Niki Savva Kevin Rudd was given no warning, but even he lasted longer than Abbott. Julia Gillard had plenty of warnings, but even she lasted longer than Abbott.Abbott ignored all...

Bernard Lewis "A brilliant, dispassionate investigation of the historical roots of contemporary anti-Semitic passions . . . A triumph of scholarship, analysis, c larity, and style".--Samuel Lewis, U.S. Ambassador to...

Tony Benn Tony Benn's second volume of diaries, which spans the years 1968-72, is a unique record of British politics as observed both from the heart of the Cabinet and...

Joseph McBride Until the first edition of Steven A Biography was published in 1997, much about Spielberg's personality and the forces that shaped it had remained enigmatic, in large part...

Ella Lyons When Marian Banner moves to the glittering city of Nottingham with her father, Sir Erik the Fortunate, her entire life changes. She is no longer allowed to run...

Michael Fabricant and Michelle Fine This book will reset the discourse on charter schooling by systematically exploring the gap between the promise and the performance of charter schools. The authors...

Rhonda V Wilcox and David Lavery For every television series, the original vision grows within a press of forces-both social and artistic expectations, conventions of the business, as well as...

Alwyn W Turner "Superb" NICK COHEN, author of What's Left? "Tremendously entertaining" DOMINIC SANDBROOK, Sunday Times "Like his previous histories of the Seventies and Eighties, A Classless Society is an...

George Magnus A trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic riseUnder President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both...

Gergely Hubai A film is nearly finished and ready to make its way into theaters, when one or more of its prime movers producer, director, studio brass decides that it...

Jodi Kantor When Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate with his wife Michelle. Contrary to her fears, politics now seemed like a worthwhile,...

Peter Ackroyd In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling retelling of England's history, painting a vivid portrait of the Stuart kings, from the accession of James I to the ignominious...