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Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman
$35.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA Guardian, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Daily Express Book of the Year'Hugely, highly and happily recommended' Stephen Fry'You should read Humankind. You'll learn a lot (I did) and you'll have good reason to feel better about the human race' Tim Harford'Made me see hum ...Show more
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$30.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
#1 New York Times Bestseller From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thou ...Show more
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak
$15.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
The Booker Prize-shortlisted author on how staying optimistic can make our world better. The must-read, pocket-sized Big Think book of 2020. It feels like the world is falling apart. So how do we keep hold of our optimism? How do we nurture the parts of ourselves that hope, trust and believe in someth ...Show more
The Believer: Encounters with Love, Death and Faith by Sarah Krasnostein
$40.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
This book is about ghosts and gods and flying saucers and certainty in the absence of knowledge. From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes an exploration of the power of belief. Weaving together the stories of six extraordinary ordinary people, The Believer looks at the stories we tell ourselve ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
$30.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from o ...Show more
Thought Economics: Conversations with the Remarkable People Shaping Our Century by Vikas Shah; Lemn Sissay (Foreword by)
$34.99 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
Since 2007, entrepreneur and philanthropist Vikas Shah MBE has been on a mission to interview the people shaping our century. We often talk of war and conflict, the economy, culture, technology and revolutions as if they are something other than us. But all these things are a product of us - people lik ...Show more
In Defence of Open Society - The Legendary Philanthropist Tackles the Dangers We Must Face for the Survival of Civilisation by George Soros
$28.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
George Soros is among the world's most prominent public figures. He is one of the history's most successful investors and his philanthropy, led by the Open Society Foundations, has donated over $14 billion to promote democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. But in recent years, Soros has b ...Show more
The Power of Words by Simone Weil
$13.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture | Series: Penguin Great Ideas Ser.
'There are certain words which possess, in themselves, when properly used, a virtue which illumines and lifts up towards the good' The philosopher and activist Simone Weil was one of the most courageous thinkers of the twentieth century. Here she writes, with honesty and moral clarity, about the manipul ...Show more
Privacy Is Power - Why and How You Should Take Back Control of Your Data by Carissa Véliz
$37.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
As the data economy grows in power, Carissa Véliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments, why that matters and what we can do about it. The moment you check your phone in the morning you are giving away your data. Before you've even switched off your alarm, a whole host of organi ...Show more
White Fragility - Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo
$28.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt. After, all, a racist is the worst thing a person can be, right? But these reaction ...Show more
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
$28.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus looked to the future. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century explores the present. How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What ...Show more
How Change Happens by Cass R. Sunstein
$45.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture
The different ways that social change happens, from unleashing to nudging to social cascades.Sunstein's book is illuminating because it puts norms at the center of how we think about change.--David Brooks, The New York TimesHow does social change happen? When do social movements take off? Sexual harassm ...Show more
