Unbelievers: an Emotional History of Doubt by Alec Ryrie
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
Why have Western societies that were once overwhelmingly Christian become so secular? Looking to the feelings and faith of ordinary people, the award-winning author of Protestants Alec Ryrie offers a bold new history of atheism. We think we know the history of faith: how the ratio of Christian believers ...Show more
Law's Strangest Cases - Extraordinary but True Tales from over Five Centuries of Legal History by Peter Seddon
$22.99 NZD
Category: History
A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history - you'll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of justice. Meet the only dead parrot ever to give evidence in a court of law, the doctor with the worst bedside manner of a ...Show more
The Unsettling of Europe: The Great Migration, 1945 to the present by Peter Gatrell
$75.00 NZD
Category: History
A striking characteristic of modern Europe has been the extreme fluidity of its populations. Whether through war, state policy or a spontaneous personal decision, millions of people have been on the move. Whether trying to escape danger or to find a better life, whether moving from the countryside to th ...Show more
Fight to the Finish - The First World War - Month by Month by Allan Mallinson
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
'Mallinson . . . combines the authority of a soldier-turned-military historian with the imaginative touch of the historical novelist.' Lawrence James, THE TIMES We remember months, because months have names, because they are linked to the seasons, and because they have their own character. Looking at t ...Show more
Rifleman - New edition: A Front-Line Life from Alamein and Dresden to the Fall of the Berlin Wall by Victor Gregg
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
'Victor Gregg is the most remarkable spokesman for the war generation' Dan Snow 'A classic' Mail on Sunday'Astonishing' James Holland Born in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade aged just eighteen and began a life of adventure. A soldier throughout the Second World War, he saw action across ...Show more
The House Party by Adrian Tinniswood
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
A delightful journey through the glamorous story of the English country house party by the bestselling historian.Croquet. Parlour games. Cocktails. Welcome to a glorious journey through the golden age of the country house party - and you are invited. Our host, celebrated historian Adrian Tinniswood, tr ...Show more
Kashmir's Untold Story: Declassified by Maroof Raza Iqbal Malhotra
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
Queen Elizabeth II's Guide to Life by Karen Dolby
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
A timely celebration of the many attributes our Queen brings to the nation - fortitude, stoicism, diplomacy, family values, sense of fun and style among them.Queen Elizabeth II - Britain's longest-serving monarch, Supreme Governor of the Church of England and the Head of the Commonwealth - has reigned o ...Show more
Manhunters - How We Took Down Pablo Escobar by Steve Murphy; Javier F. Peña
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
The explosive memoir of the two legendary drug enforcement agents responsible for taking down Pablo Escobar and the subject of the hit Netflix series 'Narcos'. Javier Peña and Steve Murphy risked their lives hunting large and small drug traffickers in the decades they spent working for the US Drug Enfor ...Show more
Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet by Tom Nancollas
$24.00 NZD
Category: History
Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose is much more utilitarian than that. Still today we depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this ...Show more
Escape from Paris: Resistance, Love, and Betrayal in World War II Paris by Stephen Harding
$44.99 NZD
Category: History
This book is The Nightingale meets All the Light We Cannot See, only it's all true--a thrilling wartime adventure story of downed American aviators rescued by French resistance fighters, taken to Nazi-occupied Paris, and hidden under the very noses of the Gestapo Escape from Paris is the true story ...Show more
Blood's Campaign by Angus Donald
$49.99 NZD
Category: History
Angus Donald mixes historical fact with fiction in this exciting new series. Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, James Forrester and S.J. Parris.