The World, the Flesh and the Devil - The life and opinions of Samuel Marsden in England and the Antipodes 1765-1838 by Sharp Andrew
$75.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
New Zealanders know Samuel Marsden as the founder of the missions that brought Christianity (and perhaps sheep) to New Zealand. Australians know him as 'the flogging parson' who established large landholdings and was dismissed from his position as magistrate for exceeding his jurisdiction. English reade ...Show more
The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe by James Belich
$70.00 NZD
Category: History
A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age. In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours. The Black Death was a human tragedy that abruptly halved entire populations and caused untold suffering ...Show more
This Explains Everything by Richard Von Sturmer
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
Richard von Sturmer is one of New Zealand's most versatile artists. He has written hit pop songs, acted in a famous feature film, made his own movies, published acclaimed books of poetry and prose, and lectured and written about Zen Buddhism.In This Explains Everything von Sturmer reveals some of the or ...Show more
Three Words: An anthology of Aotearoa/New Zealand women's comics by Rae Joyce; Sarah Laing; Indira Neville Indira
$50.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women's Comics is a manifold, brilliant, collaborative survey of the past twenty years of New Zealand women's comics. Bringing together over 60 contributors from all walks of life, the brief was simple: to submit any works of your choosing, as well as any three w ...Show more
Through The Looking Glasses: Exuberant glasses changed the world by Travis Elborough
$49.99 NZD
Category: History
'Elegant and multi-focal. Glorious!' Simon Garfield The humble pair of glasses might just be one the world's greatest inventions, allowing millions to see a world that might otherwise appear a blur. And yet how much do many of us even really think about these things perched on the ends of our noses? In ...Show more
Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse by Cassandra Pybus
$37.00 NZD
Category: History
Cassandra Pybus's ancestors told a story of an old Aboriginal woman who would wander across their farm on Bruny Island, in south-east Tasmania, in the 1850s and 1860s. As a child, Cassandra didn't know this woman was Truganini, and that Truganini was walking over the country of her clan, the Nuenonne. F ...Show more
Tutankhamun - Pharaoh, Icon, Enigma: Lost for Three Thousand Years, Misunderstood for a Century by Joyce Tyldesley
$39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
A hundred years ago, a team of archaeologists in the Valley of the Kings made a remarkable discovery: a near-complete royal burial, an ancient mummy, and golden riches beyond imagination. The lost tomb of Tutankhamun ignited a media frenzy, propelled into overdrive by rumours of a deadly ancient curse. ...Show more
Undreamed of ...: 50 Years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship by Priscilla Pitts; Andrea Hotere
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
In 1966 Michael Illingworth, whose oil painting Adam and Eve appears on the front cover of this book, was awarded the inaugural Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. For the first time in New Zealand a practicing artist was given a studio and paid a salary to make art for a whole year. Fifty years later, the Fra ...Show more
Victory at Gate Pa by Buddy Makaere
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
The Battle of Pukehinahina-Gate Pa was a defining moment in New Zealand history. It brought together forces representing the British Empire's military machine, political manoeuvering and settler land hunger, Maori notions of sovereignty and self-determination, Christian ideals, and blood and death on a ...Show more
Vintage Trucks and Commercials Kiwi Coll by Steve Reid
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
It could be said that behind many great businesses is a great truck (or two). In this book we look at a fascinating line up of 40 plus commercial vehicles that have been put to use for many years serving their owners well and helping create many successful businesses. Most of these trucks were only reti ...Show more
We Can Make a Life by Chessie Henry
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Hours after the 2011 Christchuch Earthquake, Kaikoura-based doctor Chris Henry crawled through the burning CTV building to rescue those who were trapped. Six years later, his daughter Chessie interviews him in an attempt to understand the trauma that led her father to burnout, in the process unravelling ...Show more
Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War by Monty Soutar
$70.00 NZD
Category: History
This major publication about Maori participation in the First World War is written by NZ's leading Maori military historian Dr Monty Soutar, author of the award-winning Nga Tama Toa C Company, Maori Battalion. A fascinating look at the Pioneer Battalion (the Battalion created for Maori to serve) that wi ...Show more