More Zeros and Ones: Digital Technology, Maintenance and Equity in Aotearoa New Zealand (BWB Texts) by Anna Pendergrast (Edited by) , Kelly Pendergrast (Edited by)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Technology
Many of today's digital technologies inadvertently amplify the power structures and prejudices of wider society. By examining the way digital tools and platforms are designed, built, and maintained, this BWB Text aims to identify where and what we can do better for everyone in Aotearoa. Following on fro ...Show more
Exploring Windows 11 - The Illustrated, Practical Guide to Using Microsoft Windows by Kevin Wilson
$73.00 NZD
Category: Technology
IQ EQ DQ - New Intelligence in the AI Age by Yuhyun Park
$35.00 NZD
Category: Futurism
Do you know that 60% of children around the world have experienced at least one cyber-risk such as cyber-bullying, technology addiction, misinformation, online sexual exploitation, and others? The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the digitalization of global society. Cyber-risks among children, dig ...Show more
Five Straight Lines: A History of Music by Andrew Gant
$70.00 NZD
Category: Music
Whether you prefer Baroque or pop, Theremins or violins, the music you love and listen to shapes your world. But what shaped the music? Ranging across time and space, this book takes us on a grand musical tour from music's origins in prehistory right up to the twenty-first century. Charting the leaps in ...Show more
Work Mate Marry Love - How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny by Debora L. Spar
$43.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
A crucial guide to life before―and after―Tinder, IVF, and robots. What will happen to our notions of marriage and parenthood as reproductive technologies increasingly allow for newfangled ways of creating babies? What will happen to our understanding of gender as medical advances enable individuals to ...Show more
Break the Internet: In Pursuit of Influence by Olivia Yallop
$37.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
Old media is over. The internet reigns. And in today's attention economy, influencers are kings. But who are they ... and how do you become one? Break the Internet takes a deep dive into the influencer industry, tracing its evolution from blogging and legacy social media such as Tumblr to today's world ...Show more
The System - Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us by James Ball
$25.00 NZD
Category: Social Sciences
'A fascinating expose of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women 'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging an ...Show more
Good To Great by Jim Collins
$60.00 NZD
Category: Business
"Built to Last was a phenomenal success- 'It is a fair assumption that as the seminal importance of this audiobook begins to permeate the upper echelons of business and business schools...Collins and Porras will emerge as the gurus to watch over the next decade.' The Director.Good to Great explores a wh ...Show more
Numbers Don't Lie - 71 Things You Need to Know About the World by Vaclav Smil
$26.00 NZD
Category: Popular Science
'My favourite author has done it again. Numbers Don't Lie is by far his most accessible book to date, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious about the world. I unabashedly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning' - Bill GatesIs flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? A ...Show more
No Filter: The Inside Story of How Instagram Transformed Business, Celebrity and Our Culture by Sarah Frier
$26.00 NZD
Category: Business
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Deeply researched and highly entertaining.' The Times'Lively and revealing.' Economist'Clear-eyed and objective.' New York TimesHow Instagram became the most influential app in a generation.Drawing on astonishing access behind the scen ...Show more
Drone (Object Lessons) by Adam Rothstein
$24.99 NZD
Category: Technology | Series: Object Lessons
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Drones are in the newspaper, on the TV screen, swarming through the networks, and soon, we're told, they'll be delivering our shopping. But what are drones? The word encompasses everything from toy ...Show more
Conspiracies Uncovered by Lee Mellor
$24.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
Enter a hidden world of mysteries, scandals, secrets, and lies Perhaps it is human nature to believe there is more to the world than meets the eye - that the greatest secrets and truths are hidden from us. Whatever the reason, conspiracy theories are a global phenomenon. Conspiracies Uncovered delves in ...Show more