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ISBN / ISSN:
9781921520945
Shrinking the World : The 4,000-year Story of How email Came to Rule Our Lives
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NZ$ 40.00 each
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Author:
John Freeman
Published by:
The Text Publishing Company
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9
The first email was sent less than forty years ago; by 2011, there will be 3.2 billion users. The flood of messages is ceaseless. As the toll of email mounts, reducing our time for leisure and contemplation, and separating us from each other in the lonely battle with the inbox, John Freeman enters a plea for communication that is more selective and nuanced and, above all, more sociable. Drawing on the research of linguists, scientists, critics and philosophers, Freeman's history of correspondence reveals how changing methods of communication have eroded the great distances between us. He shows how the telegram, newspapers, synchronised time and railway networks have changed everything from the nature of military intelligence to the messages we write to loved ones. From carrier pigeon to computer mouse, this fascinating and engaging history of how we communicate will make you view your inbox in a whole new light.
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9780199571338
Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
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NZ$ 28.99 each
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Author:
David Crystal
Published by:
Oxford University Press
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This book takes a long hard look at the text-messaging phenomenon and its effects on literacy, language, and society. Young people who seem to spend much of their time texting sometimes appear unable or unwilling to write much else. Media outrage has ensued. "It is bleak, bald, sad shorthand," writes a commentator in the UK Guardian. "It masks dyslexia, poor spelling, and mental laziness." Exam answers using textese and reports that examiners find them acceptable have led to headlines in the tabloids and leaders in the qualities. Do young people text as much as people think? Do adults? Does texting spell the end of literacy? Is there a panic in the media? David Crystal looks at the evidence. He investigates how texting began and who uses it, why and what for. He shows how to interpret its mix of pictograms, logograms, abbreviations, symbols, and wordplay, and how it works in different languages.
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9780007340774
No Logo (10th anniversary edition)
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NZ$ 32.99 each
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Author:
Naomi Klein
Published by:
Harper Collins
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'No Logo' was a book that defined a generation when it was first published in 1999. For it's 10th anniversay Naomi Klein has updated this iconic book. By the time you're twenty-one, you'll have seen or heard a million advertisements. But you won't be happier for it. This is a book about that much-maligned, much-misunderstood generation coming up behind the slackers, who are being intelligent and active about the world in which they find themselves. It is a world in which all that is 'alternative' is sold, where any innovation or subversion is immediately adopted by un-radical, faceless corporations. But, gradually, tentatively, a new generation is beginning to fight consumerism with its own best weapons; and it is the first skirmishes in this war that this abrasively intelligent book documents brilliantly.
Review: 'The Das Kapital of the growing anti-corporate movement' Guardian 'A riveting, conscientious piece of journalism and a ...
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9780141036250
Outliers : The story of success
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author:
Malcolm Gladwell
Published by:
Penguin Books Ltd
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Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from. Gladwell examines how the careers of Bill Gates and the performance of world-class football players are alike; why so many top lawyers are Jewish; why Asians are good at maths; and, why it is correct to say that the mathematician who solved Fermat's Theorem is not a genius. Like "Blink", this is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.
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9780732285661
Red Square Blues
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NZ$ 34.99 each
Paperback
Author:
Kim Traill
Published by:
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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In 1990, when her friends were jetting off to Europe and Asia Kim Traill set off for her own youthful adventures in a country renowned for its bad food dreadful weather and surly service: the Soviet Union.
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9780099523048
The Forever War
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Author:
Dexter Filkins
Published by:
Yellow Jersey Press
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There are already many books on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and about the War on Terror - but this is something very different. In "The Forever War", award-winning "New York Times" correspondent Dexter Filkins does not analyse how these wars happened and why, or where they have succeeded or failed; instead, he captures with searing immediacy, the human experience - and tragedy - of war. We meet Iraqi insurgents and American soldiers, Afghan rebels and Taliban clerics. We travel to deserts and glaciers and mountaintops, to the scene of public amputations and executions, to suicide bombings and into the homes of the bombers themselves. The result is a visceral understanding of the War on the Terror, its victims, the people who fight it and the way these people feel.
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9781921656095
The Life You Can Save : Acting now to end world poverty
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NZ$ 30.00 each
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Author:
Peter Singer
Published by:
The Text Publishing Company
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The Life You Can Save is the book that Peter Singer has wanted to write for thirty years. It is his argument about how we should respond to hunger and poverty. We live in a unique moment in history where the rich can genuinely help the poor to escape relentless poverty. But this will only happen if the rich care enough to make some small personal sacrifices.
First published 2009.
