American Mother
'An extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness and moral courage' Patrick Radden Keefe A 2024 HIGHLIGHT IN THE OBSERVER, GUARDIAN AND IRISH TIMES SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDSAN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
20% offOne of Them
'Shaneel is not like anyone you have ever met. An absolute must-read.' - Ruby Tui What would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong? For Shaneel Lal, this was their reality from the time they were five. Growing up in a tiny, traditional village...Paperback$3200Usually:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
The Unwomanly Face of War
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich is a hauntingly powerful oral history that delves into the seldom-heard experiences of Soviet women during the Second World War. Through meticulous storytelling and unwavering commitment to truth, Alexievich illuminates the profound and often heart-wrenching realities faced by these women, transcending the boundaries of conventional war narratives. This extraordinary book presents the...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
12% offThe Siege
Britain's best-selling historian writes the first definitive account of the famous televised SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980. On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and three British citizens. A tense six-day siege...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
20% offThe Precipice
The Precipice, by Noam Chomsky and C.J. Polychroniou, is an extraordinary compilation of interviews that delves into the pressing issues of contemporary society. In this absorbing collection, Chomsky, hailed by the Observer as "the world's greatest public intellectual," provides a clear-eyed analysis of the current state of the world as we navigate through monumental changes towards a more hopeful future....Paperback$1200Elsewhere:$1599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
On Anarchism
On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky is an essential exploration into the political theory and philosophy of one of the world's most renowned intellectuals and activists. This collection of essays and interviews offers a comprehensive overview of Chomsky's thoughts on anarchism, presenting a compelling case for his distinctively optimistic perspective on the subject. Far from being a rigid ideology, Chomsky's vision...Paperback$1799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
30% offMao: The Unknown Story
Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday is a groundbreaking biography that offers an unprecedented look into the life of Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People's Republic of China. This meticulously researched book, written by the celebrated author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang, and her husband, historian Jon Halliday, sheds new light on one of...Paperback$2100Elsewhere:$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
There Is Nothing for You Here
This book has a miraculous quality.... As a memoir this is hard to put down; if you are seeking a better American future you should pick it up.”—Timothy Snyder, New York Times best-selling author of On Tyranny INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set America on the...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
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Upheaval
Upheaval by Jared Diamond is a transformative exploration into how nations face and overcome extreme crises. This gripping narrative draws from seven modern nations that have faced significant upheavals, revealing the processes by which they adapted and survived. From the dramatic forced opening of Japan to the Soviet invasion of Finland and the harrowing experiences under the Pinochet regime in...Paperback$2200Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
The Republic and Other Works
Explore the profound philosophical insights of one of history’s most influential thinkers with The Republic and Other Works by Plato. This comprehensive compilation brings together some of Plato's most significant dialogues, presenting a masterclass in classical Greek philosophy. In The Republic, Plato explores the nature of justice, the characteristics of the just society, and the education required to create such...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3400Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
20% offThe Big Short
The Big Short by Michael Lewis delves into the intricate and turbulent world of high finance, uncovering a gripping narrative that exposes the dark underbelly of the financial crisis of 2008. Through meticulous research and riveting storytelling, Lewis brings to life the individuals who foresaw the collapse of the housing market and decided to bet against the banking system, reaping...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$3200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
Putin
The monumental biography of the most influential leader on the world stage in the last twenty years. Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. He has the power to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours, meddles in western elections, and orders assassinations. Yet many Russians continue to support him. Under Putin's leadership, Russia has once...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
Hitler: Volume I
