Master Slave Husband Wife - An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
30.00 NZD
39.99 (24% off)
Category: History
New York Times Bestseller The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled White man and William posing as "his" slave. In 1848, a year of international democratic revolt, a young, ens ...Show more
The Story of Russia: 'An excellent short study' by Orlando Figes
24.99 NZD
Category: History
A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History 'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year history of Russia . . . by one of the masters of Russian sch ...Show more
Small Island: 12 Maps That Explain the History of Britain by Philip Parker
29.99 NZD
Category: History
Discover the 12 crucial moments in Britain's past that will answer the greatest questions for our future in this richly insightful and fascinating history'A richly entertaining canter through the country's past. Engrossing' INDEPENDENT___________In 878 the borders of Alfred the Great's Wessex were confi ...Show more
In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History by Dominic Lieven
37.99 NZD
Category: History
From the acclaimed Wolfson Prize-winning author, a dazzling history of the world's emperorsFor millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors: a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority. They operated beyond normal human constraint and ...Show more
The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England by Janina Ramirez
35.00 NZD
Category: History
Skulduggery, power struggles and politics. A fascinating re-examination of Anglo-Saxon England told through the secret lives of the saints.From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Femina'Ramirez blasts a powerful spotlight into the so-called Dark Ages' - Dan SnowSkulduggery, power struggles and polit ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics & its Unsung Trailblazers by Kate Kitagawa; Timothy Revell
39.99 NZD
Category: History
A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths. Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, historian Kate Kitagawa and journ ...Show more
The Lost Paths by Jack Cornish
45.00 NZD
Category: History
A journey across Britain's millennia-old network of pathways, revealing key moments throughout history Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into, and connect, communities across England and Wales. More than just a practical way for us to walk, ride and cycle around, they are an inheritance fro ...Show more
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World by Anthony Sattin
29.99 NZD
Category: History
‘In a book of sensitivity and grace, Sattin does not just describe the nomadic way of life, but also evokes it … This is A BOOK OF BEAUTY AND BEGUILING RHYTHM that offers unsettling lessons about our present-day world of borders’ The Times ‘Thoughtful, lyrical yet ambitiously panoramic … As fleet and li ...Show more
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China - A History of Conflict by Lawrence James
39.99 NZD
Category: History
Napoleon warned 'Let China sleep; when she wakes, she will shake the world'. Lawrence James's magisterial history analyses the relationship between Britain and China between the beginning of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the transfer of power in Hong Kong in 1997.THE LION AND THE DRAGON reveals the part t ...Show more
A History of the World in 500 Maps by Christian Grataloup
64.99 NZD
Category: History
Trace the history of the world in over 500 easy-to-follow maps, from the dawn of humanity to the present day. Organized chronologically, A History of the World in 500 Maps tells a clear, linear story, bringing together themes as diverse as religion, capitalism, warfare, geopolitics, popular culture and ...Show more
Tutankhamun's Trumpet: The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects by Toby Wilkinson
29.99 NZD
Category: History
On 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian boy-king. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: ‘Yes, yes, wonderful things.’ In <i>Tutankhamun’s Trumpet</i>, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes a unique approach to that tom ...Show more
Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization by Kenneth W. Harl
39.99 NZD
Category: History
The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world's greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. And, as Kenneth Harl illust ...Show more