Collateral Damage: Britain, America and Europe in the Age of Trump by Kim Darroch
$39.99 NZD
Category: Politics
@realDonaldTrump: 'The wacky ambassador that the UK foisted on the United States is not someone we are thrilled with, a very stupid guy ... We will no longer deal with him' Kim Darroch was British Ambassador to the US as the age of Trump dawned and Brexit unfolded. As one of the UK's most experienced ...Show more
The Dead Hand - Reagan, Gorbachev and the Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race by David E. Hoffman
$27.99 NZD
Category: Politics
An incredible account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close.
The White House Plumbers TV tie-in: The Seven Weeks That Led to Watergate and Doomed Nixon's Presidency by Egil Krogh, Matthew Krogh
$24.99 NZD
Category: Politics
SOON TO BE A FIVE-PART HBO SERIES, STARRING WOODY HARRELSON AND JUSTIN THEROUX
How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance by Paul Mason
$50.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The far right is on the rise across the world. From Modi's India to Bolsonaro's Brazil and Erdogan's Turkey, fascism is not a horror that we have left in the past; it is a recurring nightmare that is happening again - and we need to find a better way to fight it. In How to Stop Fascism, Paul Mason offer ...Show more
How Not To Be Wrong: The Art of Changing Your Mind by James O'Brien
$24.00 NZD
Category: Politics
"There's no point having a mind if you never change it." In How To Be Right, James provided an invigorating guide to how to talk to people with bad opinions. And yet the question he always gets asked is 'If you're so sure about everything, haven't you ever changed your mind?' In an age of us vs. them, t ...Show more
Cult of Trump by Steven Hassan
$35.00 NZD
Category: Politics
A masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by "an authority on breaking away from cults...an argument that...bears consideration as the next election cycle heats up" (Kirkus Reviews). Since the 2016 ...Show more
Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency, and Trust by James Comey
$39.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: good-very good
This will not come as a surprise to anyone, including even to the President's most ardent defenders: Donald Trump lied to me from the start Saving Justice is James Comey's searing memoir and guide to reclaiming truth in the institutions of justice, which have been so badly damaged under Trump. Whether o ...Show more
Xi: A Study in Power by Kerry Brown
$24.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: near fine
A timely political primer on Xi Jinping by acclaimed author and academic, Professor Kerry Brown.
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman
$37.99 NZD
Category: Politics
'This is the book Trump fears most.' - Axios From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling his rise in New York City to his tortur ...Show more
FDR: Transforming the Presidency and Renewing America by Iwan Morgan
$66.00 NZD
Category: Politics
One of the greatest American presidents, Franklin Delano Roosevelt built a coalition of labour, ethnic, urban, low-income and African-American voters that underwrote the Democratic Party's national ascendancy from the 1930s to the 1980s. Over his four terms, he promoted the New Deal the greatest ref ...Show more
Assad - The Triumph of Tyranny by Con Coughlin
$39.99 NZD
Category: Politics
In Assad: The Triumph of Tyranny, Con Coughlin, veteran commentator on war in the Middle East and author of Saddam: The Secret Life, examines how a mild-mannered ophthalmic surgeon has transformed himself into the tyrannical ruler of a once flourishing country. Until the Arab Spring of 2011, the world' ...Show more
Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech by Julia Gillard
$40.00 NZD
Category: Politics
Ten years on from the speech that stopped us all in our tracks – Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech. Where were you then? And where are we now? Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly angry. I felt strong, measured, controlled. Yet emotion did pla ...Show more