Complete Musashi: The Book of Five Rings and Other Works
The culmination of 25 years of research, Alex Bennett's groundbreaking English translation of Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings reveals the true meaning of the original work. This piece of writing by famed samurai Musashi (1584-1645) is the single-most influential work on samurai swordsmanship, offering insights into samurai history, the Zen Buddhist state of "no-mind" that enables warriors to...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Chipilly Six
Shortlisted, 2024 NSW Premier's History Awards, Anzac Memorial Trustees Military History Prize On 9 August 1918, at Chipilly Spur overlooking the Somme River, an entire British Army Corps is held up by German machine gunners. The battle has raged for 30 hours and more than 2000 men have fallen. Then, two Australian sergeants, Jack Hayes and Harold Andrews, go absent...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Culture of Narcissism
When The Culture of Narcissism was first published in 1979, Christopher Lasch was hailed as a "biblical prophet" (Time). Lasch's identification of narcissism as not only an individual ailment but also a burgeoning social epidemic was groundbreaking. His diagnosis of American culture is even more relevant today, predicting the limitless expansion of the anxious and grasping narcissistic self into every...Paperback$3399Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Last Empire
BY THE AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY, WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2018 WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE 2015 On Christmas Day 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union. By the next day, the USSR was officially no more, and the USA had emerged as the world’s sole superpower. Award-winning historian...Paperback$2799Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Nexus
The phenomenal global and Sunday Times bestseller from the author of Sapiens. For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. International and political tensions are rising. And we are rushing headlong into...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Kingmaker
An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's greatest unsung power players, from the bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance. Named a Best Book of the Year by the Telegraph, Economist, Financial Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Daily Express, Times Literary Supplement, Spectator, Irish Examiner, London Standard, New Yorker, Politico, Apple Books, Town & Country and Oldie....Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
12 Rules for Strife
This is a handbook for change. Because we all know ways in which life could be better. And it can be better. We can make it better. We don't need to wait for a leader or saviour. We don't need to limit ourselves to comments and clicks. In this stunningly original comic-book tour of a serious topic, Jeff Sparrow and...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Speaking My Language Te Korero i Toku Reo
Well-known journalist and presenter Mike McRoberts opens up about his experiences of reconnection to te ao Māori and learning te reo, and encourages others to do the same. For much of his life, Mike McRoberts felt burdened by not knowing his own language - te reo Māori. Growing up at a time when te reo was scarcely spoken in daily...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Voices from the Grave
Ed Moloney's A Secret History of the IRA is the best-informed account yet written of the IRA's evolution from ruthless guerrilla army into governmental party, ruling Northern Ireland alongside its most intransigent former enemies. But reconciliation between political figures who until very recently wished each other dead or in jail has not been accompanied by very much truth-telling about the...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Nazi Mind
A propulsive narrative history of the motivation and mentality behind the Nazis and their supporters. How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did commandants of concentration and death camps willingly—often enthusiastically—oversee mass murder? How could ordinary Germans have tolerated the removal of the Jews? In The Nazi Mind, bestselling author Laurence Rees combines history and the...Hardback$6500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Widow Clicquot
The Widow Clicquot is the New York Times bestselling business biography of the visionary young widow who built a champagne empire, became a legend in her tumultuous times, and showed the world how to live with style. Tilar J. Mazzeo brings to life the woman behind the label, Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, in this utterly intoxicating book that is as much...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
On Democracies and Death Cults
NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Douglas Murray, international bestselling author and renowned cultural commentator, confronts what he views as the most pressing issue of our time: why Western support of the Palestinian cause is ultimately playing into the hands of a much more dangerous force. Drawing from intensive on-the-ground reporting in Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon, Murray presents a compelling case that...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Founding Partisans
From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, comes a revelatory history of the shocking emergence of vicious political division at the birth of the United States. To the framers of the Constitution, political parties were a fatal threat to republican virtues. They had suffered the consequences of partisan politics in Britain before the American Revolution and wanted nothing...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 2)
"The greatest British diarist of the 20th century... finally, we are getting the full text, in all its bitchy, scintillating detail" - Ben Macintyre "A masterpiece - a time machine that transports the reader back to British politics and high society at the end of the 1930s." - Robert Harris "An unrivalled guide to the social and political life of...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
George III
Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography - Andrew Roberts overturns received wisdom on Britain's longest-reigning king. Andrew Roberts's magnificent new biography portrays George as intelligent, benevolent, scrupulously devoted to the constitution of his country and (as head of government as well as head of state) navigating the turbulence of eighteenth-century politics with a strong sense of honour...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Bible & Treaty: Missionaries Among the Maori-A New Perspective
