Drawing on more than 100 interviews and extensive research, journalists DAVID COHEN and REBECCA KEILLOR track the rise, fall and re-emergence of former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern on to the global stage, just as the United Nations gears up to choose a new secretary-general. With the world on a powderkeg, is Ardern up to the job?In June 2025, Jacinda Ardern’s official memoir “A Different Kind of Power” was released to mixed reviews with a common theme:“...

This collection arose out of a 2019 conference to commemorate the completion of the fourteen- volume Correspondence of James K. Polk. Its scholarship—which pays tribute to the Polk Project itself, as well as to the controversial nature of the Polk legacy—will result in a significant reinterpretation of the eleventh US president.Contributors include John F. Polk, who examines the ways history has mischaracterized almost the entire Polk family tree, and Kelly Houston Jones, who inves...

A must-read for software developers lacking command-line skills, focusing on Linux. It provides transferable command-line proficiency for use in Mac OS, Unix, and Windows with WSLKey FeaturesA practical, no-nonsense guide specifically written for developers (not sysadmins) who need to quickly learn command-line skillsExpand your practical skills and look like a wizard on the command lineBuild practical skills to work effectively with the most c...

In these ten offbeat stories, Christians, Jews, and skeptics stumble through spiritual detours, crises, and comic missteps.· A college student battling substance abuse finds Jesus after being swindled in a drug deal· A suburban husband and father turns his daughter’s Barbie into a Voodoo doll as he slides into evil· A trivia champion hooks up with a doomed young woman, leading to a hard collision with the things that really matterSome of these characters get...

A detailed account of the series of bloody battles that occurred when the houses of Lancaster and York fought for control of the crown.This new history focuses on the seventeen battles that took place around the country between 1455 and 1487. It considers the causes, course and result of each battle, beginning with the first battle of St Albans on twenty-two May 1455, which was won by the Yorkist faction lead by Richard, Duke of York.The bloodiest battle ev...

A self-taught son of Irish immigrants, devout Catholic, King Country farmer, and farming lobbyist, Jim Bolger entered New Zealand political life in the 1970s. He was a flinty Minister of Labour under Robert Muldoon and Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997. As ambassador to Washington, he helped create warmer relations with the United States. In recent years, he has chaired boards, has been the chancellor of the University of Waikato, and marked more than a half-century of marriage to Joan. Nev...

The study of enslavement and human trafficking in Ancient World cultures (10,000 BCE-500 CE) brings special difficulties. This includes the inequality of available sources, whereby enslavers' perspectives outweigh narratives of the enslaved. Another is the relative overrepresentation of Greece, Rome, and Egypt in comparison with other societies, regardless of ample archaeological records. While the continuities between ancient and modern histories seem less obvious than in...

The "gripping" true story of the founder of psychoanalysis—and how he made it out of Austria after the Nazi takeover ( The Independent).Sigmund Freud was not a practicing Jew, but that made no difference to the Nazis as they burned his books in the early 1930s. Goebbels and Himmler wanted all psychoanalysts, especially Freud, dead, and after the annexation of Austria, it became clear that Freud needed to leave Vienna. But a Nazi raid on his house put the F...

The story of Freud's involvement with cocaine and how it affected research long after he died... The book tells of a number of drug related tragedies Freud was involved in including the death of Ernest Fleischl and that of the less well known Otto Gross who was a good analyst, a cocaine addict and has advanced ideas about sex which led him to founding an orgiastic commune in Italy. Freud devotees will be unhappy with the book because it depicts their hero as all too human but it is a balan...

This light-hearted and entertaining book, authored by top psychologist David Cohen, explores the influences and impacts on our perception of body image, examining the power of appearance and the psychology behind how we think and feel about ourselves physically.Packed with scientific findings alongside historical anecdotes and humorous insights, the book first looks at the history of body image and appearance, and how ideals of beauty have changed over time. It goes on to note the ...

Understanding Media Psychology is an authoritative introductory textbook on the growing field of media psychology. Providing an overview of topics in the field, it summarizes key concepts and theories and considers the importance of media psychology in today’s society.The second edition of this bestselling textbook has been fully updated to reflect the changing landscape of media psychology. The new edition features a brand-new chapter on news and political media, as well ...

How do we get from helpless baby to knowing teenager? What impact do iPads, social media, video games, and evolving technology have on the way children's minds develop?How we learn to think, perceive, remember, talk, reason, and learn is a central topic in psychology – and one that sees constant new research. How the Child's Mind Develops discusses the latest studies and covers all the controversies that have dogged the subject for nearly 150 years. David Cohen examines th...