The Shadow of Solomon : The Lost Secret of the Freemasons Revealed by Laurence Gardner
29.99 NZD
34.00 (11% off)
Category: History
What is it that makes the story of Freemasonry so wrapped in mystery and so compelling?So who are the Freemasons and what is their history and purpose? Laurence Gardner, bestselling author of Bloodline of the Holy Grail and a past Grand Lodge of England master mason for 20 years, opens the door on the i ...Show more
Longitude by Dava Sobel
21.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of one man's forty-year obsession to find a solution to the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day--"the longitude problem." Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma ...Show more
Space Race by Deborah Cadbury
9.99 NZD
39.99 (75% off)
Category: History
The end of the Cold War finally reveals a generation of secrets and cover-ups, bringing a historical opportunity: the unmasking of the true heroes and villains behind the biggest race of mankind.This is one of the greatest stories in world history, beginning in the bloody throes of the Second World War ...Show more
Space Race - The Battle to Rule the Heavens by Deborah Cadbury
26.99 NZD
27.99 (3% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: good-very good
From the author of 'Seven Wonders of the Industrial World', the paperback edition of the TV tie-in charting the shocking but true story behind the space race - and the ruthless, brilliant scientists who fuelled it. With the end of the Cold War it is now possible to reveal its generation of secrets and c ...Show more
Britain in the Middle Ages : An archaeological history by Francis Pryor
29.99 NZD
Category: History
As in 'Britain B.C.' and 'Britain A.D.' (also accompanied by Channel 4 series), eminent archaeologist Francis Pryor challenges familiar historical views of the Middle Ages by examining fresh evidence from the ground. The term 'Middle Ages' suggests a time between two other ages: a period when nothing m ...Show more
Rites of Peace : The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna by Adam Zamoyski
27.99 NZD
29.99 (6% off)
Category: History
Following on from his epic '1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow', bestselling author Adam Zamoyski has written the dramatic story of the Congress of Vienna. In the wake of his disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon's imperious grip on Europe began to weaken, raising the question of how the Con ...Show more
Shakespeare by Bill Bryson
24.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Eminent Lives Ser. | Reading Level: good
William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal ...Show more
Going Dutch : How England Plundered Holland's Glory by Lisa Jardine
69.99 NZD
75.00 (6% off)
Category: History
A fascinating exploration of the relationship of competition and assimilation between England and the Netherlands during the 17th century, revealing how Dutch tolerance, resilience and commercial acumen effectively conquered England by permanently reshaping the intellectual landscape long before Dutch m ...Show more
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland's Glory by Lisa Jardine
29.99 NZD
39.99 (25% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
InGoing Dutch, renowned writer Lisa Jardine tells the remarkable history of the relationship between EnglandandHolland, two ofEurope's most important colonial powers at the dawn of the modern age. Jardine, the author ofThe Awful End of Prince William the Silent, demonstrates that England's rise did not ...Show more
Earthly Powers : Religion and politics in Europe from the Enlightenment to the Great War by Michael Burleigh
26.99 NZD
Category: History
This is a major work setting out the inextricable link between politics and religion over the past two centuries, from the French Revolution to the present day's War on Terror. In this dazzling and hugely relevant book, Michael Burleigh explores the way in which religion, broadly construed, functions wi ...Show more
Moral Combat: A History of World War II by Michael Burleigh
29.99 NZD
Category: History
A clear, chronological narrative exploring many of the ethical dilemmas posed for real people during and after the Second World War. Literature on the Second World War is voluminous. In 'Moral Combat', however, Michael Burleigh achieves what few historians can claim to have done; by exploring the moral ...Show more