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Aelfred's Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age by Max Adams
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that would last until the middle of the following century. It was in this time of crisis that the modern kingdoms of Britain were born. In their responses to the Viking threat, these kingdoms forged their identities as hyb ...Show more
In The Land of Giants: Journeys Through Dark Age Britain by Max Adams
$26.99 NZD
Category: History
The bestselling historian tells the story of the landscapes, peoples and culture of early medieval Britain in eight walks, an epic sea voyage and a north-south ride by motorbike. The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain (410) and the death of Alfred the Great (899) have left few voices save ...Show more
In the Land of Giants by Max Adams
$34.99 NZD
Category: History
The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain (410) and the death of Alfred the Great (899) have left few voices save a handful of chroniclers, but Britain's 'Dark Ages' can still be explored through their material remnants: buildings, books, metalwork, and, above all, landscapes. Max Adams explor ...Show more
The First Kingdom : Britain in the Age of Arthur by Max Adams
$65.00 NZD
Category: History
The bestselling author of The King in the Northturns his attention to the obscure era of British history known as 'the age of Arthur'. Somewhere in the shadow time between the departure of the Roman legions in the early fifth century and the arrival in Kent of Augustine's Christian mission at the end of ...Show more
The First Kingdom - Britain in the Age of Arthur by Max Adams
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
The bestselling author of The King in the North turns his attention to the obscure era of British history known as 'the age of Arthur'. Somewhere in the dim void between the departure from Britain of the Roman legions at the start of the fifth century and the days of the venerable Bede, the kingdoms o ...Show more
The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria by Max Adams
$57.00 NZD
Category: History
Oswald Whiteblade lived one of the most influential and colourful lives in early English history. Before his death in battle against the pagans of Mercia cut short his reign as king of Northumbria (634-42), he remodelled his northeastern English homeland as a Christian kingdom, founded the monastery of ...Show more
The Little Book of Planting Trees by Max Adams
$25.00 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
From the author of The Wisdom of Trees, an informative and practical guide to tree planting: including guidance on which trees to plant and where; how to plant, propagate and care for your trees; advice on the suitability and virtues of particular native trees (from oak to alder and from beech to blackt ...Show more
The Museum of the Wood Age by Max Adams
$64.99 NZD
Category: History
A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood - the material that shaped human history. As a material, wood has no equal in strength, resilience, adaptability and availability. It has been our partner in the cultural evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny. Tracing that part ...Show more
The Museum of the Wood Age by Max Adams
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
A passionate and imaginative exploration of wood - the material that shaped human history. As a material, wood has no equal in strength, resilience, adaptability and availability. It has been our partner in the cultural evolution from woodland foragers to engineers of our own destiny. Tracing that p ...Show more
The Wisdom of Trees: A Miscellany by ADAMS, MAX
$34.99 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
A passionate and informative celebration of trees and of man's ingenuity in exploiting their resources: the perfect gift for anyone who cares about the natural world. Trees are marvels of nature, still-standing giants of extraordinary longevity. In a beautifully written sequence of essays, anecdotes and ...Show more
The Wisdom of Trees: A Miscellany by Max Adams
$22.99 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
A passionate and informative celebration of trees and of man's ingenuity in exploiting their resources: the perfect gift for anyone who cares about the natural worldTrees are marvels of nature, still-standing giants of extraordinary longevity. In a beautifully written sequence of essays, anecdotes, and ...Show more
Trees Of Life by Max Adams
$35.00 NZD
Category: Gardening & Garden Design
An informative, richly illustrated book about eighty of the world's most important and remarkable trees Our planet is home to some three trillion trees--roughly four hundred for every person on Earth. In Trees of Life, Max Adams selects, from sixty thousand extant species, eighty remarkable trees th ...Show more