Hitler: Volume I by Volker Ullrich is a landmark biography that delves deep into the uncharted territories of Adolf Hitler's early years, shedding light on the man behind one of the most infamous figures in history. This compelling first volume meticulously chronicles Hitler's life from his humble beginnings to the precipice of the Second World War, presenting readers with a...Paperback$4800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
Doppelganger
A wild ride 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 shared her first name, but had radically different,...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
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October
October by China Miéville is a masterful narrative that breathes life into one of the most monumental moments in history—the Russian Revolution of 1917. Through the author's compelling prose, readers are transported back to a world of seismic change, where a sprawling empire was transformed through the fervour of revolutionary zeal. In February of 1917, Russia languished under the yoke...Paperback$1900Usually:$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
Cuckoo's Egg
In this white-knuckled true story that is "as exciting as any action novel" (The New York Times Book Review), an astronomer-turned-cyber-detective begins a personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatens national security and leads all the way to the KGB. When Cliff Stoll followed the trail of a 75-cent accounting error at his workplace, the Lawrence...Paperback$5500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Grand Ambition
Written with never-before-seen documents from Paul Keating’s archive, and drawing on long conversations and interviews with him over many years, this book explores the ambitions for Australia and its place in the world that guided Keating: arguably the last Prime Minister with a compelling long-term vision for the country. As Australia stands on the edge of the greatest reappraisal of...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Twilight of Exceptionalism
After 12 years, Kelly returns with another incisive assessment of modern Australian politics The Twilight of Exceptionalism is the third in Paul Kelly's masterful trilogy on modern Australian politics, following The March of Patriots (2009) and Triumph and Demise (2014).It charts the most turbulent era of Liberal and conservative politics since Sir Robert Menzies formed the Liberal Party, tracing the crisis besetting the Coalition and...Trade Paperback$5999Elsewhere:$6999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
A People's History of the United States
The Classic National Bestseller A People's History of the United States by eminent historian Howard Zinn offers an unflinching look at the American past from the perspective of the everyday people who lived through it. This groundbreaking work rejects the conventional narratives that often highlight the deeds of the elite, instead choosing to elevate the often overlooked experiences and struggles...Paperback$6000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Pre-orderHow Not to Save the World
As the world burns, wars are claiming thousands of innocent lives and governments do nothing, activism offers the antidote to our growing sense of hopelessness. But then why does it sometimes feel like direct action is hindering rather than helping? Shouldn’t people be addressing the climate catastrophe head-on, rather than gluing themselves to trains at rush hour or throwing soup...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order
Colonialism
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 rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and...Paperback$3200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Baldwin: A Love Story
WINNER OF THE NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE WINNER OF THE PEN/ JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY A TIME TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 AN ATLANTIC TOP 10 BOOK OF 2025 A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Drawing on new archival material, original research, and...Paperback$5800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
A Hacker's Mind
A hack is any means of subverting a system's rules in unintended ways. The tax code isn't computer code, but a series of complex formulas. It has vulnerabilities; we call them "loopholes." We call exploits "tax avoidance strategies." And there is an entire industry of "black hat" hackers intent on finding exploitable loopholes in the tax code. We call them...Hardback$5699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Gangland
New Zealand's underworld of organised crime and deadly gangs 'The best true-crime book of the year by a long stretch.'- Steve Braunias, Newsroom 'A series of rip-snorting yarns about gangs, drugs, fancy cars, wads of cash, violence, and guns - Aotearoa New Zealand style.'- Simon Bridges In Gangland, author and award-winning investigative reporter Jared Savage takes readers on a gripping...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four
One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World' HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Winston Smith rewrites history. It’s his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people of Oceania. Winston knows what a good...Paperback$1299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Reportage
Reportage - Essays on the New World Order examines the roots, culture, mindset, and insatiable and ruthless lust for power of globalist institutions and interests. James offers not only clarity on the Who, What, How and Why of hidden and suppressed histories, but also presents alternatives, and—yes—even hope for the free and sovereign individual in a world seemingly locked down...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness
