Merchants of Truth: Inside the War for Control of the News by Jill Abramson
35.00 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Reading Level: very good
Merchants of Truth by Jill Abramson, former editor of The New York Times, is the gripping and definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped our world. Drawing on revelatory access, Abramson takes us behind the scenes at four media tit ...Show more
American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts by Chris McGreal
29.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A comprehensive portrait of a uniquely American epidemic-devastating in its findings and damning in its conclusionsThe opioid epidemic has been called one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine. But calling it a mistake is a generous rewriting of history. Driven by greed, incompetence, and indiffer ...Show more
America: the Farewell Tour by Chris Hedges
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics
A profound and provocative examination of America in crisis, where unemployment, deindustrialization, and a bitter hopelessness and malaise have resulted in an epidemic of diseases of despair-drug abuse, gambling, suicide, magical thinking, xenophobia, and a culture of sadism and hate America, says Pul ...Show more
Unbelievable by John Shelby Spong
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Five hundred years after Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses ushered in the Reformation, bestselling author and controversial bishop and teacher John Shelby Spong delivers twelve forward-thinking theses to spark a new reformation to reinvigorate Christianity and ensure its future.At the beginning o ...Show more
Women: Our History by Lucy Worsley
42.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told.Packed full of evocative images, this gloriously illustrated book reveals the key events in women's history - from early matriarchal societi ...Show more
Childless Voices - Stories of Longing, Loss, Resistance and Choice by Lorna Gibb
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics
Recovering Intoxication & Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison
22.99 AUD
Category: Culture Ideas Politics
With its deeply personal and seamless blend of memoir, cultural history, literary criticism, and reportage, The Recovering turns our understanding of the traditional addiction narrative on its head, demonstrating that the story of recovery can be every bit as electrifying as the train wreck itself. Les ...Show more
The Battle For Sky: The Murdochs Disney Comcast and the Future of entertainment by WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics
From perilous early years through clashes with the BBC and BT, not to mention the News Corporation bid for full control that failed in the wake of 2010's phone hacking scandal, there has been no shortage of drama in Sky's history - nor in its likely future. In 2018, the organization was the target of bi ...Show more
How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy by Thucydides
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics | Series: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers Ser.
An accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides's History that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war Why do nations go to war? What are citizens willing to die for? What justifies foreign invasion? And does might always make rig ...Show more
Mouse or Rat?: Translation as Negotiation by Umberto Eco
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics
From the world famous author of In The Name of the Rose, an illuminating and humorous study on the pleasures and pitfalls of translation 'Translation is always a shift, not between two languages but between two cultures. A translator must take into account rules that are not strictly linguistic but, bro ...Show more