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
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
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
The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts Club by Christopher de Hamel
$95.00 NZD
Category: History
The people who made, saved and sometimes destroyed medieval manuscripts, over a thousand years of history, from the acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them ...Show more
Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 1: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$48.00 NZD
Category: History
The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash Sunday Times #1 bestseller, with gorgeous full-colour illustrations and a beautiful package - the perfect gift for the curious beings in your life. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species ...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
Those Who Have the Courage - The History of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps by Matthew Wright
$95.00 NZD
Category: History
'Those Who Have the Courage will be a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in the military and social history of New Zealand. It is a comprehensive history of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, the Mounted Rifles and predecessor units ¿' - Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, from the Foreword ...Show more
Into the Raging Sea - Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm and the Sinking of El Faro by Rachel Slade
$25.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the container ship El Faro, the crew of thirty-three who perished onboard, and the destructive forces of globalisation that put the ship in harm's way. On October 1, 201 ...Show more
Ten Caesars - Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers "an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire...much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones" (The Wall Street Journal)--a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the ...Show more
Unruly Waters - How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia's History by Sunil Amrith
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
'An enthralling, elegantly written and, ultimately, profoundly alarming history' Economist A bold new perspective on the history of South Asia, telling its story through its climate, and the long quest to tame its waters South Asia's history has been shaped by its waters. In Unruly Waters, historian S ...Show more
Rummage - A History of the Things We Have Reused, Recycled and Refused to Let Go by Emily Cockayne
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
An original exploration of all the ordinary, extraordinary and totally mad things we've thrown out and redeemed through the ages.