Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World by Giles Milton
37.99 NZD
Category: World History
'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny. Berlin was in ruins when Soviet forces fought their way towards the Re ...Show more
Voyagers: The settlement of the Pacific by Nicholas Thomas
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Series: The\Landmark Library
From an award-winning scholar, the extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled. Thousands of islands, inhabited by a multitude of different peoples, are scattered across the vastness of the Pacific. The first European explorers to visit Oceania, from the sixteenth ...Show more
River Kings: The Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman
39.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman – and the cutting-edge forensic techniques central to her research – as she uncovers epic stories of the Viking age and follows a small ‘Carnelian’ bead found in a Viking grave in Derbyshire to its origins thousands of miles to the east in Gujarat. Dr Cat Jarman is a ...Show more
The Bookseller of Florence - Hardback by Ross King
45.00 NZD
Category: World History
'If you want to celebrate the place that bookmaking and bookselling still have in our lives . . . immerse yourself in Ross King's rich history of Vespasiano da Bisticci, "the king of the world's booksellers," in 15th-century Florence . . . wonderful' SIMON SCHAMA, NEW YORK TIMES 'A spectacular life of ...Show more
Black and British: A Forgotten History by Olusoga David
27.99 NZD
Category: World History
'[A] comprehensive and important history of black Britain . . . Written with a wonderful clarity of style and with great force and passion.' - Kwasi Kwarteng, Sunday TimesIn this vital re-examination of a shared history, historian and broadcaster David Olusoga tells the rich and revealing story of the l ...Show more
Past Mistakes: How We Misinterpret History and Why It Matters by David Mountain
36.99 NZD
Category: World History
Museums are full of pure white Classical sculptures. Over the years, we've ignored evidence that they were originally painted bright colors, 'restoring' sculptures to a gleaming white and becoming heated about the very idea of a lick of paint. Why? Because the stories we tell about our past affect how w ...Show more
Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson
30.00 NZD
Category: World History
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Gypsies - An English History by David Cressy
31.99 NZD
Category: World History
Gypsies, Egyptians, Romanies, and - more recently - Travellers. Who are these marginal and mysterious people who first arrived in England in early Tudor times? Are claims of their distant origins on the Indian subcontinent true, or just another of the many myths and stories that have accretedaround them ...Show more
Land - How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon Winchester
39.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: good-very good
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. The ownership of land has always been complicated, opaque, and more than a little anarchic when viewed from the outside. In this book, ...Show more
Revolt: The Worldwide Uprising Against Globalization by Nadav Eyal
39.99 NZD
Category: World History
'A well-written and thought-provoking account of the current crisis of globalization. Not everyone will agree with Eyal's interpretation, but few will remain indifferent.' —Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens Revolt is an eloquent and provocative challenge to the prevailing wisdom about the rise of na ...Show more
The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits by Jennifer Higgie
37.99 NZD
Category: World History
Her story weaves in and out of time and place. She's Frida Kahlo, Lois Mailou Jones and Amrita Sher-Gil en route to Mexico City, Paris or Bombay. She's Suzanne Valadon and Gwen John, craving city lights, the sea and solitude; she's Artemisia Gentileschi striding through the streets of Naples and Paula M ...Show more
The Barbizon - The New York hotel that set women free by Paulina Bren
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: good-very good
Built in 1927, New York's Barbizon Hotel was first intended as a home for the 'Modern Woman' seeking a career in the arts. It became the place to stay for ambitious, independent women, who were lured by the promise of fame and good fortune. Sylvia Plath fictionalized her time there in The Bell Jar, and ...Show more