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The Trial of Adolf Hitler: The Beer Hall Putsch and the Rise of Nazi Germany...
David King
History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Fascism & Nazism; Advocate - History
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The never-before-told story of the scandalous courtroom drama that paved the way for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi... [more]
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Quarterly Essay #66: The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate...
Anna Krien
History; Geopolitics; Advocate - Today's World
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The Great Barrier Reef is dying and extreme weather is becoming all too familiar. Yet when it comes to action on climate change,... [more]
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The Husband-Hunters: Social Climbing in London and New York
Anne De Courcy
Biography: historical, political & military; History; Cultural studies; Advocate - History
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A sparkling social history of the 'Dollar Princesses', the young American heiresses who married into the English aristocracy.... [more]
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The Memory of Music
Andrew Ford
Music; Theory of music & musicology; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Psychology: emotions
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<div><strong>Composer and broadcaster Andrew Ford considers the nature and purpose of music in the context of his own life... [more]
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Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell
Louise Milligan
Biography: religious & spiritual; History; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Child abuse; Criminal investigation & detection
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The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse has brought to light horrific stories. Questions about what... [more]
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A Good Life to the End: Taking Control of Our Inevitable Journey Through...
Ken Hillman
Social issues & processes; Medicine
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<div><strong>A huge majority of people at the end of their lives want to die at home, but only a small number manage to do... [more]
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Rebel Cities: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution
Mike Rapport
History; General & world history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Urban communities
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A brilliant historical narrative of London, Paris and New York in the Age of Revolution, just as they were transforming into... [more]
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Defiant Earth: The Fate of Humans in the Anthropocene
Clive Hamilton
Social issues & processes; Mathematics & Sciences; The environment
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Humans have become so powerful that we have disrupted the functioning of the Earth System as a whole, bringing on a new geological... [more]
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A Tear in the Soul
Amanda Webster
Biography; Autobiography: general; Ethical issues & debates; Indigenous peoples
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I don’t believe it’s possible to hurt another person without hurting oneself, an invisible hurt, a tear in the... [more]
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The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia
Frank Bongiorno
History; Social & cultural history; Cultural studies
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It was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America's Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial... [more]
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Party Time: Who Runs China and How
Rowan Callick
History; Political ideologies; Political parties
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Who is running China? As the third generation since Mao takes charge, where does real power lie? In Party Time, Rowan Callick... [more]
Deleuze and Guattari's What is Philosophy?: A Reader's Guide
Rex Butler
Philosophy; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
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Offers an introduction to What is Philosophy? - the last instalment of a remarkable twenty-year collaboration between the... [more]
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Interest Representation in the European Union
Justin Greenwood
Politics & government; EU & European institutions
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The fully revised third edition of this highly-acclaimed book provides an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the... [more]
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Popular: Why Being Liked is the Secret to Greater Success and Happiness...
Mitch Prinstein
Social, group or collective psychology; Health & Self-Help; Advice on parenting; Self-help & personal development; Popular psychology
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Who doesn't want to be more popular? Surely a person's popularity - be it at school, work or socially - is the best predictor... [more]
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Lenin on the Train
Catherine Merridale
History; Russian Revolution; First World War; Marxism & Communism; Political leaders & leadership; Advocate - History
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A gripping account of how Lenin's 1917 train ride to Petrograd ignited the Russian Revolution. [more]
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Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion
Gareth Stedman Jones
Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; Marxism & Communism; Advocate - Biography
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Gareth Stedman Jones returns Karl Marx to his nineteenth-century world, before later inventions transformed him into Communism's... [more]
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens...
Cathy O'Neil
Political structures: democracy; Economic statistics; Mathematics & Sciences; Impact of science & technology on society; Algorithms & data structures; Advocate - Science
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We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we... [more]
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A Bold and Dangerous Family: The Rossellis and the Fight Against Mussolini...
Caroline Moorehead
True stories of heroism, endurance & survival; History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Fascism & Nazism; Terrorism, armed struggle; Advocate - History
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Mussolini was not only ruthless: he was subtle and manipulative. But the tide turned in 1924 when his assassins went too far,... [more]
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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted...
Giles Milton
History; British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare; Advocate - History
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The incredible story of the secret underground operations of the Second World War. [more]
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No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics
Naomi Klein
Reportage & collected journalism; History; Political structures: democracy; Political control & freedoms; Political activism; Advocate - History
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Naomi Klein - award-winning journalist, bestselling author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything, scourge... [more]
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Client Earth
James Thornton, Martin Goodman
International environmental law; Nature Conservation law; Mathematics & Sciences; Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations; Conservation of the environment
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Environmentally, our planet lacks the laws to keep it safe and those laws we do have are feebly enforced. Every new year is... [more]
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Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era
Daniel Levitin
Media studies; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Probability & statistics; Health & Self-Help; Popular psychology
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A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized Mind We live... [more]
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Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader
Troy Bramston
Biography; Political leaders & leadership; Advocate - Australian Biography; Advocate - Politics
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This is the definitive biography of Australia's 24th prime minister. [more]
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The Killing of Osama Bin Laden
Seymour M. Hersh
History; Central government; Political assassinations
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Electrifying investigation of White House lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden [more]
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The Fate of the West: The Battle to Save the World's Most Successful Political...
Bill Emmott
Politics & government; Political structures: democracy; Geopolitics; Advocate - Politics
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When faced with global instability and economic uncertainty, it is tempting for states to react by closing borders, hoarding... [more]
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