Underground by Haruki Murakami
28.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: very good
"In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many suffered serious after-effects. Murakami interviews the victims to try and establish precisely what happened on the subway that day. He also interviews members and ex-members ...Show more
World on Fire:How Exporting Free-market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua
29.95 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
After the fall of the Berlin wall, a consensus emerged- not only in the west but elsewhere- that the magical combination of free markets and democracy would transform the world into a community of modernized, peace-loving nations, and individuals into civic- minded citizens and consumers. Ethnic hatred, ...Show more
Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism and its Triumphs by John Pilger
29.99 NZD
34.99 (14% off)
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
At a time when journalism is under attack as never before, "Tell Me No Lies" could not be more timely. It is a celebration of the very best investigative journalism, and some of the greatest practitioners of the craft: Seymour Hersh on the My Lai massacre; Paul Foot on the Lockerbie cover-up; Wilfred Bu ...Show more
Our Final Century? Will civilisation survive the twenty-first century by Martin Rees
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Our planet may be insignificant on a cosmic scale, but the evolution of intelligent life here makes it unusual, it is likely to be unique in our galaxy. Yet we may be on the verge of destroying it, of destroying ourselves - over the next century the future of life in the cosmos could be either jeopardis ...Show more
The Silent Takeover by Noreena Hertz
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
The way we are governed is changing. Government has less and less power to influence how we live our lives, while the private sector has more power than ever to control what we do and what we think. Based on the author's experience as a consultant to businesses and governments, this book this book aims ...Show more
Distant Voices by John Pilger
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
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Heroes by John Pilger
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
By the journalist who won the International Reporter of the Year award and the United Nations Association Media Peace Prize, this book brings together the episodes for which his journalism is renowned, analyzing the nature of both these great upheavals and the domestic tragedies he has encountered.
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense: The Incredible Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers by Larry McDonald
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
When Lehman Brothers bank went under, the world gasped. One of the world's biggest and most successful banks, its downfall was the event that sparked the slide of the world economy toward a Great Depression II. This is the gripping inside story of the dark characters who ruled Lehman, who refused to hee ...Show more
Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia by Robert Lacey
42.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics | Reading Level: very good
Saudi Arabia is a country defined by paradox: it sits atop some of the richest oil deposits in the world, and yet the country's roiling disaffection produced sixteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers. It is a modern state, driven by contemporary technology, and yet its powerful religious establishment woul ...Show more
Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas
29.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
Coca-Cola and its logo are everywhere. In our homes, our workplaces, even our schools. It is a company that sponsors the Olympics, backs US presidents and even re-brands Santa Claus. A truly universal product, it has even been served in space. From Istanbul to Mexico City, Mark travels the globe investi ...Show more
The Selfish Capitalist: Origins of Affluenza by Oliver James
27.99 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
In the bestselling "Affluenza", world-renowned psychologist Oliver James introduced us to a modern-day virus sweeping through the English-speaking world. He met those suffering from it and demonstrated how their obsessive, envious tendencies made them twice as prone to depression, anxiety and addictions ...Show more
The Selfish Capitalist : Origins of Affluenza by Oliver James
37.99 NZD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
In the bestselling Affluenza, world-renowned psychologist Oliver James introduced us to a modern-day virus sweeping through the English-speaking world. He met those suffering from it and demonstrated how their obsessive, envious tendencies made them twice as prone to depression, anxiety and addictions t ...Show more