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The Berlin Wall

13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989 (reissued)

by Frederick Taylor ...

The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new Postscript to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.During the night of 12–13 August 1961, a barbed-wire entanglement was hastily constructed through the heart of Berlin. It metamorphosed into a structure that would come to symbolise the insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. ... Read more

$21.41 NZD

The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new Postscript to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.During the night of 12–13 August 1961, a barbed-wire entanglement was hastily constructed through the heart of Berlin. It metamorphosed into a structure that would come to symbolise the insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall.
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AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING POLITICAL JUSTICE

AND ITS INFLUENCE ON GENERAL VIRTUE AND HAPPINESS

by William Godwin ...

"In 1793, William Godwin, the first philosopher of anarchism, published An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice. This three-volume work gives evidence of being strongly influenced by the ideas of the French Revolution and argues that the rational being, the human, must be given complete freedom to exercise pure reason. All forms of government, being founded on irrational assumptions, are ... Read more

$3.47 NZD

"In 1793, William Godwin, the first philosopher of anarchism, published An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice. This three-volume work gives evidence of being strongly influenced by the ideas of the French Revolution and argues that the rational being, the human, must be given complete freedom to exercise pure reason. All forms of government, being founded on irrational assumptions, are
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From the Corner of the Oval Office

One woman’s true story of her accidental career in the Obama White House

by Beck Dorey-Stein ...

_____________________________‘If you’ve ever felt like you were out of your element, in over your head or working without a net, you will love this book. Funny, fast-paced, and so emotionally true it hurts.’ Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black_____________________________Guidelines for aspiring stenographers:· Neutral tones set the tone· Be discreet and neat – like a libraria... ... Read more

$15.99 NZD

_____________________________‘If you’ve ever felt like you were out of your element, in over your head or working without a net, you will love this book. Funny, fast-paced, and so emotionally true it hurts.’ Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black_____________________________Guidelines for aspiring stenographers:· Neutral tones set the tone· Be discreet and neat – like a libraria...
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Coming of Age at the End of History

by Lea Ypi ...

**Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club Pick for July 2026The International BestsellerWinner of the Ondaatje Prize | Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize | Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Prize**'The best book I read last year by a mile. . . so beautifully written that anyone would be hooked' Laura Hackett, Sunday Times'Wonderfully funny and poignant. . . a tale of family secrets and political ... Read more

$20.99 NZD

**Dua Lipa's Service95 Book Club Pick for July 2026The International BestsellerWinner of the Ondaatje Prize | Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize | Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Prize**'The best book I read last year by a mile. . . so beautifully written that anyone would be hooked' Laura Hackett, Sunday Times'Wonderfully funny and poignant. . . a tale of family secrets and political
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Citizenship in a Republic (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A 1910 Sorbonne Address on Civic Duty, Moral Courage, Democratic Citizenship, and the Man in the Arena

by Theodore Roosevelt, Cora Tallowmere ...

Citizenship in a Republic is Theodore Roosevelt's celebrated 1910 address delivered at the Sorbonne, a vigorous meditation on civic responsibility, democratic character, and the moral obligations of public life. Best remembered for its "man in the arena" passage, the work combines classical republican ideals with the muscular, exhortative prose of Progressive Era statesmanship. Roosevelt argues ... Read more

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Citizenship in a Republic is Theodore Roosevelt's celebrated 1910 address delivered at the Sorbonne, a vigorous meditation on civic responsibility, democratic character, and the moral obligations of public life. Best remembered for its "man in the arena" passage, the work combines classical republican ideals with the muscular, exhortative prose of Progressive Era statesmanship. Roosevelt argues
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Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe

From the Ancien Régime to the Present Day

by Sheri Berman ...

