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
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
The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History by Jeremy Bowen
27.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A Spectator Book of the YearA New Statesman Book of the Year'An illuminating and riveting read.' - Jonathan DimblebyJeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the BBC, has been covering the Middle East since 1989 and is uniquely placed to explain its complex past and its troubled present.In The Making of ...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
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
Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions by Akshat Rathi
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
What if the solution to the climate crisis is . . . capitalism? Our age will be defined by the climate emergency. But contrary to the doomist narrative that's taken hold, the world has already begun deploying the solutions needed to deal with it. On a journey across five continents, Climate Capitalism ...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
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
Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel
27.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
______________________'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut Economics Featured in FT Best Books of the Year 2020______________________The world has finally awoken to the ...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
How The World Ran Out Of Everything by Peter S. Goodman
37.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
One of Foreign Policy's "Most Anticipated Books of 2024" Part Michael Lewis, part The Way Things Work: From the New York Times’s Global Economics Correspondent, an extraordinary journey revealing the worldwide supply chain—exposing both the fascinating pathways of manufacturing and transportation that ...Show more
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World by Will Cockrell
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers—including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker—this vivid and authoritative adventure history chronicles one of the least likely industries on Earth: guided climbing on Mount Everest. Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air or has seen a re ...Show more