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Weed - A New Zealand Love Story by James Borrowdale
$35.00 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
'I just closed my eyes and drifted away. I drifted away to the music but I don't think I'd ever experienced anything quite so soothing and magical. It was like I was in a magical space. It was beautiful.' - Jim Mahoney, reformed drug addict Pot, Mary Jane, dope, skunk, grass, hash, green, hooch, herb, g ...Show more
Fake Law: The Truth about Justice in an Age of Lies by The Secret Barrister
$39.99 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who couldn't be deported because he had a pet cat? Are unelected judges truly enemies of the people? Most of us think the law is only relevant to criminals, if we even think of it at all. But the law touches e ...Show more
Stop Surviving, Start Fighting by Jazz Thornton
$38.00 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences | Reading Level: near fine
Jazz Thornton first attempted to take her own life at the age of 12. Multiple attempts followed and she spent time in psychiatric wards and under medical supervision as she rode the rollercoaster of depression and anxiety through her teenage years - yet the attempts continued. Find out what Jazz learned ...Show more
The Infinite Game: How to Live Well Together by Niki Harre
$29.99 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences | Reading Level: very good
n The Infinite Game, Niki Harre asks us to imagine our world anew. What if we are all part of a different type of game entirely - a game in which playing matters more than winning, a game that anyone can join at any time, a game in which rules evolve as new players turn up - an infinite game? Harre look ...Show more
Caste: The Lies That Divide us by Isabel Wilkerson
$40.00 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not' Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In Caste, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hid ...Show more
The Gifts of Imperfection (10th Anniversary Edition) by Brené Brown ( Brene )
$37.00 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
In hardback for the first time, this 10th anniversary edition of the game-changing #1 New York Times bestseller features a new creative journal and a new foreword. For over a decade, Brené Brown has found a special place in our hearts as a gifted mapmaker and a fellow traveller. She is both a social sci ...Show more
Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity by Sam Harris
$37.99 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
"Civilization rests on a series of successful conversations." -Sam Harris Neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster and bestselling author Sam Harris, has been exploring some of the greatest questions concerning the human mind, society, and the events that shape our world. Harris' search for deeper underst ...Show more
Me and White Supremacy - How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla F Saad
$37.99 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
'White supremacy is a violent system of oppression that harms Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. And if you are a person who holds white privilege, then you are complicit in upholding that harm, whether you realise it or not. This is not my opinion. This is fact. And if you are person who holds whi ...Show more
Notes From An Apocalypse - A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell
$32.99 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
From the prize-winning author of To Be a Machine - meet the men and women preparing for the end of the world In the remote mountains of Scotland, in high-tech bunkers in South Dakota and in the lush valleys of New Zealand, small groups of determined men and women are getting ready. They are environment ...Show more
Messengers - Who We Listen to, Who We Don't, and Why by Stephen Martin; Joseph Marks
$40.00 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
Why are self-confident ignoramuses so often believed? Why are thoughtful experts so often given the cold shoulder? And why do apparently irrelevant details such as a person?s height, their relative wealth, or their Facebook photo influence whether or not we trust what they are saying? These are just som ...Show more
Disobedient Teaching: Surviving and Creating Change in the Classroom by Welby Ings
$35.00 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
This book is about disobedience. Positive disobedience. Disobedience as a kind of professional behaviour. It shows how teachers can survive and even influence an education system that does staggering damage to potential. More importantly it is an arm around the shoulder of disobedient teachers who trans ...Show more
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? by Steven Pinker Malcolm Gladwell Alain De Botton Matt Ridley
$18.99 NZD
Category: Psychology /Social Sciences
From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual freedoms, and the spread of global norms empower individuals a ...Show more