At the end of the twentieth century, many believed the story of European political development had come to an end. Modern democracy began in Europe, but for hundreds of years it competed with various forms of dictatorship. Now, though, the entire continent was in the democratic camp for the first time in history. But within a decade, this story had already begun to unravel. Some of the continent's ... Read more

$34.35 NZD

At the end of the twentieth century, many believed the story of European political development had come to an end. Modern democracy began in Europe, but for hundreds of years it competed with various forms of dictatorship. Now, though, the entire continent was in the democratic camp for the first time in history. But within a decade, this story had already begun to unravel. Some of the continent's
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A Promised Land

The powerful political memoir from the former US President

by Barack Obama ...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making?a record-breaking, critically acclaimed no.1 bestseller.'Gorgeously written, humorous, compelling, life affirming' Justin Webb, Mail on SundayIn the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama recounts his journey from a young man searching for his identity to the 44th president of the United ... Read more

$21.99 NZD

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making?a record-breaking, critically acclaimed no.1 bestseller.'Gorgeously written, humorous, compelling, life affirming' Justin Webb, Mail on SundayIn the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama recounts his journey from a young man searching for his identity to the 44th president of the United
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The Covid Chronicles

Personal Pandemic Stories from Around the World: 2020 (non-fiction, memoirs, poems, stories)

by Kenn Crawford ...

I believe what many people need during these stressful times is to hear from people who feel just like they do, which is why I decided to compile this book of personal pandemic stories.When I put out the call for stories and poems, people from seven different countries answered that call!.With more than two dozen submissions from Canada, the United States, China, Kenya, Taiwan, Australia and ... Read more

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I believe what many people need during these stressful times is to hear from people who feel just like they do, which is why I decided to compile this book of personal pandemic stories.When I put out the call for stories and poems, people from seven different countries answered that call!.With more than two dozen submissions from Canada, the United States, China, Kenya, Taiwan, Australia and
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Always Speaking

The Treaty of Waitangi and Public Policy

by Veronica Tawhai, Katarina Gray-Sharp ...

This is a collection of papers that examine the current place of the Treaty of Watangi in core public policy areas. The authors analyse the tensions and dynamics in the relationship between Maori and the Crown in their areas of expertise, detail the key challenges being faced, and provide insights on how these can be overcome. The policy areas covered in the collection span the environment, Maori ... Read more

$6.82 NZD

This is a collection of papers that examine the current place of the Treaty of Watangi in core public policy areas. The authors analyse the tensions and dynamics in the relationship between Maori and the Crown in their areas of expertise, detail the key challenges being faced, and provide insights on how these can be overcome. The policy areas covered in the collection span the environment, Maori
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Dune Messiah

The inspiration for the new blockbuster film

by Frank Herbert ...

Series Book 516 - Gateway Essentials
What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century, this is an awe-inspiring world, and a story of truly epic scope.'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POSTPaul Atreides has succeeded in his crusade ... Read more

$13.99 NZD

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting Dune Messiah, the sequel to one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century, this is an awe-inspiring world, and a story of truly epic scope.'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POSTPaul Atreides has succeeded in his crusade
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Landfall

The totally propulsive crime mystery suspense thriller from the award-winning author of Clade

by James Bradley ...

A "Best Climate Books of 2025" selection from Climate & Capital MediaA 2025 Book of the Year selection by The Bookshelf (ABC Radio)The world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures and increasingly intense social division and unrest.When a child on the margins goes missing from the area of the city known as the Floodline, Senior ... Read more

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A "Best Climate Books of 2025" selection from Climate & Capital MediaA 2025 Book of the Year selection by The Bookshelf (ABC Radio)The world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures and increasingly intense social division and unrest.When a child on the margins goes missing from the area of the city known as the Floodline, Senior
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Are Trams Socialist?

Why Britain Has No Transport Policy

by Christian Wolmar ...

