Post- Truth: Why We Have Reached Peak Bullshit and What We Can Do About It by Evan Davis
37.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Low-level dishonesty is rife everywhere, in the form of exaggeration, selective use of facts, economy with the truth, careful drafting - from Trump and the Brexit debate to companies that tell us 'your call is important to us'. How did we get to a place where bullshit is not just rife but apparently so ...Show more
Geek Girl Rising Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech by Heather Cabot
39.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: 1st
"I don’t know much about tech, but I do know that these pioneer women are pretty dope. Geek Girl Rising gives a much needed voice to the fearless women paving an important path in the tech world, while forming a lasting sisterhood along the way.” - Kelly Ripa Meet the women who aren’t asking permission ...Show more
Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era by Daniel Levitin
28.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized Mind We live in a world where the line between truth and lies is increasingly blurred by euphemistic terms such as 'post-truth', 'counter-knowledge', 'fringe theories' and others. In a world w ...Show more
The Careers Handbook by DK
40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
This practical careers handbook helps you get to grips with the job market - packed with job inspiration and advice for career development Whether you want to know how to get into your dream career, need help understanding the job market or you simply don't know where to start your job search, The Caree ...Show more
The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois
35.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Restless Classics presents The Souls of Black Folk: W. E. B. Du Bois' seminal work of sociology, with searing insights into America's complex, corrosive obsession with race and the African-American conscience. Reconsidered for the era of Obama and #blacklivesmatter, the new edition includes an incisive ...Show more
Portholes to the Past by Lloyd Geering
24.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Reflections on the 20th century At nearly 99 years old, Lloyd Geering is well qualified to look back over the last century, consider the massive social changes he has lived through, and evaluate human progress. Born in 1918, Lloyd reflects on two world wars, the Great Depression, and changes he has expe ...Show more
The Ten Types of Human - A new understanding of who we are and who we can be by Dexter Dias
40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: near fine
This book will introduce you to ten people. In a way, you already know them. Only you don't - not really. In a sense, they are you. Only they're not entirely. They inform and shape the most important decisions in your life. But you're almost certainly unaware of their intervention. They are the Ten Type ...Show more
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations by Thomas L. Friedman
40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
From the Pulitzer Prize winner and No.1 international bestselling author of The World is Flat, an essential and entertaining field guide to thriving in the twenty-first century. We all sense it - something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your children. You ca ...Show more
The Quantum World: The Disturbing Theory at the Heart of Reality by New Scientist
34.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: New Scientist Instant Expert
THE MIND-BENDING WORLD OF QUANTUM THEORY Quantum theory is our very best description of the microscopic world of atoms and their constituents. It has given us lasers, computers and nuclear reactors, and even tells us how the sun shines and why the ground beneath our feet is solid. Yet the quantum world ...Show more
The Crime Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) by .
45.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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A Bold Life by Jenny Magee
29.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Women are living longer and better than previous generations, yet often we lose our way in our fifties. Changes in work, health, families and relationships can leave us feeling uncertain and wondering if life has anything more to offer. A Bold Life tells the stories of nine baby boomer women who are not ...Show more
Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating by Charles Spence
38.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
A ground-breaking book by the world-leading expert in sensory science: Freakonomics for food Why do we consume 35% more food when eating with one more person, and 75% more when with three? Why are 27% of drinks bought on aeroplanes tomato juice? How are chefs and companies planning to transform our dini ...Show more