Into Iraq by Michael Palin
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
A fascinating and rare insight into the history and culture of Iraq, by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In March 2022, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin journeyed along the River Tigris and into Iraq to gain a glimpse of life in an area of the world that can claim ...Show more
Fake Believe: Conspiracy Theories in Aotearoa by Dylan Reeve
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Conspiracy theories: What do people believe, and why? How have they come to this place, and what does it mean for us all? By speaking to experts and those with personal experience of conspiracy culture, Dylan Reeve conveys what it means to believe and their relation to modern Aoteaora. Fake Believe shou ...Show more
The Fight of Our Lives - My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World by Iuliia Mendel
$45.00 NZD
Category: Politics
When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come.In this frank and moving inside account, Zelenskyy's former press secretary tells the story of his improbable rise from popular comedian to the president of ...Show more
The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell For Putin's Power Gambit - and How to Fix It by Mikhail Khodorkovsky
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
An urgent analysis of the battle between Russia and the West, by former Kremlin insider and now vocal Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. 'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Voice of Russia Radio and heard that the Kre ...Show more
Pesticides and Health - How New Zealand Fails In Environmental Protection (BWB Texts) by Neil Pearce
$15.00 NZD
Category: Politics | Series: BWB Texts
New Zealand has been one of the world's heaviest users of pesticides, including some contaminated with dioxin, a notorious toxic chemical. In this BWB Text a leading epidemiologist uses the example of dioxin to illustrate how badly New Zealand handles problems of environmental pollutants, and why we can ...Show more
Killer in the Kremlin: A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny by John Sweeney
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe. In Killer in the Kremlin , award-winning journalist John Sweeney takes readers from the heart of Putin's Russia to the kil ...Show more
The Daughters of Kobani: The Women Who Took On The Islamic State by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
$25.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won.
Sundressed: Natural Fibres and the Future of Fashion by Lucianne Tonti
$37.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Why beautiful clothes in natural fibres are the answer to fashion's climate crisis Fashion is ready for a revolution. Many brands claim to be 'sustainable', but they are not. Far too many clothes are produced - and in ways that harm the Earth. The solution? Regenerative farming of natural fabrics such ...Show more
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels, Toluse Olorunnipa
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Written by two award-winning reporters with unprecedented access, this is the only definitive biography of George Floyd.The murder of George Floyd sparked a fiery summer of activism and unrest all over the world in 2020, with peaceful protests sometimes erupting into violent clashes. From Shetland to Sa ...Show more
Assuming A Body: Transgender and Rhetorics of Materiality by Gayle Salamon
$61.00 NZD
Category: Politics
We believe we know our bodies intimately—that their material reality is certain and that this certainty leads to an epistemological truth about sex, gender, and identity. By exploring and giving equal weight to transgendered subjectivities, however, Gayle Salamon upends these certainties. Considering qu ...Show more
Te Waka Hourua Whītiki, Mātike, Whakatika! by Te Waka Hourua
$30.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Following the treaty redaction action at Te Papa by Te Waka Hourua in December 2023, this book authored by the artists themselves is a first-hand recollection and reflection of their experience, complemented with some memorabilia of the action, and its impact in the public discourse. Te Waka Hourua is ...Show more
The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room. And yet, none is more shrouded in secrecy and mystery. Created under President Kennedy, the Sit Room has been the epicentre of crisis management for presidents for more than six decades. Time and again, ...Show more