Defeating the Ministers of Death (The compelling story of vaccination) by David Isaacs
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
The compelling history of vaccination. We may fear terrorist attacks but in truth humans have always had far more to fear from infections. In 1950 there were an estimated 50 million cases of smallpox worldwide, which killed 10 million people. At the end of WWI, Spanish flu proved deadlier than the war t ...Show more
To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration by Edward J. Larson
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNER From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a "suspenseful" (WSJ) entwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time: in 1909 three daring expeditions-led by Ernest Shackleton, Robert Peary, and the dashing Duke of the Abruzzi-simultaneously raced to the top, ...Show more
Night of the Long Knives by Phil Carradice
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: History of Terror Ser.
In the summer of 1934 Adolf Hitler planned and conducted the most ruthless purge of his thirteen-year period as leader of Germany. The victims were not political opponents but friends, colleagues and fellow fascists who had helped the Nazi Party in its rise to power. The Night of the Long Knives broke t ...Show more
Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I by Kelcey Wilson-Lee
$44.99 NZD
Category: History
Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized - and largely mythical - notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great ...Show more
Yeti - An Abominable History by Graham Hoyland
$26.99 NZD
Category: History
What leads us to believe in monsters? What happens when we meet the brutal creatures of our nightmares? Tales of the yeti, the 'Abominable Snowman' of the Himalayas, have been recorded for centuries. This huge, ape-like, hairy creature has tantalised explorers, mountaineers and locals with curious footp ...Show more
The First Wave - The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II by Alex Kershaw
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
The New York Timesbestselling author of The Liberatorand Avenue of Spiesreturns with a thrilling, action-heavy account of D-Day combat.Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wavefollows ten men attempting to carry out D-Day's most critical missions. Their actions would determine th ...Show more
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A gripping investigation of Israel's assassination policy' Sunday Times 'Remarkable' Observer 'Riveting' Daily Mail 'Compelling' John le Carré Winner of 2018 National Jewish Book Award From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, the instinct to take every measure to ...Show more
Humans by Tom Phillips
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
'F*cking brilliant' Sarah Knight 'Very funny' Mark Watson AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND CATASTROPHIC F*CK-UPS OF HUMAN HISTORY In the seventy thousand years that modern human beings have walked this earth, we've come a long way. Art, science, culture, trade - on the evolutiona ...Show more
The Royal Society & the Invention of Modern Science by Adrian Tinniswood
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: The Landmark Library | Reading Level: near fine
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge has been at the forefront of scientific endeavour for more than 350 years, since receiving its royal charter from Charles II in 1662. Philosophical Transactions, published in 1665, established the concepts of scientific priority and peer review ...Show more
The Management of Savagery by MAX. BLUMENTHAL
$32.99 NZD
Category: History
THE MANAGEMENT OF SAVAGERY tells the story of the parallel rise of international jihadism and Western ultranationalism. Since Washington's secret funding of the Mujahideen following the Russian invasion of Afghanistan in the 1970s, America has supported extremists with money and hardware, including enem ...Show more
Beyond Coincidence by Martin Plimmer; Brian King
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
Laura Buxton, aged ten, releases a balloon from her garden. It lands 140 miles away in the garden of another Laura Buxton, aged ten. Coincidence? Or something beyond coincidence? Is someone playing snap with our lives? Could it be the hand of God? Or are we, as some scientists have suggested, being gran ...Show more
The Worst Is yet to Come - A Survival Guide to Post-Capitalism by Peter Fleming
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
Capitalism is about to commit suicide and is threatening to take us down with it. But will it give way to a grand social utopia or the beginning of a new dark age... albeit WiFi enabled? The Worst is Yet to Come explores the disturbing possibility that the current crisis of neoliberal capitalism isn't g ...Show more