Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hook-ups, Love, Porn, Consent and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
$25.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
An eye-opening look at how young men are experiencing sexual culture and new masculinity. The New York Times Bestseller 'Blows your mind on every page' - Caitlin Moran 'Should be mandatory reading for anyone who cares about the next generation' - Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe ...Show more
Lockdown: Tales from Aotearoa by Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
$35.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
Like scenes from a science fiction novel, COVID-19 spread like a dark storm across planet Earth. When the virus came to the faraway islands of Aotearoa New Zealand, the nation’s team of five million went into lockdown. Nineteen of the best graphic and comic artists from around Aotearoa New Zealand have ...Show more
Bunker: Building for the End of Times by Garrett, Bradley L.
$48.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
Today, the bunker has become the extreme expression of our greatest fears: from pandemics to climate change and nuclear war. And once you look, it doesn't take long to start seeing bunkers everywhere. In Bunker, acclaimed urban explorer and cultural geographer Bradley Garrett explores the global and rap ...Show more
The Rules of Contagion: Why Things Spread and Why They Stop by Adam Kucharski; Francesca Barrie (Editor)
$40.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science | Series: Wellcome Collection
The new science of contagion, and the surprising ways it shapes our lives and behaviour.
Making Evil - The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side by Julia Shaw
$25.00 NZD
Category: Psychology
How to understand the deviance that lies in ourselves and others - an original and rigorous exploration of the darkest recesses of the human mind, from the co-host of Bad People.
Shakespeare in a Divided America by James Shapiro
$25.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
From the author of 1599, a fresh perspective on the history of the United States - and a timely reminder of Shakespeare's indelible influence.
Displacement by Kiku Hughes
$38.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japanese internment camps in Displacement, a historical graphic novel from Kiku Hughes. Kiku is on vacation in San Francisco when suddenly she finds herself displaced to the 1940s Japanese-American internm ...Show more
Morbid Symptoms - An Anatomy of a World in Crisis by Donald Sassoon
$43.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
A health check on our corrupt and broken political system by one of our finest historians The deadly coronavirus spread across societies already riddled with political ills: rampant xenophobia and corruption, privatisation run amok, Brexiteer vainglory of 'a global Britain', a Euroland dominated by self ...Show more
Ko Aotearoa Tatou / We Are New Zealand - an anthology by Michelle Elvy; Paula Morris; James Norcliffe
$40.00 NZD
Category: Pukapuka Aotearoa
In the aftermath of the Christchurch terrorist attacks of 15 March 2019, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared: 'We are all New Zealanders.' These words resonated, an instant meme that asserted our national diversity and inclusiveness and, at the same time, issued a rebuke to hatred and divisiveness. ...Show more
Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 1: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$48.00 NZD
Category: Cultural Studies
The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash Sunday Times #1 bestseller, with gorgeous full-colour illustrations and a beautiful package - the perfect gift for the curious beings in your life. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species ...Show more
This Is Us - New Zealanders in our own words by Pete Carter
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
This is Us is a collection of over 200 brief interviews with New Zealanders, spanning the length and breadth of the country; from Cape Reinga to Stewart Island. It was written in response to the Christchurch terrorist attack but is not about it; it is instead a representation of the New Zealand people i ...Show more
Autumn Light: Japan's Season of Fire and Farewells by Pico Iyer
$25.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
We cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; it's their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty.Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law's sudden death, Pico Iyer soon picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites- going to the post office in t ...Show more