Albanese is perhaps the one figure of our times that future historians will recall as the one who did the most to redeem our generation from its guilt over the genocide of the Palestinian people. Her reflections in this book are not just timely - they are for the ages - Yanis Varoufakis Israel's genocide in Palestine and the complicity...Paperback$5200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Red Notice
Red Notice by Bill Browder is a harrowing account of one man's fight against the corruption and brutality embedded within the highest echelons of Russian power. Blending personal memoir, geopolitical intrigue, and a true-crime narrative, this book takes the reader on an electrifying journey from the flourishing financial markets of New York and London in the 1990s to the lethal...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September
18% offThe Coffin Confessor
Imagine being on your deathbed, consumed by secrets you've long harboured, or carrying unfulfilled wishes that weigh heavily on your mind. In these moments, what if there were someone willing to honour your final requests, someone who speaks for the dead, irrespective of society's rules? Enter Bill Edgar, the Coffin Confessor, a man whose unique and unconventional profession reveals a...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers by Paul Kennedy is an authoritative historical analysis that encompasses half a millennium of global geopolitical dynamics. Spanning from the post-medieval era to the late 20th century, the book meticulously charts the evolution and decline of powerful nations. Kennedy's thesis posits that the fortunes of world powers are intricately linked to their...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
World Order
World Order by Henry Kissinger is an essential read for anyone interested in the fundamentals of global power dynamics and international relations. This comprehensive analysis delves into the core principles of geopolitics and statecraft, articulating a vision shaped by centuries of historical evolution. Kissinger, one of the most influential figures in world diplomacy, crafts a narrative that spans from the...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
Indignity
The acclaimed author of Free returns with an imaginative investigation into dignity and historical injustice through the story of a family. When Lea Ypi discovers a photo of her grandmother, Leman, honeymooning in the Alps in 1941 posted by a stranger on social media, she is faced with unsettling questions. Growing up, she was told records of her grandmother's youth...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
The Narrow Corridor
The internationally bestselling authors of Why Nations Fail explore how different societies develop, resolve, or fail to resolve, conflicts. Based on decades of research, the authors present a powerful new big-picture framework in The Narrow Corridor. They explain how some countries progress towards and provide liberty, while others descend into despotism, anarchy, or are suffocated by norms. The book reveals...Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$3200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
Orwell and Politics
Orwell and Politics is the definitive collection of George Orwell's timeless political writing, showcasing the enduring brilliance of one of the 20th century's most influential authors. This anthology comprehensively assembles Orwell's powerful political essays and journalism along with his enduring satire on totalitarianism, Animal Farm. The collection is arranged to illustrate Orwell's vast range of political interests. It includes provocative...Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$3200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
The Devil's Hand
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR The fourth thriller in the “so powerful, so pulse-pounding, so well-written” (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Terminal List series follows former Navy SEAL James Reece as he is entrusted with a top-secret CIA mission of retribution twenty years in the making. It’s been twenty years since 9/11. Two decades since the United...Paperback$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
How to Hide an Empire
The New York Times Bestseller Named one of the ten best books of the year by the Chicago Tribune A Publishers Weekly best book of the year, an NPR Staff Pick "Consistently both startling and absorbing . . . Immerwahr vividly retells the early formation of the [United States], the consolidation of its overseas territory, and the postwar perfection of...Paperback$6000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
The Human Condition
The past year has seen a resurgence of interest in the political thinker Hannah Arendt, "the theorist of beginnings," whose work probes the logics underlying unexpected transformations—from totalitarianism to revolution. A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern...Paperback$4500Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September
Ask Not
The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024 A Mail on Sunday ‘Best Holiday Read 2024’ ‘A searing exposé’ Glamour ‘A timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power’ – Observer From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family's generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Civil Rights Movement
This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of the Civil Rights Movement—arguably the most important political movement of the 20th century—and provides a roadmap for future study and historical inquiry. Civil Rights Movement provides a comprehensive reference guide to this momentous cultural evolution that starts in the 1930s. By beginning the story of how African Americans have...Paperback$5199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Too Late to Awaken