Bible & Treaty: Missionaries Among the Maori is a complex and colourful adventure of faith, bravery, perseverance, and betrayal that seeks to recover lost connections in the story of modern New Zealand. It brings a fresh perspective to the missionary story, from the lead-up to Samuel Marsden's first sermon on New Zealand soil, and the intervening struggle for survival and...Paperback$5000Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Guilty Pigs: The Weird and Wonderful History of Animal Law
An illuminating and entertaining history of the law's treatment of animals. Trespassing bees, murderous zebras, reasonable cows... Ever since biblical times, animals have been clashing with human laws. In Guilty Pigs, animal law experts Katy Barnett and Jeremy Gans guide readers through the philosophy and practice of animal-related law, from the very earliest cases to the issues we are debating...Paperback$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Imperial China
Explore the long and rich history of China's great dynasties. From the clans and legends of prehistory to the last Qing emperor, this book brings China's imperial history to life through its pivotal events, political forces, and powerful people, in a stunning collaboration between British and Chinese publishing houses. Covering more than 5,000 years of history and featuring images of...Hardback$6800Elsewhere:$7500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Bookseller's Tale
A lively cultural history of the book from a charmingly idiosyncratic bookseller 'The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop.' This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale their smell, scrawl in their margins, or just curl up with them in bed. Taking us on a...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Belonging
A passionate history of a world unfolding across many continents and five centuries by one of our greatest and internationally bestselling historians. A passionate history of Judaism; a world unfolding across many continents and five centuries by one of our greatest and internationally bestselling historians. Belonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour. From the...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
On War
Writing at the time of Napoleon's greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this treatise on the art of warfare, which presented war as part of a coherent system of political thought. He is best remembered for his pronouncement that war is a continuation of politics by other means and for his observations on total war. Clausewitz...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Who Dares Wins
The fascinating story of how Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana and the SAS changed the world. The early 1980s were the most dramatic, colourful and controversial years in our modern history. Margaret Thatcher had come to power in 1979 with a daring plan to reverse Britain's decline. But as factories closed their doors, dole queues lengthened and the inner cities exploded...Paperback$2900Elsewhere:$3200Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English translation of her latest work, an oral history of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive documentary style, Secondhand Time is a monument to the collapse of the USSR, charting...Paperback$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Shadow of the Silk Road
Vintage Voyages- A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind. Colin Thubron's beautiful prose unfolds along the Silk Road, unearthing a richly layered past on his most ambitious journey. On buses, donkey carts, trains, jeeps and camels, Colin Thubron traces the drifts of the first great trade route out of the heart of China...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Down and Out in Paris and London
"You have talked so often of going to the dogs - and well, here are the dogs, and you have reached them." George Orwell's vivid memoir of his time among the desperately poor and destitute in London and Paris is a moving tour of the underworld of society. Here he painstakingly documents a world of unrelenting drudgery and squalor. Sleeping...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Prosecutor
A gripping, definitive account of one man's battle to reckon with the horror of the Holocaust, by Jack Fairweather, the bestselling, Costa prize-winning author of The Volunteer (over 100k TCM). The new book from the bestselling, Costa prize-winning author of The Volunteer. The true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after WWII to prosecute war crimes, only...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
We Do Not Part
Like a long winter's dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful history. Beginning one morning in December, We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to...Hardback$3900Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Women's Work
Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing clothing created from spun fibres. In Women's Work, archaeologist-linguist Elizabeth Wayland Barber "weaves the strands of mythology and literature, ethnology and documented history into a rich tapestry" (John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Review), illuminating the vital role women held in preindustrial societies. With a distinctive and innovative approach to...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$3599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Operation Biting
Operation Biting, crafted by the esteemed author Max Hastings, is a riveting historical account that delves into one of World War II's most audacious and successful commando raids. Set in the cold winter of February 1942, this gripping narrative presents an intricate tapestry of daring military strategy and human bravery. The Allies were faced with a perplexing conundrum: a powerful...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Papyrus
The bestselling phenomenon - a 6,000-year adventure through the history of books and reading FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2023 'Outstanding, universal and unique' NEW YORK TIMES 'A literary phenomenon.' TLS 'Masterly.' ECONOMIST 'Mindboggling' TELEGRAPH Long before books were mass-produced, scrolls hand copied on reeds pulled from...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson offers readers an insightful and comprehensive journey through one of the world's most iconic and fascinating civilisations. This captivating narrative spans over three millennia of history, from the nascent days of the powerful pharaohs to the eventual decline under the Romans. Wilkinson’s work meticulously captures the grandeur and sophistication of...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Washington
