A Life in Words: Collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup by Les Carlyon
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
The collected writing of one of Australia's most admired authors and journalists, Les Carlyon.
The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Yang Jisheng
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
Yang Jisheng's The World Turned Upside Down is the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution, in withering and heartbreaking detail. As a major political event and a crucial turning point in the history of the People's Republic of China, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) marked t ...Show more
Banned Books by DK
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
A compelling illustrated account of history's most famous banned written worksDiscover the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published.Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is "acceptable" in published works hav ...Show more
Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhii Plokhy
$37.00 NZD
Category: History
The definitive history of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the bestselling author of Chernobyl- History of a TragedyFor more than four weeks in the autumn of 1962 the world teetered. The consequences of a misplaced step during the Cuban Missile Crisis could not have been more grave. Ash and cinder, famine ...Show more
Ancient Rome: The Definitive Visual History by DK
$75.00 NZD
Category: History
A definitive history of ancient Rome that tells the story of its dramatic rise and fall in rich visual detailImmerse yourself in the history of ancient Rome - from its origins as a small settlement on the Palatine Hill to its peak as an empire reigning over 90 million people, and its tumultuous decline. ...Show more
The Last Irish Question - Will Six into Twenty-Six Ever Go? by Glenn Patterson
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
A view of the south of Ireland - political, social, geographical - through the eyes of a liberal northern protestant being asked to rejoin it. 'A pleasure to read... Incisively mixing memoir, reportage and analysis' Daily Mail ... 'Discursive, humane and meticulously attentive to verbal nuances that ca ...Show more
Killer in the Kremlin: The instant bestseller - a gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny by John Sweeney
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
An explosive account of Putin's presidency and his long-term ambitions, including first-hand reporting from the invasion of Ukraine.THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS'This swashbuckling book is a furious attack on the Russian president. Killer in the Kremlin traces ...Show more
The Vanished Collection: Stolen masterpieces, family secrets and one woman's quest for the truth by Pauline Baer de Perignon
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
A charming and heartfelt story about war, art, and the lengths a woman will go to find the truth about her family. 'As devourable as a thriller... Incredibly moving' Elle 'Pauline Baer de Perignon is a natural storyteller - refreshingly honest, curious and open' Menachem Kaiser 'A terrific book' Le Poin ...Show more
Me 262 - Northwest Europe 1944-45 by Robert Forsyth; Gareth Hector (Illustrator); Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Dogfight Ser.
Using rare first-hand accounts from Me 262 pilots, Robert Forsyth examines what it was like to fly the world's most advanced interceptor in the deadly skies over Germany in 1944-45. Right from its operational debut in the summer of 1944, the Me 262 outclassed anything the Allies had in terms of speed an ...Show more
Love in a Time of Hate by Florian Illies; Simon Pare (Translator)
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbles towards war, the great minds of the time have other concerns. Jean-Paul Sartre waits anxiously in a Parisian café for his first date with no-show Simone de Beauvoir. Marlene Dietrich slips from ...Show more
Blood, Fire and Gold: The Story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici by Estelle Paranque
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
‘A story told with verve and passion’ The Times, Book of the Week ‘An alternative and engaging biography…accessible and unpretentious’ The Telegraph ‘A stunning portrayal of two of the most powerful women in European history’ Tracy Borman ‘Exciting and compelling, packed full of tantalising details of d ...Show more
The City of Today Is a Dying Thing - In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow by Des Fitzgerald
$46.99 NZD
Category: History
An unmissable journey into the past, present and future of urban life.