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Discover the world through fact, history, and lived experience with our wide-ranging Non-Fiction collection. At Marston Moor, we bring you books that inform, inspire, and challenge the way you see the world. From military history and political analysis to biography, memoir, and true adventure, our selection is carefully chosen for readers who value depth and authenticity.

Whether you’re drawn to compelling life stories, accounts of pivotal historical events, or explorations of culture and society, you’ll find books that offer both knowledge and insight. Perfect for history buffs, lifelong learners, and curious minds, our Non-Fiction category celebrates real stories that matter.

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A different knid of power by Jacinda Ardern

What Everyone is Talking About

Jacinda Ardern’s memoir presents her years as prime minister as a story of empathy and compassion in leadership. She highlights moments when kindness shaped her decisions — from the Christchurch mosque attacks to navigating COVID-19 — and frames her legacy as proof that politics can be done with humanity at its core. For international readers, this message resonates: the book positions her as a rare figure who put values above power.

But in New Zealand, the picture is more complicated. While Ardern’s empathetic response to tragedy is still admired, many New Zealanders feel her government mismanaged the basics. Critics argue her administration presided over fiscal irresponsibility, worsening housing affordability, rising crime, declining education standards, strained health services, and surging inflation — challenges that now define the country’s economic reality. For them, “kindness” became rhetoric masking indecision or overreach, particularly during the divisive pandemic years.

The memoir’s strength is its warmth and candour, but its weakness lies in avoiding these harder truths. It offers inspiration rather than introspection, and a vision of leadership that fits better with her global reputation than with how many New Zealanders remember her time in office.

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