The End Of The World Is Just The Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan
$38.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it. America made ...Show more
The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century by Jamie Susskind
$32.99 NZD
Category: Social commentary
The time has come to deal with the unaccountable power of digital technology. Early efforts at regulation have been confused, contradictory and often counterproductive. No single person or government has a plan of action.In The Digital Republic, acclaimed author and barrister Jamie Susskind tackles one ...Show more
Under the Banner of Heaven (TV Tie-In) by Jon Krakauer
$31.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
True crime in the American heartland. Under the Banner of Heaven is a riveting account of Mormon fundamentalism and renegade prophets, from the bestselling author of Into the Wild and Into Thin Air.Brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty insist they were commanded to kill by God. Jon Krakauer's investigation into ...Show more
Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen
$32.99 NZD
Category: Social commentary
An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents.'As perfect a portrait of friendship as I've ever read.' STEPHEN FRY'Lucid, lyrical, loaded . . . A love letter to friendship.' JACKIE KAY'A lovely book: bright and heartfelt, funny and refres ...Show more
Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism by Mariana Mazzucato
$26.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
Longlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives "She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future."--New York Times An award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a hard-hitting and ...Show more
How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
Inspirational 2021 Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa's personal frontline manifesto in the war against authoritarianism's sinister uses of big tech. What 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 ...Show more
Under the Skin: racism, inequality, and the health of a nation by Linda Villarosa
$38.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
From an award-winning writer at The New York Times Magazine comes a landmark book that tells the full story of racial health disparities in America, revealing the toll that racism takes on individuals and the health of the nation.In 2018, Linda Villarosa's New York Times Magazine article on maternal and ...Show more
Fear - New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists by Byron C Clark
$39.99 NZD
Category: Social commentary | Reading Level: very good
This must-read new book maps New Zealand's alt-right underworld and unearths the roots of the occupation that ended in a violent protest on the grounds of Parliament. Speaking after the chaos of the protest that stopped the nation, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told a press conference, 'One day, it wil ...Show more
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
$26.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A sweeping, genre-bending "masterpiece" (Minneapolis Star Tribune) exploring Black art, music, and culture in all their glory and complexity - from Soul Train, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Whitney Houston, and Beyoncé . ONE OF THE TEN B ...Show more
Citizens - Why the Key to Fixing Everything Is All of Us by Jon Alexander; Ariane Conrad (As told to); Brian Eno (Foreword by)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
MCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ'An underground hit' - Best Politics Books, Financial Times'Jon has one of the few big ideas that's easily applied' - Sam Conniff, Be More Pirate'A wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century' - Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: the Seven Steps from Democra ...Show more
Happiest Toddler on the Block by Harvey Karp
$32.99 NZD
Category: Social commentary
Perfect for expecting parents who want to prepare themselves for the challenging toddler years (which starts around eight months of age), this essential guide, a national bestseller by respected pediatrician and child development expert Dr. Harvey Karp, not only helps reduce tantrums but makes happy kid ...Show more