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Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (PB) by Simon Winchester
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. The ownership of land has always been complicated, opaque, and more than a little anarchic when viewed from the outside. In this book, ...Show more
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben Macintyre
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
In the quiet Cotswolds village of Great Rollright in 1945, an elegant housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted wife and mother-of-three, Mrs Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity.However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her ration book, she w ...Show more
We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World by Malala Yousafzai
$34.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Nobel Peace Prize winner and bestselling author Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the faces behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. Malala's experiences travelling the world and visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider h ...Show more
I'm in a United State by Paul Henry
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
Paul Henry reflects on his life and times in this homage to the land of the slightly shabby stars and stripes.
Ruby Princess by Duncan McNab
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
In the early hours of Thursday 19 March 2020, the luxury cruise liner Ruby Princess docked at Sydney's Circular Quay, the gateway to Australia. Hours later, 2700 passengers disembarked. Yet in the middle of a pandemic sweeping the planet, there were no health checks. Over the next few days, the passenge ...Show more
The Windsor Diaries: 1940-45 by Alathea Fitzalan Howard
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
The Windsor Diaries are the never-before-seen diaries of Alathea Fitzalan Howard, who lived alongside the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret at Windsor Castle during the Second World War. Alathea's home life was an unhappy one. Her parents had separated and so during the war she was sent to live wi ...Show more
The Light of Days by Judy Batalion
$34.99 NZD
Category: History
Judy Batalion, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, discovered an extraordinary story of women who fought the Nazis. The "ghetto girls" paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, helped build systems of underground bunkers. They flirted with Nazis, bought them ...Show more
Timeline: Science and Technology (A Visual History of Our World) by Peter Goes
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
A visual introduction to our planet and society told through the history of our greatest inventions and the technology that has changed the world. In his signature playful style, Peter Goes illustrates the most fascinating technologies, from the first tools to the most specialized IT, from medical brea ...Show more
Wisdom from the Ancients - Life Lessons from our Distant Past by Neil Oliver
$50.00 NZD
Category: History
From the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors. For all we have gained in the modern world, simple peace of mind is hard to find. In a time that is increasingly fraught with c ...Show more
The Room Where It Happened by John Bolton
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Trump's National Security Advisor took detailed notes. The result is the most comprehensive and substantial account of the Trump Administration from a senior advisor who had served three previous presidents over 30 years, with stunning revelations about happened inside the most powerful room in the nati ...Show more
This Is a Book for People Who Love the Royals by Rebecca Stoeker
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
From the line of succession to the Queen's corgis, this charming book is a perfect primer on the fascinating world of British royalty. Full of fun facts and surprising stories to delight longtime enthusiasts and new fans alike, This Is a Book for People Who Love the Royals digs into all of the aspects o ...Show more
World War II: the Definitive Visual History Vol 1 - From the Munich Crisis to the Battle of Kursk by Richard Overy
$45.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: World War II: the Definitive Visual History Ser.
Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (May 2020) and Victory in Japan Day (August 2020), this first of two volumes is an outstanding concise history of WWII from the Munich Crisis to the Battle of Kursk. This first of two volumes begins in the period when the Axis po ...Show more