A Very Expensive Poison: The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia's Threat to the West by Luke Harding
$32.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
1 November 2006. Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty two days later he dies, killed from the inside. The poison? Polonium; a rare, lethal and highly radioactive substance. His crime? He had made some powerful enemies in Russia. Based on the best part of a decade's reporti ...Show more
Messages from a Lost World: Europe on the Brink by Stefan Zweig
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
Stefan Zweig was a leading talisman of a united Europe of unfettered movement, of pro-active cultural exchange, humane decency and tolerance, all polar opposites of the Nationalist regimes he loathed, and which came to power in the 1930s. In these poignant essays and addresses, forged in the last years ...Show more
Warriors on Horseback: The Inside Story of the Professional Jockey by John Carter
$22.99 NZD
Category: History
A remarkable and riveting insight into the lives of jockeys. Jockeys who earn a living race riding on racehorses are a remarkable group. They are fiercely competitive on the racecourse but enjoy a tribal kinship in the weighing room. The minimum requirements for long-term success are courage, skill, ath ...Show more
National Geographic the Greeks: An Illustrated History by Diane Harris Cline
$65.00 NZD
Category: History
On the culture that brought us democracy, the Olympics, Socrates, and Alexander the Great, this lavishly illustrated reference about ancient Greece presents the amazing history through gripping stories; maps of major battles and the rise and fall of the phenomenal empire; the powerful legacy left by anc ...Show more
All Behind You, Winston - Churchill's War Ministry: The Coalition That Led Britain to its Finest Hour by Roger Hermiston
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
On 14 May 1940, the Evening Standard published a cartoon with the caption 'All Behind You, Winston'. It showed Churchill, the freshly installed prime minister, rolling up his sleeves to confront the oncoming menace of Nazi Germany. In his wake, leading the endless ranks of the British people, marched th ...Show more
Russia: Putin's Playground: Empire, Revolution, & the New Tsar by Anastasia Edel
$12.99 NZD
Category: History
Empire, Revolution, and the New Tsar Is Russia in the hands of a lunatic? Ever since Vladimir Putin s presidential incarnation, pundits and political analysts have asked this question with increasing frequency. Known for his aggressive politics abroad, and irresponsible despotism domestically, the leade ...Show more
Iran: Ally or Enemy?: Persian Empire, Pariah State, Nuclear Partner by Lightning Guides
$12.99 NZD
Category: History
Persian Empire, Pariah State, Nuclear Partner After decades of political and cultural isolation, Iran faces a new chapter in its 2500-year-old history. Following the landmark 2015 nuclear deal, Iran will re-enter international trade markets and be reinstated in the eyes of the West. Trace the evolution ...Show more
Spain in Our Hearts by Adam Hochschild
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
From the moment it began in 1936, the Spanish Civil War became the political question of the age. Hitler and Mussolini quickly sent aircraft, troops and supplies to the right-wing generals bent on overthrowing Spain's elected government. Millions of people around the world felt passionately that rapidly ...Show more
The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House 1918-1939 by Adrian Tinniswood
$85.00 NZD
Category: History
There is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the two world wars, a period of gentle decline in which the sun set slowly on the British Empire and the shadows lengthened on the lawns of a thousand statel ...Show more
Christ's Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion by Jonathan Clements
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
The sect was said to harbour dark designs to overthrow the government. Its teachers used a dead language that was impenetrable to all but the innermost circle of believers. Its priests preached love and kindness, but helped local warlords acquire firearms. They encouraged believers to cast aside the ...Show more
The Third Reich in History and Memory by Richard J. Evans
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
In this fascinating and enlightening collection of essays, one of the most important historians of our time reflects on the ways our understanding of Nazi Germany have been transformed in the twenty-first century. Richard Evans examines new historical perspectives on the Third Reich, such as showing how ...Show more
The Killing of Osama Bin Laden by Seymour M. Hersh
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
In 2011, an elite group of US Navy SEALS stormed an enclosure in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad and killed Osama bin Laden, the man the United States had begun chasing before the devastating attacks of 9/11. The news did much to boost President Obama's first term and played a major part in his reelect ...Show more