What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
$10.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good
From criminology to dog training to ketchup, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of looking at the world. What the Dog Saw is Gladwell at his very best asking questions and seeking answers in his inimitable style. Sophisticated, surprising and always entertaining. ...Show more
The Great Disruption: How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy by Paul Gilding
$12.00 NZD
Category: Ecology | Reading Level: very good
The Savage Within - The Social History of British Anthropology, 1885-1945 by Henrika Kuklick
$20.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Considering the anthropological ideas of Britain between 1885 and 1945, this book explores the relationship between social scientific ideas and behaviour. Professor Kuklick shows how the descriptions British anthropologists produced about the peoples of exotic culture can be translated into commentaries ...Show more
The Blind Giant - Being Human in a Digital World by Nick Harkaway
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good-very good
The digital age. An age of isolation, warped communication, disintegrating community. Where unfiltered and unregulated information pours relentlessly into our lives, destroying what it means to be human. Or an age of marvels. Where there is a world of wonder at our fingertips. Where we can communicate a ...Show more
The Right Relationship - Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties by John Borrows (Editor); Michael Coyle (Editor)
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The relationship between Canada's Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government is one that has increasingly come to the fore. Numerous tragic incidents and a legacy of historical negligence combined with more vehement calls for action is forcing a reconsideration of the relationship between the federa ...Show more
State Experiments in Australia & New Zealand Volume I and Volume II by William Pember Reeves
$50.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good
Being Wrong - Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz
$16.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Being wrong is an inescapable part of being alive. And yet, we go through life tacitly assuming (or loudly insisting) that we are right about nearly everything - from our political beliefs to our private memories, from our grasp of scientific fact to the merits of our favourite team. Being Wrong looks ...Show more
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology by Timothy Darvill
$12.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The most wide-ranging and up-to-date dictionary of its kind providing useful information about archaeological terms, themes, theories, sites, places, artefacts and archaeologists ... from amphora to ziggurat. Will be especially useful to students, amateurs and enthusiasts, travellers, and anyone seeking ...Show more
The Natashas - The new global sex trade by Victor Malarek
$10.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good-very good
Inequity in the Global Village - Recycled Rhetoric and Disposable People by Jan Knippers Black
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Growing refugee populations and increased nationalism are just two of the negative side effects of increased globalization that Black (international policy studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, California) discusses in this book. She argues that the narrow distribution of benefits fr
The New Comparative Mythology - An Anthropological Assessment of the Theories of Georges Dumézil by C. Scott Littleton
$15.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Oral Traditions and The Verbal Arts - A Guide to Research Practices by Ruth Finnegan
$16.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good