Understanding Hieroglyphs - A Quick and Simple Guide by Hilary Wilson
$40.00 NZD
Category: History and Politics
If you've ever wanted to learn how to read hieroglyphs, this book is the perfect guide. This book will teach you all you need to know about deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, with the help of hundreds of the most commonly used hieroglyphs arranged in easy-to-use tables, with translations, plus examples f ...Show more
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe
$33.03 NZD
Category: History and Politics
New York Times bestselling author and journalist Anderson Cooper teams with New York Times bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty--his mother's family, the Vanderbilts. When eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to work on hi ...Show more
Victoria: The Woman Who Made the Modern World by Julia Baird
$37.00 NZD
Category: World History
Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth in 1819, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. Born into a world where women were often powerless, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped th ...Show more
Victory: The Inside Story of Labor's Return to Power by Peter van Onselen, Wayne Errington
$40.23 NZD
Category: World History
The inside story of Labor's return to power. Anthony Albanese's 2022 election victory was the most consequential in decades. As well as ending a 'lost decade' of conservative rule and bringing Labor into Federal power for the first time since 2013, it ushered in a new force in politics. The victory of t ...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
Voices of History: Speeches That Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$40.00 NZD
Category: World History
VOICES OF HISTORY celebrates the great speeches of world history and cultural life. In this exuberant collection, acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore takes us on a journey from ancient times to the twenty-first century: some speeches are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and atrocious; some a ...Show more
Voices of World War II - New Zealanders Share Their Stories by Renee Hollis (Editor)
$69.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Voices of World War II is a visually captivating compendium of photographs and written accounts, providing a snapshot of life during World War II from the point of view of those who lived through us. Fascinating and genuine, it shows the human side of war through dozens of first-hand accounts, memories ...Show more
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall
$50.00 NZD
Category: World History
A stunning, imaginative work of history that transforms our understanding of slavery and resistanceWomen warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the passage across the Atlantic. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history.In Wake Rebec ...Show more
War In Val D'orcia: An Italian War Diary 1943-1944 by Iris Origo
$28.00 NZD
Category: World History
War in Val D'Orcia is the elegantly simple chronicle of daily life at La Foce, a manor in a Tuscan no-man's land bracketed by foreign invasion and civil war. Writing with simplicity and grace, Iris Origo describes how she and her husband managed to help refugee children from Genoa and Turin, hide escape ...Show more
War with Russia? - From Putin and Ukraine to Trump and Russiagate by Stephen F. Cohen
$39.99 NZD
Category: History and Politics
Is America in a new Cold War with Russia? How does a new Cold War affect the safety and security of the United States? Does Vladimir Putin really want to destabilize the West? What should Donald Trump and America's allies do? America is in a new Cold War with Russia even more dangerous than the one the ...Show more
Watergate - A New History by Garrett M. Graff
$60.00 NZD
Category: World History
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full scope of the scandal through the politicians, investigators, journalists, and informants who made it the most influential political event of our modern era.In ...Show more
Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell
$25.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
From the New York Times bestselling author comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought--a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the two-hundreth anniversary of Napoleon's last stand. On June 18, 1815, the armies of France, Britain, and Prussia de ...Show more