The Future of Geography: How power and politics in space will change our world by Tim Marshall
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries' GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years.This isn't science fiction. It's astropolitics.Humans are heading up and out, and we're taking our power struggles with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as ...Show more
The China Tightrope - Navigating New Zealand's Relationship with a World Superpower by Sam Sachdeva
36.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: near fine
An incisive analysis of the flashpoints of the New Zealand-China relationship. As foreign affairs minister Nanaia Mahuta has cautioned, we are moving beyond a 'relationship of firsts' into new territory – and the terrain is more treacherous than ever. The China Tightrope offers unique analysis and ins ...Show more
It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A takedown of the status quo that has enriched a few billionaires at the expense of the rest of us - and a blueprint for real change. It's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is fuelled by uncontro ...Show more
The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
An unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America Growing up gifted and working-class in the foothills of the Ozarks, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of learning as they navigated the challenges of their declining town and tumultuous ...Show more
Pathogenesis - How infectious diseases shaped human history by Jonathan Kennedy
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: very good
Humans did not make history - we played host. This book is Guns, Germs and Steel without the guns and steel, Sapiens for the pandemic era. A major new history of the world. This humbling and revelatory book shows how infectious disease has shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo s ...Show more
One Nation Under Blackmail: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Crime that Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein by Whitney Alyse Webb
54.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
One Nation Under Blackmail is a damning indictment of the consequences resulting from the nearly century old relationship between both US and Israeli intelligence and the organized criminal network known as the National Crime Syndicate. This book specifically explores how that nexus between intelligence ...Show more
While Time Remains - A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America by Yeonmi Park
38.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: very good
The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart.After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found ...Show more
Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz
49.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Andy Borowitz, "one of the funniest people in America" (CBS Sunday Morning), brilliantly examines the intellectual deterioration of American politics, from Ronald Reagan to Dan Quayle, from George W. Bush to Sarah Palin, to its apotheosis in Donald J. Trump.The winner of the first-ever National Press Cl ...Show more
Saving Time - Discovering A Life Beyond The Clock by Jenny Odell
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: very good
We are living on the wrong clock, and it is destroying us. The New York Times bestselling author of How to Do Nothing offers us different ways to experience time in this dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book. In her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconn ...Show more
There Are No Accidents - The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster--Who Profits and Who Pays the Price by Jessie Singer
59.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they've come to define all that's wrong with America.We hear it all the time: Sorry, it was just an accident. And we've been deeply conditioned to just accept that explanation and move on. But as Jessie Singer argues convincingly: ...Show more
Show Me the Bodies - How We Let Grenfell Happen by Peter Apps
24.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A Prospect Book of the Year'Never before, in years of reviewing books about buildings, has one brought me to tears. This one did.' Rowan Moore, Observer Book of the WeekOn 14 June 2017, a 24-storey block of flats went up in flames.The fire climbed up cladding as flammable as solid petrol. Fire doors fai ...Show more
My Story by Julia Gillard
30.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Featuring new material. 'I was prime minister for three years and three days.Three years and three days of resilience.Three years and three days of changing the nation.Three years and three days for you to judge.'On Wednesday 23 June 2010, with the government in turmoil, Julia Gillard asked Prime Minist ...Show more