The Office: A Hardworking History by Gideon Haigh
$50.00 NZD
$60.00 (16% off)
Category: General Non-Fiction
In 'The Office: A Hardworking History', Gideon Haigh traces from origins among merchants and monks to the gleaming glass towers of New York and the space age sweatshops of Silicon Valley, finding an extraordinary legacy of invention and ingenuity, shaped by the telephone, the typewriter, the elevator, t ...Show more
You Can't Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom by Nick Cohen
$34.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the advert of the Web, everywhere you turn you are told that we live in age of unparalleled freedom. This is dangerously naive. From the revolution in Iran that wasn't to the imposition of super-injunctions from the filthy rich, we still live in a world where you can ...Show more
Hunting in the Shadows: The Pursuit of Al Qa'ida Since 9/11 by Seth G. Jones
$48.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
This comprehensive, landmark history chronicles our ongoing battle against al-Qa ida, the greatest threat the West has faced in the modern era. An internationally recognized authority on terrorism and counterinsurgency, Seth G. Jones presents a dramatic narrative of the on-the-ground police work; the el ...Show more
Dickens' Women by Miriam Margolyes & Sonia Fraser
$24.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In his novels Dickens presents a series of unrivalled portraits of women, young and old. From Little Nell to Miss Havisham, these girls and women speak to us today, making us laugh and sometimes cry. The popular British actress Miriam Margolyes will be touring the world in 2012, the bicentenary of Dicke ...Show more
Collins World Watch: A Visual Guide to the Current State of the World
$29.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction | Series: Collins World Watch
A dynamic visual guide packed with fascinating facts about the world. Get to grips with geography through more than 100 easy-to-read visualizations of world issues. Colourful, informative and fun to use, Collins World Watch will help you understand all the major issues from around the globe at a glance, ...Show more
Spinfluence: The Hardcore Propaganda Manual for Controlling the Masses ... by Nick McFarlane
$29.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Spinfluence will appeal to crooked politicians, media manipulators and corporate big-wigs alike, in fact anyone interested in how to exploit people for profit or power. Covering fun techniques and tactics such as emotional hijacking, brainwashing and hysteria harnessing - Spinfluence is a glorious and i ...Show more
The Future by Al Gore
$27.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
In The Future, former US Vice President Al Gore, explores the political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades. From demographics to democracy, Gore explores what he calls the 'Drivers of Global Change', framing the international conversat ...Show more
@War by Shane Harris
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
The United States military now considers cyberspace as the 'fifth domain' of warfare (alongside land, air, sea and space). The Department of Defense, the NSA and CIA all field teams of hackers who can, and do, launch computer virus strikes against enemy targets. In fact, U.S. military hackers played a c ...Show more
Rise of Islamic State ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution by Patrick Cockburn
$27.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Out of the failures of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring and Syria, a new threat emerges. While Al Qaeda is weakened, new jihadi movements, especially ISIS, are starting to emerge. In military operations in June 2014 they were far more successful than Al Qaeda ever were, taking territory that reache ...Show more
Post-God Nation by Roy Williams
$34.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
At the time of Federation 98% of Australians identified themselves as Christians. Now only 5% regularly go to Church. The reasons for this steep decline in faith are broad - they include the failings of the Church itself; its relentless negativity and hypocrisy as well as misunderstandings about what be ...Show more
William & Catherine's New Royal Family by Ian Lloyd
$39.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
With fabulous pictures of the young royal family, this book takes a look at William and Kate's life from their engagement to the lead up to the arrival of Prince George of Cambridge, his birth and his first year and the arrival of his much awaited sibling. At 4:24pm on Monday 22 July 2013, the Duke and ...Show more
Where I'm Reading from: The Changing World of Books by Tim Parks
$26.00 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
Should you finish every book you start? How has your family influenced the way you read? What is literary style? How is the Nobel Prize like the World Cup? Why do you hate the book your friend likes? Is writing really just like any other job? What happens to your brain when you read a good book? As a no ...Show more