The Web of Deceit by Mark Curtis (formerly Research Fellow, Institute of Foreign Affairs)
33.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs | Series: A\Vintage Original Ser.
In his explosive and revealing new book, Mark Curtis reasons that Britain is a 'rogue state', often a violator of international law and a systematic condoner of human rights abuses, as well as a key ally of many repressive regimes. Curtis argues that under the Blair government, Britain has become a cham ...Show more
Worlds Apart: A Muslim Girl with the SAS by Alisha Khan
40.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
By the age of twelve, Azi Ahmed had been fully trained in all the skills her mother thought necessary to become the perfect housewife: knitting, sewing and sitting pretty. Little did she know that a rather different sort of training lay in her future.With no military experience, physically slight and, b ...Show more
The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq by Emma Sky
50.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015 When Emma Sky, an intrepid young British woman, volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, she had little idea what she was letting herself in for. It was only supposed to last three months b ...Show more
Under the Black Flag: At the Frontier of the New Jihad by Sami Moubayed
38.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
The Islamic State movement (ISIS/ISIL/IS) burst onto the world stage in 2014. From its heartland in Syria, where it arose from the chaos of the Syrian Revolt, the organisation has expanded in ideology and membership and now poses a significant threat to the region, if not to the wider world. Moubayed, a ...Show more
Putinism by Walter Laqueur
45.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
There is no question that tensions between Russia and American are on the rise. The forced annexation of Crimea, the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, and the Russian government's treatment of homosexuals have created diplomatic standoffs and led to a volley of economic sanctions. Much of the blam ...Show more
Paper Tiger: Inside the Real China by Xu Zhiyuan
35.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
In PAPER TIGER the Chinese journalist and intellectual Xu Zhiyuan paints a portrait of the world's second-largest economy via a thoughtful and wide-ranging series of mini essays on contemporary Chinese society. Xu Zhiyuan describes the many stages upon which China's great transformation is taking place ...Show more
Capitalism - A Ghost Story by Arundhati Roy
23.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
India is a nation of 1.2 billion, but the country's 100 richest people own assets equivalent to one-fourth of India's gross domestic product. The rest of the population are ghosts within a system beyond their control. This includes the millions that live on less than $2 a day; or the hundreds of thousan ...Show more
Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the free World must be Stopped by Garry Kasparov
33.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
In this bold and important book, Garry Kasparov argues that Vladimir Putin's dangerous global ambitions have been ignored for too long - and he won't be stopped unless the West stands up to him.
Full Catastrophe: Inside the Greek Crisis by James Angelos
28.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
Greece has always been celebrated for its classical past, whitewashed villages and cerulean seas, but in recent years the country has been at the centre of a debt crisis that has sown economic ruin, spurred panic in international markets, and tested Europe's decades-old project of forging a closer union ...Show more
Shifting Sands: The Unravelling of the Old Order in the Middle East by Raja Shehadeh
25.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
At a time when the Middle East dominates media headlines more than ever - and for reasons that become ever more heartbreaking - Shifting Sands brings together fifteen impassioned and informed voices to talk about a region with unlimited potential, and yet which can feel, as one writer puts it, 'as thoug ...Show more
Moynihan's Moment: America's Fight Against Zionism as Racism by Gil Troy
50.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
On November 10, 1975, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution declaring Zionism a form of racism. The move shocked millions, especially in the United States- the country largely responsible for founding the UN. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the American Ambassador to the UN, denounced this attack on Isra ...Show more
Global Megatrends: Seven Patterns of Change Shaping Our Future by Stefan Hajkowicz
43.00 NZD
Category: Current Affairs
Global Megatrends tells a story about how the world will change over the next 20 years. 'Megatrends' are gradual yet powerful trajectories of change that have the potential to throw companies, individuals and societies into freefall. In Global Megatrends author Stefan Hajkowicz identifies seven patterns ...Show more