The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Category: Other
The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. 'Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a lighthouse of a writer: steadfast, illuminating and patiently cutting through darkness and horror to lead us to safety.' -Benjamin Law Lucia Osborne-Crowley is a writer of depth, determinati ...Show more
Animal Liberation Now by Peter Singer
Category: Non Fiction
The definitive case for radically rethinking humanity's relationship with other animals - for the good of us all.'The book that had the most impact on me' JANE GOODALL'Probably the single most influential document in the history of ... animal welfare' GUARDIANIn 1975, Animal Liberation started a global ...Show more
Downfall: Prigozhin, Putin, and the New Fight for the Future of Russia by Mark Galeotti, Anna Arutunyan
Category: Business
The compelling, first-to-market story of the rise, fall and death of the Wagner Group's Evgeny Prigozhin, and what this tells us about the chaotic new direction of late Putinism, by the acclaimed author of A Short History of Russia. Evgeny Prigozhin emerged as one of the most dangerous warlords in the w ...Show more
Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World by Harvey Whitehouse
Category: Non Fiction
Every human being is endowed with an inheritance. A set of ancient biases - forged by natural selection and fine-tuned by millennia of culture - that shape every facet of our behaviour. For countless generations, this inheritance has been taking us to ever greater heights- driving the rise of more sophi ...Show more
Terrible Humans: The World's Most Corrupt Super-Villains And The Fight to Bring Them Down by Patrick Alley
Category: Business
A small number of people, motivated by an insatiable greed for power and wealth, and backed by a pinstripe army of enablers (and sometimes real armies too), have driven the world to the brink of destruction. They are the super-villains of corruption and war, some with a power greater than nation state a ...Show more
Narcoball: Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia by David Arrowsmith
Category: Business
Pablo Escobar had one obsession. Not drugs, not money, not power... football.Narcoball uncovers the incredible story of Colombian football during the early 1990s - shaped by drug lords, rivalries, and ambition. It uncovers a football empire backed by cartels - where victory was a currency of its own, an ...Show more
Environmental Defenders: Fighting for our natural world by Peart, Raewyn
Category: Non Fiction
For over 50 years the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has been at the forefront of protecting Aotearoa New Zealand’s natural environments. From the Think Big power projects of the 1970s, to coastal developments on pristine northland beaches and the destruction of the Mackenzie Country’s unique d ...Show more
Pegasus by Laurent Richard, Sandrine Rigaud
Category: Other
The gripping, behind-the scenes story of one of the most sophisticated surveillance weapons ever created, which is threatening democracy and human rights. 'Absorbing . . . a celebration of journalism and hacking being used to unmask the bad guys' - Guardian Pegasus is widely regarded as the most powerfu ...Show more
Earth: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
Category: Non Fiction
A fully updated edition of this beautifully illustrated, encyclopedic guide to planet Earth Explore and understand the natural and human wonders of our planet Now in its third edition, this landmark encyclopedia both celebrates our planet and explains the science underpinning the forces and processes th ...Show more
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf
Category: Business
A magnificent reckoning of how and why the marriage between democracy and capitalism is coming undone all over the world, and what can be done to save it We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism. Political failings have undermined trust in liberal democracy ...Show more
Money Diaries with She's on the Money: The power in rewriting your money story by Victoria Devine
Category: Business
Victoria Devine is transforming the way millennials think about money. With a background in behavioural psychology and two chart-topping podcasts, She's on the Money and The Property Playbook, Victoria understands what makes her generation tick and knows how to make hard-to-understand concepts fun, fres ...Show more
The Big Con - How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments and Warps Our Economies by Mariana Mazzucato; Rosie Collington
Category: Business
There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change.Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC, Deloitte, ...Show more