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Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern by John Gray
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
'The suicide warriors who attacked Washington and New York on September 11th, 2001, did more than kill thousands of civilians and demolish the World Trade Center. They destroyed the West
Auckland Infantry - The Story of the Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and North Auckland Regiments and of the Citizen Soldiers who served New Zealand by Peter Cooke, John H Gray & Ken Stead
$90.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The long-awaited history book of the 3rd Battalion, Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) Northland and all of its predecessors is now available. It is the first detailed history of the 'Aucks' and the 'Norths' (also incorporating the Cadet Units) from the formation of the first militia units in the 184 ...Show more
Black Mass - Apocalyptic Religion And The Death Of Utopia by John Gray
$30.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Reading Level: very good
Fascinating, enlightening, and epic in scope, Black Mass looks at the historic and modern faces of Utopian ideology: Society's Holy Grail, but at what price? During the last century global politics was shaped by Utopian projects. Pursuing a dream of a world without evil, powerful states waged war and pr ...Show more
Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia by John Gray
$50.00 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general | Reading Level: very good
During the last century global politics was shaped by utopian projects. Pursuing a dream of a world without evil, powerful states waged war and practised terror on an unprecedented scale. From Germany to Russia to China to Afghanistan entire societies were destroyed. Utopian ideologies rejected traditio ...Show more
False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism by John Gray
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
In the midst of the current financial crisis, John Gray revisits his brilliant polemic against the forces of global capitalism and deregulation. Written over ten years ago, "False Dawn" is a remarkably prescient book, sharply criticising the greed and unsustainable economic practices which have proved t ...Show more
From the Uttermost Ends of the Earth: The New Zealand Division on the Western Front 1916-1918 : a History and Guide to Its Battlefields by John H. Gray
$80.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Reading Level: New
The New Zealand Division's campaign in France and Flanders was the birth of the modern New Zealand Army. At Armentieres, First Somme 1916, Messines and Third Ypres 1917 it established a high reputation. This was enhanced in its great encounter battle when it closed a gap in the British Line on the Ancre ...Show more
Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings by John Gray
$50.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
Why is the human imagination to blame for the worst crimes of the twentieth century? Why is progress a pernicious myth? Why is contemporary atheism just a hangover from Christian faith? John Gray, author of "Straw Dogs" and "Black Mass", is one of the most original and iconoclastic thinkers of our time. ...Show more
Gray's Anatomy: Selected writing by John Gray
$30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
Why is progress a pernicious myth? Why do beliefs that humanity can be improved end in farce or horror? Is atheism a hangover from Christian faith? John Gray, one of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time, smashes through civilization's long cherished beliefs, overturning our view of the world and o ...Show more
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships [25th Anni by John Dr. Gray
$30.00 NZD
Category: No Category
The legendary relationships guide that mothers recommend to their daughters, friends give as gifts and brothers steal from their sisters, MEN ARE FROM MARS AND WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS is inarguably the definitive book on having a happy relationship. 'A treasure', 'a bible' and 'an heirloom' are some of the ...Show more
Seven Types of Atheism by John Gray
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
When you explore older atheisms, you will find some of your firmest convictions - secular or religious - are highly questionable. If this prospect disturbs you, what you are looking for may be freedom from thought.'For a generation now, public debate has been corroded by a shrill, narrow derision of rel ...Show more
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray
$30.00 NZD
Category: No Category
An exciting, radical work of philosophy, which sets out to challenge our most cherished assumptions about what it means to be human. A demolition of two and a half thousand years of thought, Straw Dogs is an exhilarating, sometimes disturbing book that leads the reader to question their deepest held bel ...Show more
The Immortalization Commission: Science and the Strange Quest to Cheat Death by John Gray
$55.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
An obsession with the nature of death lies at the heart of the human experience. For most of our history religion provided a clear explanation for life and the afterlife. But in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries this framework came under relentless pressure as new ideas - from psychiatry ...Show more