Sure To Rise: The Edmond's Story by Peter Alsop, Kate Parsonson, Richard Wolfe
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Edmonds is one of New Zealand's best-known brands - its radiant sun and 'Sure to Rise' promise have embellished baking powder labels and the much-loved Edmonds Cookery Book for over a hundred years and are now embedded in our popular culture. The man behind the company, Thomas Edmonds, came to New Zeala ...Show more
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
$40.00 NZD
Category: History and Politics
The world-famous #1 bestselling economist explains how capitalism has been usurped by a technologically enhanced form of feudalism. No one noticed when capitalism died. Perhaps we were too distracted by the implosion of global finance, or the rise of populism, or the demise of the planet - or all of th ...Show more
The Invention of Surgery by David Schneider
$37.99 NZD
Category: World History
A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by the discipline's most dynamic, pioneering doctors.Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider's THE INVENTION OF S ...Show more
The Rest is History: The official book from the makers of the hit podcast by Tom Holland; Dominic Sandbrook
$39.00 NZD
Category: World History
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys . . . There's a new history book in town. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past from Alexander the Great to Tolkein, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland ...Show more
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
$26.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The best true spy story I have ever read."--JOHN LE CARR The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. I ...Show more
1939: The Last Season by Anne de Courcy
$29.99 NZD
Category: World History
A wonderful portrait of British upper-class life in the Season of 1939 - the last before the Second World War. The Season of 1939 brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the King and Queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult ...Show more
1945: Victory in the West by Peter Caddick-Adams
$37.00 NZD
Category: Military history
'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to come.' TELEGRAPHMarch 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is at last within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift ...Show more
1947 - When Now Begins by Elisabeth Asbrink; Fiona Graham (translator)
$38.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
As the clock strikes the end of the war, the time begins to turn towards a new age -- the one we call now. This shift does not happen overnight, from one day to the next; instead, the world vibrates for a number of years. People try to find their way back to homes that are no longer there, or on to an u ...Show more
50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know by Ben Dupre
$27.99 NZD
Category: History and Politics | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Ben Dupre introduces and explains the fundamental concepts of politics including political theory, ideologies and the machinery of politics.From revolution to feminism, monarchy to political parties, 50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know is a complete introducti ...Show more
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara Tuchman
$35.00 NZD
Category: World History
The fourteenth century was a time of fabled crusades and chivalry, glittering cathedrals and grand castles. It was also a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague.Here, Barbara Tuchmanmasterfully reveals the two contradictory images of the age, examining the great rhythms of ...Show more
A History of Ideas: The most intriguing, relevant and helpful concepts from the story of humanity by The School of Life
$50.00 NZD
Category: World History
"This is an unusual sort of history book: a history of ideas - and not just any old ideas, ideas from across time and space that are best suited to healing, enchanting and reviving us. It's a collection of humanity's very best thoughts on how to approach the challenges and joys of being alive. Along the ...Show more
A History of Women in 101 Objects: A walk through female history by Annabelle Hirsch
$55.00 NZD
Category: World History
The way we remember the past today remains dishearteningly patriarchal: a place where women have always been oppressed by men, from ancient times to the present day. A History of Women in 101 Objects tells a new story of female history, revealing the evolution of the role women have played in society th ...Show more