100 Nasty Women of History - Brilliant, Badass and Completely Fearless Women Everyone Should Know by Hannah Jewell
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
'Vital reading' STYLIST 'Because 100 Nasty Women is so easy to read and witty, I didn't expect it to be the life changing, important book that I'm discovering it to be' PHILIPPA PERRY * * * * * * These are the women who were deemed too nasty for their times. When you learn about (the very few) women ...Show more
1421: The Year China Discovered the World by Gavin Menzies
$32.99 NZD
Category: History
On 8 February 1421 the largest fleet the world had ever seen sailed from its base in China. The ships, 500 foot long junks made from the finest teak and mahogany, were led by Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their mission was 'to proceed all the way to the end of the earth to collect tribute from ...Show more
1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams
$37.00 NZD
Category: History
'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to come.' TELEGRAPHMarch 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is at last within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift ...Show more
2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis USN
$37.00 NZD
Category: History
From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034--and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is ...Show more
A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking
$26.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From the Big Bang to the theory of relativity, Stephen W. Hawking will challenge your imagination and expand your grasp of the cosmos. This is the classic revelatory science book of the last century. Here is a landmark book written for those of us who prefer words to equations. Told by an extraordinary ...Show more
A Canoe Before the Wind: An Immigrant Son's Story of Family, Adversity and Courage by Vitale Lafaele
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
An extraordinary memoir of an immigrant son's story of a better future. In 1962, a Samoan family journeyed to New Zealand - a country immigrants once called 'the land of milk and honey' - in search of a better life. Instead, their eldest son, Vitale, arrived in an era of dawn raids by police and immigr ...Show more
A Dirty, Filthy Book: Sex, Scandal, and One Woman's Fight in the Victorian Trial of the Century by Michael Meyer
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
An empowering and gripping story of a pioneer of women's rights written by a critically-acclaimed writer and historian, for fans of Hallie Rubenhold, Hermione Lee and prize-winning Victorian histories. London, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an all-male jury, about to risk everything. She takes ...Show more
A Grand Tour of the Roman Empire by Marcus Sidonius Falx by Jerry Toner
$28.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The\Marcus Sidonius Falx Trilogy Ser.
The first ever travel guide to the Roman Empire. 'Toner again spins a tale that is enjoyable and informative.' - The Times Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and his amanuensis, Dr Jerry Toner. Travelling east, Falx explores the great cultural centre of Athens before tre ...Show more
A History of Ancient Greece in 50 Lives by David Stuttard
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
Tells the Greek story through the interconnecting lives of the men and women who shaped its politics and literature, its science and philosophy, its art and sportThe political leaders, writers, artists and philosophers of ancient Greece turned a small group of city states into a pan-Mediterranean civili ...Show more
A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives by Philip Matyszak, Joanne Berry
$35.00 NZD
Category: History
A vibrant portrait of a lost world, A History of Ancient Rome in 100 Lives reveals the mightiest civilization of antiquity through the eyes of one hundred of its citizens. The book gives a voice not just to Rome's most famous generals and rulers, such as Caesar and Caligula, but also to its builders, sc ...Show more
A History of Britain in Just a Minute by Gyles Brandreth
$37.00 NZD
Category: History
The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation.What does Rumpelstiltskin have to do with the princes in the tower? What is so special about the year 1776? How many Harry Potters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hila ...Show more
A History of Christianity: 2,000 Years of Faith by DK
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
Discover the story of Christianity and how it changed the world Who really was Jesus Christ? How did Christianity spread around the world? And how has Christian belief changed over the last 50 years? Providing the answers to these and many other questions, A History of Christianity charts the 2,000-year ...Show more