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Doom - The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Disasters are by their very nature hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe. But when disaster strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were whe ...Show more
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
$32.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York TimesA compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from 'the most brilliant British historian of his generation' (The Times)Disasters are inherent ...Show more
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist by Niall Ferguson
$48.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Autobiography
'Riveting ...will be his masterpiece' Andrew Roberts, The New York Times No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Hailed by some as the "indispensable man", whose advice has been sought by every president from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush, Kissinger has also attr ...Show more
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Business
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history. From the banking dynasty who funded the Italian Renaissance to the stock market bubble that caused the French Revol ...Show more
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
$28.00 NZD
Category: Business
The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of "Chimerica" into a ...Show more
The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Reading Level: good-very good
The instant New York Times bestseller. A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks. "Captivating and compelling." --The New York Times "Niall Ferguson has again written a ...Show more
The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and The Struggle for Global Power by Niall Ferguson
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The instant New York Times bestseller. A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks. "Captivating and compelling." --The New York Times "Niall Ferguson has again written a ...Show more
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