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
What You Did Not Tell: A Russian Past and the Journey Home by Mark Mazower
$28.00 NZD
Category: World History
**NAMED FINANCIAL TIMES "TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR"****NAMED EVENING STANDARD "BOOK OF THE YEAR"****NAMED NEW STATESMAN "BEST BOOK OF 2017"** A warm and intimate memoir by an acclaimed historian that explores the European struggles of the twentieth century through the lives, hopes, and dreams of a si ...Show more
Women Warriors - An Unexpected History by Pamela D. Toler
$50.00 NZD
Category: World History
Who says women don't go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor. The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly--Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns out, have a ...Show more
Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
$35.00 NZD
Category: World History | Series: Women in Science | Reading Level: 6 Craft/Fashion/Art
A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Art highlights the achievements and stories of 50 notable women in the arts--from well-known figures like painters Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe, to lesser-known names like 19th-century African American quilter Harriet Powers and Hopi-Tewa ceramic ...Show more
World Heritage Sites of UNESCO Ancient Civilisatio by Marco Cattaneo
$60.00 NZD
Category: World History
Archaeology and anthropology are progressively reconstructing humanity's cultural history. This volume illustrates the World Heritage List, from Lascaux to the enormous artistic and cultural legacies of Angkor and Machu Picchu. The convention for the protection of the world's cultural and natural herita ...Show more
Worn on This Day - The Clothes That Made History by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
$45.00 NZD
Category: World History
This stunning visual guide is a journey of discovery through fashion's fascinating history, one day at a time. Beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st, Worn On This Day looks at garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries, offering capsule fashion histories of everything from sp ...Show more
Worth Dying For by Tim Marshall
$27.00 NZD
Category: World History
When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel?; For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colours. And still, in the 21st century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN, on the Arab street, from front porche ...Show more
w Masters of Battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel at War by Terry Brighton
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History
'They should put Montgomery and Patton and Rommel in the same ring and take off the gloves and let 'em go at it' - Bill Mauldin, American GI. In the Second World War, Great Britain, the United States and Germany each had one commander who stood out from the rest: Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Er ...Show more