Browse by category
A History of Cricket in 100 Objects by Gavin Mortimer
$30.00 NZD
Category: Sport general
Once the preserve of the English, now, for nations the world over, summertime means cricket bats to be oiled, rain forecasts analysed and tea in the pavilion. Cricket has enthralled us since the seventeenth century. But what is it about the game that provokes such fervour? Award-winning sports author Ga ...Show more
A History of Football in 100 Objects by Gavin Mortimer
$25.00 NZD
Category: Sport general
What does a turnip have in common with a pair of GBP500 sunglasses? They've both played a pivotal role in football history. Following on from Neil MacGregor's groundbreaking The History of the World in 100 Objects, Gavin Mortimer provides a quirky and unique take on the beautiful game told through its d ...Show more
A History of Football in 100 Objects by Gavin Mortimer
$30.00 NZD
Category: Sport general
The remarkable stories of 100 football artefacts that have shaped the game as we know it. What does a grapefruit have in common with a pair of GBP500 sunglasses? They've both played a pivotal role in football history. Following on from Neil MacGregor's groundbreaking The History of the World in 100 Obj ...Show more
Shackleton: The Story of Ernest Shackleton and the Antarctic Explorers by Gavin Mortimer
$50.00 NZD
Category: World History
Antarctica is a land still locked in the grip of an ice age, where the sun disappears for months at a time, and temperatures can drop as low as -78[degrees]F. It was the last great region of the world to be discovered, and even today great tracts of Antarctica lie unexplored. In 1914 Sir Ernest Shacklet ...Show more
Stirling's Men : The inside story of the SAS in World War II by Gavin Mortimer
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History
Brilliant page-turning narrative that invites comparison with Mark Bowden's BLACKHAWK DOWN or Stephen Ambrose's BAND OF BROTHERS Based on interviews with over 60 SAS veterans Supported by the SAS 'Gavin Mortimer is a fine writer'- Sunday Telegraph First published 2004.
0 - 4 of 5