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Book Cover:  Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era, Quarter
By George Megalogenis

In the last Quarterly Essay for 2010, George Megalogenis considers Australia's political dead zone.  The Hawke, Keating and early Howard years were ones of bold reform; recently we have seen an era of power without purpose.  But why?  Is it down to powerful lobbies, or the media, or a failure of leadership, or all the above?  And whatever the case, how will hard decisions be taken...

In the last Quarterly Essay for 2010, George Megalogenis considers Australia's political dead zone.  The Hawke, Keating and early Howard years were ones of bold reform; recently we have seen an era...

Published: 16/11/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781863954983
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover: The End of the Party
By Andrew Rawnsley

Andrew Rawnsley's bestselling book lifts the lid on the second half of New Labour's spell in office, with riveting inside accounts of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal; and entertaining portraits of the main players as Rawnsley takes us through the triumphs and tribulations of New Labour as well as the astonishing feuds and...

Andrew Rawnsley's bestselling book lifts the lid on the second half of New Labour's spell in office, with riveting inside accounts of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis...

Published: 04/01/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141046143
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Doctor M: Operation Malaysia - Conversations with Mahathir Mohamad
By Tom Plate

A riveting look into Malaysia's most famous prime minister and his often controversial views and policies.

A riveting look into Malaysia's most famous prime minister and his often controversial views and policies.

Published: 06/05/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789814276634
RRP: $34.95
Book Cover:  So Greek: Confessions of a Conservative Leftie
By Niki Savva

From one of the most senior correspondents in the Canberra Press Gallery comes a rare account of life as a political insider.

 Born in a small village in Cyprus, Niki Savva spent her childhood in Melbourne's working-class suburbs ­— frontiers where locals were suspicious of olive oil, and Greek kids spoke Gringlish to their parents.

From one of the most senior correspondents in the Canberra Press Gallery comes a rare account of life as a political insider.

 Born in a small village in Cyprus, Niki Savva spent her childhood in...

Published: 22/11/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640834
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Rudd's Way: November 2007 - June 2010
By Nicholas Stuart

Based on an extensive series of detailed and off-the-record interviews, Nicholas Stuart — Kevin Rudd's biographer and the author of an acclaimed study into the 2007 election — provides a critical examination of Labor in office and of the key events and crucial moments leading to Rudd's downfall.

Based on an extensive series of detailed and off-the-record interviews, Nicholas Stuart — Kevin Rudd's biographer and the author of an acclaimed study into the 2007 election — provides a...

Published: 15/07/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921640575
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Change We Can Believe In
Published: 28/11/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921520440
RRP: $25.95
Book Cover:  Dreams From My Father
Published: 05/01/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781921520518
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover: The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
By Barack Obama
At the heart of The Audacity of Hope is Senator Obama's vision of how his country can move beyond its divisions to tackle concrete problems.
At the heart of The Audacity of Hope is Senator Obama's vision of how his country can move beyond its divisions to tackle concrete problems.
Published: 23/01/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921351365
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover:  Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
By Barack Obama

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American.

It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father - a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man - has been killed in a car accident.

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American.

It begins in New York...

Published: 25/02/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921351433
RRP: $26.95
Book Cover: The Unfinished Global Revolution: The Limits of Nations and The Pursuit of a New Politics
By Mark Malloch Brown

The Unfinished Global Revolution is a front-line view of the challenges of leadership and the importance of creating greater global cooperation.

The former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Mark Malloch-Brown diagnoses the central global predicament of the 21st century. As we have become more integrated, we have also become less governed. National governments are no longer equipped to address...

The Unfinished Global Revolution is a front-line view of the challenges of leadership and the importance of creating greater global cooperation.

The former United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Mark...

Published: 11/03/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781846141058
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Suddenly, Last Winter: An Election Diary
Bob Ellis chronicles Julia Gillard's leadership coup and the most extraordinary election in the nation's recent history.
Bob Ellis chronicles Julia Gillard's leadership coup and the most extraordinary election in the nation's recent history.
Published: 25/10/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780670075577
RRP: $32.95
Book Cover:  Making the Future: Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance
Published: 26/09/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241952580
RRP: $19.95
Book Cover:  Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
By James M McPherson

'Few historian write as well as McPherson, and none evoke the sound of battle with greater clarity . . . McPherson draws on almost fifty years of research to present a cogent and concise narrative of how Lincoln, working against enormous odds, saved the United States of America.'
- Jean Edward Smith, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW


'Few historian write as well as McPherson, and none evoke the sound of battle with greater clarity . . . McPherson draws on almost fifty years of research to present a cogent and concise narrative of how...

Published: 21/04/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780143116141
RRP: $19.95

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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