Great-Uncle Harry - A Tale of War and Empire by Michael Palin
40.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin first heard that his grandfather had a brother, Harry, who died in tragic circumstances, he was determined to find out more about him. ...Show more
SAS Great Escapes by Damien Lewis
30.00 NZD
Category: Military
SAS Great Escapes tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military fighting force - the SAS.With each story comes a nail-biting, rollercoaster ride in classic Damien Lewis style - readers join individual escapees a ...Show more
Eight Hundred Heroes: China's Lost Battalion and the Fall of Shanghai by Stephen Robinson
50.00 NZD
Category: Military
Acclaimed historian Stephen Robinson brings to life a legendary last stand. Shanghai 1937. With invading Japanese troops poised to capture one of the world's greatest cities after almost three months of brutal urban warfare, the Chinese Army begins to retreat - except for a single battalion that stays ...Show more
The Commanders - The Leadership Journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel by Lloyd Clark
37.00 NZD
Category: Military
A fascinating biography of Patton, Montgomery and Rommel which reveals how these three unique personalities rose to the highest ranks.
Hitler: Only the World Was Enough by Brendan Simms
38.00 NZD
Category: Military
Adolf Hitler is one of the most studied men in history, and yet the most important things we think we know about him are wrong. As Brendan Simms's major new biography shows, Hitler's main preoccupation was not, as widely believed, the threat of Bolshevism, but that of international capitalism and Anglo- ...Show more
Dornier Do 217 Units of World War 2 by Chris Goss; Janusz Swiatlon (Illustrator); Mark Postlethwaite (Illustrator)
33.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Combat Aircraft Ser.
The Do 217 had a much larger bomb load capacity and had considerably greater range than the Do 17, which it replaced in frontline service from mid to late 1941. Although initially used simply as a bomber, later variants were developed to allow the Do 217 to undertake the precision maritime strike role. ...Show more
Experience of a Lifetime: People, Personalities and Leaders in the First World War by David Littlewood
39.99 NZD
Category: Military | Reading Level: Near Fine
The First World War is widely conceived as a pointless conflict that destroyed a generation. Petty squabbles between emperors pushed naive young men into a nightmare of mud and blood that killed millions and left scarred and embittered survivors.However, the ongoing reinterpretation of the First World W ...Show more
Portrait of a War Artist: A young doctor's Vietnam wartime experience in words and pictures by John Gillies
35.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
In this captivating and beautifully illustrated memoir, John Gillies vividly recalls his months as a member of the Otago University Medical Company on an active service tour of duty in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Still a medical student at the time, his youthful admiration of New Zealand war a ...Show more
The Spy's Handbook by Herbie Brennan
19.00 NZD
Category: Military
The complete guide to professional spying for 8-to-80-year-olds. Whether you're just a bit nosy, or you want to launch a full-scale investigation of your neighbours, this indispensable handbook will teach you everything you need to know. There are practical sections on codes, ciphers, invisible ink and ...Show more
The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands
28.00 NZD
Category: Military
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Hypnotic, shocking and unputdownable' JOHN LE CARRÉ'Remarkable' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Breathtaking, gripping, shattering' ELIF SHAFAK'A taut and finely crafted factual thriller' OBSERVER'A triumph of research and brilliant storytelling' ANTONY BEEVOR'Extraordinary' EVENING STANDAR ...Show more
Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service by Tom Petch
30.00 NZD
Category: Military
'Awesome!' ANDY McNAB | 'You must read this book' Colonel TIM COLLINS OBE | 'Extraordinary' Sir RANULPH FIENNESForget what you thought you knew. Discover the REAL story of how the SAS was created.From ex-SAS Commander Tom Petch, this is the never-before-told story of how the world's preeminent Special F ...Show more
The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History by Jeremy Bowen
28.00 NZD
Category: Military
A Spectator Book of the YearA New Statesman Book of the Year'An illuminating and riveting read.' - Jonathan DimblebyJeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the BBC, has been covering the Middle East since 1989 and is uniquely placed to explain its complex past and its troubled present.In The Making of ...Show more