Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom by Norman Finkelstein
50.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
"In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical analysis, Finkelstein's study stands alone."—Noam Chomsky "No one who ventures an opinion on Gaza . . . is entitled to do so without taking into account the evidence in this book." —The InterceptThe Gaza Strip is among the most densely populat ...Show more
How to Stand Up to a Dictator: Radio 4 Book of the Week by Maria Ressa
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2021What will you sacrifice for the truth?Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government, spreading lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate, has landed her in trouble with the mo ...Show more
A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend them Back by Bruce Schneier
56.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A hack is any means of subverting a system's rules in unintended ways. The tax code isn't computer code, but a series of complex formulas. It has vulnerabilities; we call them "loopholes." We call exploits "tax avoidance strategies." And there is an entire industry of "black hat" hackers intent on findi ...Show more
Rethinking Our World - An Invitation to Rescue Our Future by Maja Gopel; David Shaw (Translator)
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
We have never been so well off; but at the same time, we find destruction and crisis everywhere we look-and our systems are under stress. In this book, economist Maja Göpel, co-founder of the Scientists for Future initiative, says we do not solely face an environmental crisis, but also a social one. It' ...Show more
The Edge of the Plain - How Borders Make and Break Our World by James Crawford
36.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Blending history, travel and reportage, this is a wide-ranging journey through the history of borders and an examination of their role in shaping our world today
The End of Reality: How four billionaires are selling out our future by Jonathan Taplin
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A withering takedown of four billionaires (from Andreessen to Zuckerberg) who are selling us fantasies while the world burns. At a time when multiple crises are compounding to create epic inequality, four billionaires are hyping schemes that are designed to divert our attention away from issues that re ...Show more
Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for The Future by Jean M. Twenge
49.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A groundbreaking, revelatory portrait of the six generations that currently live in the United States and how they connect, conflict, and compete with one another--from the acclaimed author of Generation Me and iGen. There are currently six generations of people: -the Silents, born 1925-1945 -Bab ...Show more
This is Europe The Way We Live Now by Ben Judah
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
What does it now mean to call yourself European? Who makes up this population of 750 million, sprawled from Ireland to Ukraine, from Sweden to Turkey? Who has always called it home, and who has newly arrived from elsewhere? Who are the people who drive our long-distance lorries, steward our criss-crossi ...Show more
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine by Owen Matthews
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
*A Telegraph Book of the Year* *Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards* An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war – from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol. The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World Wa ...Show more
The Palestine Laboratory: how Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world by Antony Loewenstein
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: very good
Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israel's occupation-enforcing technologies. For more than 50 years, the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has given the Israeli state invaluable experience in controlling an 'enemy' p ...Show more
Adriatic: A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age by Robert D. Kaplan
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
" An elegantly layered exploration of Europe's past and future . . . a multifaceted masterpiece."-The Wall Street Journal"A lovely, personal journey around the Adriatic, in which Robert Kaplan revisits places and peoples he first encountered decades ago."-Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsONE OF ...Show more
The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel's battle for its inner soul by Isabel Kershner
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel - the last fifteen for The New York Times - presents a rich, wide-ranging portrait of the Israeli people today at a critical juncture in their country's history. A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel presents a rich, wide-ranging portr ...Show more