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Bill Birch: Minister of Everything by Brad Tattersfield
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Bill Birch was the quiet achiever of New Zealand politics. A trusted lieutenant to Prime Ministers Muldoon, Bolger and Shipley, Birch was at the heart of the action across a turbulent quarter-century of political and social change. From Think Big and the Employment Contracts Act to overhauls of immigrat ...Show more
What Can I Do? The Truth About Climate Change and How to Fix It by Jane Fonda
$37.99 NZD
Category: Politics
This is the last possible moment in history when changing course can mean saving lives and species on an unimaginable scale. It's too late for moderation. In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, J ...Show more
How to Be a Leader (The School of Life series) by School of Life Staff (Compiled by); Martin Bjergegaard; Cosmina Popa
$24.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
No one is born to lead. This is the idea at the heart of this thoughtful book on leadership. Popular culture feeds us images of the square-jawed, strong-armed leader - charismatic, powerful, decisive - but the truth is, with the right amount of self-knowledge and authenticity, anyone can be a good leade ...Show more
Student Political Action in New Zealand by Sylvia Nissen
$15.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Exploring the terrain between activism and apathy, Sylvia Nissen considers what it means to be a political actor from the perspective of students today. Drawing on in-depth interviews with New Zealand tertiary students, she traces their 'desires' for different types of politics, the 'demands' they exper ...Show more
The Making of Us - Why School Matters by Clarissa Farr
$29.99 NZD
Category: Politics
What makes a good education? 'A crucial book of the moment: the best-informed education insider laying out how schools should work' David Bodanis In a brilliant blend of memoir and manifesto, renowned educator Clarissa Farr tells stories from the frontlines of schools to offer vital lessons for the wa ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern: A New Kind of Leader by Madeleine Chapman
$40.00 NZD
Category: Biography
Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern is a leader for a new generation, one tired of inertia in the face of pressing issues such as climate change, immigration and the rise of far-right terrorism. Ardern was catapulted onto the international stage with her grace and compassion following the Chri ...Show more
Solved: How Other Countries Have Cracked the World's Biggest Problems and We Can Too by Andrew Wear
$37.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Sometimes the solutions are closer than we think. Denmark will reach 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2030. Iceland has topped gender equality rankings for a decade and counting. Singaporean students beat almost all others in maths and reading. South Koreans will soon live longer than an ...Show more
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall
$22.00 NZD
Category: Politics
'It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it' PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW'My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect ... Essential reading' ELIZABETH GILBERTAll too often the focus of mainstream feminism i ...Show more
Azadi - Freedom. Fascism. Fiction by Arundhati Roy
$0.00 NZD
Category: Politics
FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF MY SEDITIOUS HEART AND THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS, A NEW AND PRESSING DISPATCH FROM THE HEART OF THE CROWD AND THE SOLITUDE OF A WRITER'S DESK The chant of 'Azadi!' - Urdu for 'Freedom!' - is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir against what Kashmiris see a ...Show more
From Russia with Blood by Heidi Blake
$36.99 NZD
Category: Politics
Orwell Prize-nominated journalist Heidi Blake uncovers exclusive details of Vladimir Putin's worldwide meddling with dissident voices. This is the explosive and true story of how Russia operates in our cities, right under the noses of the most powerful nations in the world, and why even they can't stop ...Show more
Dictatorland - The Men Who Stole Africa by Paul Kenyon
$25.00 NZD
Category: Politics
One dictator grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a 35-story-high basilica in the jungles of the Ivory Coast. One austere, incorruptible leader shut Eritrea off from the world in a permanent state of war and conscripted every adult into the armed forces. The Libyan army officer who a ...Show more
The Communist Manifesto (Popular Penguin) by Karl Marx
$13.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Series: Popular Penguins
The Communist Manifesto changed the face of the twentieth century beyond recognition, inspiring millions to revolution, forming the basis of political systems that still dominate countless lives and continuing to ignite violent debate about class and capitalism today.