Druids - A Very Short Introduction by Barry Cunliffe
24.99 NZD
Category: History
Who were the Druids? What do we know about them? Do they still exist today? The Druids first came into focus in Western Europe - Gaul, Britain, and Ireland - in the second century BC. They are a popular subject; they have been known and discussed for over 2,000 years and few figures flit so elusively th ...Show more
Clean: A History of Personal Hygiene and Purity by Virginia Smith
39.99 NZD
Category: History
Why do we still have nits? What exactly are 'purity rules'? And why have baths scarcely changed in 200 years? The long history of personal hygiene and purity is a fascinating subject that reveals how closely we are linked to our deeper past. In this pioneering book, Virginia Smith covers the global hist ...Show more
Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and the Rise of the Angloworld by James Belich
65.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: Very Good
Why does so much of the world speak English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a 'settler revolution' that took place from the early nineteenth century that led to the explosive settlement of the American West and its forgotten twin, the British West, comprising the ...Show more
The Oxford Companion to Scottish History by Michael Lynch (ed.)
59.99 NZD
65.00 (7% off)
Category: History
The Oxford Companion to Scottish History interprets history broadly, including archaeology, architecture, climate, culture, folk belief, geology, and the langauages of Scotland. It covers more than 20 centuries of history, including immigrants, migrants, and emigrants. It extends from Orkney and Shetlan ...Show more
War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat
55.00 NZD
Category: History
Why do people go to war? Is it rooted in human nature or is it a late cultural invention? How does war relate to the other fundamental developments in the history of human civilization? And what of war today - is it a declining phenomenon or simply changing its shape? In this truly global study of war a ...Show more
Barbarism and Civilization: A History of Europe in our time by Bernard Wasserstein
49.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The twentieth century in Europe witnessed some of the most brutish episodes in history. Yet it also saw incontestable improvements in the conditions of existence for most inhabitants of the continent - from rising living standards and dramatically increased life expectancy, to the virtual elimination of ...Show more
Defiance - The true story of the Bielski partisans by Nechama Tec (Professor emerita of Sociology, University of Connecticut, Stamford)
20.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust is one of helpless victims, but in fact many Jews struggled against the terrors of the Third Reich. In Defiance, Nechama Tec offers a riveting history of one such group, a forest community in western Belorussia that would number more than 1,200 ...Show more
The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland by R.F. Foster
49.99 NZD
71.95 (30% off)
Category: History | Series: Oxford Illustrated History
Under the editorship of Roy Foster, a team of distinguished Irish historians has produced a challenging assessment of Ireland's history, providing a lively and accessible synthesis of Irish history from pre-Christian times to the present-day troubles. Their approach stresses the ancient, rooted nature ...Show more
The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe by George Holmes
65.00 NZD
65.95 (1% off)
Category: History | Series: Oxford Illustrated History
This richly illustrated book is the most authoritative account of life in medieval Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the coming of the Renaissance. Full coverage is given to all aspects of life in a thousand-year period which saw the creation of western civilization: from the empires and k ...Show more
African History by John Parker
24.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions
Essential reading for anyone interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this "Very Short Introduction" looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. Key themes in current thinking about Africa's history are illustrated with a ...Show more
The Road from the Past by Ina Caro
38.99 NZD
50.00 (22% off)
Category: History
Caro takes us on an unforgettable driving tour of France, from Provence to the Loire Valley to Paris. With Caro as an epicurean, knowledgeable, and delightfully opinionated guide, we can always be sure to find the most breathtaking vistas, the most extraordinary châ teaux, the most inspiring cathedrals, ...Show more