The Infiltrators - The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis by Norman Ohler
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
'An astonishing story... brilliantly told' - Antony BeevorSummertime, 1935. On a lake near Berlin, a young man is out sailing when he glimpses a woman reclining in the prow of a passing boat. Their eyes meet - and one of history's greatest conspiracies is born.Harro Schulze-Boysen had already shed blood ...Show more
The Irish Difference - The Story of Ireland's 400-Year Journey to Independence by Fergal Tobin
$24.99 NZD
Category: History
A fascinating and entertaining investigation into what makes Ireland so different from its neighbors, by a respected Irish historian. For hundreds of years, the islands and their constituent tribes that make up the British Isles have lived next door to each other in a manner that, over time, sugges ...Show more
The King Is Dead by Suzannah Lipscomb
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped, and sealed. The will confirmed the line of succession as Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth; and, following them, the Grey and Suffolk families. It also ...Show more
The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit by Helena Attlee
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
This is a portrait of Italy unlike any other, a heady blend of travel, history, art and food that takes us from Lake Garda's lemon houses through the gardens of Tuscan villas to Calabria's scented bergamot groves and a Sicilian marmalade kitchen, from top to bottom of the land where lemons grow. 'Unmiss ...Show more
The Last Great War of Antiquity by James Howard-Johnston
$87.00 NZD
Category: History
The last great war of antiquity was fought on an unprecedented scale along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier. James Howard-Johnston pieces together the fragmentary evidence of this period to form, for the first time, a coherent story of the dramatic events, key players, and vast lands over w ...Show more
The Last Viking: The True Story of King Harald Hardrada by Don Hollway
$25.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Reeds Marine Deck Ser.
"[A] riveting story... you owe it to yourself to pick up The Last Viking. It's that exciting, that good."--The Washington Post A rich and compelling account of the life of King Harald Hardrada of Norway, one of the greatest Viking warriors to have ever lived. Harald Sigurdsson burst into history ...Show more
The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light by Jean Edward Smith
$33.00 NZD
Category: History
Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the "rousing" (Jay Winik, author of 1944) story of the liberation of Paris during World War II--a triumph achieved only through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, racing to save the city from destruction. Following th ...Show more
The Life and Times of Auckland - The Colourful Story of a City by Gordon McLauchlan
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Gordon McLauchlan presents a biography of Auckland city that reflects his passion for the place. This is a colourful history, filled with anecdotes and asides. Gordon traces the history of settlement in the Auckland region, and illustrates the huge differences in the way the town began and the way it ha ...Show more
The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance by Judy Batalion
$38.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Language Acts and Worldm Ser.
Judy Batalion, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, discovered an extraordinary story of women who fought the Nazis. The "ghetto girls" paid off Gestapo guards, hid revolvers in loaves of bread and jars of marmalade, helped build systems of underground bunkers. They flirted with Nazis, bought them ...Show more
The Lives of Colonial Objects by Annabel Cooper
$50.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The Lives of Colonial Objects is a sumptuously illustrated and highly readable book about things, and the stories that unfold when we start to investigate them. In this collection of 50 essays the authors, including historians, archivists, curators and Māori scholars, have each chosen an object from New ...Show more
The Making of New Zealanders by Ron Palenski
$45.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Examining the development of a sense of national identity in a British colony, this highly authoritative work is a valuable addition to the literature in New Zealand. By looking at the onset of home-grown shipping, railway, and telegraph networks as well as at the Maori and kiwi experiences, not to ment ...Show more