A Woman I Know: female spies, double identities, and a new story of the Kennedy assassination by Mary Haverstick
45.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
The true story of a filmmaker whose unexpected investigation of her film's subject opened a new window onto the world of Cold War espionage, CIA secrets, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Independent filmmaker Mary Haverstick thought she'd stumbled onto the project of a lifetime - a biopic of a ...Show more
100 Letters That Changed the World by Colin Salter
45.00 NZD
Category: History
A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time. The written word has the power to inspire, astonish and entertain, as this collection of 100 letters that changed history will show. Ordered chronologically, the letters range from ink-inscribed tablets that vividly describe life in t ...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 Sands of Dunkirk by Richard Collier
37.00 NZD
Category: Military
Part of the SECOND WORLD WAR VOICES series, with a new introduction by bestselling historian James Holland, and in partnership with the podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk, presented by comedian Al Murray and James HollandMay 1940: In the face of a lightning German advance, the British Army found th ...Show more
The Hidden History of Burma by Thant Myint-U
28.00 NZD
Category: History
A compelling and timely inside account of the recent crisis in Burma and its troubled journey from dictatorship to democracy. 'A sobering account, told elegantly and eruditely.' - Financial Times 'Thant Myint-U is the greatest living historian of Burma.' - William Dalrymple Precariously positioned be ...Show more
Heaven on Earth - How Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, and Galileo Discovered the Modern World by J. S. Fauber
28.00 NZD
Category: History
'What Fauber does well is humanize these four residents of the pantheon of science... The story is seldom less than fascinating. A readable, enjoyable contribution to the history of science.' - Kirkus An intimate examination of a scientific family - that of Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Ke ...Show more
A Woman's World, 1850-1960 by Marina Dan; Amaral Jones
65.00 NZD
Category: Photography
The third volume in Marina Amaral and Dan Jones's bestselling Histories in Colour series. Women's Work explores the many roles - domestic, social, cultural and professional - played by women across the world from 1850-1960, before second-wave feminism took hold. Using Marina's colorized images and Dan J ...Show more
Great Cities: The Stories Behind the World's most Fascinating Places by DK
55.00 NZD
Category: History
Stunningly illustrated biographies of the world's greatest cities, packed with paintings, photographs, maps, and artefacts Delve into the social and cultural history of 100 of the world's most important cities. From the first towns in Mesopotamia to today's global metropolises, cities have marked the pr ...Show more
Accidental Gods: On Race, Empire and Men Unwittingly Turned Divine by Anna Della Subin
28.00 NZD
Category: History
A provocative history of race, empire and myth, told through the stories of men who have been worshipped as gods - from Columbus to Prince Philip.
King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV by Philip Mansel
38.00 NZD
Category: History
Louis XIV dominated his age. He extended France's frontiers into Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies overseas. The stupendous palace he built at Versailles became the envy of monarchs all over Europe. In his palaces, Louis encouraged dancing, hunting, music and gambling. He loved conversat ...Show more
France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
30.00 NZD
Category: History
A SPECTATOR and PROSPECT Book of 2022 Winner of the 2022 American Library in Paris Book Award 2022 'Ceaselessly interesting, knowledgeable and evocative' - Spectator 'A fresh way to write history' - Alan Johnson 'An amused, erudite homage to France . . . ambitious and original' - The Time Original, ...Show more
A Short History Of The World According To Sheep by Sally Coulthard
25.00 NZD
Category: History
'This book deserves a place in your bookcase next to Harari's Sapiens. It's every bit as fascinating and is surely destined to be just as successful' Julian Norton From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been central to the human story. Since ou ...Show more