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A Political History of the World: Three Thousand Years of War and Peace by Jonathan Holslag
$26.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Pelican Bks.
A three-thousand year history of the world that examines the causes of war and the search for peace In three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776, the United States has spent ...Show more
A Short History of Brexit: From Brentry to Backstop by Kevin O'Rourke
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
How have the intertwined histories of Britain and EU shaped Brexit?Why does the Irish border matter?How will these interactions shape Europe's future?After all the debates, manoeuvrings, recriminations and exaltations, Brexit is upon us. But, as Kevin O'Rourke writes, Brexit did not emerge out of nowher ...Show more
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell
$24.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
Melanie Mitchell separates science fact from science fiction in this sweeping examination of the current state of AI and how it is remaking our world No recent scientific enterprise has proved as alluring, terrifying, and filled with extravagant promise and frustrating setbacks as artificial intellige ...Show more
Basic Income : And How We Can Make It Happen by Guy Standing
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our understanding of it...Standing's analysis is vital' Paul Mason 'Guy Standing has been at the forefront of the movement for nearly 4 decades, and in this superb and thorough survey he explains how it works and why it has the ...Show more
Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Cook Ding by Roel Sterckx
$28.00 NZD
Category: Inspiration | Series: Pelican Bks.
How did the ancient Chinese think about the world? What does environmental consciousness stand for in the Chinese tradition? Where does China's obsession with education come from? We are often told that the twenty-first century is bound to become China's century. Never before has Chinese culture been so ...Show more
Feminisms: A Global History by Lucy Delap
$48.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
Feminism's origins have often been framed around a limited cast of mostly white and educated foremothers, but the truth is that feminism has been and continues to be a global movement. For centuries, women from all walks of life have been mobilizing for gender justice. As the last decade has reminded ev ...Show more
Feminisms: A Global History by Lucy Delap
$26.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
Feminism's origins have often been framed around a limited cast of mostly white and educated foremothers, but the truth is that feminism has been and continues to be a global movement. For centuries, women from all walks of life have been mobilizing for gender justice. As the last decade has reminded ev ...Show more
Islam: The Essentials by Tariq Ramadan
$28.00 NZD
Category: Inspiration | Series: Pelican Bks.
Hardly a day goes by without mention of Islam. And yet, for most people, and in much of the world, Islam remains a little-known religion. Whether the issue is violence, terrorism, women's rights or slavery, Muslims are today expected to provide answers and to justify what Islam is - or is not. But littl ...Show more
Plunder of the Commons: A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth by Guy Standing
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
We are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth; our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost non-existent, our parks are cordoned off for private events and our national art galleries are sponsored by banks and ...Show more
The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data by David Spiegelhalter
$28.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks. | Reading Level: very good
Statistics has played a leading role in our scientific understanding of the world for centuries, yet we are all familiar with the way statistical claims can be sensationalized, particularly in the media. In the age of big data, as data science becomes established as a discipline, a basic grasp of statis ...Show more
The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism by Ruth Kinna
$24.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
Often associated with chaos or disorder, anarchy defies definition and routinely gets a bad press. And yet from Occupy to Pussy Riot, Noam Chomsky to David Graeber, this philosophical and political movement is as relevant as ever. Contrary to popular perception, different strands of anarchism--from indi ...Show more
The Human Planet: How We Created the Anthropocene by Simon L. Lewis and Mark A. Maslin
$24.00 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: Pelican Bks.
'Brilliantly written and genuinely one of the most important books I have ever read' - Ellie Mae O'Hagan A remarkable exploration of the science, history and politics of the Anthropocene, one of the most important scientific ideas of our time, from two world-renowned experts Meteorites, methane, mega-vo ...Show more