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A Rightful Place: A Road Map to Recognition
Shireen Morris (Ed)
History; Social discrimination; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Indigenous peoples; Social & cultural anthropology; Central government
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The nation has unfinished business. After more than two centuries, can a rightful place be found for Australia's original... [more]
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Making Sense of Science: Separating Substance from Spin
Cornelia Dean
Media studies; Central government policies; Mathematics & Sciences; Philosophy of science; Science funding & policy
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Cornelia Dean draws on her 30 years as a science journalist with the New York Times to expose the flawed reasoning and knowledge... [more]
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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
Daniel Ellsberg
History; History of the Americas; Military history; Central government policies; Defence strategy, planning & research; Nuclear weapons
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Shortlisted for the 2018 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction... [more]
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Hearing Healing Hope: The Ministry of Service in Challenging Times
Gabrielle McMullen, Patrice Scales, Denis Fitzgerald
Religion & beliefs; Religion: general; Social welfare & social services; Central government policies; Applied ecology
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The 2018 national conference entitled Hearing, Healing, Hope was held on 21-23 February at the Catholic Leadership Centre... [more]
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Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass...
Emily Bazelon
Central government policies; Political corruption; Sentencing & punishment
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A renowned journalist and legal commentator exposes the unchecked power of the prosecutor as a driving force in America's... [more]
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The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump...
Andrew G. McCabe
Biography: historical, political & military; History; History of the Americas; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Politics & government; Central government
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A dramatic insider account by the former deputy director of the FBI detailing how law enforcement battles terror threats,... [more]
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Economics for the Many
John McDonnell
Politics & government; Central government policies; Political economy
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Our economy is rigged in favour of a wealthy elite. We need a new approach: an economics for the many. [more]
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Who Defines the Public Interest?
Tom Frame
History; Central government policies; Political economy; Management: leadership & motivation
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Who defines the public interest? As the contributors to the collection have shown, the question itself is complex: which public... [more]
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Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight That Broke the Democratic...
Jon Ward
History; Social & cultural history; Elections & referenda; Political structures: democracy; Political parties; Central government
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From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign for... [more]
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Keeping At It: The Quest for Sound Money and Good Government
Paul A. Volcker, Christine Harper
Autobiography: historical, political & military; Central government; Business & Economics; Political economy; Economic history
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The extraordinary life story of the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, whose absolute integrity provides the inspiration... [more]
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Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law...
James Q. Whitman
History; Fascism & Nazism; Central government policies; Constitutional & administrative law
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Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression... [more]
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Fierce Enigmas: A History of the United States in South Asia
Srinath Raghavan
History; Asian history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Central government policies
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The two-hundred-year history of the United States' involvement in South Asia--the key to understanding contemporary American... [more]
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Is Democracy Failing?: A primer for the 21st century
Niheer Dasandi
Social & political philosophy; Politics & government; Political science & theory; Central government
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One of four titles in Thames & Hudson's innovative new `Big Idea' series, this book explores and interrogates each form of... [more]
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Why America Misunderstands the World: National Experience and Roots of Misperception...
Paul Pillar
History; History of the Americas; Historical geography; Political science & theory; Central government; Geopolitics
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Paul R. Pillar ties the American public's misconceptions about foreign threats and behaviors to the nation's history and geography,... [more]
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One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the...
E. J. Dionne Jr., Norman J. Ornstein, Thomas E. Mann
History; Politics & government; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Political structure & processes; Constitution: government & the state; Central government
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The instant New York Times bestseller from Washington's premier political scholar-journalists on the threat posed by the Trump... [more]
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Restraining Great Powers: Soft Balancing from Empires to the Global Era...
T. V. Paul
21st century history: from c 2000 -; Politics & government; Political structure & processes; Central government policies; Diplomacy; Political economy
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How subtler forms of balance-of-power politics can help states achieve their goals against aggressive powers without wars... [more]
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Reckless: Henry Kissinger and the Tragedy of Vietnam
Robert K. Brigham
History; Vietnam War; Central government policies; Diplomacy; Geopolitics; Warfare & defence
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This disturbing new account of Henry Kissinger's Vietnam years shows a blundering, self-serving man who led America to tragedy... [more]
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We're Doomed. Now What?: Essays on War and Climate Change
Roy Scranton
Literary essays; Iraq War; Political science & theory; Central government policies
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We're Doomed, Now What? addresses the crisis that is our time through a series of brilliant, moving, and original essays on... [more]
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Political Hypocrisy: The Mask of Power, from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond,...
David Runciman
Social & political philosophy; Politics & government; Political science & theory; Political leaders & leadership; Central government policies
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A critical assessement of the problems of sincerity and truth in politics argues that we should accept hypocrisy as a fact... [more]
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They Said No to Nixon: Republicans Who Stood Up to the President's Abuses...
Michael Koncewicz
History; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Constitution: government & the state; Central government; Political corruption
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One reason Koncewicz's narrative is so compelling is that it's also a redemption story. -The Washington Post Excruciatingly... [more]
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Red Flags: Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy
George Magnus
History; Asian history; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Central government policies; International relations; Political economy
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A trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic rise [more]
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The Diversity Delusion: How Race and Gender Pandering Corrupt the University...
Heather Mac Donald
Society & Social Sciences; Social welfare & social services; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Central government policies; Freedom of information & freedom of speech
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By the New York Times bestselling author: a provocative account of the attack on the humanities, the rise of intolerance,... [more]
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Fuego y Furia: Dentro de la Casa Blanca de Trump
Michael Wolff
Biography: historical, political & military; Constitution: government & the state; Elections & referenda; Central government policies; International relations; Languages & ESL
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Thanks to his access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff tells the story of the stormy first nine months of Donald Trump's term... [more]
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Unelected Power: The Quest for Legitimacy in Central Banking and the Regulatory...
Paul Tucker
Political structures: democracy; Central government policies; Business & Economics; Political economy; Banking; Constitutional & administrative law
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Guiding principles for ensuring that central bankers and other unelected policymakers remain stewards of the common good Central... [more]
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The Conflicted Superpower: America's Collaboration with China and India...
Andrew Kennedy
Politics & government; Central government policies; International relations; Information technology industries; History of engineering & technology
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The technological leadership of the United States increasingly involves collaboration with other countries, especially China... [more]
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