Drone Warrior : An Elite Soldier's Inside Account of the Hunt for America's Most Dangerous Enemies by Christopher S. Brett; Stewart Velicovich
$36.99 NZD
Category: History
A former special operations member takes us inside America’s covert drone war in this headline-making, never-before-told account for fans of Zero Dark Thirty and Lone Survivor, told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street Journal writer and filled with eye-opening and sure to be controversial details. ...Show more
Queens of the Age of Chivalry by Alison Weir
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: England's Medieval Queens
The third volume of Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of medieval England Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the high middle ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this grippi ...Show more
Serving the Reich: The Struggle for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler by Philip Ball
$54.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Serving the Reich tells the story of physics under Hitler. While some scientists tried to create an Aryan physics that excluded any 'Jewish ideas', many others made compromises and concessions as they continued to work under the Nazi regime. Among them were three world-renowned physicists: Max Planck, p ...Show more
King of the Blues by Daniel de Vise
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
The first authoritative cradle-to-grave biography of a worldwide musical and cultural legend.
The West: A New History of an Old Idea by Naoise Mac Sweeney
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Many of us assume Western Civilization derives from a cultural inheritance that stretches back to classical antiquity, a golden thread that binds us from Plato to NATO. But what if all this is wrong? What if the Western world does not have its ultimate origins in a single cultural bloodline but rather a ...Show more
The Power and the Story - The Global Battle for News and Information by John Lloyd
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
In this sweeping global survey, one of Britain's most distinguished journalists and media commentators analyses for the first time the state of journalism worldwide as it enters the post-truth age. From the decline of the newspaper in the West and the simultaneous threats posed by fake news and Presiden ...Show more
France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
$44.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
This is a profoundly original and entertaining history of France, from the first century bc to the present day, based on countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, by bicycle and in the library. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and endi ...Show more
Ancestors: A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials by Alice Roberts
$26.99 NZD
Category: History
An extraordinary exploration of the ancestry of Britain through seven burial sites. By using new advances in genetics and taking us through important archaeological discoveries, Professor Alice Roberts helps us better understand life today.'This is a terrific, timely and transporting book - taking us he ...Show more
The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France by Shelley Puhak
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
A vivid double biography of two fearless early medieval queens. 'Brings the Merovingian empire to thrilling, bewildering, horrifying life' Helen Castor 'Restores two half-forgotten and much-mythologized queens to their proper place in medieval history' Dan Jones 'Fredegund and Brunhild have finally foun ...Show more
Forgotten Heroes of the Battle of Britain by Dilip Sarkar
$74.99 NZD
Category: History
Lasting sixteen weeks during the momentous year of 1940, the Battle of Britain ended with the Luftwaffe having failed to achieve the decisive victory that Hitler had demanded. while the technical details of the aircraft and weapons involved are, of course, crucial to our understanding of the events that ...Show more
In Search of Perfumes - A lifetime journey to the sources of nature's scents by Dominique Roques
$27.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
A journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of the perfume trade. The book also tackles the earth's changing climate conditions, with its impact on the sources of the world's scents. In Search of Perfumes is a fragrant journey across the world, revealing the beauty and mysteries of th ...Show more
Birds Aren't Real by Peter McIndoe, Connor Gaydos
$34.99 NZD
Category: History
The true story of the greatest conspiracy in US history - and how to fight back.Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? You haven't, have you? No one has, not in many, many years. They used to be everywhere. That's because they come out of the factory as adults.In the 1970s, the United States government kille ...Show more