Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country by John Kampfner
27.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A provocative and entertaining exploration of the country that Britons love to hate by one of our most respected journalists. ***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** BOOK OF THE YEAR IN GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST & NEW STATESMAN 'Excellent and provocative... a passionate, timely book.' - Sunday Times 'A fine new ...Show more
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story by Nathan Thrall
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision. Milad is five years old and excited for his school trip to a theme park on the outskirts of Jerusalem, but tragedy awaits- his bus is involved in a horrific accident ...Show more
The Path of Peace - Walking the Western Front Way by Anthony Seldon
27.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
'Profound [and] compelling' Spectator 'Thoughtful [and] heartfelt' Observer 'A noble endeavour' New Statesman 'A haunting, intense, enjoyable and memorable book' Tristan Gooley 'Compelling and well-balanced... valuable and poignant' Times Literary Supplement ***A WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 PICK*** W ...Show more
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
41.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: near fine
A personal trip into the uncanny Mirror World of our polarised culture, from the international bestselling author of The Shock Doctrine. What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all? When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared ...Show more
Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
24.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
What if everything we've been told about addiction is wrong? One of Johann Hari's earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realised there was addiction in his family. Confused, he set out on a three-year, thirty-thousand mile journey to ...Show more
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy by Bill Browder
25.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: near fine
I have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know. In November 2009, the young lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death by eight poli ...Show more
The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
34.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world-and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the Northern Hemisphere. Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing's account of these sought-after fungi offers insights into areas far bey ...Show more
Humanise: A Maker's Guide to Building Our World by Thomas Heatherwick
36.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
From one of the world's most imaginative designers comes a story about humanity told through the lens of our buildings. 'This book is a super-accessible guide as to why we shouldn't put up with soulless buildings and how we might change that' GRAYSON PERRY Our world is losing its humanity. Too many d ...Show more
50 Democracy Ideas You Really Need to Know by Adam Fleming
24.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Adam Fleming introduces and explains the history, key ideas and tools of democracy developed by some of the world's greatest thinkers - spanning from the ancient Greeks to the present day. From the right to vote to the monarchy, viral politics to Brexit, 50 Democrac ...Show more
Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals: The Future of Food by Roanne van Voorst
32.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Combining the ethical clarity of Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals with the disquieting vision of Alan Weissman's bestseller The World Without Us, a thought-provoking, entertaining exploration of a future where animal consumption is a thing of the past.Though increasing numbers of people know that ...Show more
Cracking Open the Nest Egg: How to Make Your Retirement Savings Last the Distance by Martin Hawes
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Planning for retirement can be a scary thought, whether it is just around the corner or years in the future. Martin Hawes, one of New Zealand's best-known experts on personal financial answers all of the questions that may be keeping you up at night: How much will I need to retire? Can I ever afford to ...Show more
In the Jaws of the Dragon - How China is Taking Over New Zealand and Australia by Ron Asher
35.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: near fine
"China Inc., the business arm of China's repressive dictatorship, is trying to take over the world by buying key sectors of various countries' economies as part of its strategic plan for global control of the world's resources. China's rapid arms build-up suggests that it is preparing to back its ever i ...Show more