Peace Kills by P J O'Rourke
27.99 NZD
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Category: Current Affairs & Politics
In his classic Parliament of Whores, P.J. O'Rourke listened to the dirty joke that is the US government. In his bestseller Eat the Rich he subjected himself to the shaggy dog story of economics. Now O'Rourke brings his critical facilities to bear on the ultimate stand-up act - American foreign policy. I ...Show more
In Spite of the Gods : The strange rise of modern India by Edward Luce
64.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
India is poised to become one of the world's three largest economies in the next generation and to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2032. Well before then India's incipient nuclear deterrent will have acquired intercontinental range and air, sea and land capabilities. India's volat ...Show more
The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder
37.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder memorably recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many co ...Show more
The Logic of Life : Uncovering the New Economics of Everything by Tim Harford
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST showed how ordinary economics explained everyday curiosities, such as the price of a cup of coffee and the traffic jam on the way to the supermarket. THE LOGIC OF LIFE shows how the new economics of rational choice theory explains much, much more. Drug addicts and teenage mugger ...Show more
The Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making by David J. Rothkopf
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
The Superclass - politicians, military leaders, finance gurus, energy barons, media moguls and thought leaders - is the small group that currently plays the greatest role in shaping the progress of globalization and perhaps the group most changed by that phenomenon, so much so that they have more in com ...Show more
A God Who Hates: The Courageous Woman Who Inflamed the Muslim World Speaks Out Against the Evils of Islam by Wafa Sultan
32.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
From the front page of "The New York Times" to YouTube, Dr. Wafa Sultan has become a force radical Islam has to reckon with. For the first time, she tells her story and what she learned, first-hand, about radical Islam in A God Who Hates, a passionate memoir by an outspoken Arabic woman that is also a c ...Show more
Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama's Plan to Renew America's Promise by Barack Obama & Obama for America
27.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
This edition no longer sold in New Zealand. See Canongate version. At this defining moment in our history, Americans are hungry for change. After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington, this is our chance to reclaim the American dream. Barack Obama has proven to be a new kind of le ...Show more
Saving Iraq by Nemir Kirdar
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
In his passionately argued book, Nemir Kirdar inspires hope that Iraq can be rebuilt and can start to generate peace and prosperity in a conflict-prone region. Born in Iraq, he draws on recollections of his early life and shows how, in times past, the country was able to rise above the diverse compositi ...Show more
Go! Go! Go! by Rusty Firmin
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
On 5 May 1980, the world held its breath as an SAS assault team attacked the Iranian Embassy. Forty-seven men took part in the assault, and this is their story. At first it didn't all go as smoothly as they hoped. A fire started which went on to burn out most of the Embassy. A member of the assault ...Show more
Putin and the Rise of Russia: The Country That Came in from the Cold by Michael Sturmer
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Not for the first time in the last two centuries, Russia leaves the world wondering about its destiny. In spite of the losses incurred when the Soviet Empire imploded, Russia is still a power with vast military inventories, and an energy giant whose oil reserves will last, at present rates of exploitat ...Show more
China Shakes the World - The Rise of a Hungry Nation by James Kynge
14.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: very good