Scary Smart: The Future of Artificial Intelligence and How You Can Save Our World by Mo Gawdat
$24.99 NZD
Category: Social commentary
A Sunday Times Business Book of the Year'No one ever regrets reading anything Mo Gawdat has written.' - Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Multi-Hyphen Method and host of award-winning podcast Ctrl Alt Delete'Mo is an exquisite writer and speaker with deep expertise of technology . . . ...Show more
Secrets of the Sprakkar - Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World by Eliza Reid
$37.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!A New York Times Book Review Editor's Pick"Secrets of the Sprakkar is a fascinating window into what a more gender-equal world could look like, and why it's worth striving for. Iceland is doing a lot to level the playing field- paid parental leave, affordable childcare, and ...Show more
Somebody Told Me: One Man's Unexpected Journey Down the Rabbit Hole of Lies, Trolls and Conspiracies by Danny Wallace
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
The million-copy bestselling author of Yes Man and Join Me immerses himself in the contagious, dangerous world of disinformation, everyday lies, trolls, conspiracy theories and those trying to fight back. 'Danny Wallace lightens this dark topic about lies and propaganda with his trademark humour and ge ...Show more
Stuck Monkey: The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love by James Hamilton-Paterson
$37.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap- When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn't let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck.We are, of course, the stuck monke ...Show more
Surfing in the Sixties: The culture, the music and the fashions by Sutherland B ; Weeks B ; Pennings J
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
The 1960s was a decade like no other ... the culture, the music and the fashions. It also saw a surfing boom that bred innovation in surfboard design, changes in lifestyle, and most importantly, the development of ‘surf ’ photography. Mal Sutherland, John Pennings, Barrie Sutherland and Bob Weeks were p ...Show more
Take Your Space - Successful Women Share Their Secrets by Jo Cribb; Rachel Petero
$30.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary | Reading Level: near fine
Take Your Space: the 2020 How-to book for all women, by Jo Cribb and Rachel Petero. Take your pick of how-to from real life experiences, there is something for everyone. Topics include: How to negotiate; finding your worth and your tribe; taking your physical space; owning your confidence; practising sa ...Show more
Teddy Boys: Post-War Britain and the First Youth Revolution by Max Decharne
$55.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
The story of Britain's first youth counterculture With their draped suits, suede creepers and immaculately greased hair, the Teddy Boys defined a new era for a generation of teenagers raised on a diet of drab clothes, Blitz playgrounds and tinned dinners. From the Edwardian origins of their fashion to t ...Show more
The Capital Order - How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism by Clara E. Mattei
$57.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
A groundbreaking examination of austerity's dark intellectual origins. For more than a century, governments facing financial crisis have resorted to the economic policies of austerity--cuts to wages, fiscal spending, and public benefits--as a path to solvency. While these policies have been successful i ...Show more
The Forgotten Girls by Monica Potts
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
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
The Furies: Three Women and Their Violent Fight for Justice by Elizabeth Flock
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
A stunning narrative investigation into three real-life women who used violence to fight back against their oppressors The Furies tells the stories of three unforgettable women who chose to use lethal force to gain power, safety, and freedom when the institutions meant to protect them - government, poli ...Show more
The Handover by David Runciman
$39.99 NZD
Category: Social commentary
Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before. 'The Singularity' is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for themselves. What no one says is that it happened before. A few hundr ...Show more
The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism by John Gray
$50.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
A philosophical meeting of minds, as John Gray reads Thomas Hobbes to understand our current predicament Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world. Condemned and vilified by each new generation, Hobbes' cold political vision co ...Show more