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9780330457385
The Revolt of the Pendulum : Essays 2005-2008
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NZ$ 49.99 each
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Author:
Clive James
Published by:
Picador
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Illuminating, insightful, informed, inspired, and intelligent, these are words that could - and do - apply equally to book or author; in fact, "The Revolt of the Pendulum", Clive James' latest essay collection, shows James at his most dazzling and versatile best yet. From the rules of grammar to the fundamentals of religion, from the culture of fandom to the cult of the critic, it's all there: his customary wit, learning and understanding; his precise way with words and pointed comments; his ear for language and eye for detail; and, his ability to focus on the finer points and the bigger picture simultaneously - not to mention the sheer scope of his subject matter. Praise for Clive James: 'Lively, shrewd and resourceful, James' writing is impeccably fluent, flexible and urbane: parodies, jokes and slang sit comfortably with moral and political arguments, lightly-worn erudition and scrupulously close readings of poetry and prose' - ...
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9781846142949
What The Dog Saw and Other Adventures
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NZ$ 37.00 each
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Author:
Malcolm Gladwell
Published by:
Allen Lane
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From criminology to dog training to ketchup, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of looking at the world. What the Dog Saw is Gladwell at his very best – asking questions and seeking answers in his inimitable style. Sophisticated, surprising and always entertaining.
First published 2009.
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9781847390011
Where Underpants Come From : From Checkout to Cotton Field - Travels in the New China
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NZ$ 28.00 each
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Author:
Joe Bennett
Published by:
Pocket Books
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When Joe Bennett bought a five-pack of 'Made in China' underpants in his local New Zealand hypermarket for $8.59, he wondered who on earth could be making any money, let alone profit, from the exchange.
How many processes and middlemen are involved? Where and how are the pants made? And who decides on the absorbent qualities of the gusset?
Where Underpants Come From
tells you all you need to know - in fact, probably more - about this mystery of global commerce. Leaving his supermarket trolley behind Joe embarks on an odyssey to the new factory of the world, China, to trace his pants back to their source. Along the way he discovers the extraordinarily balanced and intricate web of contacts and exchanges that makes global trade possible - and rapidly elevating China to the status of world economic superpower. He also grapples with chopsticks, challenges his own prejudices and marvels at the contrasts in one of the world's ...
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9781877333781
Who Owns the High Country? The Controversial Story of Tenure Review in New Zealand
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NZ$ 29.99 each
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Author:
Ann Brower
Published by:
Craig Potton Publishing
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2
The last 20 years have seen massive change in the iconic high-country stations of the South Island. Traditionally, a lease between the Crown and the runholder gave the right to farm in perpetuity. Recently there has been an initiative to reform this ownership structure in a process called tenure review. This has seen deals struck between runholders and the Government that allow the runholder to privatise (and subsequently develop) parts of their farm and in exchange offer other parts of the farm back to the Crown to be 'retired' as conservation land. On paper this appeared to be a win-win scenario. The reality, however, has been very different.
Through her research, the author exposed the fact that in most cases of tenure review, the Crown was actually paying the runholder to conclude these agreements, while at the same time leaving the runholder with the freedom to develop their newly freeholded land for massive profits. Examples ...
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9781741757293
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century
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Author:
Jacques Attali (tr from French by Jeremy Leggatt)
Published by:
Allen & Unwin
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1
What will planet Earth be like in 20 years? In 2050? In the year 2100?
Prescient and convincing, in the tradition of Alvin Toffler's
Future Shock
and Alan Weisman's
The World Without Us
, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future.
Never has the world offered more promise to future generations, nor been more fraught with dangers. In this powerful and sometimes terrifying work, Attali analyses the past and pinpoints nine distinct periods of human history, each with its world center of power and prestige, and predicts what the tenth will bring by the end of this century. Attali foresees the disappearance of individual countries and the dominance of a world government, with democracy prevailing. However, the ultimate, burning question he asks is: Will we leave our children and grandchildren a world that is not only viable but better? Or will we bequeath to them a planet that will be a ...
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9780091936150
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense : The Incredible Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
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NZ$ 29.99 each
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Author:
McDonald Larry & Patrick Robinson
Published by:
Ebury Press
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1
When Lehman Brothers bank went under, the world gasped. One of the world's biggest and most successful banks, its downfall was the event that sparked the slide of the world economy toward a Great Depression II. This is the gripping inside story of the dark characters who ruled Lehman, who refused to heed warnings that the company was headed for an iceberg: the world-class, mid-level people who valiantly fought to get Lehman off its disastrous course; the crash that didn't have to happen. A news-breaking explanation that answers the question everyone still asks: 'why did it happen?' Larry McDonald, a former vice-president at Lehman Brothers in charge of distressed debt trading and convertible securities, was right at the center of the meltdown of the company and gives an intimate look at the mad house that Lehman became. This book shows beyond a doubt that Richard Fuld, the long-time CEO of Lehman, and his top executives, were totally ...
