A Small Town in Ukraine - The place we came from, the place we went back to by Bernard Wasserstein
40.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
The revelatory history of Krakowiec - 'a little place you've never heard of ' - through which we see life in Eastern Europe as never before.Decades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated- Krakowiec (Krah- ...Show more
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past by Christopher Hadley
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
'An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday Telegraph'On nearly every page a random passage takes one's breath away' The Times Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road?For two thousand years, the roads the Romans built have ...Show more
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan
44.99 NZD
Category: World History
Most people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts. In The Earth Transformed, ground-breaking historian Peter Frankopan reconnects us with our ancestors who, like us, worshipped, exploited ...Show more
It's a Continent: Unravelling Africa's history one country at a time ''We need this book." SIMON REEVE by Astrid Madimba, Chinny Ukata
44.99 NZD
Category: World History
'. . . we need this book. Of course Africa needs it as well, because no other huge area of the planet is treated as such a singular region, and that has to change. But the rest of the planet needs It's a Continent because we miss out by not recognising the individual majesty, the complexity, the beauty, ...Show more
Papyrus - The Invention of Books in the Ancient World by Irene Vallejo
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
A rich exploration of the importance of books and libraries in the ancient world that highlights how humanity's obsession with the printed word has echoed throughout the ages - from one of Spain's most celebrated authors. Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand-copied on reeds pulled from th ...Show more
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow
30.00 NZD
Category: World History
'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian 'This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast' Nassim Nicholas Taleb For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thu ...Show more
Pharaohs of the Sun - How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty by Guy de la Bedoyere
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
In 1922, a century ago, the most sensational archaeological discovery of all time was made. When Tutankhamun's tomb was found in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the contents staggered the world and have done so ever since.Tutankhamun, so obscure he was almost forgotten after his rule, was one of the last k ...Show more
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings. by Neil Price
40.00 NZD
Category: World History
A new history of the Vikings - told from their own perspective rather than that of their victims. The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end in September 1066, when King Harald Hardrada of Norway ...Show more
Great State: China and the World by Timothy Brook
27.99 NZD
Category: World History
The last eight centuries of China's relationship with the world told through the eyes of traders, invaders, civil servants, visionaries, and traitors
A Little History of Poetry by John Carey
25.99 NZD
Category: World History | Series: Little Histories Ser.
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature--selected as the literature book of the year by the London Times " A] fizzing, exhilarating book."--Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times, London "Delightful.'"--N ...Show more
The Ruby Princess by Duncan McNab
39.99 NZD
Category: World History
In the early hours of Thursday 19 March 2020, the luxury cruise liner Ruby Princess docked at Sydney's Circular Quay, the gateway to Australia. Hours later, 2700 passengers disembarked. Yet in the middle of a pandemic sweeping the planet, there were no health checks. Over the next few days, the passenge ...Show more