The most dangerous philosopher in the West returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicament. We hear all the time that we're moments from doomsday. Around us, crises interlock and escalate, threatening our collective survival—Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with its rising risk of nuclear warfare, is taking place against a backdrop of global warming, ecological breakdown, and...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
Talking to My Daughter
The number-one bestselling, world-renowned economist writes a series of letters to his daughter to explain what economics is and why it is so dangerous. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Yanis Varoufakis, a world-renowned economist, writes to his daughter to teach her the hazards of capitalism. 'Why is there so much inequality?' asked Xenia to her father. Answering her questions in a...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September -
Dishonesty is the Second-Best Policy
Mitchell is an exceptionally clever, eloquent and spot-on commentator. We should be grateful for him. - Daily Mail David Mitchell's 2014 bestseller Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse must really have made people think - because everything's got worse. We've gone from UKIP surge to Brexit shambles, from horsemeat in lasagne to Donald Trump in the White House, from...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
Politics On the Edge
Politics On the Edge offers an unflinching look at the tumultuous world of British politics through the eyes of Rory Stewart, a former Cabinet minister and a compelling voice on the political stage. This searing insider's account charts Stewart's extraordinary ten-year journey in Parliament, beginning as a political outsider in 2010 and culminating in a bold bid for prime minister....Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September 
Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Cats, the original masters of stealth, sass, and strategic chaos, have been teaching us survival tactics for centuries—they just haven't been this explicit about it. Until now. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism lays out the nine essential feline strategies for toppling tyranny. You'll learn to: Confuse the oppressors by refusing predictability Rest unapologetically because naps are resistance Knock over...Hardback$2200Elsewhere:$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
On Fire
On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal is a powerful and compelling collection of essays by No.1 international and New York Times bestselling author Naomi Klein. For over two decades, Klein has been a prominent voice documenting the economic aggression towards people and the planet while being an unwavering advocate for an ambitious environmental agenda that places...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2400Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
Trade World
Bestselling, award-winning author Ed Conway follows his landmark bestseller Material World (over 150k shipped) with a timely story of how trade shaped our past, controls our present, and will determine our future, told through three commonplace items: bread, cloth, and cars. From the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Material World, a story that will take you from ancient...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Revolutionary Spring
An exhilarating reappraisal of one of the most dramatic years in European history. There can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history than the spring of 1848. As if by magic, in city after city, from Palermo to Paris, huge crowds gathered, sometimes peaceful and sometimes violent, and the political order that had held sway since the...Paperback$4400Elsewhere:$4800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The Secret War
Written by British former intelligence officer, Anthony Tucker-Jones, this fascinating, illustrated guide takes a deep dive into the secret operations which shaped World War II. Most of the great military campaigns and breakthroughs of World War II would not have been successful without the efforts of teams of people working unsung and undercover. The codebreakers of Bletchley Park cracked codes...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
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Betrayal
Betrayal charts the dramatic collapse of the post-1945 international system. Ours is now a world in which Trump's America has endorsed Putin's land-grab in Ukraine, painted Europe as an enemy, and toppled and kidnapped Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro. Meanwhile, an anti-western alliance has taken shape featuring China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Countries find themselves in an uncertain and dangerous...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
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Age of Security
Propulsive and urgent … a panoramic exploration of our world’ Martha Spurrier What would you give up to feel safe? The security industry has captured our politics and our private lives. From rogue states to Ring doorbells, someone is always keeping a watchful eye – and we’re paying a heavy price. Anthropologist Ruben Andersson shows how Big Security rose to...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
New ReleaseAllies at War
