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
The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms (HB) by Richard Fidler
48.00 NZD
Category: World History
A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever seen, established with astonishing speed. A people obsessed with travel, knowledge and adventure. When Richard Fidler came across the account of Ibn Fadlan - a tenth-century Arab diplomat who travelled a ...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
Sword and Scimitar - Fourteen Centuries of War Between Islam and the West by Raymond Ibrahim; Victor Davis Hanson (Foreword by)
27.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam -- the sword and scimitar -- have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's or ...Show more
Vanity Fair's Women on Women by Radhika Jones (Editor); David Friend (Editor)
37.00 NZD
Category: World History
Looking back at the last thirty-five years of Vanity Fair stories on women, by women, with an introduction by the magazine's editor in chief, Radhika Jones Gail Sheehy on Hillary Clinton. Ingrid Sischy on Nicole Kidman. Jacqueline Woodson on Lena Waithe. Leslie Bennetts on Michelle Obama. And two Mauree ...Show more
These Are Not Gentle People by Andrew Harding
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
Land. Race. Murder. Betrayal. The true story of a case that broke a South African town - by BBC Africa Correspondent "A smartly paced true-crime thriller with a vivid cast of characters . . . as tense as it is disturbing" JOHN CARLIN, author of Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a ...Show more
In the Name of God - A History of Christian and Muslim Intolerance by Selina O'Grady
36.99 NZD
Category: World History
In this groundbreaking book, Selina O'Grady examines how and why the post-Christian and the Islamic worlds came to be as tolerant or intolerant as they are. She asks whether tolerance can be expected to heal today's festering wound between these two worlds, or whether something deeper than tolerance is ...Show more
A Brief History of the Mediterranean - From the Phoenicians to the Present Day by Jeremy Black
29.99 NZD
Category: World History
A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home. 'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.' Samuel Johnson, 1776 The Mediterranean has always bee ...Show more