Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy by Bill Browder
26.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
I have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know. In November 2009, the young lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death by eight poli ...Show more
The War Below: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives by Ernest Scheyder
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
An unprecedented look inside the global battle to power our lives from acclaimed Reuters reporter Ernest Scheyder. A new economic war for critical minerals has begun, and The War Below is an urgent dispatch from its front lines. To build electric vehicles, solar panels, cell phones, and millions of othe ...Show more
The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
38.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. 'Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a lighthouse of a writer: steadfast, illuminating and patiently cutting through darkness and horror to lead us to safety.' -Benjamin Law 'Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a writer of depth, determinati ...Show more
Colonialism - A Moral Reckoning by Nigel Biggar
32.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the 'End of History' - that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with Russia rat ...Show more
Westlessness by Samir Puri
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
- What if the sun truly is setting on the Western world's outsized influence over the rest of the planet? - The receding of Western power is speeding up, shaking the ground under our feet - In Westlessness, Dr Puri vividly demonstrates how in demographic, economic, military and cultural terms, we are hu ...Show more
The New Cold War: How the Contest Between the US and China Will Shape Our Century by Robin Niblett
37.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
An urgent and essential assessment of the global contest between the US and China, and how looking to history will help us to navigate it, from former Director of Chatham House
Hype Machine: How Greed, Fraud and Free Money Crashed Crypto by Joshua Oliver
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
A compelling and incendiary exploration of the cult of crypto told through the rise and fall of its most mercurial figure - Sam Bankman-Fried. 'Anybody who wants to understand the cryptocurrency mania should read Hype Machine.' LIONEL BARBER, FORMER EDITOR OF THE FINANCIAL TIMES 'A richly reported and d ...Show more
How The World Ran Out Of Everything by Peter S. Goodman
38.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
One of Foreign Policy's "Most Anticipated Books of 2024" Part Michael Lewis, part The Way Things Work: From the New York Times’s Global Economics Correspondent, an extraordinary journey revealing the worldwide supply chain—exposing both the fascinating pathways of manufacturing and transportation that ...Show more
Pegasus by Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud
28.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
The gripping, behind-the scenes story of one of the most sophisticated surveillance weapons ever created, which is threatening democracy and human rights. 'Absorbing . . . a celebration of journalism and hacking being used to unmask the bad guys' - Guardian Pegasus is widely regarded as the most power ...Show more
We're All Climate Hypocrites Now - How Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement by Sami Grover
35.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
Changing your behavior matters. Transforming the system matters more. Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it's activists facing criticism for eating meat or c ...Show more
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
We could have an uninhabitable earth in a century. It could take 26 minutes and 40 seconds. An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller that has to be read to be believed. Up to now, no one outside of official circles has known exactly what would happen if a rogue state launched a nuclear missile at the ...Show more
The Ransomware Hunting Team: A Band of Misfits' Improbable Crusade to Save the World from Cybercrime by Renee Dudley, Daniel Golden
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
A real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time. "What Michael Lewis did for baseball in Moneyball, Renee Dudley and Daniel Golden do brilliantly for the world of ransomware and hackers. Cinematic, big in scope, and meticulous ...Show more