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A History of the First World War in 100 Objects: In Association with the Imperial War Museum by John Hughes-Wilson
$39.99 NZD
$60.00 (33% off)
Category: Military History
A History of the First World War in 100 Objects narrates the causes, progress and outcome of the First World War by telling the stories behind 100 items of material evidence of that cataclysmic and shattering conflict. From weapons that created carnage to affectionate letters home and from unexpected it ...Show more
A History of the First World War in 100 Objects: In Association with the Imperial War Museum by John Hughes-Wilson
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
A History of the First World War in 100 Objects, now reissued in paperback, narrates the causes, progress and outcome of the First World War by telling the stories behind 100 items of material evidence of that cataclysmic and shattering conflict. From weapons that created carnage to affectionate letters ...Show more
A New History - : the University of Canterbury 1873-2023 by John Wilson
$69.99 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch
A century and a half now separate us from the founding of Canterbury College, the institution from which the University of Canterbury evolved. In A New History: The University of Canterbury 1873- 2023, historian John Wilson offers a fresh interpretation of an institution that has played a central role i ...Show more
City and Peninsula: Historic Places of Christchurch and Banks Penninsula by John Wilson
$34.99 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch | Reading Level: Very Good
City And Peninsula provides a refreshing new look at the historic buildings and sites of Christchurch, Lyttelton, Akaroa and Banks Peninsula. Christchurch is the largest city on New Zealand's South Island and has some of the country's most historically significant and architecturally interesting old bui ...Show more
Historic Canterbury by John Wilson
$50.00 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch
Another addition to this sumptuous historical series, Historic Canterbury is a beautifully produced book showcasing the history of the region through over 140 superb historic photographs, many not published before. Informative extended captions give a lively sense of richness and diversity of this regio ...Show more
JFK - The Conspiracy and Truth Behind the Assassination by John Hughes-Wilson
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
The truth behind the assassination of JFK - reissued and updated for the sixtieth anniversary Ever since President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas fifty years ago, various theories have swirled around what was a key event in American - and world - history. Whatever the conclusions of the US of ...Show more
Joy of the Mountains: A Climber's Life by John Wilson
$36.99 NZD
$50.00 (26% off)
Category: Sport
No death in the mountains in the middle years of the 20th century affected the New Zealand climbing community more than the loss of John Harrison in the Mount Rolleston tragedy of June 1966. John was one of the most admired climbers of his generation. His loss was felt keenly not only because of his ach ...Show more
Local Lives A History of Addington by John Wilson
$54.99 NZD
Category: Canterbury & Christchurch
Secondhand. Signed by the author. Local Lives records the past of one of the oldest inner suburbs of Christchurch. Addington was well-known throughout New Zealand as home to a railway workshops, a stock sale yards, a show grounds, a race course, a prison and an immigration barracks. The histories of al ...Show more
Military Intelligence Blunders by John Hughes-Wilson
$27.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A frightening study of intelligence failings - 'blunders' - in warfare from the Second World War to the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and their impact on events. Here is the insider's view from a former professional intelligence officer .
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