Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge by Wael B Hallaq
$73.00 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
Since Edward Said's foundational work, Orientalism has been singled out for critique as the quintessential example of Western intellectuals' collaboration with oppression. Controversies over the imbrications of knowledge and power and the complicity of Orientalism in the larger project of colonialism ha ...Show more
Chaos in the Liberal Order: The Trump Presidency and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century by Robert Jervis, Francis J Gavin, Joshua Rovner, Diane Labrosse
$57.99 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
Donald Trump's election has called into question many fundamental assumptions about politics and society. Should the forty-fifth president of the United States make us reconsider the nature and future of the global order? Collecting a wide range of perspectives from leading political scientists, histori ...Show more
My Parent's Keeper: The Guilt, Grief, Guesswork, and Unexpected Gifts of Caregiving by Jody Gastfriend
$37.99 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
When it comes time to provide care for those who once cared for us, where can we turn? This book offers practical guidance for a broad range of caregiving situations when family caregivers assume their new role.Uses the latest research and draws on case histories and interviews.Is a resource as well as ...Show more
Minds Make Societies["How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create"] by Pascal Boyer
$70.00 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
A watershed book that masterfully integrates insights from evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to explore the development and workings of human societies 'There is no good reason why human societies should not be described and explained with the same precision and succes ...Show more
Cane Toad Wars by Rick Shine; Harry W. Greene (Foreword by)
$49.99 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing | Series: Organisms and Environments Ser.
In 1935, an Australian government agency imported 101 specimens of the Central and South American Cane Toad in an attempt to manage insects that were decimating sugar-cane harvests. In Australia the Cane Toad adapted and evolved with abandon, voraciously consuming native wildlife and killing predators w ...Show more
Totally Random: Why Nobody Understands Quantum Mechanics (A Serious Comic on Entanglement) by Jeffrey Bub; Tanya Bub
$44.99 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
An eccentric comic about the central mystery of quantum mechanics Totally Random is a comic for the serious reader who wants to really understand the central mystery of quantum mechanics--entanglement: what it is, what it means, and what you can do with it. Measure two entangled particles separately, an ...Show more
and Evolutionary Innovation Genes Homology by Gunter Wagner
$68.00 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
Homology'a similar trait shared by different species and derived from common ancestry, such as a seal's fin and a bird's wing'is one of the most fundamental yet challenging concepts in evolutionary biology. This groundbreaking book provides the first mechanistically based theory of what homology is and ...Show more
Cosmic Web: Mysterious Architecture of the Universe by J Richard Gott
$39.99 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
J. Richard Gott was among the first cosmologists to propose that the structure of our universe is like a sponge made up of clusters of galaxies intricately connected by filaments of galaxies'a magnificent structure now called the "cosmic web" and mapped extensively by teams of astronomers. Here is his g ...Show more
Decarbonising Logistics: Distributing Goods in a Low Carbon World by Alan McKinnon
$96.00 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
The transport sector cannot be allowed to continue increasing its level of carbon emissions at an accelerating rate, while other sectors are actively decarbonizing. Decarbonising Logistics is based on original research conducted by the K����hne Logistics University, Hamburg with the support of Unilever ...Show more
Walker's Mammals of the World - Monotremes, Marsupials, Afrotherians, Xenarthrans, and Sundatherians by Ronald M. Nowak
$172.00 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
Since its first publication in 1964, Walker's Mammals of the World has become a favorite guide to the natural world for general readers and professionals alike. This new Walker's volume is a completely revised and updated compendium of information on five of the earliest clades to diverge from ancient m ...Show more
Big Brave Bold Sergio by Debbie Wagenbach
$29.99 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
Swimming with the Snappers makes Sergio feel BIG, BRAVE, and BOLD.But sometimes the Snappers' idea of fun gives Sergio "squishy" feelings. He doesn't like it when they start picking on a minnow named Gil...but it's hard to stand up to your friends!Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers by Julia Marti ...Show more
Mom's Busy Days by Elise Raucy
$29.99 NZD
Category: Gone Fishing
My mom is really busy! Mom can do a thousand things at the same time. But sometimes, Mom says time flies by too fast. So Mom finds the time to be just with us!Maggie and Ethan's mom has a busy schedule filled with packing lunches, carpools, and work emails. When Maggie and Ethan seem to be growing up to ...Show more
