Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945 by Halik Kochanski
$48.00 NZD
Category: History
A sweeping, original history of occupation and resistance in war-torn EuropeAcross the whole of Nazi-ruled Europe the experience of occupation was sharply varied. Some countries - such as Denmark - were within tight limits allowed to run themselves. Others - such as France - were constrained not only by ...Show more
Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean by Katherine Pangonis
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
Katherine Pangonis explores five forgotten cities of the Mediterranean: Syracuse, Antioch, Ravenna, Tyre and Carthage. Each of these of these ancient cities has a claim to have been the centre of the world in its own time. Their fascinating entwined history takes in Alexander the Great, the Byzantine g ...Show more
The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict by Andrew Pettegree
$59.99 NZD
Category: History
Propaganda, pulp fiction, spies and censorship: the fascinating and action-packed story of books in wartime 'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable part of life.' David Kyn ...Show more
Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era by Alwyn Turner
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
An authoritative and entertaining history of the Edwardian age, told through its politics and popular culture 'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston 'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets the recor ...Show more
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here by Jonathan Blitzer
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
'Urgent, extraordinary . . . a tribute to the astonishing indomitability of the human spirit.' - Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestelling author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain New Yorker journalist Jonathan Blitzer has been covering the immigration crisis at America's southern border for near ...Show more
Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins by Gareth Harney
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects- coins. The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through humankind's most universal object- the coin. When Gareth Harney was first handed a Roman coin by his father as a ...Show more
Newspaper by Maggie Messitt; Ian Bogost (Series edited by); Christopher Schaberg (Series edited by)
$21.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Newspaper is about more than news printed on paper. It brings us inside our best and worst selves, from censorship and the intentional destruction of historic record, to partisan and white supremac ...Show more
The Real Life Downton Abbey: How Life Was Really Lived in Stately Homes a Century Ago. by Jacky Hyams
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
They were the super rich of their times, pampered beyond belief - the early 20th-century Edwardian gentry, who lived like superstars, their every desire or need catered to by an army of butlers, servants, footmen, housekeepers and grooms. Class, money, inheritance, luxury and snobbery dominated every as ...Show more
Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Natural Curiosities by Albertus Seba; Irmgard Müsch
$39.99 NZD
$50.00 (20% off)
Category: History | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Spectacular specimens: Albertus Seba's unrivaled catalog of animals, insects and plants The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected ...Show more
Victoria Cross Heroes of World War One: 628 Extraordinary Stories of Valour by Robert Hamilton
$89.99 NZD
Category: History
The Victoria Cross had been in existence over 60 years when Archduke Franz Ferdinand fell to an assassins bullet, the event that triggered a Europe-wide call to arms in August 1914. It was an award that democratised military honours, for it was open to all ranks, the sole qualification being a display o ...Show more
Mirrors of Greatness - Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him by David Reynolds
$62.99 NZD
Category: History
'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age' ADAM ZAMOYSKIWinston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be 'great', to gain historical immortality. And he did so through deeds and words: his ...Show more