Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler - The case presented by Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams
$44.99 NZD
Category: History
This title looks at extensive evidence, some recently declassified, that suggests Hitler fled Berlin & took refuge in Argentina. It identifies escape routes, vehicles and hideouts that might have been used. Did Hitler (code name 'Grey Wolf') really die in 1945? The evidence says no. Here's the gripp ...Show more
The Death of Mao: The Tangshan Earthquake and the Birth of the New China by James Palmer
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
In the summer of 1976, Mao lay dying, and China was struck by a great natural disaster. The earthquake that struck Tangshan was one of the worst in recorded history, killing half a million people. But the Chinese Communist rulers in Beijing were distracted, paralysed by in-fighting over who would take c ...Show more
Sandstorm by Lindsey Hilsum and Darude
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
"Sandstorm" is the best kind of reportage: humane, historically-informed and full of details that only a writer close to the action could have noticed. The overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi has been one of the twenty-first century's defining moments: the Arab world's most bizarre dictator brought down by his ...Show more
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The Shocking Story of How America Really Took Over the World by John Perkins
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
"Economic hit men," John Perkins writes, "are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder." John Perkins should know--he was an economic hit man. Hi ...Show more
200 Women by Ruth Hobday, Geoff Blackwell, Kieran Scott
$49.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
200 women from around the world, famous and unknown, answer the same five questions, such as “What really matters to you?” and “What would you change in the world if you could?” The answers are inspiring, moving, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, but always powerful. Interviewees include Graca Michel, ...Show more
Mary Queen of Scots: Two Queens, One Future by John Guy
$26.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Now a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period. Who was the real Mary Queen of Scots? The most enigmatic ruler of England lived a life of incredible drama and turmoil: crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months old, ...Show more
Patriot or Traitor - The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh by Anna Beer
$36.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
A major historical biography: the dramatic, harrowing and contested story of Sir Walter RaleghVisionary or charlatan? Toy boy or Renaissance man? Sexual predator or devoted family figure? Patriot or traitor? Ralegh biographer Anna Beer sheds light on the contested final days of one of the most famous fi ...Show more
The Boy with Two Hearts - A Story of Hope by Hamed Amiri
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
'An inspiring read' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio 5 Live. Hamed Aniri's family knew they would have to learn Afghanistan one day - doctors could not treat his brother's rare heart condition. They did not expect to have to escape, after the Taliban placed an execution order on Hamed's mother. Travelling a ...Show more
The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History in Eleven Vessels by Tom Nancollas
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
A sharply poignant history of British seafaring, from the Bronze Age to the present day If Britain's maritime history were embodied in a single ship, she would have a prehistoric prow, a mast plucked from a Victorian steamship, the hull of a modest fishing vessel, the propeller of an ocean liner and an ...Show more
Living and Dying with Marcel Proust by Christopher Prendergast
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
A lifetime's reading of Proust's masterpiece.
Explorer - The Quest for Adventure by Benedict Allen
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
What does it mean to be an explorer in the twenty-first century?Explorer is the story of what first led Benedict Allen to head for the farthest reaches of our planet - at a time when there were still valleys and ranges known only to the remote communities who inhabited them. It is also the story of why, ...Show more
August in Kabul: America's last days in Afghanistan by Andrew Quilty
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Told through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty's debut publication offers a remarkable record of this historic moment As night fell on 15 August 2021, the Taliban entered Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. After a 20-year conflict with the United Stat ...Show more