Facts and Other Lies: Welcome to the Disinformation Age by Ed Coper
$38.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
From fringe conspiracy theories to 'alternative facts', a timely look at how we arrived in the 'fake news' era. Would your younger self, even from a few years ago, believe the news of today? An entire block of a major city blown up by a suicide bomber on Christmas Day because he believed phone towers s ...Show more
Futureproof - 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation by Kevin Roose
$28.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
"A concise, insightful and sophisticated guide to maintaining humane values in an age of new machines."--The New York Times Book Review "While we need to rewrite the rules of the twenty-first-century economy, Kevin's book is a great look at how people can do this on a personal level to always put hu ...Show more
Girls Rule: 50 Women Who Changed the World by Danielle Brown
$30.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
Girls Rule presents the inspirational biographical stories of 50 incredible women from around the globe. From fierce pirate leaders, warrior queens and spies, to pioneering mountaineers, conservationists and scientists, Girls Rule explores 50 phenomenal females whose accomplishments have left a lasting ...Show more
Going Mainstream: How extremists are taking over by Julia Ebner
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
The internationally bestselling author of Going Dark: the secret social lives of extremists (A Telegraph Book of the Year) returns to explore why radical ideas are increasingly infiltrating politics, popular culture and our everyday lives. Incels. Anti Vaxxers. Conspiracy theorists. Neo-Nazis. Once, th ...Show more
Hidden Games - The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behaviour by Moshe Hoffman; Erez Yoeli
$27.99 NZD
Category: Social commentary
'Packed with fresh and clear insights that will change the way you think about the world' Uri Gneezy 'One of those books that you pick up and then can't put down' Steve Stewart-Williams 'This is a book I will come back to again and again' Nichola Raihani How game theory - the ultimate theory of ratio ...Show more
How They Broke Britain by James O'Brien
$65.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
James O'Brien - prize-winning, bestselling author, radio and podcast sensation, twitter phenomenon - returns with a major political book about the dark forces and figures who have broken Britain. THE REVEALING, DEFINING ACCOUNT OF THE DARK NETWORK THAT BROKE OUR COUNTRY. 'An exceptional broadcaster' - G ...Show more
How to Deal with Angry People: 10 Strategies for Facing Anger at Home, at Work and in the Street by Dr Ryan Martin
$35.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
Ryan Martin, aka Tiktok's "The Anger Professor" (162k followers), offers 10 highly effective, research-based strategies for coping with the anger you have to face, whether at home, at work, on the street or online. Whether the confrontations are taking place at home, at work or online, the emotional to ...Show more
How to Talk to Anyone by Leil Lowndes
$24.99 NZD
Category: Social commentary
This volume is about relationships, body language and how we relate to each other. It contains strategies for love and business which include: charming body language and gestures - the exclusive smile, eyes glued to the other person, "come hither" hands with palms open etc; never leave home without the ...Show more
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Essential Principles for Clearer Thinking by Julian Baggini
$33.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
The key principles for a more humane and balanced approach to thinking, to politics and to life, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks. Pay attention.As politics slides toward impulsivity, and outrage bests rationality, how can philosophy help us critically engage with real w ...Show more
Ikigai by Héctor García, Francesc Miralles
$35.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER - Find purpose, meaning and joy in your work and life We all have an ikigai. It's the Japanese word for 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to jump out of bed in the morning'. The place where your needs, ambitions, skills and satisfaction meet. A place of balance. This bo ...Show more
Like a Thief in Broad Daylight: Power in the Era of Post-Humanity by Slavoj Zizek
$26.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
The latest analysis from "the most despicable philosopher in the West" (New Republic) considers the new dangers and radical possibilities set in motion by advances in Big Tech. In recent years, techno-scientific progress has started to utterly transform our world--changing it almost beyond recognition. ...Show more
Lunch with the FT (Financial Times) A Second Helping by Lionel Barber
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social commentary
Lunch with the FT has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 30 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical icons and business leaders from around the world.The column is now a well-established institution, which has reinvigorated the art of conversation in the convivial, intima ...Show more