A Village in the Third Reich: How ordinary lives were transformed by the rise of Fascism by Julia Boyd, Angelika Patel
$26.99 NZD
Category: History
Oberstdorf is a beautiful village high up in the Bavarian Alps, a place where for hundreds of years people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere. Yet even here, in the southernmost corner of Germany, National Socialism sought to control not only people’s lives but also their minds. Drawing ...Show more
F-8 Crusader - Vietnam 1963-73 by Peter E. Davies; Jim Laurier (Illustrator); Gareth Hector (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Dogfight Ser.
When the Vietnam War began, the F-8 Crusader was already firmly established as a fighter and reconnaissance aircraft. It entered combat as an escort for Alpha strike packages, braving AAA, SAMs and, from April 3, 1965, Vietnamese MiGs. Although the Crusader was nicknamed the "last of the gunfighters," i ...Show more
MIG-21 Fishbed - Opposing Rolling Thunder 1966-68 by Istvan Toperczer; Gareth Hector (Illustrator); Jim Laurier (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Dogfight Ser.
The MiG-21 "Fishbed" was one of the most successful communist jet fighters ever built. The aircraft was involved in a series of deadly duels with American fighters over North Vietnam as the USAF and US Navy ramped up strike missions during Operation Rolling Thunder. Having honed their skills on the subs ...Show more
Poison - The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners by Ben Hubbard; Sophie Hannah (Foreword by)
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
"As every amateur toxicologist knows, the difference between a poison and medicine is often simply the dose." There is no weapon as insidious, as seductive or as mysterious as poison. In this terrifying account of history's silent assassin, discover the gripping tales of users, abusers and victims of t ...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
Crack-Up Capitalism by Quinn Slobodian
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
An acclaimed historian of ideas shows how capitalist extremists profit from the collapse of the democratic nation Look at a map of the world and you'll see a neat patchwork of nation-states. But this is not where power actually resides. From the 1990s onwards, globalization has shattered the map, leadi ...Show more
The Ninth : Beethoven and the World in 1824 by Harvey Sachs
$28.99 NZD
Category: Music
A decade after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars had given way to an era of retrenchment and repression, 1824 became a watershed year. The premiere of the Ninth Symphony, the death of Lord Byron - who had been aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence, Delacroix's painting of the T ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
This is a story studded with extraordinary achievements and historic moments, from the building of the pyramids and the conquest of Nubia, through Akhenaten's religious revolution, the power and beauty of Nefertiti, the glory of Tutankhamun's burial chamber, and the ruthlessness of Ramesses, to Alexande ...Show more
Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan by Fariba Nawa
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
When she was just nine years old, Fariba Nawa and her family fled Afghanistan, escaping the Soviet invasion, the last proxy of the Cold War. She settled in the United States and did not return to her homeland until 2000. The country she found upon her return was dramatically different than the Afghanist ...Show more
Grey Wolf: The Escape of Adolf Hitler - The case presented by Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams
$44.99 NZD
Category: History
This title looks at extensive evidence, some recently declassified, that suggests Hitler fled Berlin & took refuge in Argentina. It identifies escape routes, vehicles and hideouts that might have been used. Did Hitler (code name 'Grey Wolf') really die in 1945? The evidence says no. Here's the gripp ...Show more