Inhuman Land by Józef Czapski; Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
A classic work of reportage about the Katyń Massacre during World War II by a soldier who narrowly escaped the atrocity himself. In 1941, when Germany turned against the USSR, tens of thousands of Poles--men, women, and children who were starving, sickly, and impoverished--were released from Soviet ...Show more
Boys in Zinc by Svetlana Alexiévich; Andrew Bromfield (Translator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
The haunting history of the Soviet-Afghan War from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015- A new translation based on the updated and expanded text -From 1979 to 1989 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed thousands of casualties on both sides. While the Soviet ...Show more
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
$23.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? A whole world is hidden from us. Their war remains unknown . . . I want to write the history of that war. A women's history.' In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich set out to wr ...Show more
Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories by Svetlana Alexievich; Richard Pevear (Translator); Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
Stunning stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich I finished first grade in May of 41, and my parents took me for the summer to the Pioneer camp. I came there, went for a swim once, and two days la ...Show more
Chernobyl Prayer - Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
$26.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'A beautifully written book, it's been years since I had to look away from a page because it was just too heart-breaking to go on' - Arundhati Roy, Elle'One of the most humane and terrifying books I've ever read' - Helen Simpson, Observer The devastating history of the Chernobyl disaster by Svetlana Ale ...Show more
Lincoln Speeches by Abraham Lincoln
$14.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Penguin Civic Classics
In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of "The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution," draws together the great t ...Show more
American Political Speeches by Terry Golway
$23.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Penguin Civic Classics
In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of "The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution," draws together the great t ...Show more
Supreme Court Decisions by Jay M Feinman (Rutgers University)
$14.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Penguin Civic Classics
In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of "The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution," draws together the great t ...Show more
The Celtic Myths - A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends by Miranda Aldhouse-Green
$25.00 AUD
Category: History
The new instalment in T&H's successful myths series (after The Greek and Roman Myths and The Egyptian Myths) introduces the world of the Celts, their gods and goddesses, heroes, monsters and villains. As well as vividly exploring the tales, the author brings her expertise in the archaeology of the I ...Show more
Islam: The Essentials by Tariq Ramadan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Pelican Bks.
Hardly a day goes by without mention of Islam. And yet, for most people, and in much of the world, Islam remains a little-known religion. Whether the issue is violence, terrorism, women's rights or slavery, Muslims are today expected to provide answers and to justify what Islam is - or is not. But littl ...Show more
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought
To compose his stunning documentary film I Am Not Your Negro, acclaimed filmmaker Raoul Peck mined James Baldwin's published and unpublished oeuvre, selecting passages from his books, essays, letters, notes, and interviews that are every bit as incisive and pertinent now as they have ever been. Weaving ...Show more
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Modern Thought | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment? The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington PostHannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from history about the fragility of freedom, explor ...Show more