Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan
67.99 NZD
Category: Politics
From President Obama's chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, a spellbinding account of ten days of the presidency, in June 2015, when a racist massacre and two impending Supreme Court decisions put the character of our country on the line, and a President's words could bring the nation together or tear it a ...Show more
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine by Owen Matthews
39.99 NZD
Category: Politics
An astonishing deep dive into the war in Ukraine - from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol. The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War - and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin lurched from a calculating, su ...Show more
The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism by Matthias Schmelzer, Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan (editors)
34.99 NZD
Category: Politics
We need to break free from the capitalist economy. Degrowth gives us the tools to bend its bars. Economic growth isn't working, and it cannot be made to work. Offering a counter-history of how economic growth emerged in the context of colonialism, fossil-fueled industrialization, and capitalist modern ...Show more
The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Inside Story by Sebastian Payne
39.99 NZD
Category: Politics
The Fall of Boris Johnson is the fascinating inside account of how the prime minister lost his grip on power. Sebastian Payne, Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times, tells the essential behind-the-scenes story, charting the series of scandals that felled Johnson: from the blocked suspension of Owen P ...Show more
The Digital Silk Road: China's Quest to Wire the World and Win the Future by Jonathan E. Hillman
27.99 NZD
Category: Politics
An expert on China's global infrastructure expansion provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks. From the ocean floor to outer space, China's digital Silk Road aims to wire the world and rewrite the global order. Taking readers on a journey inside China's surveilla ...Show more
The Lazarus Heist - From Hollywood to High Finance: Inside North Koreas Global Cyber War by White Geoffrey
40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Based on the No 1 hit podcast 'The Lazarus Heist' 'You'll never see North Korea the same way again' Oliver Bullough, Sunday Times bestselling author of Moneyland 'One of the most incredible cyber-espionage stories I've ever heard, told by one of the UK's best tech journalists' Jamie Bartlett, author of ...Show more
The Rebel and the Kingdom - The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime by Bradley Hope
39.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: near fine
A gripping account of an Ivy League activist-turned-fugitive and his clandestine effort to subvert the North Korean regime, a heart-pounding tale of a self-taught operative and his high-stakes attempt to change the world. In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for h ...Show more
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman
37.99 NZD
Category: Politics
'This is the book Trump fears most.' - Axios From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling his rise in New York City to his tortur ...Show more
The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spies by Richard Kerbaj
39.99 NZD
Category: Politics
The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations. Drawn from five countries - Britain, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - the Five Eyes has been steeped in secrecy since its formation in 1956, ...Show more
The Breach - The Untold Story of the Investigation into January 6th by Denver Riggleman; Hunter Walker
39.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
Make no mistake: modern information warfare is here and January 6th was just the first battle. That day, an unhinged mindset led to an attack on the Capitol, the most serious assault on American democracy since the end of the Civil War. And that thinking portends even darker days ahead. In <i>The ...Show more
Green Murder (PB) by Ian Plimer
49.99 NZD
Category: Politics
It has never been shown that human emissions of the gas of life drive global warming. Large bodies of science that don’t fit the narrative have been ignored by IPCC, COP and self-interested scientists paid by taxpayers. A huge subsidised industry of intermittent unreliable wind and solar electricity has ...Show more
Preventable: How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Stop the Next One by Devi Sridhar
40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Professor Devi Sridhar has risen to prominence for her vital roles in communicating science to the public and speaking truth to power. In Preventable she highlights lessons learned from outbreaks past and present in a narrative that traces the COVID-19 pandemic - including her personal experience as a s ...Show more