Matilda: Queen of the Conqueror by Tracy Borman
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England and formally recognised as such by her subjects. Beyond this, though, little is known: the chroniclers of the age left us only the faintest clues as to her life. So who was the real Matilda? In this first major bi ...Show more
On the Map : Why the World Looks the Way it Does by Simon Garfield
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Maps and beyond, Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate and realign our history. His compelling narra ...Show more
The Spanish Armada by Robert Hutchinson
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
After the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, Protestant England was beset by the hostile Catholic powers of Europe - not least Spain. In October 1585 King Philip II of Spain declared his intention to destroy Protestant England and began preparing invasion plans, leading to an intense intelligence war bet ...Show more
Fortress Israel: The Inside Story of the Military Elite Who Run the Country - and Why They Can't Make Peace by Patrick Tyler
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
'Israel, six decades after its founding, remains a nation in thrall to an original martial impulse.' Born of idealism, under David Ben Gurion and his proteges, Dayan, Sharon and Peres, Israel came to prioritize security at all costs, and to seize land and water whenever opportunity arose. The security s ...Show more
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend of the World's Most Famous Dog by Susan Orlean
$28.99 NZD
Category: History
Rin Tin Tin was born on a battlefield in France towards the end of WW1. He died in 1932, supposedly in the arms of Jean Harlow, the original 'blonde bombshell', epic in death as he was in life. In his prime, he was one of Hollywood's biggest stars. He received two thousand fan letters a month, had jewel ...Show more
Tolstoy: A Russian Life by Rosamund Bartlett
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
Tolstoy's War and Peace and Anna Karenina are considered two of the greatest novels ever written. Here is a fresh perspective on his extraordinary life and times. In November 1910, Count Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station attended by the world's media. He was eighty-two years old and h ...Show more
Gandhi Before India by Ramachandra Guha
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
The first volume of the definitive biography of Gandhi, one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th century, from the great historian Ramachandra Guha. The life of Mohandas Gandhi is one of the most remarkable and potent in the modern era. In this fascinating new biography Ramachandra Guha allows us ...Show more
Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City by Russell Shorto
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin - and has influenced the modern world to a degree that few other cities have. Sweeping across the city's colourful thousand year history, Amsterdam will bring the place to life: it ...Show more
The Year Without Summer: 1816 and the Volcano That Darkened the World and Changed History by William K Klingaman
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
Like Winchester's "Krakatoa, ""The Year Without Summer" reveals a year of dramatic global change long forgotten by history In the tradition of "Krakatoa," "The World Without Us," and "Guns, Germs and Steel "comes a sweeping history of the year that became known as 18-hundred-and-froze-to-death. 1816 was ...Show more
Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy by Michael Pembroke
$34.99 NZD
Category: History
Australians know Arthur Phillip as the first Governor of the colony of New South Wales. But few know the real story of this mercurial man. Arthur Phillip was a career soldier, a mercenary and a spy for the British Empire long before he captained the First Fleet and founded Sydney. Through meticulous res ...Show more
Say What?! the History of Communication by Woody Brambles
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
People have been communicating with each other for thousands of years. From visual representations such as cave paintings, pictograms and writing, to verbal and visual communication such as speech and body language, the ways in which humans communicate has changed dramatically over time. This is especia ...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