Marx's Literary Style by Ludovico Silva
$32.99 NZD
Category: Philosophy
Marx's Literary Style argues that a true understanding of Marx's work requires a careful study of his literary choices In Marx's Literary Style, the Venezuelan poet and philosopher Ludovico Silva argues that much of the confusion around Marx's work results from a failure to understand his literary mode ...Show more
The Key Man - How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale by Simon Clark; Will Louch
$30.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Arif Naqvi was a man with immeasurable dreams- to end world suffering, poverty and disease. His vision- capitalism for good; profit and progress.Naqvi was The Key Man to the global elite searching for impact investments - that would make money and do good - in what they called 'emerging markets'. He per ...Show more
There's a Cure for This - A Memoir by Emma Wehipeihana [Emma Espiner]
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
The striking debut memoir from award-winning doctor and writer, Emma Wehipeihana [Emma Espiner]. "I graduated as a doctor in 2020 and arrived into the Covid-19 pandemic with my ta moko on my arm, my hospital lanyard, my stethoscope and a purpose. I don't know why medicine felt like coming home. I had no ...Show more
Sir Joseph Ward - A Political Biography by Michael Bassett
$25.00 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Sir Joseph Ward (1856–1930) was the leading political figure during the forty-year life of the Liberal Party in New Zealand. He was a member of Ballance's first Cabinet, twice Prime Minister (1906–12 and 1928–30), and was still a Cabinet Minister at the time of his death. This lively biography is the st ...Show more
Annette King: The Authorised Biography by Harvey John Edwards Brent
$22.50 NZD
Category: NZ Biography & Memoirs | Reading Level: near fine
Annette King is New Zealand's longest-serving women MP - 1984-2017 less three years in the wilderness from 1990-1993. In her 30 years in Parliament, she spent 15 in government (10 as a cabinet minister) and 15 in opposition. She is a former deputy leader of the Labour Party, and held a number of senior ...Show more
The Kennedy Women - The Triumph and Tragedy of America's First Family by Laurence Leamer
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History
As Rose had said so many years ago, the Kennedys were like a nation unto themselves, with their own private language and customs. They invited friends into their lives, but there was always a distance between themselves and others. political dynasty. It is a story of epic proportions, brimming with triu ...Show more
Aftermaths: - Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific by Angela Wanhalla (ed.); Lyndall Ryan (ed.); Camille Nurka (ed.)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
What we choose to remember and what we choose to forget about the violent past tell us something about the society we live in now. Whether we like it or not, we’re part of each other’s story. So how do we talk about the past? —Joanna Kidman and Vincent O’Malley Aftermaths explores the life-changing inte ...Show more
Prophets of Zoom by Alfredo Marcantonio
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
In the mid-1930s, Stephen Mitchell & Son, a cigarette manufacturer based in Scotland, joined the craze for producing cigarette cards. The firm created 'The World of Tomorrow', an imaginative series of cards that set out to forecast the future. Each of the 50 cards uses a specially commissioned illus ...Show more
Nga tae i roto i te kete [Ngā tae i roto i te kete]: Colours in the Kete by Katie Kool; Cindy Tan
$22.00 NZD
Category: Learning Te Reo Maori
Delightful bi-lingual picture book where you open a kete on each page to reveal different colours.
Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China by Jing Tsu
$30.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
A riveting, masterfully researched account of the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to the modern world, transforming China into a superpower in the processWhat does it take to reinvent the world's oldest living language?China today is one of the world's most powerful nations, yet just a ...Show more
New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 by Paul Stephenson
$32.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
'Fascinating ... illuminating ... Stephenson examines ordinary life, painting a vivid and intriguing picture.' The TimesLong before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique empire, the glittering Constantinople: New Rome. In thi ...Show more
Alexander the Great - The Making of a Myth by British Library Staff (Contribution by); Richard Stoneman (Editor)
$116.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Non-Fiction
Accompanying the British Library's exhibit, the first ever exhibition on the storytelling around Alexander the Great, the King of Macedon, this book charts the evolution of a legend that continues to captivate audiences today. Alexander the Great acceded to the throne at the age of 20, as king of the ...Show more