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100% Pure Future - New Zealand Tourism Renewed (BWB Texts) by Sarah Bennett (ed.)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Science & Environment | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Covid-19 has had a devastating effect on New Zealand tourism, but the industry was already troubled by unchecked growth and questionable governance that has put pressure on the environment, infrastructure and communities. In this urgent collection of essays, nine authors outline their vision for sustain ...Show more
A Careful Revolution: Towards a Low-Emissions Future by David Hall (editor)
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Climate change is happening and the potential long-term costs are incalculable. But how do we manage the short-term costs of mitigation? How do we undertake a low-emissions transition that wont undermine the public support that it relies upon? This book makes the case for a careful revolution and provid ...Show more
A Matter of Fact: Talking Truth in a Post-Truth World (BWB Texts) by Jess Berentson-Shaw
$14.99 NZD
Category: Brainy Stuff | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
We may be in the golden age of information, with access to more facts than ever before. Yet in the time of fake news and post-truth politics, it seems that conspiracy and rumour spread faster than ever and are even harder to debunk. Battling over facts can be exhausting and polarising. For those committ ...Show more
Antibiotic Resistance - The end of modern medicine? (BWB Texts) by Siouxsie Wiles
$18.00 NZD
Category: Science & Environment | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
In ten years' time, will antibiotics still work? Have we let bacteria get the upper hand in the evolutionary arms race?In the 1920s the discovery of the antibiotic penicillin started a golden age of medicine. However, experts warn that the end of that age may be just a decade away. In this BWB Text, mic ...Show more
Beyond These Shores - Aotearoa and the World (BWB Texts) by Nina Hall
$18.00 NZD
Category: Society & Culture | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
In recent years, more people are calling for an independent, values-based foreign policy and parties of all political stripes are looking for new ideas to achieve that. This book brings together a diverse group of New Zealanders to outline their visions for New Zealands role in the world. It sparks a co ...Show more
He Pou Hiringa - Grounding Science and Technology in Te Ao Maori (BWB Texts) by Merata Kawharu (ed.); Maria Amoamo (ed.); Katharina Ruckstuhl (ed.)
$18.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
This book brings together writing on the big questions about the role of Maori, tikanga and matauranga in shaping science and technological innovation. Written by Maori from diverse disciplines, it explores the potential for novel approaches, theories, methods and community engagement models in science ...Show more
Imagining Decolonisation (BWB Texts) by Bianca Elkington; Jennie Smeaton; Rebecca Kiddle; Ocean Ripeka Mercier; Mike Ross; Amanda Thomas
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
Decolonisation is a term that scares some, and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and bewildering concept for many New Zealanders yet needed if we are going to build a country that is fair and equal for all who live there. This book sets out the case for decolonisation by illuminating through ...Show more
Kainga - People, Land and Belonging (BWB Texts) by Paul Tapsell
$15.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non-Fiction | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
Is New Zealand ready to not just tick the Treaty partnership box, but actually open it and accept that Māori community-driven world views concerning their whenua is equally valid science, capable of underpinning, guiding and reshaping agricultural science and farming practices? This book calls for poli ...Show more
Late Love (BWB Texts) by Glenn Colquhoun
$14.99 NZD
Category: Health and Wellbeing | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: Very Good
'Most of the time I have no idea what to do with them or what to say in response to them.' Award-winning New Zealand poet Glenn Colquhoun is also a doctor who works with struggling young people at the margins, painfully aware of the limits of his role. In this BWB Text he offers penetrating insight int ...Show more
Living with the Climate Crisis - Voices from Aotearoa (BWB Texts) by Tom Doig (editor)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Science & Environment | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
If much of the world can work together to beat a deadly pandemic, imagine what might happen if we turned our collective energy to tackling the climate crisis. The devastating summer of Australian bush fi res underlined the terrifying sense of a world pushed to the brink. Then came Covid-19, and with it ...Show more
Mountains to Sea: Solving New Zealand's Freshwater Crisis (BWB Texts) by Mike Joy (editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: BWB texts | Reading Level: very good
The state of New Zealand's freshwater has become an urgent public issue in recent years. From across the political spectrum, concern is growing about the pollution of New Zealand's rivers and streams. We all know they need fixing. But how do we do it? 'It strikes me with great clarity that if you look ...Show more
#NoFly - Walking the Talk on Climate Change (BWB Texts) by Shaun Hendy
$15.00 NZD
Category: Science & Environment | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: very good
What happens when a leading New Zealand scientist (and frequent traveler) rules out flying for a year? From overnight buses to epic train journeys, Shaun Hendy's experiences speak to our desire to do something -anything- in the face of growing climate anxiety. #NoFly confronts the hard questions of one ...Show more