Guts Glory and Blunder: Noreuil, 1917 – The Forgotten Fight by Andrew Faulkner
$37.99 NZD
Category: Military History
This is a story of a forgotten battle. Other than in the haunted memories of those who fought there, and the families of those who died there, this battle is a footnote in the history books: a backwater off a side road at the end of a cul-de-sac on the battlefield tour trail. Guts Glory and Blunder reac ...Show more
A Very Different War: RAAF Operations in the Korean War by Owen Zupp
$22.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Australian Air Campaign Ser.
The Korean War lies between the enormity of the Second World War and the controversy of Vietnam. Although it often slips through the cracks of history, it represented a global shift as two opposing ideologies clashed and the Cold War heated up. The fledgling United Nations was called to act, and Austral ...Show more
Shouting Zeros and Ones - Digital technology, ethics and policy in New Zealand (BWB Texts) by Andrew Chen (editor)
$17.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
‘Understanding how the zeros and ones increasingly influence and control our lives is critical to understanding how we can reciprocate influence and control back onto those zeros and ones.’ This vital book is a call to action: to reduce online harm, to protect the integrity of our digital lives and to u ...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
The World War I Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
$48.00 NZD
Category: Military History
An accessible guide to the major events and turning points of the First World War, and the nations and individuals involved Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the First World War - the epic conflict that was supposed to be "the war to end all wars". Combining authori ...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
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
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
SR-71 Blackbird - Lockheed's Ultimate Spy Plane by David Doyle
$55.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation Ser.
As of 2023, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest manned jet aircraft ever produced. It set the record in 1976 and has been retired since the late 1990s. With its unrivalled speed and stunning appearance, the Blackbird has maintained an almost supernatural mystique to this day. The type entered se ...Show more
Our Untold Stories: Extraordinary Tales from New Zealand's Past by Tom Clarke
$39.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
Our Untold Stories is a collection of interesting, informative, entertaining, amusing, inspiring, tragic and fascinating stories from New Zealand’s past — stories which have been largely forgotten or were unknown. For more than 40 years, former journalist Tom Clarke has been gathering stories for a Tod ...Show more