Reading on the Farm - Victorian Fiction and the Colonial World by Lydia Wevers
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In Reading on the Farm, Lydia Wevers uses the library on Brancepeth Station in the Wairarapa, its staff and users as the ground for an extended reflection on the meaning of books, reading and intellectual life in colonial New Zealand. Drawing on station records, the archive produced by the library, and ...Show more
Dunkirk to D-Day by Jeff Steel
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
From Dunkirk, Dieppe and to D-Day, Bill Adlam's war experience reads like fiction. Secret missions, commando raids and the Military Medal – this is a rip-roaring true story of action, military prowess and courage.
The Western Front: A History of the First World War by Nick Lloyd
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
'A tour de force of scholarship, analysis and narration . . . Lloyd is well on the way to writing a definitive history of the First World War' Lawrence James, The Times'This well-researched, well-written and cogently argued new analysis . . . will undoubtedly now take its rightful place as the standard ...Show more
John Mulgan and the Greek Left by C.-Dimitris Gounelas; Ruth Parkin-Gounelas
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
In September 1943, New Zealand writer John Mulgan was parachuted by the British Special Services (SOE) into remote mountain terrain in the centre of Nazi-occupied Greece, where he worked with the left-wing resistance to facilitate some of WW2's most successful episodes of guerrilla warfare. This experie ...Show more
V Force Boys - All New Reminiscences by Air and Ground Crews Operating the Vulcan, Victor and Valiant in the Cold War by Tony Blackman; Anthony Wright
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: The\Jet Age Ser.
The V Force consisted of three four-jet bombers, the Valiant, the Vulcan and the Victor, all required as part of the nuclear deterrent in the Cold War following the end of the Second World War. The Valiant was less aerodynamically advanced than the other two and went into service in 1955. The Vulcan ent ...Show more
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War: 1938-1941 by Alan Allport
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
Power. Glory. Death. Courage. How well do we know the story of the Second World War? A Times Book of the Year 'Britain's wartime story has been told many times, but never as cleverly as this.' - Dominic Sandbrook In the bleak first half of the Second World War, Britain stood alone against the Axis force ...Show more
Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars by Peter Stothard
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
This is an unusual history of a time that still defines our world - a view of the early Roman empire that its historians never intended us to see. Beginning sixty years after the assassination of Julius Caesar, it graphically depicts a story parallel to that of Caligula and Nero, and shows us those stru ...Show more
Espana: a Brief History of Spain by Giles Tremlett
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles. 'Tremlett is a fascinating socio-cultural guide, as happy to discuss Spain's World Cup win as its Moorish rul ...Show more
A Short History of Farming in New Zealand by Gordon McLauchlan
$30.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: new
Gordon McLauchlan continues his bestselling Short History series with an in-depth look into the history of the farming industry in New Zealand. From the early migrant farmers and regional produce trading, to the revolution of refrigeration - opening up global opportunities for our fast-growing export ma ...Show more
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets by Burkhard Bilger
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war” (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain.) ‘The book we need right now’ Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal. What d ...Show more
Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Over a thousand years ago, the wind, sea currents and stars brought people to the islands that became known as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. Navigate your way through this sumptuously illustrated story of New Zealand. Explore the defining moments of our history, captured by celebrated chi ...Show more
Mobilising Hate: The Story of Hitler's Final Solution by Martin Davidson
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
Praise for The Perfect Nazi:'Absorbing, highly readable and painstakingly researched' NIALL FERGUSON'Unforgettable, haunting reading' SIMON SCHAMA'A fascinating and extraordinary journey into the banality of evil at the heart of Nazism' BEN MACINTYRE'Riveting' THE TIMES'Fascinating, scrupulously researc ...Show more