Transport is key to our daily lives. The transport system is essential to ensure the movement of people and goods, and most of us will use the roads or public transport every day. Vast sums are tied up in it and are spent on trying to resolve the problems of congestion and delays. And yet it is a most neglected field of politics. Britain has never had a coherent transport policy. Transport ... Read more

$10.09 NZD

Transport is key to our daily lives. The transport system is essential to ensure the movement of people and goods, and most of us will use the roads or public transport every day. Vast sums are tied up in it and are spent on trying to resolve the problems of congestion and delays. And yet it is a most neglected field of politics. Britain has never had a coherent transport policy. Transport
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The Impeachment of President Trump: Key Events, Legal Cause & All Decisive Documents

The House of Representatives Impeachment Report, the Response of the Republicans & Other Documents

by White House, Robert S. Mueller, Special Counsel's Office U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Security Agency, U.S. Congress, Elizabeth B. Bazan ...

Since the beginning of his presidential term president Donald Trump is faced with constant criticism for his business projects in Russia and his connections with the Russian authorities. After the outbreak of the Trump–Ukraine scandal those allegations served as a foundation for initiating the impeachment procedure against the president. This book provides the complete overview of the impeach ... Read more

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Since the beginning of his presidential term president Donald Trump is faced with constant criticism for his business projects in Russia and his connections with the Russian authorities. After the outbreak of the Trump–Ukraine scandal those allegations served as a foundation for initiating the impeachment procedure against the president. This book provides the complete overview of the impeach
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Blue Blood

The Inside Story of the National Party in Crisis

by Andrea Vance ...

'A political bombshell book' - Sunday Star TimesBeginning with the shock resignation of John Key, Blue Blood reveals the reasons behind one of the most dramatic falls in popularity in New Zealand's political history and tells the full story of how the National Party went to war with itself.Informed by campaign emails and internal party communications, and with commentary from key advisors, ... Read more

$17.99 NZD

'A political bombshell book' - Sunday Star TimesBeginning with the shock resignation of John Key, Blue Blood reveals the reasons behind one of the most dramatic falls in popularity in New Zealand's political history and tells the full story of how the National Party went to war with itself.Informed by campaign emails and internal party communications, and with commentary from key advisors,
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Chronicles of Dissent

An accessible, powerful overview of Noam Chomsky's political thought

by Noam Chomsky ...

‘One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time’ ARUNDHATI ROYAn accessible, powerful overview of Noam Chomsky's political thoughtIn sixteen extended talks with Alternative Radio's David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky explains:Why the 'war on drugs' is really a war on poor people.How attacks on political correctness are attacks on independent thought.How historical revisionism has recast ... Read more

$21.99 NZD

‘One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time’ ARUNDHATI ROYAn accessible, powerful overview of Noam Chomsky's political thoughtIn sixteen extended talks with Alternative Radio's David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky explains:Why the 'war on drugs' is really a war on poor people.How attacks on political correctness are attacks on independent thought.How historical revisionism has recast
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Hidden History

An Exposé of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American Politics

by Donald Jeffries ...

An in-depth look at fifty years of conspiracies covered up by the U.S. government, from the JFK assassination to the war against Al-Qaeda.Starting with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Don Jeffries chronicles a wide variety of issues that have plagued our country’s history. Whether it is the assassinations of MLK and RFK, Iran-Contra, the Oklahoma City bombing, TWA Flight 800, ... Read more

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An in-depth look at fifty years of conspiracies covered up by the U.S. government, from the JFK assassination to the war against Al-Qaeda.Starting with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Don Jeffries chronicles a wide variety of issues that have plagued our country’s history. Whether it is the assassinations of MLK and RFK, Iran-Contra, the Oklahoma City bombing, TWA Flight 800,
... Read more
Democracy Awakening

Notes on the State of America

by Heather Cox Richardson ...

