Truthteller: An Investigative Reporter's Journey Through the World of Truth Prevention, Fake News and Conspiracy Theories by Stephen Davis
$29.99 NZD
Category: Politics
There is a war on truth. And the liars are winning. Truthteller is an essential guide to how governments and corporations cover up murder, corruption and catastrophe, for teachers, students and concerned citizens who want to know the facts, not fake news. Using exclusive documents and interviews from a ...Show more
CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping by Kerry Brown
$24.99 NZD
Category: Politics
China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed. Under the guise of a corruption crackdown, which has ...Show more
I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year by Philip Carol; Rucker Leonnig
$32.99 NZD
Category: Politics
The true story of what took place in Donald Trump’s White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full. What was really going on around the president, as the government failed to contain the coronavirus and over half a million Americans perished? Who was influencing Trump after he r ...Show more
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger
$32.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and the world 'Leaders,' writes Henry Kissinger in this compelling book, 'think and act at the intersection of two axes: the first, between the past and the future; the second between the abiding values and ...Show more
How to be a Politician: 2,000 Years of Good (and Bad) Advice by Vince Cable
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
'Always forgive your enemies - but never forget their names.' JFK'What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.' David Lloyd George'Unchallenged master of the self-infl ...Show more
Boris Johnson - The Rise and Fall of a Troublemaker at Number 10 by Andrew Gimson
$65.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Andrew Gimson, whose previous book Boris is the essential read on Johnson's earlier career, returns with a penetrating and entertaining new account of Boris Johnson's turbulent time as prime minister, from the highs of a landslide election victory to the lows of his car-crash resignation. In Boris Johns ...Show more
Typhoon by Charles Cumming
$26.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The thrilling account of the Typhoon FGR4s in the war against ISIS, from the RAF Wing Commander who led them into combat'Adrenaline-fuelled. A rare insight into the high-pressure, high-stakes world of an RAF fighter squadron at war' JOHN NICHOL________'Dragon, we've got reports of a mortar firing team t ...Show more
The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World by Andrew Doyle
$37.99 NZD
Category: Politics
Engaging, incisive and acute, The New Puritans is a deeply necessary exploration of our current cultural climate and an urgent appeal to return to a truly liberal society.The puritans of the seventeenth century sought to refashion society in accordance with their own beliefs, but they were deep thinkers ...Show more
Wildland: The Making of America's Fury by Evan Osnos
$32.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
After a decade abroad, the National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Evan Osnos returns to three places he has lived in the United States--Greenwich, CT; Clarksburg, WV; and Chicago, IL--to illuminate the origins of America's political fury. Evan Osnos moved to Washington, D.C., in 2013 aft ...Show more
The Ledger: Accounting for Failure in Afghanistan by David Kilcullen, Greg Mills
$34.99 NZD
Category: Politics
'These things happened. They were glorious and they changed the world,' said Charlie Wilson of America's role in supporting the mujahideen against the Soviet Union. 'And then we fucked up the endgame.' The scandal-prone US Congressman lamented the absence of support for Afghanistan after that war, a vac ...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 Wires of War: Technology and the Global Struggle for Power by Jacob Helberg
$37.99 NZD
Category: Politics
From the former news policy lead at Google, an “informative and often harrowing wake-up call” (Publishers Weekly) that explains the high-stakes global cyberwar brewing between Western democracies and the authoritarian regimes of China and Russia that could potentially crush democracy. From 2016 to 2020 ...Show more