Full name: Shakedown: Australia's Grab for Timor Oil

Author: Paul Cleary Year: 2007 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads

A real-life David and Goliath story, this book details what happened behind the scenes in 2004 as the small nation of East Timor began negotiations with Australia over rights to one of the richest oil deposits in the world. Because of the author's own personal involvement--he sat in on strategy meetings and negotiations as a World Bank-appointed advisor to the Prime Minister of East Timor--he reveals what really happened when a poor nation fought against a giant for their economic future. Similar books: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand How Not to Die by Michael Greger The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel A. van der Kolk The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis Marley & Me by John Grogan Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom What If? by Randall Munroe Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy