National Geographic the Old West by Stephen G. Hyslop
39.99 NZD
90.00 (55% off)
Category: World History
From the first wagon trains to the building of the railroads, the story of the American West is epic in scope, full of amazing stories of grit, tragedy, and triumph. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and maps, this is the definitive history of a time and place that forever lives in legend. Travel wi ...Show more
Civil War - The History of England Volume 3 by Peter Ackroyd
24.99 NZD
Category: World History | Series: The History of England | Reading Level: very good
In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ends with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II. The St ...Show more
First Day of the Somme : the Complete Account of Britain's Worst-Ever Military Disaster by Andrew Macdonald
39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The complete account of Britain's worst-ever military disaster. It took several million bullets and roughly an hour to effectively destroy General Sir Douglas Haig's grand plans for the first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916. By day's end, 19,240 British soldiers were dead, crumpled khaki bundles scattered ...Show more
The First World War (50 Things You Should Know About) by Jim Eldridge
19.99 NZD
21.99 (9% off)
Category: Military History | Series: 50 Things You Should Know About | Reading Level: From 7
50 Things You Should Know About the First World War is the perfect introduction to a tragic chapter in world history, published to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. By the time the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918, 65 million men from around the world had joined up to ...Show more
How We Invented Freedom & Why It Matters by Daniel Hannan
24.99 NZD
Category: Politics
Dan Hannan tells the story of freedom and explains how it is a uniquely 'British', rather than 'Western', invention. He shows how the inhabitants of a damp island at the western tip of the Eurasian landmass stumbled upon the extraordinary idea that the state was the servant, and not the master, of the i ...Show more
A Higher Call - The Incredible True Story of Heroism and Chivalry during the Second World War by Adam Makos; Larry Alexander
28.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
Five days before Christmas 1943, a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany. At its controls was a twenty-one-year-old pilot. Half his crew lay wounded or dead. Suddenly a German Messerschmitt fighter pulled up on the bomber's tail - the German pilot was an ace, a man able to ...Show more
People, People, People : A Brief History of NZ by Stevan Eldred-Grigg
14.99 NZD
19.99 (25% off)
Category: NZ History
A short, very accessible snapshot of New Zealand's history written with tourists and anyone new to the country in mind. Written in a lively manner by Christchurch born and bred Stevan Eldred-Grigg, one of New Zealand's leading writers of both history and fiction, this book is also ideal for students or ...Show more
Vintage Paua Shell Jewellery: Art Souvenir, Tourist Kitsch, Kiwi Icon by Elly van de Wijdeven
11.81 NZD
49.99 (76% off)
Category: NZ History
A Bloody Road Home: World War Two and New Zealand's Heroic Second Division by Christopher Pugsley
70.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
'This is a story worth telling and deserves to be read by all New Zealanders.' --Lieutenant General The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand A Bloody Road Home is the story of 2 New Zealand Division in World War Two. Commanded by the New Zealand-raised and educa ...Show more
Mark of the Lion: the Story of Charles Upham VC & Bar by Kenneth Sandford
31.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
Charles Upham was the great New Zealand war hero. He was one of the few people in history to have won the Victoria Cross twice, setting new standards of personal heroism during World War II. A quietly spoken sheep farmer back home in Canterbury, at the front in Crete and North Africa he destroyed enemy ...Show more
The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916 by Martin Middlebrook
32.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Martin Middlebrook's The First Day on the Somme is a compelling and intensely moving account of the blackest day in the history of the British army. On 1 July, 1916, a continuous line of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches of the Somme into No Man's Land and began to walk slowly towards dug-i ...Show more
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
13.99 NZD
Category: World History | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Niall Ferguson's Empire is one of the most successful and controversial history books of recent years. Brilliantly re-telling the story of Britain's imperial past, it shows how a gang of buccaneers and gold-diggers from a rainy island in the North Atlantic came to build the most powerful empire in all h ...Show more