Enemy Combatant by Moazzam Begg
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Moazzam Begg is an ordinary man who has endured an extraordinary fate
Dead Certain by Robert Draper
54.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Dead Certain is a story told in six sections. Beginning with an immersion into Bush the nascent politician (entitled "Baptism"), we see in "Through Our Tears" a mandate-less new President evincing both collegiality and defensiveness as he pursues his conservative agenda. "Dark City On A Hill" describes ...Show more
The Longest War: America and Al-Qaeda Since 9/11 by Peter L. Bergen
42.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
In this landmark work, bestselling author Peter Bergen tells the story of America's war on terror-from Washington to Afghanistan to Iraq. This is the whole story of how the war on terror is being fought. In the last decade, America's priorities have changed. National security has become the primary con ...Show more
State of Denial : Bush at War - Part III by Bob Woodward
49.99 NZD
52.00 (3% off)
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
After two No.1 New York Times bestsellers on the Bush administration's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Woodward's new book on the Bush White House again provides an unparalleled, intimate account of the present state of national security decision-making. First published October 2006.
State of War by James Risen
34.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
James Risen has broken story after story on the abuses of power of the Bush administration. From warrantless wiretapping to secret financial data mining to the CIA's rogue operations, he has shown again and again that the executive branch has dangerously overreached, repudiated checks and balances on i ...Show more
End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris
30.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Sam Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour and sometimes ...Show more
The Foreigner's Gift by Fouad Ajami
37.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Renowned and respected the world over for his astute scholarship and incisive political commentary, Fouad Ajami has an unrivalled reputation as an expert on the Arab world. In THE FOREIGNER'S GIFT, Ajami delves beneath the familiar picture of Iraq to unveil the underlying truths of real Iraqi citizens' ...Show more
Things Bogans Like: Tribal Tatts to Reality TV: How to Recognise the 21st Century Bogan by E. C McSween
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
The authors, six self-confessed snobs, have drawn on their friends, family, neighbours, workmates and that guy who always jumps the queue at the bar, to show the evolution of the much-loved Australian bogan, their modern desires, and how we can either join them or mock them.
Where Spirits Dwell by Karina Machado
38.99 NZD
39.99 (2% off)
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A captivating exploration of haunted-house stories from around Australia. It will unearth the creaking, spine-chilling moments when ghosts appear in suburbia. Karina Machado spins a web of wonder and often the interviewees' lives prove just as fascinating as the spooky experiences they're sharing. She w ...Show more
Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide by Maureen Dowd
45.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Four decades after the sexual revolution, nothing has worked out the way it was supposed to. The sexes are circling each other as uneasily and comically as ever, from the bedroom to the boardroom to the Situation Room. Dowd explores the mysteries and muddles of sexual combat in America First publishe ...Show more
The Big Mo: Why Momentum Now Rules Our World by Mark Roeder
36.99 NZD
38.00 (2% off)
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Fans of 'Freakonomics' and 'The Tipping Point' will love the fascinating and timely story of how momentum and the ever-increasing speed of information is shaping our economy and society. This book will change how you think the world works. this book will change how you think the world works. Recent disc ...Show more
Killer company James Hardie Exposed by Matt Peacock
36.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Peacock rips the cloak of secrecy from one of the greatest corporate scandals in Australia. His research reveals how the Reid family amassed a fortune as its asbestos company expanded, killing in its wake thousands of workers and customers, and oversaw a strategy that ignored the dangers of asbestos and ...Show more