- Fallen – Lucie Morris-Marr
Investigative journalist Lucie Morris-Marr was the first to break the story for the Herald Sun that the police were investigating Cardinal George Pell. She attended every day of his secret trial, and she now tells the full story of the fall of a prince of the church. From his modest upbringing, his steady rise to the most senior ranks of the church in Australia, to his appointment by Pope Francis to the position of treasurer in the Vatican, it seemed nothing could stop George Pell. Yet in 2016 Lucie Morris-Marr broke the story that the Victorian police were investigating Pell, and Pell returned to Australia to stand trial.
Fallen includes many details from the dramatic court proceedings that have not been reported, as well as the author’s journey investigating the biggest story of her career and the attacks she endured from Pell supporters. This book also charts how Pell’s shocking conviction struck the inner sanctum of the Holy See, plunging the Catholic Church into an unprecedented crisis after decades of clergy abuse cases. It is a gripping story that will fascinate anyone interested in the Catholic Church and its failure to address the canker in its heart.
- This Is Not Propaganda – Peter Pomerantsev
When information is a weapon, everyone is at war. We live in a world of influence operations run amok, a world of dark ads, psy-ops, hacks, bots, soft facts, ISIS, Putin, trolls and Trump. We’ve lost not only our sense of peace and democracy but our sense of what those words even mean. Part reportage, part intellectual adventure, This Is Not Propaganda is a Pynchon-like exploration of how we can reimagine our politics and ourselves in a time where truth has been turned topsy-turvy.
- Feminism: A Graphic Guide – Cathia Jenainati
This full-updated, unique, illustrated introduction to feminism explores the history of conscious struggle against sexist oppression—from 16th-century challenges to the idea of women as weak and irrational to 19th-century and 20th-century ‘waves’ of feminism and suffrage movements, to present-day conversations about MeToo, black feminism and women’s rights in the Middle East. Culture, critical theory and popular action combine to give us a picture of the challenges faced and victories secured in improving women’s rights and changing attitudes towards gender.
- The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Identity, Morality – Douglas Murray
This masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book examines the twenty-first century’s most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. It reveals the astonishing new culture wats playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and ‘intersectionality’, and injects some sense into the discussion with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteria.
