Great Tales From English History 1690-1953, The Battle of the Boyne to DNA by Robert Lacey
45.00 NZD
48.00 (6% off)
Category: History | Series: Great Tales Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Your Country Needs You! Edward the Abdicator and Peace for our Time - the latest volume of Great Tales From English History enters the twentieth century with a flourish. Starting in 1690, in the reign of William III and Queen Mary, this crackling collection of freshly researched stories recounts the ...Show more
Unbound by Dean King
35.00 NZD
Category: History
In October 1934, the Chinese Communist Army found itself facing complete annihilation, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Nationalist soldiers. Rather than surrender, 86,000 Communists embarked on an epic journey, the likes of which had never been seen before. Their trek would eventually cover 6,000 ...Show more
Pandora's Keepers: Nine Men and the Atomic Bomb by Brian VanDeMark
37.99 NZD
44.95 (15% off)
Category: History
Nine men - Oppenheimer, Teller, Fermi, Bohr, Lawrence, Bethe, Rabi, Szilard, Compton - brilliant men who believed in science and who saw before anyone else the amazing workings of an invisible world. Some of them were fleeing Nazism in Europe, others quietly slipping out of university teaching jobs, all ...Show more
The Imperial Cruise: A True Story of Empire and War by James Bradley
34.99 NZD
Category: History
In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. There, they would quietly forge a series of agreements that divided up Asia. At the time, Roosevelt was bully-co ...Show more
The Great Depression by T.H. Watkins
29.99 NZD
Category: History
The most devastating economic crash in modern times ushered in the Great Depression of the 1930s, which turned the lives of ordinary Americans upside down and left an indelible mark on the nation's psyche. In this lively and incisive history, acclaimed journalist and historian T.H. Watkins recounts an e ...Show more
The Imperial Cruise: A True Story of Empire and War by James Bradley
34.99 NZD
Category: History
In 1905 President Teddy Roosevelt dispatched Secretary of War William Taft, his gun-toting daughter Alice and a gaggle of congressmen on a mission to Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea. There, they would quietly forge a series of agreements that divided up Asia. At the time, Roosevelt was bully-co ...Show more
Leonardo's Legacy by Stefan Klein
54.99 NZD
65.00 (15% off)
Category: History
By the international best-selling author of "The Science of Happiness" and "The Secret Pulse of Time", this is a fresh exploration of Da Vinci's real 'code'-science. Revered today as, perhaps, the greatest of Renaissance painters, Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist at heart. The artist who created the "M ...Show more
The Black Death: A Personal History by John Hatcher
24.50 NZD
Category: History
This text is from a leading expert, a unique, character-driven and compellingly written narrative of the devastation wreaked on a small English village during the fourteenth century when the Black Death ravaged the countryside.In this new and fresh historical approach to the history of the Black Death, ...Show more
Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy
47.99 NZD
Category: History
The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient world, and has been depicted in countless novels, plays and films. As one of the three men in control of the Roman Empire, Antony was perhaps the most powerful man of his day; while Cleopatra, who had alread ...Show more
Kissinger's Year: 1973 by Alistair Horne
39.99 NZD
Category: History
1973 was a seminal year in world history. The outbreak of the 'Yom Kippur War' took both Israel and the US by surprise, the Vietnam War finally ended, it was the year of detente with the Soviet Union, but the US executive was in a state of collapse following Watergate, and the year ended with the muslim ...Show more
Book of Exploration by Ray Howgego
100.00 NZD
Category: History
Before the turn of the 19th century, ventures into uncharted lands required material or spiritual reward to justify the perils of shipwreck and hostile natives, and dangers yet unknown. Until recent times exploration for the sake of knowledge alone was rare, and mostly undertaken by intrepid traders, go ...Show more
Valkyrie : The Plot to Kill Hitler by Philipp Von Boeselager
32.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
When the Second World War broke out, Philipp von Boeselager fought enthusiastically for his country, leading a cavalry unit first in France and later on the Russian Front. However, when he discovered what the SS were doing to Jews and Gypsies in the summer of 1942 his enthusiasm quickly turned to disgus ...Show more