The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMESA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of hist ...Show more
The Kings and Queens of Britain by Cath Senker
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
Who was the first King of England? Did Henry I assassinate his brother? How did 'Bloody Mary' reinstate Roman Catholicism?For more than 1,000 years the British monarchy has dramatically shaped national and international history. Kings and queens have conquered territory, imposed religious change and ext ...Show more
Life in the Trenches (History in Pictures - World War I)
$9.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: History in Pictures
This informative new range brings history to life with a concise text commentary and startling photographs from the greatest conflicts of modern times. Building into an illustrated library of historic events, these titles offer authorative content at an affordable price.
Propaganda: Truth and Lies in Times of Conflict by Tony Husband
$19.99 NZD
Category: History
New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front by Wright Matthew
$49.99 NZD
Category: History
In The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front, historian Matthew Wright goes to the heart of how the First World War affected the lives of ordinary New Zealanders. The book analyses what it was like for New Zealand soldiers at the two main battle fronts where they fought, and frames i ...Show more
Who Discovered What When by Ellyard David
$35.00 NZD
Category: History
Who Discovered What When? is an absorbing and easy-toread book about the growth of scientific ideas and knowledge since 1500. From Galileo, Newton and Darwin to Ernest Rutherford, Neils Bohr and Linus Pauling, it presents the scientists who have hypothesised, experimented and revealed the physical worki ...Show more
Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? by Horace Greasley; Ken Scott
$21.99 NZD
Category: History
An incredible true tale of one man's courage and defiance of the German nation in the name of love Horace "Jim" Greasley was 20 years old in the spring of 1939 when Adolf Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and Poland. There had been whispers and murmurs of discontent from certain quarters and the British go ...Show more
Heaven on Earth - The Lives and Legacies of the World's Greatest Cathedrals by Emma J. Wells
$38.99 NZD
Category: History
A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world's greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who built them. 'An impeccable guide to the golden age of ecclesiastical architecture' The Times 'Vivid, colourful and absorbing' Dan Jones 'An epic ode to some of our mo ...Show more
The John Deere Tractor Legacy: The Complete Illustrated History from Tractors & Machinery to Deere's Role in Farm Life, 1837 to Today by Don Macmillan
$39.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
At last, a paperback reissue of this classic history of John Deere! Edited by the world's most respected and best known Deere historian and expert-Don Macmillan-this is a detailed and fun history of the great tractor builder. This comprehensive history of the man, his company, and his legacy includes a ...Show more
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
The third in the epic trilogy narrating the history of the Roman Empire from renowned historian Tom Holland. Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with Dynasty, now arrives at the period which marks the apogee ...Show more
Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Every human being is endowed with an inheritance. A set of ancient biases - forged by natural selection and fine-tuned by millennia of culture - that shape every facet of our behaviour.For countless generations, this inheritance has been taking us to ever greater heights- driving the rise of more sophis ...Show more