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By turns intimate, absurd, and frightening, \u003ci\u003eAcid West\u003c\/i\u003e is an enlightening deep-dive into a prophetic desert at the bottom of America.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917131628702,"sku":"ING-9780374535803","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780374535803.jpg?v=1782786358"},{"product_id":"9780374536442","title":"Doomed to Succeed","description":"Author: Dennis Ross\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780374536442\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Farrar Straus Giroux\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Nov 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 512 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has, for some time, emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. 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The family's free-flowing, pragmatic, and opportunistic style consciously distinguishes them from previous political dynasties; they consider themselves the \"un-Kennedys.\" But with their abiding emphasis on loyalty and networking, the Bushes' continuing success seems assured-making this book essential reading for anyone who cares about America's future.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917133660318,"sku":"ING-9780385498647","price":31.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780385498647.jpg?v=1782786405"},{"product_id":"9780385499088","title":"Body of Secrets","description":"Author: Bamford, James\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780385499088\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Apr 2002\u003cbr\u003ePages: 784 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe National Security Agency is the world's most powerful, most far-reaching espionage.   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With these words Wilmot Abraham sought refuge with his white relations.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Wilmot was the best-known Aboriginal in the Warrnambool district of Victoria, a man who maintained the old way of life long after his people were dispossessed. Local farmers spoke of him as 'the last of his tribe'. Few were aware that his father had been a white lad working as a boundary rider on the Western District frontier; and only the Aboriginal community knew that Wilmot had barely escaped with his life from the violent seizure of his mother's people's country.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n In \u003ci\u003eUntold Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, Jan Critchett presents a series of moving Aboriginal biographies from the Western District of Victoria, drawing both on the oral tradition of local Koori Elders and on official records. 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This work presents new, accurate, ideologically neutral, historically based definitions of multiculturalism. It also provides accurate and analytically useful definitions and explanations of assimilationism and integrationism, thus establishing a valuable framework for analysis and debate.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47917135921310,"sku":"ING-9780522848953","price":69.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780522848953.jpg?v=1782786483"},{"product_id":"9780522855562","title":"Office","description":"Author: Gideon Haigh\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780522855562\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Melbourne University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 May 2012\u003cbr\u003ePages: 624 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many of us, it's where we spend more time and expend greater effort than anywhere else. 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High-risk, low-loyalty workplaces, scattered around the world. Friendships and love affairs conducted through technology. Globalisation and the long boom have changed the way young people love, work and travel.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n In\u003ci\u003e This Restless Life\u003c\/i\u003e, journalist Brigid Delaney looks at the impact that hyper-mobility and the excesses of consumer culture have had on the restless generation. She hears stories from young Australians in the departure lounges of outer London airports, at parties in Rome and Sydney, in the cafs of Berlin and Paris. They feel 'nation-stateless', adrift. Their affluence in the new economy has come at a cost.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Having lived the restless life herself - fifteen cities over the past fifteen years - Delaney laments the loss of the things that for previous generations held life together, like romantic love, full-time permanent work and real-world communities. 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A passionate, personal, urgent book from the man who sparked a national debate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Orleans mayor who removed the Confederate statues confronts the racism that shapes us and argues for white America to reckon with its past. A passionate, personal, urgent book from the man who sparked a national debate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence for it.\" When Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of New Orleans in May 2017 about his decision to take down four Confederate monuments, including the statue of Robert E. Lee,  he struck a nerve nationally, and his speech has now been heard or seen by  millions across the country. 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