The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms by Richard Fidler
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever seen, established with astonishing speed. A people obsessed with travel, knowledge and adventure. When Richard Fidler came across the account of Ibn Fadlan - a tenth-century Arab diplomat who travelled a ...Show more
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World by Kate Mosse
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries brings together Kate's rich and detailed knowledge of unheard and under-heard women's history, and of how and why women's achievements have routinely been omitted from the history books. This beautiful illustrated book is both an alternative feminist history of ...Show more
The End Of The World Is Just The Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization by Peter Zeihan
$38.00 NZD
Category: History
2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it. America made ...Show more
Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
$50.00 NZD
Category: History
A finely spun history of clothes and where they come from Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool- through the stories of these five fabrics, Sofi Thanhauser illuminates the world we inhabit in a startling new way, travelling from China to Cumbria to reveal the craft, labour and industry that create the c ...Show more
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey; Ben Miller
$33.00 NZD
Category: History
An unconventional history of homosexuality. Too many popular histories seek to establish heroes, pioneers and martyrs but as Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller argue, the past is filled with queer people whose sexualities and/or dastardly deeds have been overlooked. We all remember Oscar Wilde, but who speaks fo ...Show more
The Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
$27.00 NZD
Category: History
'This forensic study of the Renaissance banking dynasty conjures up a world of art, literature, philosophy - and brutality' Telegraph 'Likely to become the standard work of reference on the members of the family that dominated Florence' TLS 'A lucid and beautifully illustrated family history' The Times ...Show more
The Greeks: A Global History by Prof Roderick Beaton
$33.00 NZD
Category: History
The epic, fascinating history of one of the world's great cultures. 'A wonderful book.' - Peter Frankopan 'A masterpiece' - Gregory Nagy, Harvard University 'Remarkable' - Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules-For Now The way we think. The way we learn. The entertainment we seek. The way we are gov ...Show more
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe [Platinum Edition] by Angela Kelly
$55.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: platinum edition
‘Fascinating book’ HELLO! ‘The book is a trove of warm and insightful anecdotes’ Daily Mail ‘Angela Kelly shares fascinating and charming anecdotes’ Good Housekeeping First print run features a specially designed cut-down dust jacket When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through ...Show more
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization: A new investigation into the ancient apocalypse by Graham Hancock
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER***'Hancock's books provide a fascinating,alternative version of prehistory. America Before,detailed and wide-ranging, turns what was myth and legend into a new story of the past.' Daily MailWas an advanced civilization lost to history in the global cataclysm that e ...Show more
France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
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
Kazan, the Ancient Capital of the Tartar Khans - With an Account of the Province to Which It Belongs, the Tribes and Races Which Form Its Population, etc. in Two Volumes by Edward Tracy Turnerelli
$60.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Elibron Classics Ser.
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Richard Bentley in London, 1854.
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
This is the critically acclaimed, best-selling account of the forgotten story of one of history's most brutal massacres. In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and mur ...Show more