France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
39.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
This is a profoundly original and entertaining history of France, from the first century bc to the present day, based on countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, by bicycle and in the library. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and endi ...Show more
River Kings: The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Catrine Jarman
27.99 NZD
Category: World History
The Sunday Times bestseller'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell'Replete with witches, human sacrifice, Greek fire and funeral orgies... one of the most thrilling works of archaeological detective work I have ever read' William Dalrymple, FT Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman - and the cutting- ...Show more
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester
26.99 NZD
Category: World History
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake claims ...Show more
THE 1619 PROJECT: A New American Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
45.00 NZD
Category: World History
A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. T ...Show more
The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History in Eleven Vessels by Tom Nancollas
40.00 NZD
Category: World History
A sharply poignant history of British seafaring, from the Bronze Age to the present day If Britain's maritime history were embodied in a single ship, she would have a prehistoric prow, a mast plucked from a Victorian steamship, the hull of a modest fishing vessel, the propeller of an ocean liner and an ...Show more
The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada by Don Hollway
45.00 NZD
Category: World History
'The Last Viking is a masterful and pulse-pounding narrative that transports the reader into the middle of the action.' Carl Gnam, Military HeritageHarald Sigurdsson burst into history as a teenaged youth in a Viking battle from which he escaped with little more than his life and a thirst for vengeance. ...Show more
The Stones of London - A History in Twelve Buildings by Leo Hollis
37.99 NZD
Category: World History
The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings. 'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way to tell the story of one of the most written-about cities in the world' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Hollis has a fine eye for architecture, and engagingly describe ...Show more
The Dinosaur Hunters by Lowell Dingus; American Museum of National History
45.00 NZD
Category: World History
Dinosaur bones had been found centuries before scientists understood what they were and what creatures they came from; ancient Chinese writings spoke of "dragon" bones, and large fossils discovered in the UK were thought to belong to human giants. It was only with the exploration and meticulous research ...Show more
The Great Imperial Hangover: How Empires Have Shaped the World by Samir Puri
24.99 NZD
Category: World History
'An exceptional account.' Prospect'Enlightening.' SpectatorFor the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest i ...Show more
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow
75.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
A breathtakingly ambitious retelling of the earliest human societies offers a new understanding of world history. For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrifi ...Show more
The Gate to China: A New History of the People's Republic & Hong Kong by Michael Sheridan
39.99 NZD
Category: World History
'A delightful piece of writing and research which describes the remarkable history behind the handover of this unique and exciting city' Jasper Becker 'Deeply researched and beautifully written' Mike Chinoy A superb new history of the rise of China and the fall of Hong Kong to authoritarian rule. The ...Show more