Partisan: The Incredible True Story of a New Zealand Soldier Behind Enemy Lines by James Caffin
$25.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
The gripping story of a New Zealand solider who escaped the clutches of a prisoner-of-war camp to join the Yugoslav freedom fighters during the Second World War After a daring escape from a prisoner-of-war camp in occupied Yugoslavia, John Denvir reached the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, where he join ...Show more
Leading the Way: 100 Years of the Tararua Tramping Club by Shaun Barnett; Chris Maclean
$59.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: near fine
Leading the Way celebrates the centenary of New Zealand's first tramping club, established in 1919, and places its achievements within the evolution of tramping, our most popular sporting activity. The TTC inspired the formation of other tramping clubs throughout New Zealand and has also fostered climbi ...Show more
Forgotten Philanthropist - The Life of Robert McDougall 1860-1942 by Jennifer Haworth
$49.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
`Forgotten Philanthropist¿ ¿ these two words summarise this book. Robert McDougall was one of Christchurch¿s most generous benefactors. His gift to Christchurch in autumn 1928 of the art gallery that bears his name is, in today¿s monetary terms, the largest gift ever given to the city, yet today he and ...Show more
Annie's War: A New Zealand Woman and Her Family in England 1916-19 by Susanna Montgomerie Norris
$31.00 NZD
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Category: New Zealand Historical
Annie's War is a remarkable book. There have been many published collections of soldiers' diaries and letters from the First World War, but never a first-hand account of one New Zealand family's life in England during these challenging and frightening years. When her sons, Oswald and Seton, decided they ...Show more
Fire in the Hills by Helen Beaglehole
$19.99 NZD
$50.00 (60% off)
Category: New Zealand Historical
Over six to seven hundred years, Maori burned about one third of New Zealand’s ground cover. In the following 70 years, and at a devastating rate, European settlers burned about another third as they cleared and ‘improved’ the land. All too frequently, burn-offs became uncontrollable conflagrations that ...Show more
Images of War: New Zealand and the First World War in Photographs by Glyn Harper
$84.99 NZD
$99.99 (15% off)
Category: New Zealand Historical
In a major research project, Glyn Harper and the National Army Museum combined official war photographs with more informal images to provide a moving visual history. Originally published in 2008, this book has now been beautifully redesigned as a stunning large-format hardback. While primarily drawn fro ...Show more
On The Wings Of History : Volume One The Beginning Of The Vintage Aviator Collection, 2nd Edition by Allan Udy and Alex Mitchell
$29.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
This completely updated and revised edition of this pictorial book catalogues and illustrates the development and growth of the incredible collection of full size World War 1-era aircraft that The Vintage Aviator Ltd has maintained, built and operated throughout the first thirteen years of the 21st Cent ...Show more
War Blacks: the Extraordinary Story of New Zealand's WWI All Blacks by Matt Elliott
$36.99 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
War Blacks is the extraordinary story of New Zealand's national sport and The Great War, and the effect each had on the other. Rugby and war have played major roles in the forging of a national New Zealand identity. This is the story of where both met, on the hot sands of Egypt and the muddy fields of B ...Show more
Art Thieves, Fakers and Fraudsters - The New Zealand Story by Penelope Jackson
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: good-very good
Art crime is soaring. Every year as much as $10 billion worth of artworks are stolen. Many more are vandalised, damaged or destroyed. Added to this is a flourishing world of fakes and forgeries, often sold for millions of dollars and hanging in the world's most prestigious galleries. If you think this i ...Show more
It Doesn't Take a War: A Life Forever Changed by the Hyde Railway Crash by Elizabeth Coleman
$30.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical
Elizabeth Coleman's father and eldest brother were killed in the Hyde railway disaster, another brother was injured, and the resources of their small community severely strained. From then on, life for Elizabeth and her family was forever changed.
Far from 'Home': The English in New Zealand by Lyndon Fraser and Angela McCarthy (editors)
$45.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Historical | Reading Level: Near Fine
For almost 200 years, the English have been one of the largest migrant streams to New Zealand, yet relatively little has been written about their experiences here. This book brings together leading international and local researchers to explore a wide range of topics and issues at the heart of research ...Show more