Visual History of World Military Machines - Inside the World's Most Incredible Combat Machines by Alex Harris (Contribution by); J. J. Molloy (Contribution by); Joshua S. Bettis (Contribution by); Josh Denning (Contribution by)
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Discover the incredible combat machines that have graced the skies, land, and sea of the world's most famous conflicts. A fascinating account of the history and development of dozens of legendary military vehicles -- from the German Tiger tanks of the Second World War and the nuclear-powered submarine t ...Show more
Remember the Ramrods - An Army Brotherhood in War and Peace by David Bellavia
$42.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The Iraq War's only living Medal of Honor recipient reveals the untold story of the remarkable brotherhood behind one of the war's legendary acts of valor In 2004, he stormed an enemy stronghold to save his platoon. Fourteen years later, his unit reunited and saved him. This is their story."Acting on in ...Show more
The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation by Richard Shaw
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
WHAT IT MEANS TO OWN YOUR PAST After Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he made contact with Pakeha with long settler histories who were coming to grips with the truth of their respective families' 'pioneer stories'. They were questioning the foundation of aggressi ...Show more
Mosquito Men - The Elite Pathfinders of 627 Squadron by David Price
$24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
In November 1940, a remarkable prototype aircraft made its maiden flight from an airstrip north of London. Novel in construction and exceptionally fast, the new plane was soon outpacing the Spitfire, and went on to contribute to the RAF's offensive against Nazi Germany as bomber, pathfinder and night fi ...Show more
Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe by Frank Murphy
$59.99 NZD
Category: Military History
Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering. 4,300 B-17s and B-24s failed to return; nearly 28,000 men were taken prisoner or interned in a neutral country, and a further 2 ...Show more
Victory at Gate Pa? The Battle of Pukehinahina 1894
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
Victory at Gate Pā? examines, in exquisite detail, the historical background to the battle, the battle itself and the subsequent Battle of Te Ranga. The aftermath that saw 50,000 acres of prime land confiscated and a people driven into poverty and despair. The 29 April 1864 Battle of Pukehinahina-Gate ...Show more
Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses by Aarathi Prasad
$42.99 NZD
Category: History
In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global history, natural history, and future ...Show more
November 1942: An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War by Peter Englund
$40.00 NZD
Category: Military History
'An astonishing achievement' ANTONY BEEVOR'Extraordinary' JULIA BOYDAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War - perhaps the century - as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs.At the beginning of November 1942, it l ...Show more
New Zealand Migration by Philippa Werry
$29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
'In a country inhabited for a mere thousand years, everyone is an immigrant or a descendant of an immigrant.' - Michael King With six books now published, The NZ Series is a valuable non-fiction resource for general readers and schools, introducing complex subjects in simple, concise terms. In this seve ...Show more
A Spirit Companion - Celebrating the First 50 Years of the Spirit of Adventure Trust by Roger McDonald
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Reading Level: near fine
For 50 years, people from all walks of life have stepped aboard first the Spirit of Adventure, and today the Spirit of New Zealand Te Waka Herenga Tangata o Aotearoa, for a voyage of personal discovery. They've had fun, made friends, and been given a taste of expanded possibility. Distinguished author R ...Show more
Mad on Meth - How New Zealand Got Hooked on P by Benedict Collins
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
The eye-opening evolution of crystal meth in New Zealand and what can be done about it Only fifty years ago in New Zealand, methamphetamine was a publicly prescribed drug used as widely as by housewives, shift workers, students, and anybody looking to party. Legal for decades, meth was about to undergo ...Show more
Vikings of the Sunrise by Te Rangi Hiroa; Paora Tapihana (Foreword by)
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
One of the greatest books ever written about the peopling of the Pacific, Te Rangi Hiroa's masterpiece interweaves oral history, scholarship and personal reflections to recount the movements of seafarers from East Asia to the furthest corners of Polynesia. Out of print for many decades, Vikings of the S ...Show more