The Hollow Crown - The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
$24.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The fifteenth century experienced the longest and bloodiest series of civil wars in British history. The crown of England changed hands violently five times as the great families of England fought to the death for the right to rule. Some of the greatest heroes and villains in history were thrown togeth ...Show more
The Game of Hearts - The Lives and Loves of Regency Women by Felicity Day
$37.00 NZD
Category: History
From glossy costume dramas to gripping reads, the glamorous world of Regency London's Bon Ton is synonymous with romance - a place where dashing heroes and independently minded heroines flirt, fight and side-step scandal, all while in pursuit of the perfect match. But who were the real women who went lo ...Show more
Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation by David Baker
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
The big history of sex from early life to sexbots How did sex begin? How did it evolve to be so varied and complex in humans? What influence does our genetic ancestry have on our love life today? And what might sex look like in the future? Sex traces where all the facets of human sexuality came from, ...Show more
Artists' Letters - Leonardo Da Vinci to David Hockney by Michael Bird
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
A treasure trove of noteworthy letters, arranged thematically to provide an insight into the lives and work of great artists.
Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King (HB) by Kate Simpson
$27.99 NZD
Category: Children's
The true story of Anzac girl Sister Alice Ross-King, who sailed to war in December 1914 and became the most decorated woman in Australia. It was 1914 when Sister Alice Ross-King left Australia for the war. Nursing was her passion - all she had ever wanted to do. But Alice couldn't have imagined what she ...Show more
Penguin Book of Mermaids by Cristina Bacchilega; Marie Alohalani Brown (Editor)
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
Dive into centuries of mermaid lore with these captivating tales from around the world. A Penguin Classic Among the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her voice to a sea witch in the beloved Disney film adaptatio ...Show more
Wars Without End: New Zealand's Land Wars - A Maori Perspective by Danny Keenan
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
From the earliest days of European settlement in New Zealand, Māori have struggled to hold on to their land. Tensions began early, arising from disputed land sales. When open conflict between Māori and Imperial forces broke out in the 1840s and 1860s, the struggles only intensified. For both sides, land ...Show more
Great Women's Speeches by RUSSELL ANNA
$22.00 NZD
Category: History
Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. The first dedicated collection of seminal speeches by women from around the world, Great Womens Speeches is about women at the forefront of change-within politics, science, human rights, and media; discussing ever ...Show more
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began by Valerie Hansen
$26.00 NZD
Category: History
When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1000, when for the first time new trade routes linked the entire globe, so an object could in theory circumnavigate the world. T ...Show more
Driving Back the Nazis - The Allied Liberation of Western Europe, Autumn 1944 by Martin King
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
A gripping account of the Allied liberation of Western Europe, masterfully told by Emmy-award winning writer and historian Martin King. Through the autumn of 1944, Allied troops made their way across Nazi-occupied Europe, liberating towns and villages as they went. Driving Back the Nazis explores th ...Show more
Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
Through ancient art, evocative myth, exciting archaeological revelations and philosophical explorations Bettany Hughes shows why this immortal goddess endures through to the twenty-first century, and what her journey through time reveals about what matters to us as humans.Charting Venus's origins in pow ...Show more