Migrations by David Olusoga
$55.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
A visual exploration of the movements of peoples, cultures, and ideas that brings a human perspective to a global phenomenonDiscover how the migration of peoples has shaped the modern worldThis beautifully-illustrated book details the movement of people and cultures around the world - from the early mig ...Show more
The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality by Oded Galor
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
A grand unifying theory of human flourishing and inequality from one of the world's pre-eminent thinkersA bold retelling of the entire human story from one of the world's pre-eminent thinkersWhat causes living standards to rise?Why are some countries so much richer than others?How might all humans thriv ...Show more
Is Masculinity Toxic?: A primer for the 21st century by Andrew Smiler
$29.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
This timely title weighsmasculinity's capacity forgood against its potentialfor destruction in thecontext of contemporarydebates on the topic. In the wake of the MeToo movement and the upsurge in both feminist and men's rights activism, traditional masculinity has become the topic of impassioned debate ...Show more
Do We Have to Work? by Matthew Taylor
$29.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: The\Big Idea Ser.
Work allows us to pay the bills. The practical and conceptual divide between work and leisure profoundly shapes our lives. Work is where many of us derive our status and our sense of purpose. Work is so much part of our lives and our culture that we have internalized beliefs about its value and have bui ...Show more
Utopia or Oblivion - The Prospects for Humanity by R. Buckminster Fuller
$75.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
A classic of utopian literature, more urgent than ever: Buckminster Fuller's provocative blueprint for the future Composed of lectures given by Buckminster Fuller throughout the world in the 1960s, Utopia or Oblivion presents the thesis that humanity, for the first time in its history, has the opportun ...Show more
Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
$23.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
Henry David Thoreau s account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts part social experiment, part spiritual quest is an enduringly influential American classic. In 1845, Thoreau began building a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The inspiring and lyric ...Show more
Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 2: The Pillars of Civilization by Yuval Noah Harari
$48.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
The second volume of an epic, beautifully illustrated graphic history of humankind, based on Yuval Noah Harari's internationally bestselling phenomenon. When nomadic Homo sapiens settled to live in one place, they started working harder and harder. But why didn't they get a better life in return? In Th ...Show more
The Occult, Witchcraft & Magic: An Illustrated History by Christopher Dell
$55.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
From the days of the earliest Paleolithic cave rituals, magic has gripped the imagination. Magic and magicians appear in early Babylonian texts, the Bible, Judaism, and Islam. Secret words, spells, and incantations lie at the heart of nearly every mythological tradition. But for every genuine magus ther ...Show more
Love; A Curious History by Edward Brooke-Hitching
$65.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
From the author of the critically acclaimed The Phantom Atlas and The Madman’s Library (Sunday Times Literature Book of the Year) comes a magnificent new illustrated work. From prehistoric carvings and ancient Egyptian statues, to medieval spell books and Victorian code-writing, this unique collection ...Show more
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx; Friedrich Engels
$32.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
In 1847, while in Brussels, the German Communist League asked Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx to draft a pamphlet on the principles of communism. It was published in 1848 under the title Manifesto of the Communist Party, and in it, Marx and Engels discuss the basic communist theories on society, economic ...Show more
How Economics Can Save the World by Erik Angner
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Economics has the power to make the world a better, happier and safer place- this book shows you howOur world is in a mess. The challenges of climate change, inequality, hunger and a global pandemic mean our way of life seems more imperilled and society more divided than ever; but economics can help! Fr ...Show more
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals Observations from a Family Farm by Rosamund Young
$39.99 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Be transported to the wild meadows of Kite's Nest Farm and peek into the surprising private lives of some of our most familiar of animals. A life-enhancing read from the author of the bestselling gem The Secret Life of Cows. We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave ...Show more