Megathreats: The Ten Trends that Imperil Our Future, and How to Survive Them by Nouriel Roubini
$38.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The bestselling author of Crisis Economics argues that we are heading toward the worst economic catastrophe of our lifetimes, unless we can defend against ten terrifying threats. Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed "Dr. Doom," until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great Reces ...Show more
AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. by Arundhati Roy
$18.00 NZD
Category: Politics
With fascism on the march once more, this is an urgent dispatch from one of the great writers and intellectuals of our time'Azadi!' - Urdu for 'freedom' - is the iconic chant of the Kashmiri freedom struggle. And now, while Kashmir's streets have been silenced, the irony is that this same anthem echoes ...Show more
ChinaPhobia: A Wasted Opportunity by Karim Alwadi, Mohammad Kheir Alwadi
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
How can we prevent the growing ChinaPhobia phenomenon from turning competition into mutually destructive conflict?ChinaPhobia - A Wasted Opportunity is an informative book, unbiased towards either China or America. It has been written in the form of a conversation between a father-a former journalist an ...Show more
Artificial Islands - Adventures in the Dominions by Owen Hatherley
$30.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Should Britain form a new union with its old 'Dominions' in Canada, Australia and New Zealand? Are they really our closest allies and relations? And is there any reason why they should want to unite again with us? Great Britain has just left one Union, after years of bitter argument and divisive pos ...Show more
We Are Still Here: Afghan Women on Courage, Freedom, and the Fight to Be Heard by Nahid Shahalimi
$37.00 NZD
Category: Politics
In We Are Still Here, artist and activist Nahid Shahalimi compiles the voices of thirteen powerful, insightful, and influential Afghan women who have worked as politicians, journalists, scientists, filmmakers, artists, coders, musicians, and more. As they reflect on their country's past, stories of thei ...Show more
Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Untold Secret Origins of the SAS by Tom Petch
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Ex-SAS Commander and award-winning filmmaker provides a fascinating, myth-busting story of the REAL origins of the SAS, for fans of Ben MacintyreThe Who Dares Wins Pioneers The origins story of the SAS is a myth. This is the real story of how the world's preeminent Special Forces came into existence. Sp ...Show more
More Zeros and Ones: Digital Technology, Maintenance and Equity in Aotearoa New Zealand (BWB Texts) by Anna Pendergrast (Edited by) , Kelly Pendergrast (Edited by)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Many of today's digital technologies inadvertently amplify the power structures and prejudices of wider society. By examining the way digital tools and platforms are designed, built, and maintained, this BWB Text aims to identify where and what we can do better for everyone in Aotearoa. Following on fro ...Show more
Kainga Tahi, Kainga Rua: Maori Housing Realities and Aspirations by Fiona Cram
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Kainga Tahi, Kainga Rua surveys the many ways Maori experience home and housing across Aotearoa New Zealand. These accounts range from the broader factors shaping Maori housing aspirations through to the experiences of whanau, hapu and iwi that connect to specific sites and locations. From statistically ...Show more
Road to Nowhere: Silicon Valley and the Future of Mobility by Paris Marx
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
How to build a transportation system to provide mobility for all Road to Nowhere exposes the flaws in Silicon Valley's vision of the future: ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to take us anywhere; electric cars to make them 'green'; and automation to ensure transport is cheap and ubiquitous. Su ...Show more
Last Futures - Nature, Technology and the End of Architecture by Douglas Murphy
$28.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Whatever happened to the last utopian dreams of the city? In the late 1960s the world was faced with impending disaster: the height of the Cold War, the end of oil and the decline of great cities throughout the world. Out of this crisis came a new generation that hoped to build a better future, influe ...Show more
Red Valkyries - Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women by Kristen Ghodsee
$28.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The overlooked revolutionary women of Eastern Europe and their contribution to socialist feminist history, from the author of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism. Through a series of lively and accessible biographical essays, Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism by examining t ...Show more
China After Mao - The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikotter
$37.00 NZD
Category: Politics
'A leading historian of modern China. He is a rare scholar, adept in both Russian and Chinese . . . Combined with this linguistic skill, Dikutter has a writer's gift' EVENING STANDARD From the Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author of Mao's Great Famine, a timely and compelling account of China in the wake ...Show more