The Great Secret by Jennet Conant
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, its cover-up, and how one army doctor's discovery led to the development of chemotherapy. On the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking seventeen ships and killing over a thousand servicemen an ...Show more
Rome: A History in Seven Sackings by Matthew Kneale
$45.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
"This magnificent love letter to Rome" (Stephen Greenblatt) tells the story of the Eternal City through pivotal moments that defined its history--from the early Roman Republic through the Renaissance and the Reformation to the German occupation in World War Two--"an erudite history that reads like a pag ...Show more
Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
Winner of the Costa Biography Award What makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin's bandit? Was he to blame for his wife's death? When did the killing start? Based on revelatory research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic cobbler's son became a student priest, romantic poet, prol ...Show more
Instant History by Sandra Lawrence
$32.99 NZD
Category: History
Key thinkers, theories, discoveries, and concepts each explained on a single page Instant History pulls together pivotal moments from history into one concise volume. Each page contains a distinct "cheat sheet," which tells you the most important facts in bite-size chunks, so you can feel like an expe ...Show more
Aces - True Stories of Victory and Valor in the Skies of World War II by Bill Yenne
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
Aces is an illustrated history of the brave World War II fighter pilots who earned the title of ace, with archival and modern photos of their aircraft.
Icebound by Andrea Pitzer
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
'An epic tale of exploration, daring and tragedy told by a fine historian - and a wonderful writer' Peter Frankopan, author of the bestselling The Silk Roads. A dramatic and compelling account of survival against the odds from the golden Age of Exploration. Since its beginning, the human story has been ...Show more
Three Ordinary Girls: The Remarkable Story of Three Dutch Teenagers Who Became Spies, Saboteurs, Nazi Assassins--and WWII Heroes by Tim Brady
$59.99 NZD
Category: History
Told for the very first time, the astonishing true story of three fearless female resisters during WWII whose youth and innocence belied their extraordinary daring in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands. It also made them the underground's most invaluable commodity. Recruited as teenagers, Hannie Schaft, and ...Show more
Dispatch from Berlin, 1943: The story of five journalists who risked everything by Anthony Cooper
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
'This is a helluva way to get a story.’In December 1943, five brave correspondents join a British bombers air raid on Berlin. They are Australians, Alf King from the Sydney Morning Herald and Norm Stockton from the Sydney Sun; Americans, Ed Murrow from CBS and Lowell Bennett from the International News ...Show more
The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynasty by Natalie Livingstone
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
In The Women of Rothschild, Natalie Livingstone reveals the role of women in shaping the legacy of the famous Rothschild dynasty, synonymous with wealth and power. From the East End of London to the Eastern seaboard of the United States, from Spitalfields to Scottish castles, from Bletchley Park to ...Show more
Big Week by James Holland
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces based in Britain and Italy launched their first round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany. Their goal: to smash the main factories and production centers of the Luftwaffe while also drawing German planes into an aerial battle ...Show more
Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World by Otto English
$33.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A fun, authoritative and alternative history of the world that exposes some of the biggest lies ever told and how they've been used over time. Lincoln did not believe all men were created equal. The Aztecs were not slaughtered by the Spanish Conquistadors. And Churchill was not the man that people love ...Show more
Great State: China and the World by Timothy Brook
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
The last eight centuries of China's relationship with the world told through the eyes of traders, invaders, civil servants, visionaries, and traitors