Allies at War by Tim Bouverie, is a Sunday Times bestselling landmark history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace, from the author of the acclaimed Appeasing Hitler. After the fall of France in June 1940, only Britain stood between Hitler and total victory. Desperate for allies, Winston Churchill did everything he could to bring the...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Kate Edger
In 1877, Kate Edger became the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. The New Zealand Herald enthusiastically hailed her achievement as 'the first rays of the rising sun of female intellectual advancement'. Edger went on to become a pioneer of women's education in New Zealand. She also worked tirelessly to mitigate violence against women and children and...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
New ReleaseThe Nun of Ravensbrück
In the cold winter of 1944, Sr Kate McCarthy—Irish nun and French Resistance leader—arrives at the gates of Ravensbrück Concentration Camp for women. She has endured four years of horrendous suffering in various prisons, still having the courage to resist the Nazi regime, a journey that began at the outbreak of World War II when she joined the resistance movement....Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Liar's Kingdom
"The 2020 election was a total FRAUD!" "I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally." "There is NO WAY Biden got 80,000,000 votes!!!" These and other lies by Donald Trump sparked a historic insurrection to topple our democracy and undermined the public's faith in elections. The Trump administration's deceit has enabled the use...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Edmund Burke
A rich and fascinating biography of an extraordinary man. Statesman, political thinker, orator and ardent campaigner, Edmund Burke was one of the greatest minds of the 18th century. His ideas and principles were expressed in the great debates over liberty, the rights of man and the American and French Revolutions, and are among the most important in modern history. Edmund...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Lines of Conscience
In a world fractured by geopolitical tremors, Lines of Conscience plunges readers into the raw, moral heartbeat of the conflict in Ukraine. This is not merely a chronicle of war, but an intimate exploration of the impossible choices forced upon ordinary individuals when survival becomes a moral battleground.The narrative follows the interlocking lives of those caught in the crossfire: Taras,...Paperback$6200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Democracy
This is an exceptional moment for democracy. In the year of elections, read Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Lea Ypi, Elif Shafak and more on what democracy means - and why it matters. In 2024, nearly half the world will take part in a national election, with billions heading to the polls. It's a thrilling, unprecedented opportunity for change - yet...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
Mindful Solidarity
Buddhist meditators and progressive political activists rarely interact. Activists may dismiss Buddhism as irrelevant in the face of struggles for urgent political change, while many Buddhist meditators believe activists fail to recognise that human suffering arises not simply from unjust social institutions but also from our tendency toward greed, anger, and delusion. In Mindful Solidarity, Mike Slott encourages political activists...Paperback$2799Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
Love you
How would we design, implement, and evaluate public policy if it were based on our love for future generations? For the philosopher Walter Kaufman, I love you means: "I want you to live the life that you want to live. I will be as happy as you if you do; and as unhappy as you if you don't." We have...Paperback$3400Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
Crete 1941
Australia has 'The Great South Land', South Africa has 'Shaka Zulu', Argentina has the gaucho epic 'Martin Fierro', and Chile has 'La Araucana' as its national poem. Now New Zealand has Crete 1941, an epic poem about the New Zealand-led defence of Crete during the Battle of Crete between 20 May and 1 June 1941. Crete 1941 is the only...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose
A collection of controversial and galvanising essays on literature, culture, and politics from Matthew Arnold, one of the greatest Victorian thinkers. 'One has often wondered whether upon the whole earth there is anything so unintelligent, so unapt to perceive how the world is really going, as an ordinary young Englishman of our upper class' Poet, education reformer, social theorist, and...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday -
Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio
Daring essays on democracy, history and the nation state by one of China's leading twentieth-century intellectuals. The power, anger and fluency of Liang Qichao's writings make him one of the towering figures in modern Chinese literature. He saw his great, almost unmanageable task as an attempt to write China into the new era - to provide an ancient country, devastated...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
Don't Let it Break You, Honey
When Jenny Evans was in her twenties, she was heady with the excitement of a promising acting career, but her world stopped when she was sexually assaulted by a man whose name was known in households everywhere - the 'Famous Man'. But this memoir isn't about him. Or what he did. It's about Jenny. The woman behind the headlines. After...Paperback$3400Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
What Is Free Speech?
