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How to Argue with a Racist by Adam Rutherford
$25.00 NZD
Category: Politics
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'The ultimate anti-racism guide' Caroline Criado Perez 'Seriously important' Bill Bryson 'A fascinating debunking of racial pseudoscience' Guardian Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal ...Show more
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray
$25.00 NZD
Category: Politics
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' o Jordan B. Peterson '(Murray's) latest book is beyond brilliant and should be read, must be read, by everyone' o Richar ...Show more
The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich
$48.00 NZD
Category: Politics
'Phenomenal ... The only theory I am aware of that attempts to explain broad patterns of human psychology on a global scale' Coren Apicella, Washington Post Do you identify yourself by your profession, rather than your family? Do you consider yourself unique? Do you have personal goals? If so, perhaps ...Show more
Head Hand Heart - The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century by David Goodhart
$48.00 NZD
Category: Politics
A good society needs a balance between aptitudes relating to Head (cognitive), Hand (manual/craft) and Heart (caring/emotional). In recent decades in Western societies they have got out of kilter. One form of human aptitude -cognitive ability - has become the gold standard of human esteem. The cognitive ...Show more
The Purpose of Power - How to Build Movements for the 21st Century by Alicia Garza
$38.00 NZD
Category: Politics
In a powerful exploration of recent racial history, the co-founder of Black Lives Matter examines the moment we're in, how we got here, and how together we can build movements to create a just and equal world. Black Lives Matter began as a hashtag when Alicia Garza wrote what she calls 'a love letter to ...Show more
The Verso Book of Dissent - Revolutionary Words from Three Millennia of Rebellion and Resistance by Andrew Hsiao (Editor); Audrea Lim (Editor)
$27.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest--rallying others around them and inspiring uprisings in eras yet to come. Their echoes reverberate from Ancient Greece, China and Egypt, via the dissident poets and philosopher ...Show more
True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump by Jeffrey TOOBIN
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity? He runs for re-election. Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his National Security Advisor pleaded gu ...Show more
No One Man Should Have All That Power - How Rasputins Manipulate the World by Amos Barshad
$30.00 NZD
Category: Politics
An exploration of infamous, controversial figures and how they exert control. Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders--he's interested in their scheming advisors, the dark figures who wield power in the shadows. And, as Barshad shows in No ...Show more
The Climate Dispossessed: Justice for the Pacific in Aotearoa? (BWB Texts) by Teall Crossen
$15.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The world is heating up beyond the capacity of some countries to cope. Entire populations of Pacific islands are threatened, jeopardising the sovereign rights of these countries and the security of the region. This book explores what a just response to the risk of climate change displacement in the Paci ...Show more
The Good State: On the Principles of Democracy by A. C. Grayling
$37.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled and written constitution, and sets out the reforms necessary - among them addressing the imbalance of power ...Show more
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the "seven necessary sins" that women and girls are not supposed to commit: to be angry, ambitious, profane, v ...Show more
The Political Years by Marilyn Waring
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
"When I entered Parliament in 1975, I joined a very small club: although women in New Zealand won the right to vote in 1893, only a tiny handful had been Members of Parliament in the hundred or so years that followed. I was number 15!" In 1975, Marilyn Waring was elected to the New Zealand Parliament a ...Show more