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9780091900113
Affluenza : How to be successful and stay sane
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NZ$ 29.99 each
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Author:
Oliver James
Published by:
Vermilion
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1
There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliver James travelled around the world to try and find out why. He discovered how, despite very different cultures and levels of wealth, affluenza is spreading. Cities he visited include Sydney, Singapore, Moscow, Copenhagen, New York and Shanghai, and in each place he interviewed several groups of people in the hope of finding out not only why this is happening, but also how one can increase the strength of one's emotional immune system. He asks: why do so many more people want what they haven't got and want to be someone they're not, despite being richer and freer from traditional restraints?
First published 2007.
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9781877340185
Before We Say Goodbye
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NZ$ 35.99 each
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Author:
Sean Davison
Published by:
Cape Catley
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Respected and popular, Pat Davison practised as Dr Patricia Fergusson, GP and psychiatrist.
Now she is nearly 85, with secondary cancers. She can no longer paint - her passion - or even read. Formidably intelligent, she makes up her mind. This is no longer living. She wants to die.
Her son Sean's day by day account of what happens when he flies back to be with her is riveting. Sometimes the candour is almost excruciating but the story is shot through with humour and wry self-awareness, with the deep bond of tenderness between mother and son never faltering. When family and friends gather, and old hurts and slights and awkwardnesses emerge, everyone is tested.
Before We Say Goodbye
speaks directly to countless families. It challenges us in our deepest selves. It is a cautionary tale, and many will call it a love story.
First published June 2009.
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780091927042
Belching Out the Devil : Global adventures with Coca-cola
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NZ$ 29.99 each
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Author:
Mark Thomas
Published by:
Ebury Press
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Coca-Cola and its logo are everywhere. In our homes, our workplaces, even our schools. It is a company that sponsors the Olympics, backs US presidents and even re-brands Santa Claus. A truly universal product, it has even been served in space. From Istanbul to Mexico City, Mark travels the globe investigating the stories and people Coca-Cola's iconic advertising campaigns don't mention. Child labourers in the sugar cane fields of El Salvador. Indian workers exposed to toxic chemicals. Colombian union leaders falsely accused of terrorism and jailed alongside the paramilitaries who want to kill them. And many more...Provocative, funny and stirring, "Belching Out the Devil" investigates the truth behind one of the planet's biggest brands.
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9781877517006
Castles in the Sand : What's happening to the New Zealand coast?
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Author:
Raewyn Peart
Published by:
Craig Potton Publishing
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1
Tells the story of the New Zealand coast - what it means to New Zealanders and what we need to do to care for it for future generations. It describes the natural processes that have sculpted the coast, the flora and fauna that inhabit it, and the ways it was utilised by early Maori and European settlers. Castles in the Sand is a timely evaluation and call to action.
First published August 2009, Nelson
230x230mm / 276pp paperback
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ISBN / ISSN:
9780140279511
Collapse : How societies choose to fail or suceed
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29.99 each
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Author:
Jared Diamond
Published by:
Penguin Books Ltd
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1
From groundbreaking writer and thinker, Jared Diamond comes an epic, visionary new book on the mysterious collapse of past civilizations - and what this means for our future.
Why do some societies flourish, while others founder?
What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island or to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids?
Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat? Bringing together new evidence from a startling range of sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct,
Collapse
also shows how unlike our ancestors we can benefit from our knowledge of the past and learn to be survivors.
First published 2005.
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9781846142468
Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
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NZ$ 55.00 each
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Author:
Peter Maass
Published by:
Allen Lane
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1
Oil makes the world work. It has become so vital that even a small reduction in output can cause economic chaos. We know that our reliance on oil is potentially disastrous but what we are less clear about is the terrible damage it inflicts on the countries that produce it. The people who should benefit most from the riches of oil are, quite often, harmed by it. "Crude World" offers a passionate look at some of the most awful places in the world - the violent, repressive and polluted countries where oil is extracted. Peter Maass follows the journey of oil and shows how the substance sullies so much of what it touches, poisoning land and rivers, promoting political bloodshed and creating corruption on a staggering scale. We tend to gauge the price of oil by its cost at the petrol station or its role in global warming, but Maass vividly shows an altogether different price paid by people who live in countries that are rich in petroleum but ...
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9780099387213
Distant Voices
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29.99 each
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Author:
John Pilger
Published by:
Vintage (Random House imprint)
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1
The centrepiece of this volume is Pilger's reporting on East Timor, which he entered secretly in 1993.
First published 1992; this revised edition 1994.
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