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London in Fragments: A Mudlark's Treasures by Ted Sandling
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
Mudlarking, the act of searching the Thames foreshore for items of value, has a long tradition in England's capital. In the late 18th and 19th centuries, mudlarks were small boys grubbing a living from scrap. Today's mudlarks unearth relics of the past from the banks of the Thames which tell stories of ...Show more
The Persecution of the Templars: Scandal, Torture, Trial by Alain Demurger; Teresa Lavender Fagan (Translator)
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
The trial of the Knights Templar is one of the most infamous in history. Accused of heresy by the king of France, the Templars were arrested and imprisoned, had their goods seized and their monasteries ransacked. Under brutal interrogation and torture, many made shocking confessions: denial of Christ, d ...Show more
Memento Mori - What the Romans Can Tell Us about Old Age and Death by P. V. Jones
$25.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Classic Civilisations
In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors 2,000 years ago. Romans inhabited a world where people, knowi ...Show more
Navigators and Naturalists - French Exploration of New Zealand and the Pacific 1769-1824 by Michael Lee
$70.00 NZD
Category: History
As historian James Belich put it: `There is little doubt that Cook has been emphasised to the unfair exclusion of the massive French contribution to European knowledge of New Zealand.' This book seeks to redress this balance, drawing in the main on primary sources (both here and in France, and including ...Show more
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
$29.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
New York Times Bestseller - National Book Critics Circle Finalist - Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2015 - Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015 - Economist Books of the Year 2015 - New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2015 A sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our f ...Show more
Viking Britain - An Exploration by Thomas Williams
$27.00 NZD
Category: History
A new narrative history of the Viking Age, interwoven with exploration of the physical remains and landscapes that the Vikings fashioned and walked: their rune-stones and ship burials, settlements and battlefields. To many, the word 'Viking' brings to mind red scenes of rape and pillage, of marauders fr ...Show more
Medieval Bodies - Life Death and Art in the Middle Ages by Jack Hartnell
$28.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Wellcome Collection
A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARJust like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different to our own, unfolding in a world where d ...Show more
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now--as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Today they lead to Beijing." So argues P ...Show more
Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
Dark Emu argues for a reconsideration of the 'hunter-gatherer' tag for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians and attempts to rebut the colonial myths that have worked to justify dispossession. Accomplished author Bruce Pascoe provides compelling evidence from the diaries of early explorers that suggests ...Show more
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$30.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Bryson
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got ...Show more
Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
NEW EDITION - FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history - from Mozart to da Vinci, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Hitler, Catherine the Great to Margaret Thatcher, Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan - lived lives of astonishing drama and adventure, debauchery and ...Show more
Queen Bees: Six Brilliant and Extraordinary Society Hostesses Between the Wars - A Spectacle of Celebrity, Talent, and Burning Ambition by Sian Evans
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
Queen Bees looks at the lives of six remarkable women who made careers out of being society hostesses, including Lady Astor, who went on to become the first female MP, and Mrs Greville, who cultivated relationships with Edward VII, as well as Lady Londonderry, Lady Cunard, Laura Corrigan and Lady Colefa ...Show more