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Chess Player's Bible by James Eade, Al Lawrence
$32.99 NZD
Category: Crosswords, Sudoku & Games
Master the ancient art of chess, the game of kings. Learn the key techniques and classic moves of the chess masters, including basic and advanced tactics, combinations, sacrifices, and pawn structures.
Churchill and Empire - Portrait of an Imperialist by Lawrence James
$60.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
One of our finest narrative historians, and journalist for the SUNDAY TIMES and LITERARY REVIEW, Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young army of ...Show more
Churchill and Empire - Portrait of an Imperialist by Lawrence James
$29.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
One of our finest narrative historians, and journalist for the SUNDAY TIMES and LITERARY REVIEW, Lawrence James, has written a genuinely new biography of Winston Churchill, set within a fully detailed historical context, but solely focusing on his relationship with the British Empire. As a young army of ...Show more
Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa by Lawrence James
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
The one hundred year history of how Europe coerced the African continent into its various empires--and the resulting story of how Africa succeeded in decolonization. In this dramatic (and often tragic) story of an era that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates how, ...Show more
Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa by Lawrence James
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. The continent was a magnet for the high-minded, the ph ...Show more
Empires in the Sun: The Struggle for the Mastery of Africa by Lawrence James
$79.99 NZD
Category: History
In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates and analyses how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern world. His narrative is laced with the experienc ...Show more
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China - A History of Conflict by Lawrence James
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
Napoleon warned 'Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world'. Lawrence James's magisterial history analyses the relationship between Britain and China between the beginning of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the transfer of power in Hong Kong in 1997.THE LION AND THE DRAGON reveals the part t ...Show more
The Lion and the Dragon - Britain and China: a History of Conflict by Lawrence James
$65.00 NZD
Category: History
'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator 'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple 'James has a genius for detail' A.N. Wilson Britain and China share a rich, complex history. From the dramatic event ...Show more
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