Darwin and International Relations: On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict by Bradley A. Thayer
$20.00 NZD
Category: Social Science
Pathbreaking and controversial, Darwin and International Relations offers the first comprehensive analysis of international affairs of state through the lens of evolutionary theory. Bradley A. Thayer provides a new method for investigating and explaining human and state behavior while generating insight ...Show more
Political Islam, World Politics and Europe: Democratic Peace and Euro-Islam Versus Global Jihad by Bassam Tibi
$16.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Is political Islam compatible with democracy? The rise of political Islam, as a force in world politics, has prompted questions and theories concerning its nature and compatibility with democratic values. Not least have been discussions and conflicts within Islamic communities, particularly in Europe w ...Show more
The Beautiful Tree - A Personal Journey into How the World's Poorest People Are Educating Themselves by James Tooley
$16.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Tooley recounts his journey from the largest shanty town in Africa to the hinterlands of China, and introduces the families and teachers who taught him that the poor are not waiting for educational handouts. They are building their own schools and educating themselves.
Islam and the Moral Economy - The Challenge of Capitalism by Charles Tripp
$15.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
How do modern Muslims adapt their traditions to engage with today's world? Charles Tripp's erudite and incisive book considers one of the most significant challenges faced by Muslims over the last sixty years: the challenge of capitalism. By reference to the works of noted Muslim scholars, the author sh ...Show more
Allah's Bomb - The Islamic Quest for Nuclear Weapons by Al J. Venter
$16.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Series: Lyons Press Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'Allah's Bomb' examines the progress towards full nuclear capability of countries like Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and various former Soviet Republics, and the repercussions the situation may have on global society.
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace by Gore Vidal
$8.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Series: Nation Bks. | Reading Level: good
Essays question the consensus view of the causes behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, and examine the erosion of American civil liberties as a result of the war on terrorism.
Inside the Gender Jihad: Women's Reform in Islam by Amina Wadud
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
In this engaging study, Dr Amina Wadud, an Afro-American Muslim herself, introduces the feminist movement in Islam and delves into its challenges, its textual foundations in the Qur'an and its achievements. Beginning with her own place in the effort for greater justice for women in Islam, Wadud goes on ...Show more
Dual Attraction: Understanding Bisexuality by Martin S. Weinberg; Colin J. Williams; Douglas W. Pryor
$15.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: good
For the past two generations, extensive research has been conducted on the determinants of homosexuality. But, until now, scant attention has been paid to what is perhaps the most mysterious--and potentially illuminating--variation of human sexual expression, bisexuality. Today, as ignorance and fear of ...Show more
The Post - American World by Fareed Zakaria
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
"This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." So begins Fareed Zakaria's important new work on the era we are now entering. Following on the success of his best-selling The Future of Freedom, Zakaria describes with equal prescience a world in which the Un ...Show more
Conversations with Lew Binford: Drafting the New Archaeology by Jeremy A. Sabloff
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
Meatanomics by Simon Robinson David
$16.00 NZD
Category: Ecology | Reading Level: very good
Few consumers are aware of the economic forces behind the production of meat, fish, eggs, and dairy. Yet omnivore and herbivore alike, the forces of meatonomics affect us in many ways. Most importantly, we've lost the ability to decide for ourselves what - and how much - to eat. Those decisions are made ...Show more
The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations by Lee Smith
$14.00 NZD
Category: Social Science | Reading Level: very good
In this provocative and timely book, Middle East expert Lee Smith overturns long-held Western myths and assumptions about the Arab world, offering advice for America's future success in the region. Seeking the motivation behind the September 11 attacks, Smith moved to Cairo, where he discovered that the ...Show more