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Down To The Sea In Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men by Horatio Clare
$29.00 NZD
Category: History
'Magnificent' Robert Macfarlane winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year. Our lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden from us. In every lonely corner of every sea, through every night, every day, and every imaginable weather, tiny crews of seafarers work the giant ...Show more
Caste The Lies That Divide us by Isabel Wilkerson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not' Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hid ...Show more
White Fragility - Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo
$28.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
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
The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal
$30.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
"264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox- potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the netsuke, they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined The ...Show more
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
$22.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge was frustrated with the way that discussions of race and racism are so often led by those blind to it, by those willfully ignorant of its legacy. Her response, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, has transformed the conversation both in Britain ...Show more
Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own by Kate Bolick
$28.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book "Whom to marry, and when will it happen--these two questions define every woman's existence." So begins Spinster, a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possibilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences as a starting point, journal ...Show more
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work by Tiffany Jewell
$20.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Who are you? What is racism? Where does it come from? Why does it exist? What can you do to disrupt it? Learn about social identities, the history of racism and resistance against it, and how you can use your anti-racist lens and voice to move the world toward equity and liberation. "In a racist society ...Show more
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
$40.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Not being racist is not enough. We have to be antiracist. In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option: until we become part of the solution, we can only be par ...Show more
You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate Murphy
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
"How well we listen determines how we love, learn, and connect with one another, and in this moment when we need to hear and be heard more than ever, this thought-provoking and engaging book shows us how."- Lori Gottlieb,New York Times bestselling author ofMaybe You Should Talk to Someone At work, we'r ...Show more
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff
$28.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Everyone needs to read this book as an act of digital self-defense.' - Naomi Klein, Author of No Logo, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything and No is Not Enough. The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unpr ...Show more
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
$35.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
For the past few years, Mark Manson-via his wildly popular blog-has been working on correcting our delusional expectations for ourselves and for the world. He now brings his hard-fought wisdom to this groundbreaking book. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-tal ...Show more
Channel Kindness by Lady Gaga
$40.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Channel Kindness is a collection of fifty-one stories of kindness, bravery, and resilience from young people all over the world collected by the Born This Way Foundation and introduced by Lady Gaga. For Lady Gaga, kindness is the driving force behind everything she says and does. The quiet power of kind ...Show more
