Great-Uncle Harry: A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. ...Show more
Hitler's Hangmen: The Secret German Plot to Kill Churchill by Brian Lett
$35.00 NZD
Category: History
Before and after the outbreak of the Second World War there were sizeable Fascist groups active in Britain, working to overthrow the British government. Most of the Fascist leaders were interned in 1940 as soon as Churchill came to power, but were freed in the better times of 1944, all the more embitter ...Show more
The Dictionary People: The unsung heroes who created the Oxford English Dictionary by Sarah Ogilvie
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common? They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men; its longest-serving editor, James Murray, devoted 36 years to the p ...Show more
We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai
$34.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Nobel Peace Prize winner and bestselling author Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the faces behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. Malala's experiences travelling the world and visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider h ...Show more
Desert Armour - Tank Warfare in North Africa: Beda Fomm to Operation Crusader, 1940-41 by Robert Forczyk
$80.00 NZD
Category: History
Robert Forczyk covers the development of armoured warfare in North Africa from the earliest Anglo-Italian engagements in 1940 to the British victory over the German Afrikakorps in Operation Crusader in 1941. The war in the North African desert was pure mechanized warfare, and in many respects the most ...Show more
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositi ...Show more
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora's Jar. Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look ...Show more
Resilience: a Story of Persecution, Escape, Survival and Triumph by Inge Woolf
$35.00 NZD
Category: History
Resilience is a Holocaust story and a New Zealand story. Born to a prosperous Jewish family, Inge Woolf witnessed the Nazis marching into Vienna in March 1938. To escape certain death, the family audaciously boarded a train to the heart of Nazi Germany – Berlin – and from there caught a plane to England ...Show more
The Wager by David Grann
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on t ...Show more
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History by Otto English
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and exposing what they were trying to hide. Was Che Guevara really a revolutionary hero? Should Mother Teresa be honoured as a sain ...Show more
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
Time correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the unmissable account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, written and reported from inside the presidential compound in Kyiv, based on Shuster's unparalleled access to President Zelensky and his top aides.
Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsors by Tom Bower
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
The explosive and rigorously researched account of the rift between the Sussexes and the Royal Family, from the provocative biographer of Boris Johnson, Prince Charles and Tony Blair THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER, NOW WITH A BRAND NEW FINAL CHAPTER 'Explosive' The Sun 'Accounts from insiders who hav ...Show more