A fresh and exciting approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our time 'Free Speech!' is a clarion call all over the world, yet what it means today is more contested than ever. Many cultures regard it as dangerous- in China, India, and across the Islamic world, unorthodox views about politics, sex, and religion are repressed and people...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
The Long War on Iran
A timely and measured examination of how U.S.Iran relations reached their current impasse and what it will take to move beyond years of distrust.The United States and Iran have been locked in a decades-long standoff, fuelled by missteps, misunderstandings, and clashing ambitions. In these pages a leading Iranian expert clarifies the dynamics driving a conflict that has devastated the Middle...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
For The People
Around the world the foundations of democracy, freedom, civil liberties are being eroded – what can be done? Are we living through the end of the democratic moment? While democracy once seemed the bedrock of Western societies, the past few decades have revealed a fragile reality. Once liberal countries are turning to authoritarianism, wealthy individuals and corporations are interfering with...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
Hidden Stories of Heroism for a Peaceful Planet
These untold stories, that are absent from our history books, include New Zealand families refusing to let their boys be child soldiers, a Kiwi peacemaker guiding prominent adversaries away from the vicious cycle of revenge, and an entire culture practising non-violence. These are captivating tales showing the immense courage, strength, creativity, and discipline that peacebuilding demands. Hidden Stories of Heroism...Paperback$2500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
The New Age of Sexism
‘Laura Bates explains how they built the future – and forgot to put women in it’ CAITLIN MORAN 'Fascinating and essential... I urge you to read every syllable' JO BRAND ‘All men must read this book if they have any interest in a truly just, fair and equal society’ ROBIN INCE AI is here, bringing a seismic shift in the...Paperback$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
A Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru
Remarkable stories of twenty-four inspirational tupuna of Te Tai Tokerau.Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
The Last Sweet Bite
War changes every part of human culture: art, education, music, politics. Why should food be any different? For nearly twenty years, Michael Shaikh's job was investigating human rights abuses in conflict zones. Early on, he noticed how war not only changed the lives of victims and their societies, it also unexpectedly changed the way they ate, forcing people to alter...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Minority Rule
A Guardian Book of the Summer 2025 The instant top 5 Sunday Times bestseller from political commentator Ash Sarkar 'One of the boldest and most exciting thinkers of her generation' NAOMI KLEIN 'Delivers its message with punch and panache ... A joy to read' GUARDIAN 'If leftists feel they have been stumbling around in the darkness, Minority Rule flicks on...Paperback$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Jacinda The Untold Stories
Drawing on more than 100 interviews and extensive research, journalists DAVID COHEN and REBECCA KEILLOR track the rise, fall and re-emergence of former NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern onto the global stage, just as the UN gears up to choose a new Secretary-General. With the world on a powderkeg, is Ardern up to the job?The debate rages, still, around this...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Good and Evil
What makes a person good? What does it mean to be evil? And what does it tell us about being human? Philosophers have been grappling with these questions for thousands of years, and they remain as vital as ever in our present moment. Here, in a selection of essays each written by a different world expert, we explore the ideas...Hardback$2399Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
Miracle
An unforgettable testament to hope and the bonds of brotherhood, Miracle reveals the untold story of the boys who escaped the gas chamber in Auschwitz, the only known Holocaust survivors to walk away from the jaws of the Nazi killing machine. Early on the morning of October 9, 1944, eight-hundred boys, aged between 13 and 17, were taken out of...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart
We leave base camp and start our trek across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future. On 26 May 2017, after a historic process of consultation, the Uluru Statement from the Heart was read out. This clear and urgent call for reform to the community from...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
The Story of Propaganda in 50 Images
Propaganda is thousands of years old. But it came of age in the 20th century, when the development of mass media (and later multimedia communications) offered a fertile ground for its dissemination, and the century's global conflicts provided the impetus needed for its growth. Put simply, propaganda is the dissemination of ideas intended to convince people to think and act...Hardback$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
The Quotable Machiavelli
A collection of insightful and revealing quotations on a wide range of subjects from the father of modern politics Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) is the father of modern political thought, but he is also one of the greatest writers of the Renaissance, and his wisdom and style extend far beyond politics to encompass a compelling philosophy of life as well. In...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday-
The New Age of Sexism
‘Laura Bates explains how they built the future – and forgot to put women in it’ CAITLIN MORAN ‘Fascinating and essential... I urge you to read every syllable’ JO BRAND ‘All men must read this book if they have any interest in a truly just, fair and equal society’ ROBIN INCE AI is here, bringing a seismic shift in the...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday 
The Atlas of Unusual Borders
A beautifully presented gift for anyone with an intrigue for geographical curiosities. This beautifully designed book presents unusual borders, enclaves and exclaves, divided or non-existent cities and islands. Numerous conflicts have left countries divided and often shattered. Remnants of countries may by design or accident be left behind as a legal anomaly in this complex world. Most people believe that...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
Has China Won?
The twenty-first century's great geopolitical contest has begun. A major trade war has broken out. American and Chinese naval vessels are having close encounters in the South China Sea. American congressmen and businessmen are cheering their government's public attacks on China. China is standing firm and resolute. Who will win this contest? What is at stake? And who will judge...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips Monday
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