Sundowner of the Skies: The Story of Oscar Garden, the Forgotten Aviator by Mary Garden
$34.99 NZD
Category: History
In the early morning of 16 October 1930, Oscar Garden taxied his tiny open-cockpit Gipsy Moth across London's Croydon aerodrome and, with a wave of his hand to the only person there to farewell him, took off. He had carpet slippers on his feet and a packet of sandwiches on his lap. His plan was to fly t ...Show more
Frontiers: A Colonial Dynasty by Simon Best
$54.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Two airmen of Māori descent lie buried together on a hilltop in Dorset, England. They are the grandson and great-grandson of a whaling captain who entered New Zealand waters in 1835, and who became one of the leading pioneers of European settlement in Wellington. The story’s main thread covers the four ...Show more
SAS Action in Africa - terrorists, Poachers & Civil War - C Squadron Operations 1968-1980 by Michael Graham
$36.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
This gripping action-packed book is the eagerly awaited sequel to the best-selling Secret SAS Missions in Africa. C Squadron SAS, comprising dedicated battle-hardened veterans, operated against ruthless terrorist groups, trained and equipped by the Chinese and Russians between 1968 and 1980. The Author, ...Show more
The Fate of Third Worldism in the Middle East: Iran, Palestine and Beyond by Sune Rasmus C. Elling Haugbolle
$64.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Radical Histories of the Middle East Ser.
The pivotal years that laid the foundations for our times in the Middle East and the world In the latter half of the twentieth century, a revolutionary idea promised to upend the global order. Anti-imperialist militancy, bolstered by international solidarity, would lead to not only the national liberati ...Show more
Ancient Greek Philosophers (Leatherbound Classics)
$45.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
"Philosophy begins in wonder."--Plato Have you ever wondered about the development of civilization? What topics were discussed in the days of Ancient Greece? This collection of thoughts from Plato, Aristotle, and other masters of philosophy will lead your mind on a journey of enlightened exploration ...Show more
Our Enemies will Vanish by Yaroslav Trofimov
$38.00 NZD
Category: History
Pre-order the revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has spent ...Show more
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson
$26.99 NZD
Category: History
'Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan'Succeeds in conjuring a lost world' Dava Sobel, author of Longitude'Fascinating and satisfying' Simon Winchester, author of The Map that Changed the World. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remote ...Show more
Farewell Kabul - From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World by Christina Lamb
$34.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From the award-winning co-author of 'I Am Malala', this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did it go so wrong? 'Farewell Kabul' tells how the West turned success into defeat in the long ...Show more
Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E Frankl
$21.00 NZD
Category: History
A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the experience of being in Auschwitz. He noticed that it was the men who comforted others and who gave away their last piece of bread who survived the longest - and w ...Show more
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
A "splendid" (The Wall Street Journal) account of one of history's most important and yet little-known wars, the campaign culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, whose outcome determined the future of the Roman Empire. Following Caesar's assassination and Mark Antony's defeat of the conspirators ...Show more
Empire of Pain - The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author ...Show more
Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
"A brilliant reconstruction of the saga of power, glory, and invasion that is the one-thousand year story of Constantinople. A truly marvelous book." --Simon Winchester Ghost Empire is a rare treasure--an utterly captivating blend of the historical and the contemporary, narrated by a master storyteller. ...Show more