A Brief History of Britain 1851-2021: From World Power To ? by Jeremy Black
$27.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
From the Great Exhibition's showcasing of British national achievement in 1851 to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Stratford in 2012 and on to Brexit, an insightful exploration of the transformation of modern BritainThis revised and updated fourth and final volume in the concise Brief History o ...Show more
A City Recovers: Christchurch Two Years After the Quakes by The Press
$50.00 NZD
Category: History
Fascinating review of Christchurch two years after the earthquakes' devastation with analysis of the social, economic and demographic changes and implications, It's also an excellent photographic record of where the city is at this point. It's two years since the massive Christchurch earthquakes complet ...Show more
A Distant Feast: the Origins of New Zealand's Cuisine by Tony Simpson
$50.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
This new edition of the Godwit book first published in 1995 has been attractively repackaged and fully illustrated. The origins of New Zealand's cuisine can be traced back to our nineteenth-century immigrant ancestors. They were confronted with not only reversed seasons but plentiful fertile land and a ...Show more
A Fair Sort of Battering: New Zealanders Remember the Italian Campaign by Megan Hutching
$37.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: Very Good
The New Zealand Division landed in Italy in October 1943 and entered the line at the Sangro River on 14 November. They fought up the east side of Italy, becoming bogged down at Orsogna for two months, from where they were withdrawn in January 1944. They then swapped coasts and moved across the Apennines ...Show more
A Fine Prospect - A History of Remuera, Meadowbank and St Johns by Jenny Carlyon; Diana Morrow
$55.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A History of New Zealand Architecture revised and updated by Peter Shaw
$70.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
This updated and re-jacketed edition reviews the latest developments in New Zealand's rich architectural history and explores the way a country's architecture reflects the spirit and aspirations of its inhabitants. First published 1991. This third edition 2003.
A History of New Zealand Women by Barbara Brookes
$70.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
What would a history of New Zealand look like that rejected Thomas Carlyle's definition of history as 'the biography of great men', and focused instead on the experiences of women? One that shifted the angle of vision and examined the stages of this country's development from the points of view of wives ...Show more
A History of Water - Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History by Edward Wilson-Lee
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
A Times History Book of the Year 2022A TLS Book of the Year 2022'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMESFrom award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men ...Show more
A Job to Do - New Zealand Soldiers of 'the Div' Write About Their Experiences in World War Two by John Gordon (ed.)
$50.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
What was it really like for the soldiers of 2 New Zealand Division in the Second World War? How did they spend their time and how did they see their lives as servicemen, from training at home and sailing off to war, to setting up camp, relaxing off-duty, fighting in hostile environments and possibly bei ...Show more
A Journey Through New Zealand Film by Ian Brodie
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
This is a movie-themed travel book featuring the locations of major motion pictures filmed in New Zealand, illustrated by Ian's own photographs along with movie stills and posters. While this is not an exhaustive listing of every location of every movie, Ian has concentrated on the popular and criticall ...Show more
A Land of Milk & Honey? by Edited by Avril Bell, Vivienne Elizabeth, Tracey McIntosh , Matt Wynyard
$60.00 NZD
Category: History
Since colonisation, New Zealand has been mythologised as a 'land of milk and honey'-a promised land of natural abundance and endless opportunity-but does this country live up to its mythology? In this introductory textbook for first year sociology students, 21 of this country's leading social scientists ...Show more
A Made-Up Place: New Zealand in Young Adult Fiction by Anna Jackson & others
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
This ground-breaking book looks at the way in which New Zealand young adult fiction 'makes up' the nation in which the stories are set, through the ways in which they make use of both real and fictional events and locations. Chapters on Settings, Biculturalism, Egalitarianism, Utopias and Dystopias, Fut ...Show more