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Devils on Horses: In the Words of the Anzacs in the Middle East 1916-19 by Terry Kinloch
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
Reunited with their horses in Egypt after the shattering experience of Gallipoli (a story recounted in Terry Kinloch's earlier book, Echoes of Gallipoli), the Anzac mounted riflemen and light horsemen were initially charged with the defence of the Suez Canal, then with the clearance of the Sinai peninsu ...Show more
A Very English Scandal - Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment by John Preston
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
Now a major TV drama series starring Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw, a behind-the-scenes look at the desperate, scandalous private life of a British MP and champion manipulator, and the history-making trial that exposed his dirty secrets While Jeremy Thorpe served as a Member of Parliament and Leader of ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History by David Edgerton
$32.00 NZD
Category: History
'Forget almost everything you thought you knew about Britain ... You will not find a better informed history' David Goodhart, Evening Standard 'A striking new perspective on our past' Piers Brendon, Literary Review From the acclaimed author of Britain's War Machine and The Shock of the Old, a bold rea ...Show more
Operation Swallow: American Soldiers' Remarkable Escape from Berga Concentration Camp by Mark Felton
$32.99 NZD
Category: History
The true and heroic story of American POWs' daring escape from a Nazi concentration camp.In this little-known story from World War II, a group of American POW camp leaders risk everything to save hundreds of fellow servicemen from a diabolical Nazi concentration camp. Their story begins in the dark fore ...Show more
Soldiers: Great Stories of War and Peace by Max Hastings
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
‘A fascinating collection of military stories … The sort of book that can be picked up at intervals … [but] once tasted, is hard to put down' - Washington Post. From bestselling author Max Hastings, a collection of the most extraordinary stories of war, courage, tragedy, strategy and survival. Soldiers ...Show more
Heroines of Olympus by Ellie Mackin Roberts
$33.00 NZD
Category: History
Goddesses, monsters, humans and the semi-divine - whether courageous or meek, gruesome or irresistible, female characters are ever present on the peripheries of the great Greek myths, but rarely do they take centre stage. Their time has finally come to act as protagonists in their own stories. Heroines ...Show more
Operation Trojan Horse: The true story behind the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years by Stephen DAVIS
$37.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
**Soon to be a major TV drama** The true story behind the secret of Flight 149 and the most shocking government cover-up of the last thirty years. On 1 August, 1990, British Airways Flight 149 departed from Heathrow airport, destined for Kuala Lumpur. It never made it there, and neither did its nearly ...Show more
Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay by Leach Foss & Leach Helen
$50.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Encountering 1,000 years of life in Palliser Bay. Prehistoric Man in Palliser Bay presents, in 14 papers by 9 authors, the results of a pioneering, multifaceted, archaeological research programme carried out between 1969 and 1972 in the south-eastern coastal part of the North Island of New Zealand. The ...Show more
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$30.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...Show more
The History of Europe in Bite-Sized Chunks by Jacob F. Field
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
An accessible and succinct account of the story of Europe from its ancient foundations to the twenty-first century, The History of Europe in Bite-sized Chunks details the events, personalities, ideas and disasters that have shaped our continent. The book is broken down into six easily digestible chapter ...Show more
Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Over a thousand years ago, the wind, sea currents and stars brought people to the islands that became known as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud. Navigate your way through this sumptuously illustrated story of New Zealand. Explore the defining moments of our history, captured by celebrated chi ...Show more
Energy: A Human History by Richard Rhodes
$28.99 NZD
Category: History
Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Pultizer-prize winning author Richard Rhodes explains how wood gave way to coal and coal made room for oil, as coal and oil are now making room for natural gas, nuclear power and renewable energy. Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, through such ...Show more
