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Time of Useful Consciousness : Acting Urgently on Climate Change (BWB Texts) by Ralph Chapman
14.99 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
'The bottom line question is: what actions in this time period are truly vital, and will we take them?' Our climate is changing, in ways that will have long-term impacts for us and for our children. Yet still we fail to take meaningful action. Why? And when will it be too late? Ralph Chapman argues ...Show more
Towards a Warmer World: What Climate Change Will Mean for New Zealand's Future (BWB Texts) by Veronika Meduna
14.99 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
2014 was the hottest year since record keeping began back in 1880. July 2015 was recently confirmed as the globe's hottest month ever recorded, both on land and in the oceans. This December a major international meeting, to be held in Paris, seeks a new agreement to address climate change. Against th ...Show more
Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook (BWB Texts) by Alice Te Punga Somerville
14.99 NZD
Category: NZ General Non Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
"Alice Te Punga Somerville employs her deep research and dark humour to skilfully channel her response to Cook's global colonial legacy"--Back cover.
Wealth and New Zealand by Max Rashbrooke
14.99 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
The most recent NBR Rich List has revealed the biggest proportional increase in wealth since the list first appeared in 1986. But what do these figures mean and what else do we know about New Zealand's fortunes? Following his groundbreaking work on income inequality, Max Rashbrooke examines how wealth ...Show more
Why Science is Sexist (BWB Texts) by Nicola Gaston
14.99 NZD
Category: InBox | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
In June 2015, Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt resigned from the Faculty of Life Sciences at University College London after making a dismissive remark about female scientists. The incident is just the tip of the iceberg, argues Nicola Gaston, President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists. In this ti ...Show more