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
Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals by Geoffrey Blainey
30.00 NZD
31.00 (3% off)
Category: History
Two ships set out in search of a missing continent- the St Jean-Baptiste,a French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville, and the Endeavour, a small British naval vessel captained by James Cook. Distinguished historian Geoffrey Blainey tells the story of these rival ships and the men who sailed the ...Show more
Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
37.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Sparking a flurry of heated debate, Hannah Arendt's authoritative and stunning report on the trial of German Nazi SS leader Adolf Eichmann first appeared as a series of articles in The New Yorker in 1963. This revised edition includes material that came to light after the trial, as well as Arendt's pos ...Show more
Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade
38.99 NZD
Category: History
Nicholas Wades articles are a major reason why the science section has become the most popular, nationwide, in the "New York Times," In his groundbreaking "Before the Dawn," Wade reveals humanitys origins as never beforea journey made possible only recently by genetic science, whose incredible findings ...Show more
The Jasons by MS Ann K Finkbeiner
27.00 NZD
Category: History
The Jasons are a well-guarded group of world-class scientists, briefly outed in the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War, who have been meeting every summer since 1960 to tackle classified problems that the Defense Department cannot solve. Among many stunning innovations, they helped invent our electr ...Show more
Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber by Stephen Yafa
28.00 NZD
Category: History
In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's "Cod" and "Salt," this endlessly revealing book reminds us that the fiber we think of as ordinary is the world's most powerful cash crop, and that it has shaped the destiny of nations. Ranging from its domestication 5,500 years ago to its influence in creating Calvin ...Show more
Native Strangers: Beachcombers, Renegades and Castaways in the South Seas by Susanne Williams Milcairns
39.95 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Beachcombers, Renegades & Castaways In The South Seas The Pacific beachcombers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were the real-life Robinson Crusoes.They were ordinary sailors from America and Europe who found themselves shipwrecked and cast away in the South Seas. Dramatically s ...Show more
The Real History behind the Templars by Sharan Newman
30.00 NZD
Category: History
In the year 1119, these noblemen found their calling as protectors of the faithful on a dangerous pilgrimage to newly conquered Jerusalem. Now, historian Sharan Newman elucidates the mysteries and misconceptions of the Templers, from their true first founding and role in the Crusades to modern intrigues ...Show more
A Most Damnable Invention : Dynamites, Nitrates and the Making of the Modern World by Stephen R. Bown
28.00 NZD
Category: History
Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's discovery of dynamite made possible the famous industrial megaprojects that transformed the countryside and defined the era, including the St. Gothard rail tunnel through the Alps, the clearing of New York harbor, the Panama Canal, and countless others. Dynamite also cause ...Show more
A Short History of the Twentieth Century by Geoffrey Blainey
29.99 NZD
36.00 (16% off)
Category: History
Takes us on an incredible global journey through a tempestuous hundred years and brings to vivid life many of the events that marked the 20th century: two world wars, the rise and fall of communist states, the worst economic slump, the decline of European monarchies ane empires, the ascent of the first ...Show more
A Very Short History of the World by Geoffrey Blainey
32.00 NZD
33.00 (3% off)
Category: History
"A Very Short History of the World" is the story of the world's people during the last four million years. It begins before human beings moved out of Africa to explore and settle the other continents. It is a story of the inhabited world being pulled apart, and of it coming together again in recent cent ...Show more