Moonshot - Inside Pfizer's Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible by Albert Bourla
27.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Wall Street Journal Bestseller 2022 Genesis Prize Laureate The exclusive, first-hand, behind-the-scenes story of how Pfizer raced to create the first Covid-19 vaccine, told by Pfizer's Chairman and CEO Dr. Albert Bourla. A riveting, fast-paced, inside look at one of the most incredible private sector ac ...Show more
Dead in the Water: Murder and Fraud in the World's Most Secretive Industry by Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel
24.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Shortlisted for the 2022 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick A Financial Times, The Times and The Economist Book of the Year 'Gripping... A startling tale of fraud and impunity. ' The Economist 'I read it in one sitting, and I know it'll stay with m ...Show more
All Else Failed: The Unlikely Volunteers at the Heart of the Migrant Aid Crisis by Dana Sachs
32.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
As hundreds of thousands of displaced people sought refuge in Europe, the global relief system failed. This is the story of the volunteers who stepped forward to help. In 2015, increasing numbers of refugees and migrants, most of them fleeing war-torn homelands, arrived by boat on the shores of Greece, ...Show more
Under the Weather: A Future Forecast for New Zealand by James Renwick
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
The must-read book on what New Zealand's changing climate means for our everyday lives. A warmer world will change more than just our weather patterns. It will change the look of the land around us, what grows and lives on it - including us. In this must-read book, Professor James Renwick untangles how ...Show more
Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
30.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of--an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet. "We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they w ...Show more
Size: How It Explains the World by Vaclav Smil
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A mind-expanding exploration size, the measure of all things, from the New York Times bestselling author The New York Times bestselling author returns with a mind-opening exploration of how size defines life on Earth. Explaining the key processes shaping size in nature, society and technology, Smil bust ...Show more
Hope In The Dark - Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit
24.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Series: Canons Ser. | Reading Level: good
With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argued that radicals have a long, neglected ...Show more
Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire by Kojo Koram
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
'BRILLIANTLY ARRANGED AND RICH WITH FRESH INSIGHTS, UNCOMMON WEALTH REMINDS US HOW THE FORGOTTEN STORIES OF EMPIRE AND DECOLONISATION CONTINUE TO IMPACT OUR DAILY LIVES IN BRITAIN - AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD - UP TO TODAY' AKALA 'A RADICAL, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN UNDERSTANDING OF OUR HISTORY - INGENIOUSLY P ...Show more
The Future of Geography: How power and politics in space will change our world by Tim Marshall
39.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries' GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years.This isn't science fiction. It's astropolitics.Humans are heading up and out, and we're taking our power struggles with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as ...Show more
The China Tightrope - Navigating New Zealand's Relationship with a World Superpower by Sam Sachdeva
36.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: near fine
An incisive analysis of the flashpoints of the New Zealand-China relationship. As foreign affairs minister Nanaia Mahuta has cautioned, we are moving beyond a 'relationship of firsts' into new territory – and the terrain is more treacherous than ever. The China Tightrope offers unique analysis and ins ...Show more
It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
A takedown of the status quo that has enriched a few billionaires at the expense of the rest of us - and a blueprint for real change. It's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is fuelled by uncontro ...Show more
The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
An unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America Growing up gifted and working-class in the foothills of the Ozarks, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of learning as they navigated the challenges of their declining town and tumultuous ...Show more