** #4 New York Times bestseller **In Democracy Awakening, American historian Heather Cox Richardson examines how, over the decades, an elite minority have made war on American ideals. By weaponising language and promoting false history, they are leading Americans into authoritarianism and creating a disaffected population.Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. In Democracy ... Read more

$21.99 NZD

** #4 New York Times bestseller **In Democracy Awakening, American historian Heather Cox Richardson examines how, over the decades, an elite minority have made war on American ideals. By weaponising language and promoting false history, they are leading Americans into authoritarianism and creating a disaffected population.Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. In Democracy
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Magnifica Humanitas

Encyclical on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence

by Pope Leo XIV ...

**“A defense of human dignity in the era of A.I. . . . including a dramatic plea for guardrails to ensure that artificial intelligence eases — rather than exacerbates — inequality and poverty.” — The Washington PostA stirring call for humanity vs machines issued by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church . . .**Artificial intelligence encroaches on our lives more insidiously by the day, bent on ... Read more

$18.00 NZD

**“A defense of human dignity in the era of A.I. . . . including a dramatic plea for guardrails to ensure that artificial intelligence eases — rather than exacerbates — inequality and poverty.” — The Washington PostA stirring call for humanity vs machines issued by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church . . .**Artificial intelligence encroaches on our lives more insidiously by the day, bent on
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Ask Not

The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed

by Maureen Callahan ...

The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024A Mail on Sunday ‘Best Holiday Read 2024’‘A searing exposé’ Glamour‘A timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power’ – ObserverFrom New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family's generatio... ... Read more

$15.99 NZD

The No1 Sunday Times Bestseller A Waterstones Best Politics Book 2024A Mail on Sunday ‘Best Holiday Read 2024’‘A searing exposé’ Glamour‘A timely reminder of the dangers posed by men who crave power’ – ObserverFrom New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family's generatio...
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Red Famine

Stalin's War on Ukraine

by Anne Applebaum ...

SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, FT AND EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017The momentous new book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain.In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food. It is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the twentieth century. With unprecedented authority and detail, Red Famine ... Read more

$18.99 NZD

SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, FT AND EVENING STANDARD BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017The momentous new book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag and Iron Curtain.In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food. It is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the twentieth century. With unprecedented authority and detail, Red Famine
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True Crimes and Misdemeanors

The Investigation of Donald Trump

by Jeffrey Toobin ...

What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity? He runs for re-election.Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his National Security Advisor pleaded guilty to several more. Multiple Russian spies were indicted in absentia. Career intelligence ... Read more

$21.99 NZD

What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity? He runs for re-election.Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his National Security Advisor pleaded guilty to several more. Multiple Russian spies were indicted in absentia. Career intelligence
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The Sleepwalkers

A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe

by Arthur Koestler ...

Series series Penguin Modern Classics
Arthur Koestler's extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universeIn this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view ... Read more

$17.99 NZD

Arthur Koestler's extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universeIn this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view
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Attlee and Churchill

Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace

by Leo McKinstry ...

Chosen as a Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail'A masterpiece' Frederick Forsyth'Beautifully written... unlikely to be surpassed' Simon Heffer'Superb' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'Terrific' ObserverThroughout history there have been many long-running rivalries between party leaders, but there has never been a con... ... Read more

$15.00 NZD

Chosen as a Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail'A masterpiece' Frederick Forsyth'Beautifully written... unlikely to be surpassed' Simon Heffer'Superb' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'Terrific' ObserverThroughout history there have been many long-running rivalries between party leaders, but there has never been a con...
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Re-imagining Government

Public Leadership and Management in Challenging Times

by Barry Quirk ...

In an age of austerity, public leaders and managers face a range of external challenges - fiscal, social and political. Combining theoretical insight, empirical commentary and practical experience, this book examines how democratic political systems work and how public decisions are made - and how they could be made better. ... Read more

$62.55 NZD

In an age of austerity, public leaders and managers face a range of external challenges - fiscal, social and political. Combining theoretical insight, empirical commentary and practical experience, this book examines how democratic political systems work and how public decisions are made - and how they could be made better.
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