The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World (10th Anniversay Edition) by Iain McGilchrist
$35.64 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
A new edition of the bestselling classic - published with a special introduction to mark its 10th anniversaryThis pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain - the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the 'rationa ...Show more
The New Authoritarianism - Trump, Populism, and the Tyranny of Experts by Salvatore Babones
$23.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
The election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote in the UK have caused fear and panic among liberals worldwide. They argue that the populist backlash represents a dangerous new authoritarianism. But what if the really dangerous authoritarianism is in fact their own? In this provocative and highly origin ...Show more
Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You by Ali Abdaal
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
The world's most-followed productivity expert reveals how to achieve more by finding joy in everything you do. The secret to productivity isn't discipline. It's joy. We think that productivity is all about hard work. That the road to success is lined with endless frustration and toil. But what if there' ...Show more
Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World by Toby Walsh
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
A prescient analysis of what makes artificial intelligence so ... artificial Artificially intelligent machines are set to play an increasingly important role in our lives. They will take the dirty tasks of life off our hands, as well as the dull, the difficult and the dangerous - which is a good thing. ...Show more
We Will Never Forget by Gennie de Lange
$50.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
These are the observations of war, seen through the eyes of the Observer, a gentle toy, a mascot, who has accompanied determined men and women, old and young, through the bewildering, realistic experiences of war. The Observer witnesses the lives of ordinary people, their anguish, camaraderie, and hope ...Show more
The Future of Geography: How power and politics in space will change our world by Tim Marshall
$27.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: Tim Marshall on Geopolitics Ser.
Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics. We’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Earth. Space: the new frontier, a wild and lawless place. It is already central to com ...Show more
Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff
$29.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Team Human is a fiery distillation of preeminent digital theorist Douglas Rushkoff's most urgent thoughts on civilization, technology, and human nature. In one hundred concise statements, he argues that we are essentially social creatures who achieve our greatest aspirations when we work together?not as ...Show more
Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte
$27.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTHA FAST COMPANY TOP SUMMER PICK 'Completely changed my life' - Ali Abdaal, YouTuber and Entrepreneur'Reading this book feels like being let in on a secret. ... an absolute must read' - Ryder Carroll, author of The Bullet Journal ...Show more
Life on our Planet by Dr Tom Fletcher
$70.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Accompanying an 8-part Netflix series from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment and George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic, a new 'Walking with Dinosaurs' that offers a stunning re-examination of prehistoric life on Planet Earth. Today there are 20 million species on our planet. Yet what we see is ...Show more
Should All Drugs Be Legalized?: A primer for the 21st century by Mattha Busby
$29.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: Big Idea Ser.
A timely re-examination of the pros and cons of legalizing drug use. Combining a unique visual approach with carefully constructed narrative text, this book provides a survey of the history of drug use, a review of the impact of the war on drugs, an appraisal of the effects of legal vs illegal drugs an ...Show more
Global Climate Change and Human Life by M. A. K. Khalil
$77.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
In our time, the global population has become large enough to cause perceptible environmental changes all over the world. With it, a new science of global change has emerged, mostly as a practical matter to understand and manage the earth’s habitability and create a sustainable environment for some time ...Show more
Recessional - The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch by David Mamet
$57.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
"Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air." The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross, who wrote the classic films The Verdict and Wag the Dog sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates. In Recessional he calls out, ...Show more