Thought Different

Karen Blumenthal

Biography: business & industry; Information technology industries; Children's & Educational

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Inventor. Visionary. Genius. Dropout. Adopted. Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple and he was all of these things. Steve Jobs... [more]

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Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know

Ray Hilborn

Fisheries & related industries; Mathematics & Sciences; Management of land & natural resources; Sustainability

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Over the past twenty years considerable public attention has been focused on the decline of marine fisheries, the sustainability... [more]

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Helena Rubinstein: The Woman Who Invented Beauty

Michele Fitoussi

Biography; Biography: business & industry; Fashion & beauty industries

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Long before SKII, La Prairie, or the coveted Creme de la Mer, there was Helena Rubinstein. Your mother or grandmother probably... [more]

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King of Capital: The Remarkable Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Steve Schwarzman...

David Carey, John E. Morris

Economics & Business; Investment & securities; Takeovers, mergers & buy-outs; Financial services industry

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Strippers and Flippers . . . or a New Positive Force Helping to Drive the Economy . . . <br> The untold story of Steve Schwarzman... [more]

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Merchants of Culture

John B. Thompson

Society & Social Sciences; Publishing industry

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<p> All you need to know about the industry at a time of momentous change. <br>-Drake McFeely, chairman and president, W.W.... [more]

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Inside Apple: The Secrets Behind the Past and Future Success of Steve Jobs's...

Adam Lashinsky

Economics & Business; Management: leadership & motivation; Hi-tech manufacturing industries

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In INSIDE APPLE, Adam Lashinsky provides readers with an insight on leadership and innovation. He introduces Apple business... [more]

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Class Act: A Life of Creighton Burns

John Tidey

Biography; Biography: general; Press & journalism

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Although best known as a courageous editor of the Age throughout the 1980s, Burns, in fact, pursued three careers academic,... [more]

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The Electronic Reporter: Broadcast Journalism in Australia

Barbara Alysen

Society & Social Sciences; Media studies; Press & journalism

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The Electronic Reporter has become a staple for all tertiary journalism students in Australia. The expanded and updated 3rd... [more]

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Extravirginity: Of Olive Oils Sacred and Profane, and the People Who Make...

Tom Mueller

Society & Social Sciences; Agriculture & related industries; Cookery by ingredient

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Extravirginity is a rich, fluid and evocative account of the history and alchemy of olive oil; and how the finest artisanal... [more]

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Networking: Commercial Television in Australia

Nick Herd

Society & Social Sciences; Media studies; Radio & television industry

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I hope this thing will not come to Australia in my term of office, said Prime Minister Menzies in 1952. But it did. In 1956... [more]

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Outside Looking in: Adventures of an Observer

Garry Wills

Autobiography: general; Autobiography: historical, political & military; History; Media, information & communication industries

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<p>A captivating memoir from the incomparable Garry Wills, one of the country's most distinguished intellectuals ( The New... [more]

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The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's Most Famous...

Tilar J. Mazzeo

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Social & cultural history; Popular culture; Fashion & beauty industries

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With its rich golden hue, art deco-inspired bottle, and timeless, musky scent, Chanel Number 5 is the world's bestselling... [more]

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The Truth About IKEA: The Secret Behind the World's Fifth Richest Man and...

Johan Stenebo

Society & Social Sciences; Business ethics; Manufacturing industries; Environmentalist thought & ideology

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Johan Stenebo was for 20 years one of the leading directors of IKEA while it turned itself into the world's largest flatpack... [more]

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The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink...

Michael Blanding

Economics & Business; Food manufacturing & related industries

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<p> The Coke Machine takes readers deep inside The Coca-Cola Company and its international franchisees to reveal how they... [more]

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