The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
This is the critically acclaimed, best-selling account of the forgotten story of one of history's most brutal massacres. In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and mur ...Show more
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind by Tom Holland
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition ...Show more
After the Romanovs: Russian exiles in Paris between the wars by Helen Rappaport
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and refuge in the City of Light. Paris has always been a city of cultural excellence, fine wine and food, and the latest fashions. But it has also b ...Show more
Military History - The Definitive Visual Guide to the Objects of Warfare by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
$25.21 NZD
Category: History
Military History, now in paperback, is the ultimate guide to weapons, vehicles, hardware, and equipment of war throughout history. Military History is the definitive guide to the evolution of battlefield technology. In addition to comprehensively cataloging every significant weapon of each historical a ...Show more
The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth by Michael Spitzer
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All About History' ... Extraordinary range ... All the world and more is here' Evening Standard 165 million years ago saw the birth of rhythm. 66 million years a ...Show more
The Greywacke: How a Priest, a Soldier and a Schoolteacher Uncovered 300 Million Years of History by Nick Davidson
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
The story of three 19th-century geologists whose fraternal rivalry ended up rewriting the history of our planet.
American Axe - The Tool That Shaped a Continent by Brett McLeod
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
From bronze axes of the Viking conquests to the American homesteader's felling axe, this is a tool that has shaped human history like few others. American Axe pays tribute to this iconic instrument of settlement and industry, with rich history, stunning photography, and profiles of the most collectible ...Show more
Battle of Crete (#1 Australian Army Campaigns) by Albert Palazzo
$21.77 NZD
Category: History | Series: Australian Army Campaigns S.
Between 20 May and 1 June 1941 the Second World War came to the Greek island of Crete. The Commonwealth defenders consisted of Australian, New Zealand and British refugees from the doomed Greek Campaign who had not recovered from defeat.
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance agains ...Show more
25,000 Years of Jewelry by Maren Eichhorn-Johannsen (Editor)
$80.00 NZD
Category: History
Now available in a new edition, this opulent book reaches back 25,000 years to trace the history of jewelry from the Paleolithic Era to the present day. Drawn from the extensive holdings of the Staatliche Museen in Berlin, this collection of jewelry through the ages links cultures and eras to show how t ...Show more
The School That Escaped the Nazis by Deborah Cadbury
$38.00 NZD
Category: History
'All the violence I had experienced before felt like a bad dream. It was a paradise. I think most of the children felt it was a paradise.' In 1933, as Hitler came to power, schoolteacher Anna Essinger hatched a daring and courageous plan: to smuggle her entire school out of Nazi Germany. Anna had read M ...Show more
Where Underpants Come From: From Checkout to Cotton Field - Travels in the New China by Joe Bennett
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
When Joe Bennett bought a five-pack of 'Made in China' underpants in his local New Zealand hypermarket for $8.59, he wondered who on earth could be making any money, let alone profit, from the exchange. How many processes and middlemen are involved? Where and how are the pants made? And who decides on t ...Show more