The Ruby Princess by Duncan McNab
$15.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics
In the early hours of Thursday 19 March 2020, the luxury cruise liner Ruby Princess docked at Sydney's Circular Quay, the gateway to Australia. Hours later, 2700 passengers disembarked. Yet in the middle of a pandemic sweeping the planet, there were no health checks. Over the next few days, the passenge ...Show more
Weapons Detective (t by Rod Barton
$14.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics
In The Weapons Detective, Rod Barton tells of a professional life replete with adventure, urgency and achievement. From the chaos of Somalia to the inner sanctums of the UN, Barton has more than once been at the eye of the storm. He describes interviewing Iraq's Dr Germ and painstakingly uncovering a bi ...Show more
THE BUREAU : INSIDE TODAY'S FBI by DIARMUID JEFFREYS
$16.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics
An explosive investigation into America's primary law enforcement agency, the FBI, written with an insider's knowledge of its agents and documents.
Siege: Trump Under Fire by Michael Wolff
$16.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics | Reading Level: very good
Michael Wolff, author of the bombshell bestseller FIRE AND FURY, once again takes us inside the Trump presidency to reveal a White House under siege. With FIRE AND FURY, Michael Wolff defined the first phase of the Trump administration; now, in SIEGE, he has written an equally essential and explosive bo ...Show more
TP: The Life and Times of Sir Terry McLean by Paul Lewis; Jock Mclean
$15.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics | Reading Level: Very Good
Sir Terry McLean, New Zealand's best-known journalist and sports writer, packed a lot of living into his 90 years. Author of 32 books, mostly on rugby, his life encompassed some of the most cataclysmic events in New Zealand history, from the Great Depression, the Napier earthquake and the Second World W ...Show more
Continental Shift: A Journey into Africa's Changing Fortunes by Kevin Bloom
$15.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics
AFRICA IS FAILING. AFRICA IS SUCCEEDING. Africa is betraying its citizens. Africa is a place of starvation, corruption, disease. African economies are soaring faster than any on earth. Africa is squandering its bountiful resources. Africa is a roadmap for global development. Africa is turbulent. Africa ...Show more
Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man by David Hardy
$12.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics
The authors are dishing it back hard to the fervent prophet of the far left, turning a careful eye on Moore's use of camera tricks, manipulated facts, and spliced speeches to tamper with the truth.
A Life's Sentences by Gordon McLauchlan
$10.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics | Reading Level: very good
This superbly well-written book is a memoir of the old school â part autobiography and part commentary. Gordon McLauchlan has some fascinating stories to tell about his life as a journalist and writer and about newspapers in the old days. He also writes about his family and, in particular, his fath ...Show more
Boris Yeltsin - A Revolutionary Life by Leon Aron
$12.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics
The definitive - and gripping - biography of a remarkable statesman. This book is a revelation. The Boris Yeltsin that emerges from its pages is a leader of exceptional quality: determined, stubborn, brilliantly intelligent, direct and, perhaps above all, brave. Aron skilfully plots Yeltsin's commitment ...Show more
White-collar Radical: Dan Long and the Rise of the White-collar Unions by Mark Derby
$16.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics
From 1960 until his sudden death in office in 1976, Dan Long was the most visible face of the Public Service Association (PSA), New Zealand's largest union. In his dark suit, narrow tie and plastic-framed spectacles, Long seemed the epitome of the public servants he represented. In fact, as this lively ...Show more
A Certain Grandeur: Gough Whitlam's Life in Politics by Graham Freudenberg
$15.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics
Winner of the Age Book of the Year AwardGraham Freudenberg's inside account of Gough Whitlam's political rise and fall is one of the great classics of Australian political writing. From his position as Gough's speechwriter and confidant, just out of the spotlight of history, Freudenberg was an eyewitne ...Show more
The Rainmaker - A Biography of John Ballance, Journalist and Politician 1839-1893 by Timothy Mcivor
$18.00 NZD
Category: Journalism & Politics | Reading Level: very good
Rainmaker: Biography of John Ballance Journalist and Politician