The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story by Sebastian Payne
$27.99 NZD
Category: Politics
The Fall of Boris Johnson is the explosive inside account of how a prime minister lost his hold on power. From Sebastian Payne, Director of Onward and former Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times.Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book AwardsA New Statesman, The Times, Daily Mail and FT Book of the Year ...Show more
Why Governments Get It Wrong - And How They Can Get It Right by Dennis C. Grube
$27.99 NZD
Category: Politics
'This humane, accessible and lucid work will enlighten any voter, and remind any would-be - or currently serving - politician of the pitfalls to avoid' - TLS As the list of U-turns grows ever longer, the cost of living crisis intensifies and mortgage rates rise, we really need those in charge to get it ...Show more
Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky - Lessons We Can All Learn from an Unexpected Leader by Jessie Asya Kanzer
$44.99 NZD
Category: Politics
Volodymyr Zelensky captivated the world when his country was invaded by Russia in February 2022. His appearances were accompanied by countless inspiring statements. But there's a single one that informs Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky: "We are all simple people." Jessie Kanzer sees Zelensky as a Spiri ...Show more
Jacinda Ardern: The Story of an Extraordinary Leader by Michelle Duff
$37.99 NZD
Category: Politics
In depth analysis of Jacinda Ardern's extraordinary leadership as Prime Minister of New Zealand. Fully updated and revised edition, now including the 2020 election and New Zealand's Covid-19 response, the Whakaari/White Island tragedy, Ardern's shock resignation and what she's doing now. Michelle Duff ...Show more
Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
$42.00 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: near fine
A personal trip into the uncanny Mirror World of our polarised culture, from the international bestselling author of The Shock Doctrine. What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all? When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who share ...Show more
Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets by Brett Scott
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
'A wonderfully revolutionary text' - YANIS VAROUFAKISThe reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater; many of us rarely use cash these days. But what we're told is a natural and inevitable move is the work of powerful interests. And the great battle of our time is the ...Show more
The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell For Putin's Power Gambit - and How to Fix It by Mikhail Khodorkovsky
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
An urgent analysis of the battle between Russia and the West, by former Kremlin insider and now vocal Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. 'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Voice of Russia Radio and heard that the Kre ...Show more
Tragic Nation Burma: Why and How Democracy Failed by Amitav Acharya
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The February 2021 coup demonstrates the tragic politics of a land whose strategic location, rich culture, and bountiful resources should have made it a leading nation of AsiaA decade ago, Burma was full of light and hope. Today, it has descended into darkness and despair. The once promising political an ...Show more
Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin's Russia by Jade McGlynn
$44.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Why aren't ordinary Russians more outraged by Putin's invasion of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlin's own historical propaganda narratives, Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense. From its World War II cult to anti-Western conspiracy theories, the Kremlin has long used myth and memory to legitimize ...Show more
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
$54.99 NZD
Category: Politics
An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo's cobalt mining operation--and the moral implications that affect us all.Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mi ...Show more
Bob Hawke: Demons and Destiny by Troy Bramston
$55.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The definitive full-life biography of Australia's 23rd prime minister; the only one that Hawke cooperated with after exiting the prime ministership. This unprecedented biography of Hawke includes an exclusive series of interviews with him - the last that he gave - as well as unfiltered access to his ex ...Show more
Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland by Karl Schlogel
$34.99 NZD
Category: Politics
Ukraine is a country caught in a political tug of war: looking East to Russia and West to the European Union, this pivotal nation has long been a pawn in a global ideological game. And since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 in response to the Ukrainian Euromaidan protests against oligarchical ...Show more