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Tree of Strangers by Barbara Sumner
$35.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
A compelling memoir of adoption, loss and discovery ‘I live at the end of a gravel road at the top of a valley consumed by bush. My husband is here, and my three girls. But the bush swallows them up like the road.’ I wrote those words at the kitchen table in 1983. A letter to the mother I’d never met ...Show more
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. Cipolla
$23.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The five laws that confirm our worst fears- stupid people can and do rule the world. Since time immemorial, a powerful dark force has hindered the growth of human welfare and happiness. It is more powerful than the Mafia or the military. It has global catastrophic effects ...Show more
The Next Great Migration - The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah
$33.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
'Rich with eclectic research and on-the-ground reporting, Shah's book presents us with a dazzlingly original picture of our relentlessly mobile species' NAOMI KLEIN'Fascinating . . . Likely to prove prophetic in the coming months and years' OBSERVER'A dazzling tour through 300 years of scientific histor ...Show more
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez
$26.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
Imagine a world where… · Your phone is too big for your hand Your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body In a car accident you are 47% more likely to be injured. If any of that sounds familiar, chances are you’re a woman. From government policy and medical research, to techn ...Show more
The Broken Estate by Mel Bunce
$15.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
"It is easy to look at the extremity of `post truth' politics in the US and conclude that we must be doing something ok in New Zealand. But in many ways, the foundations of our media system are in worse shape." In the age of Trump, fake news and celebrity headlines, it is easy to despair about the futur ...Show more
This is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality by Peter Pomerantsev
$32.99 NZD
Category: Society & Culture | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
When information is a weapon, everyone is at war. We live in a world of influence operations run amok, a world of dark ads, psy-ops, hacks, bots, soft facts, ISIS, Putin, trolls, Trump. We've lost not only our sense of peace and democracy - but our sense of what those words even mean. As Peter Pomerants ...Show more
Okay Boomer: New Zealand in the Swinging Sixties by Ian Chapman
$39.99 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
OK Boomer! New Zealand in the Swinging Sixties looks at Politics, Sport, Wining & Dining, fashion, night life and everything 60s in a highly illustrated format. Based on the hugely successful Weekly News titles published by Moa back in the early 90's. This title will take us on a nostalgic trip down ...Show more
Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity by Sam Harris
$38.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
"Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations." -Sam Harris Neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster and bestselling author Sam Harris, has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society, and the events that shape our world. Harris' search for deeper underst ...Show more
Silence - in the Age of Noise by Erling Kagge
$24.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER This breathtaking, inspiring little book teaches us how to find precious moments of silence - whether we are crossing the Antarctic, climbing Everest, or on the train at rush hour. 'Quietly, wisely, Silence makes a case for dumbing the din of modern life, and learning to lis ...Show more
The Wisdom Years - Unleashing Your Potential in Later Life by Zvi Lanir
$30.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
We are now experiencing one of the most significant -- but not yet fully understood -- revolutions in human life: the dramatic rise in life expectancy. This revolution does not imply, as most people usually think, that we've simply got more years of old age. Rather, it implies the formation of a new per ...Show more
The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World by Roman Krznaric
$37.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
'This is the book our children's children will thank us for reading' - The Edge, U2 How can we be good ancestors? From the first seeds sown thousands of years ago, to the construction of the cities we still inhabit, to the scientific discoveries that have ensured our survival, we are the inheritors of c ...Show more
Notes From An Apocalypse - A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell
$33.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
From the prize-winning author of To Be a Machine - meet the men and women preparing for the end of the world In the remote mountains of Scotland, in high-tech bunkers in South Dakota and in the lush valleys of New Zealand, small groups of determined men and women are getting ready. They are environment ...Show more
