The Greatest Escape: A Gripping Story of Wartime Courage and Adventure by Neil Churches
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
The gripping, vividly told story of the largest POW escape in the Second World War - organized by an Australian bank clerk, a British jazz pianist and an American spy.In August 1944 the most successful POW escape of the Second World War took place - 106 Allied prisoners were freed from a camp in Maribor ...Show more
History Year by Year: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World by DK
$75.00 NZD
Category: History
Discover the world's most significant events through a detailed, dynamic, book-long timeline of over 7 million years.When did Hannibal cross the Alps? What caused the war of Jenkins' Ear? Who was Rosa Parks? How did the Arab Spring unfold? Discover history's most decisive moments as and when they happen ...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
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
$75.00 NZD
Category: History
Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar ( ...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 do ...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
Judgement at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia by Gary J. Bass
$47.99 NZD
Category: History
In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the victorious powers turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. To them, it was clear that Japan's militaristic leaders needed to be tried and punished for their crimes. For the Allied ...Show more
The House of Dudley: A New History of Tudor England by Joanne Paul
$32.00 NZD
Category: History
In the shadow of every Tudor monarch there was a family who were the kingmakers but were never the kings, told for the very first time, this is the true story of the family behind the throne, the Dudley familyWas the House of Dudley out to steal the throne?This was the question on the mind of Elizabeth ...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
Death on Bloody Ridge: Chunuk Bair: the battle that decided the fate of the Gallipoli Campaign by David W. Cameron
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: A\Shot of History Ser.
The August Offensive or ‘Anzac Breakout’ at Gallipoli was an attempt to break the stalemate of the campaign. It saw some of the bloodiest fighting since the landing as Commonwealth and Turkish troops fought desperate battles at Lone Pine, German Officers’ Trench, Turkish Quinn’s, The Chessboard, The Ne ...Show more
Tragedy At Évian: How the World Allowed Hitler to Proceed with the Holocaust by Tony Matthews
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
In July 1938 the United States, Great Britain and thirty other countries participated in a vitalconference at Évian-les-Bains, France, to discuss the persecution and possible emigration of the European Jews, specifically those caught under the anvil of Nazi atrocities. However, most of those nations rej ...Show more
Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation by David Baker
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
The big history of sex from early life to sexbots How did sex begin? How did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence does our genetic ancestry have on our love life today? And what might sex look like in the future? Sex traces where all the facets of human sexuality came from, ...Show more