Thomas Cromwell: A Life (PB) by Diarmaid MacCulloch
$32.00 NZD
Category: World History
That decade was one of the most momentous in English history- it saw a religious break with the Pope, unprecedented use of parliament, the dissolution of all monasteries, and the coming of the Protestantism which decisively shaped the future of this country. Cromwell was central to all this, but establi ...Show more
Time Inside the Red Border by Editors of Time Magazine
$75.00 NZD
Category: World History
As a unique window on the world, the cover of Time is the most celebrated and coveted showcase in print journalism. People who have had their faces on Time's cover - Presidents and movie stars, corporate titans and sporting legends - consider it one of the highest forms of recognition. To Time's worldwi ...Show more
Time's Monster - History, Conscience and Britain's Empire by Priya Satia
$48.00 NZD
Category: World History
'In this searing book, Priya Satia demonstrates, yet again, that she is one of our most brilliant and original historians' Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly WatersFor generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of conquest guided the consolidation ...Show more
Titanic: True Stories of her Passengers, Crew and Legacy by Nicola Pierce
$25.00 NZD
Category: World History
This book commemorates the enduring legacy of the world's most famous ship - TITANIC. Her story is one of all those bound together on that fateful voyage. On board were: writers, artists, honeymooners, sportsmen, priests, reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats, millionaires, children, crew and emigr ...Show more
To Hell and Back: Europe, 1914-1949 by Ian Kershaw
$38.00 NZD
Category: World History
In the summer of 1914, most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilisation that had blandly assumed itself to be a model for the rest of t ...Show more
Too Famous - The Rich, the Powerful, the Wishful, the Damned, the Notorious Twenty Years of Columns, Essays and Reporting by Michael Wolff
$37.99 NZD
Category: History and Politics
TOO FAMOUS collects pieces Michael Wolff has written as a columnist for New York, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, GQ and The Hollywood Reporter, and adds several new ones. Written over a 20-year period, the book spans that moment in popular culture when personal attention became one of the world's most valua ...Show more
Touring Edwardian New Zealand by Paul Moon
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
The Edwardian era (1901-14) was fleeting but significant, perhaps nowhere more so than in Aotearoa New Zealand. At the turn of the twentieth century, many British regarded New Zealand as ‘the Britain of the South Seas’. Tourist promotions created an idealised impression of a country that was partly a c ...Show more
Tragedy at Pike River Mine: 2022 Edition - How and Why 29 Men Died by Rebecca Macfie
$45.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Winner: Post Book Award, Best First Book, Non-fiction. On a sunny afternoon in November 2010, a massive explosion rocked the underground Pike River coal mine, deep in a mountain range in New Zealand's South Island. More than an hour and a half later, two ashen men stumbled from the mine's entrance to re ...Show more
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd
$27.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. "Compelling" - Daily Telegraph "Fascinating" - The Spectator The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of Natio ...Show more
Tudors - The History of England: Volume II by Peter Ackroyd
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History | Series: The\History of England Ser. | Reading Level: 16
Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome, and his relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how t ...Show more
Tupaia by Joan Druitt
$44.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
Tupaia sailed with Captain Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour about the South Pacific and was the ship's translator. Lauded by Europeans as an "extraordinary genius," Tupaia was also a master navigator, a brilliant orator and a most devious politician. Being highly skilled in astronomy, navigation, ...Show more
Turning the Tide of Battle: Ingenious Tactics That Secured Momentous Victories by Joseph Cummins
$19.00 NZD
Category: World History | Series: Pocket History
The Pocket History series is a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of books that each open a window onto a selection of remarkable stories, characters and themes from the past. Ranging through time and across the globe, this unique series reveals and re-examines event ...Show more