Wade McClusky and the Battle of Midway by David Rigby
$34.99 NZD
Category: History
During the Battle of Midway in June 1942, US Navy dive bomber pilot Wade McClusky proved himself to be one of the greatest pilots and combat leaders in American history, but his story has never been told until now. It was Wade McClusky who remained calm when the Japanese fleet was not where it was expec ...Show more
Sea Monsters: Savage Submarine Commanders of World War Two by Tony Matthews
$35.00 NZD
Category: History
The true story of a deeply murderous intent that lurked menacingly beneath the waves during World War Two. The torpedoes strike explosively and nine thousand people die — five thousand of them are just defenceless children. Another ship founders after being attacked by a brutal submarine comma ...Show more
Historic Homesteads of Hawke's Bay by Angus Gordon
$50.00 NZD
Category: History
These gracious homes - dotted across the sun-drenched uplands of Hawke's Bay - rose unashamedly from the golden fleeces on the sheep's backs, to become monuments to our settler heritage. Set in spacious grounds and framed by enormous exotic trees, such as oaks, gums or Norfolk pines, they stand as testa ...Show more
Ned Kelly by Peter FitzSimons
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
Historians still disagree over virtually every aspect of the eldest Kelly boy?s brushes with the law. Did he or did he not shoot Constable Fitzpatrick at their family home? Was he a lawless thug or a noble Robin Hood, a remorseless killer or a crusader against oppression and discrimination? Was he even ...Show more
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
The World Beneath Their Feet by Scott Ellsworth
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
Longlisted for the 2020 William Hill Sports Book of the Year 'A gripping history' THE ECONOMIST'The World Beneath Their Feet contains plenty of rollicking stories' THE TIMES'Gripping' THE SUNDAY TIMES'So far as adventure stories go, this book is tops.' Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump'[Ellswort ...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
Leaving Mac Behind - The Lost Marines of Guadalcanal by Geoffrey Roecker
$47.31 NZD
Category: Non Fiction
"My first telegram came Sep. 3 1942 that my son was missing in action. And the next telegram came Aug. 18 1943 that he was Declared Dead. Till this day I do not know what happened to him." Mrs. Ann M. Lyons, August 7, 1957.Between 1942 and 1944, nearly four hundred Marines virtually vanished in the jung ...Show more
Letters from the Trenches and the Home Front by Robert Hamilton (Editor); Daily Daily Mail (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: History
Letters and editorial published in the Daily Mail give a first hand contemporary record of the Great War
Lightning Boys - True Tales from Pilots of the English Electric Lightning by Richard Pike
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The\Jet Age Ser.
First published in 2011 to wide acclaim, Lightning Boys is now available in paperback for the first time as part of Grub Street's fantastic new Jet Age Series. In an international study, the Lightning was voted the fifth most popular military aircraft of all time. It has many thousands of devotees who a ...Show more
Hunter Boys - True Tales from Pilots of the Hawker Hunter by Richard Pike
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The\Jet Age Ser.
From Richard Pike, author of Grub Street's bestselling Lightning Boys series, comes Hunter Boys, a fascinating insight into the experiences of those who flew the iconic Hawker Hunter - an aircraft known affectionately to many as 'Queen of the Skies'. Now in paperback for the first time. In fifteen separ ...Show more