John Button Prize 2009 Longlist
Seven Seasons In Aurukun: My Unforgettable Time At A Remote Aboriginal School
$26.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin )
Paula Shaw recounts her experiences of two years teaching at the school at Aurukun in Cape York. She paints a colourful picture of life in a remote Aboriginal community in the sweltering tropics. With the place itself as... More »
The Henson Case
$24.95 (Trade paperback / Text Publishing )
The Australian Prime Minister called them 'absolutely revolting'. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily Telegraph as a 'Victory for Decency'. Cate Blanchett and members of the arts community cla... More »
Quarterly Essay 34: Stop At Nothing
$16.95 (Paperback book / Black Inc )
What does Malcolm Turnbull stand for? In Stop at Nothing Annabel Crabb tells the story of the man who would be prime minister. Based on extensive interviews with Turnbull as well as those who have worked with him, this i... More »
The Times Will Suit Them
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin )
For over a decade John Howard took advantage of international crises and local anxieties to not only stay in government, but to radically reshape Australian public life. The Times Will Suit Them digs behind the headlines... More »
The Land Of Plenty: Australia In The 2000s
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Melb Univ Press )
The book that tells the story of Australia today: how we got here, and where we’re going. A blistering exposé and manifesto for every Australian.
Australia, Davis argues, is built on a dream. A unique democratic exper... More »
Review
Denial: History Betrayed
$34.95 (Paperback book / Pan Macmillan )
Denial is the first book to draw together the ideological and psychological elements involved in historical denial.
Tony Taylor surveys major cases in twentieth and twentyfirstcentury historical denial that illustrate th... More »
Blind Conscience
$34.95 (Paperback book / Univ Nsw Pr )
This profoundly moving book reveals the untold story of the people who struggled to get asylum seekers out of detention and change government policy. Lateline journalist Margot O’Neill, who covered many of these stories ... More »
The Racket
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Pan Macmillan )
A generation ago in Australia, abortion was a crime. It was also the basis of one of the country's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets.
The Racket describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of in... More »
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Politics, Parties and Issues In Australia: An Introduction
$47.95 (Paperback book / )
A clear, concise and lively introduction to politics, the political parties, and some crucial policy issues in contemporary Australia. Includes discussion of very recent events including Barack Obama’s election to the US... More »
The Clean Industrial Revolution: Growing Australian Prosperity In a Greenhouse Age
$27.00 (Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin )
'A passionate and informative demonstration of how mitigating climate change can be compatible with economic growth' - Professor Ross Garnaut, the Garnaut Climate Change Review 'Humanity' s greatest challenge is to minim... More »
Tasmania's Wilderness Battles
$29.95 (Paperback book / Jacana )
Tasmania's old-growth forests, its wild, untamed rivers and its
remote, rugged mountain peaks are etched in the minds of most
Australians but these wilderness areas have been the focus of
bitter conflict between govern... More »
The Godfather: The Life Of Brian Burke
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin )
Once touted as a future prime minister of Australia, former WA premier Brian Burke has had a rollercoaster political career. This is the first major biography of this charismatic and influential politician who even out o... More »
Now Or Never
$22.00 (Paperback book / Black Inc )
Tim Flannery's Quarterly Essay was a national bestseller. Now or Never combines this landmark essay with nine responses to it by leading figures, and Flannery's reply. The result is an essential short book about the most... More »
To The Bitter End: The Dramatic Story Of The Fall Of John Howard And The Rise Of Kevin Rudd
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin )
On 24 November 2007 Australia resoundingly changed government. If you think you know what really happened during that tumultuous year behind the closed doors of the Liberal Party, in the back rooms of the ACTU and deep i... More »
The Statute Of Liberty: How Australians Can Take Back Their Rights
$19.95 (Paperback book / Vintage )
The Australian people emerged from a polyglot mixture of nationalities and other races: a kind of human minestrone. Not only a race, but a race apart, thanks to the kindness of distance. What distinctive moral vision hav... More »
Black Politics: Inside The Complexity Of Aboriginal Politics
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin )
Drawing on extensive interviews with activists and politicians, Black Politics explains the dynamics of Aboriginal politics. It reveals the challenges and tensions that have shaped community, regional and national relati... More »
The Life You Can Save: Acting Now To End World Poverty
$34.95 (Trade paperback / Text Publishing )
'What if I told you that you can save a life, even many lives? Do you have a bottle of water or a can of soda on the table beside you as you read this book? If you are paying for something to drink when safe drinking wat... More »
Review
Quarterly Essay 32: On The US Election: American Revolution
$15.95 (Paperback book / Black Inc )
Where were you when America elected Barack Obama? Kate Jennings was in New York, eyes wide open, completing her take on an amazing time: “the run-up to the election … a time when every day felt like a year and we became ... More »
A Question Of Power: The Geoff Clark Case
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Black Inc )
A gripping courtroom drama and a fearless work of investigative journalism, A Question of Power is the story of a man who spent his life gaining power only to be accused of its ultimate abuse.
Geoff Clark was once the mo... More »
Quarterly Essay 30: Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention.
$15.95 (Paperback book / Black Inc )
In June it will be a year since the Northern Territory intervention was announced. In Quarterly Essay 30, Paul Toohey offers a definitive account of how it came about and what it has achieved. In this riveting piece of r... More »
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The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton )
"...Chloe Hooper has more than done justice to a worthy story. She has produced an Australian classic." Robert Drewe, The Age
This is the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee sw... More »
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Howard's End
$34.95 (Paperback book / Melb Univ Press )
From the co-writer of John Winston Howard, the definitive biography of the Prime Minister, comes Howard's End, which takes us behind the scenes of both parties on the announcement of the election campaign.Peter van Onsel... More »