France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
$44.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
This is a profoundly original and entertaining history of France, from the first century bc to the present day, based on countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, by bicycle and in the library. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and endi ...Show more
Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories: A History of the Occupied Territories by Ilan Pappe
$32.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: General Adult
Following his critically acclaimed investigation of the events leading up to the formation of the state of Israel in 1948, renowned Israeli historian Ilan Pappe now turns his attention to the annexation and occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The war of 1967 dramatically redrew the map of Israel and P ...Show more
The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters by Adam Nicolson
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 'A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer ... 'There's something that hits the mark on every page' - Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New Statesman Where does Homer come from? And why does Homer matter? His epic poems of wa ...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.
Ancestors: A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials by Alice Roberts
$26.99 NZD
Category: History
An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us better understand life today.'This is a terrific, timely and transporting book - taking us he ...Show more
The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France by Shelley Puhak
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
A vivid double biography of two fearless early medieval queens. 'Brings the Merovingian empire to thrilling, bewildering, horrifying life' Helen Castor 'Restores two half-forgotten and much-mythologized queens to their proper place in medieval history' Dan Jones 'Fredegund and Brunhild have finally foun ...Show more
Forgotten Heroes of the Battle of Britain by Dilip Sarkar
$74.99 NZD
Category: History
Lasting sixteen weeks during the momentous year of 1940, the Battle of Britain ended with the Luftwaffe having failed to achieve the decisive victory that Hitler had demanded. while the technical details of the aircraft and weapons involved are, of course, crucial to our understanding of the events that ...Show more
In Search of Perfumes - A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents by Dominique Roques
$27.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
A journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade. The book also tackles the earth's changing climate conditions, with its impact on the sources of the world's scents. In Search of Perfumes is a fragrant journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of th ...Show more
Birds Aren't Real by Peter McIndoe, Connor Gaydos
$34.99 NZD
Category: History
The true story of the greatest conspiracy in US history - and how to fight back.Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? You haven't, have you? No one has, not in many, many years. They used to be everywhere. That's because they come out of the factory as adults.In the 1970s, the United States government kille ...Show more
The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women in Space by Loren Grush
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
The Six was an extraordinary cohort of women recruited by NASA in the seventies. Ride was just one member of the Six. Greeted in Houston by make-up bags designed for use in space, no designated locker rooms and flight suits that didn't fit, they went on to break barriers on earth and in space. In 1983 S ...Show more
SAS Forged in Hell - From Desert Rats to Dogs of War: the Mavericks Who Made the SAS by Damien Lewis
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
In the summer of 1943, the largest invasion fleet ever assembled sailed for fortress Europe, aiming to bulldoze its way onto Nazi shores. At its vanguard went a few hundred elite forces soldiers, the Royal Navy warship carrying them bearing the iconic winged dagger emblem on its prow, plus the motto 'Wh ...Show more
Empire of Pain -The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The highly-anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing. The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions - Harvard; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Oxford; the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the w ...Show more