Budapest - Between East and West by Victor Sebestyen
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
Wallis Simpson, Theodore Roosevelt, Benito Mussolini, Evelyn Waugh, the great tenor Luciano Pavarotti, and the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, were all agreed: the best thing about Budapest is its position. With the Danube, Budapest forms one of the most beautiful cityscapes that exist along a river.T ...Show more
Empire and the Making of Native Title: Sovereignty, Property and Indigenous People by Bain Attwood
53.99 NZD
Category: World History
This book provides a new approach to the historical treatment of indigenous peoples' sovereignty and property rights in Australia and New Zealand. By shifting attention from the original European claims of possession to a comparison of the ways in which British players treated these matters later, Bain ...Show more
Tremors in the Blood - Murder, obsession and the birth of the lie detector by Amit Katwala
35.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detectorHenry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife's blood. But was he a grieving husband, or a ruthless killer who'd conspired with bandits to have her murdered?To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology, and a ...Show more
Nazi Billionaires - The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Packed with revelations, this history traces the corrupt, bloody money that was hoarded by Nazi families during and after the Second World War – and how that money has translated into wealth and power for well known companies and tycoons today. Three weeks after Hitler seized power in Germany he called ...Show more
A History of the World in 100 Limericks by Mick Twister
16.99 NZD
Category: World History
There is a young fellow named Mick Who's adapted the old limerick To cover, with mirth The whole history of Earth And what made its characters tick. These 100 lively and humorous limericks take us back to before the beginning of time itself and right up until yesterday evening when you were prob ...Show more
After the Romanovs: Russian exiles in Paris between the wars by Helen Rappaport
40.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
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
Persians: The Age of The Great Kings by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
37.99 NZD
Category: World History
PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower. The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the heart of the Empire was the fabled palace-city of Persepoli ...Show more
A Little Book of Language by David Crystal
25.99 NZD
Category: World History | Series: Little Histories Ser.
With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why t ...Show more
Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong by Louisa Lim
40.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very goo
An award-winning journalist takes to the protest-riven streets of Hong Kong to write this startling landmark account of the island city's complex past and precarious future. The story of Hong Kong has long been obscured by competing myths- to Britain, a 'barren rock' with no appreciable history; to Chin ...Show more
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy
30.00 NZD
Category: World History
Located at the western edge of the Eurasian steppe, Ukraine has long been the meeting place of empires - Roman to Ottoman, Habsburg to Russian - and they all left their imprint on the landscape, the language and the people living within these shifting borders. In this authoritative book, Harvard Profess ...Show more
Batavia by Peter FitzSimons
45.00 NZD
Category: World History
Bataviais the greatest story in Australia?s history and history comes to life with Peter Fitzsimons.The Shipwreck of the Batavia combines in just the one tale the birth of the world's first corporation, the brutality of colonisation, the battle of good vs evil, the derring-do of sea-faring adventure, mu ...Show more
Three Epic Battles that Saved Democracy: Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis by Stephen P. Kershaw
37.99 NZD
Category: World History
In 2022 it will be 2,500 years since the final defeat of the invasion of Greece by the Persian King Xerxes. This astonishing clash between East and West still has resonances in modern history, and has left us with tales of heroic resistance in the face of seemingly hopeless odds. Kershaw makes use of re ...Show more