Churchill in Quotes : Wit and Wisdom from the Great Statesman by Ammonite Press
$19.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: In "Quotes" Ser.
Sir Winston Churchill, statesman, orator and former Prime Minister was a man whose words gave hope and inspiration to the British people and many are as relevant today as they were during the war years. Churchill's speeches were not always confined to serious political rhetoric and motivation: his off-t ...Show more
The Trip to Echo Spring - On Writers and Drinking by Olivia Laing
$28.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Biography Award.Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. ...Show more
The Price of Inequality by Joseph Stiglitz
$37.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explains why we are experiencing such destructively high levels of inequality - and why this is not inevitable.
Complacent Nation (BWB Texts) by Gavin Ellis
$14.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
New Zealanders are too complacent about the continuing erosion of their right to know what government is doing on their behalf. Political risk has become a primary consideration in whether official information requests will be met, and successive governments have allowed free speech rights to be over-ri ...Show more
Insane Clown President: Dispatches from the American Circus by Matt Taibbi
$40.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
"The thing is, when you actually think about it, it's not funny. Given what's at stake, it's more like the opposite, like the first sign of the collapse of the United States as a global superpower. Twenty years from now, when we're all living like prehistory hominids and hunting rats with sticks, we'll ...Show more
Mullahs Without Mercy Human Rights and Nuclear Weapons (1st Edition) by Geoffrey Robertson, QC
$42.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Geoffrey Robertson QC explains how to avoid war in the Middle East and a catastrophic nuclear disaster. - What is worse: Iran getting the bomb or America bombing Iran? - Will our children ever live in a world without nuclear weapons? - Can states that mass-murder their own people be trusted with a weapo ...Show more
The Mueller Report by The Washington Post
$28.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
The only book with exclusive analysis by the Pulitzer Prize-winning staff of The Washington Post, and the most complete and authoritative available. Read the findings of the Special Counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, complete with accompanying analysis by the Post re ...Show more
I Call Myself a Feminist - The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty by Victoria Pepe
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Is feminism still a dirty word? We asked twenty-five of the brightest, funniest, bravest young women what being a feminist in 2015 means to them. We hear from Laura Bates (of the Everyday Sexism Project), Reni Eddo-Lodge (award-winning journalist and author), Yas Necati (an eighteen-year-old activist), ...Show more
WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy by The Guardian
$24.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
New and Updated edition - It was the biggest leak in history. WikiLeaks infuriated the world's greatest superpower, embarrassed the British royal family and helped cause a revolution in North Africa. The man behind it was Julian Assange, one of the strangest figures ever to become a worldwide celebrity. ...Show more
Poisoned Legacy: The Human Cost of BP's Rise to Power by Mike Magner
$42.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing eleven workers and creating the largest oil spill in the history of U.S. offshore drilling, a spill that has despoiled the Gulf and its wildlife for long periods to come. But, this wasn't the first time British Petroleum and its cost-cut ...Show more
Ex Libris: 100 Books for Everyone's Bookshelf by Michiko Kakutani
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
From 'the most powerful book critic in the English-speaking world' (Vanity Fair) comes an inspiring and beautifully illustrated selection of the life-changing books that none of us should miss 'Why do we love books so much?' For legendary literary critic Michiko Kakutani, books have always been an esca ...Show more
The Tales of Two Fannies - Farmyard to Furnaces: Fanny and Fanny
$20.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
The Tales of Two Fannies is an insight into the world of two best friends, whose characters you will come to know as 'Fanny One' and 'Fanny Two'. With a combined nursing career spanning fifty plus years, they have come together to share their truthful tales. No 'holes' barred, Fanny and Fanny have a sen ...Show more