Washington by Ron Chernow is a masterful and richly detailed portrait of the father of the United States. Chernow's biography captures the adventurous early life of George Washington, from his youthful exploits to his ascension as commander of the Continental Army. The narrative delves deeply into his courageous leadership during the Revolutionary War and his pivotal role presiding over the...Paperback$5500Elsewhere:$6900Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Killers of the Flower Moon
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND ROBERT DE NIRO ‘A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injustice’ – JON KRAKAUER ‘A fiercely entertaining...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Dark Queens
A vivid double biography of two fearless Early Medieval queens, and an enthralling journey of discovery across the unfamiliar and blood-soaked historical landscape of sixth-century Merovingian France. 'Brings the Merovingian empire to thrilling, bewildering, horrifying life' Helen Castor 'Restores two half-forgotten and much-mythologized queens to their proper place in medieval history' Dan Jones 'A story of scheming and savagery to...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Emperor of Rome
The Sunday Times Top Ten & New York Times Bestseller Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2023 Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries – Telegraph What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world? In her international best-seller...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Landmark Julius Caesar
The Landmark Julius Caesar provides a breathtaking, comprehensive look into the riveting military and political manoeuvres of one of history’s most iconic leaders, Julius Caesar. This definitive single-volume edition, known for its impeccable design and scholarly precision, features a fresh translation, insightful annotations, precise colour maps, and stunning illustrations. This edition, expertly curated by Kurt A. Raaflaub and Robert B....Paperback$6200Elsewhere:$6500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Enemies and Neighbours
Enemies and Neighbours by Ian Black is a masterful, comprehensive exploration of the century-long conflict between Jews and Arabs over the Holy Land. Starting from the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and the beginning of British colonial rule in 1917, the narrative delves into the intricate and turbulent history that has shaped modern-day Israel and Palestine. Black offers a compelling,...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Trouble With Being Born
The Trouble With Being Born by E. M. Cioran is a deeply introspective and profoundly philosophical exploration of the human condition. The book navigates the bleak and often darkly comic territories of existence, examining fundamental questions such as birth, death, the concept of God, the relentless passage of time, the complexity of human relationships, and the daily struggle to find...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Edible Economics
Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation, and much more - in its most digestible form. For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland and unhealthy - like British food in the 1980s, when bestselling author and economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in the UK from South Korea. Just as...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Great-Uncle Harry
Michael Palin recreates the extraordinary life and tragic death of a First World War soldier - his great-uncle Harry. I cannot remember the last time I read a book so immediately absorbing and affecting. Michael Palin has never been better - which is, of course, saying a great deal. BILL BRYSON From the time, many years ago, when Michael Palin...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Brothers in Arms
Through compelling eye-witness testimony and renowned historian James Holland's expert analysis, Brothers in Arms brings to vivid life the final bloody scramble across Europe from the powerful perspective of one of the greatest tank regiments - the Sherwood Rangers. It took a certain type of courage to serve in a tank in World War Two. Encased in steel, surrounded by...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Agent Sonya
Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre is an enthralling and meticulously researched narrative that uncovers the astonishing life of the greatest female spy in history. This gripping biography sheds light on the life of Ursula Kuczynski Burton, a woman whose espionage endeavours were pivotal during the tumultuous times of the twentieth century. Ursula Kuczynski Burton, known by her codename "Agent Sonya",...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Tornado
Former Tornado Navigator John Nichol tells the incredible story of the RAF Tornado force during the First Gulf War in 1991; the excitement and the danger, the fear and the losses. It is an extraordinary account of courage and fortitude. ‘We were doing about 620 miles-per-hour, 200 feet above the desert, in total darkness. Everything was running on rails as...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
In the Heart of the Sea
A number one best-selling sensation, In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick, is an epic true-life tale that recounts one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century. Beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory, this captivating narrative plunges readers into the harrowing events of November 1820, when the whaleship Essex was attacked by...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Fall of Public Man
The Fall of Public Man by Richard Sennett delves deeply into the intricate dynamics between the public and private spheres in contemporary society. Sennett argues persuasively that distinct behaviours and activities are suitable for each realm. However, the demarcation between these realms has become blurred, particularly due to the forces of capitalism and the secularisation of society. This erosion, Sennett...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Leadership in Turbulent Times
Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin is a masterful exploration of leadership through the lens of four American presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson. In her magnum opus, Goodwin delves into the lives of these iconic figures, examining how they navigated through periods of immense challenge and turbulence. Through meticulous research and...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Homo Deus
Homo Deus, by Yuval Noah Harari, embarks on a profound exploration of humanity's future, foreseeing a dramatic shift as we evolve from Homo sapiens into something entirely new. Harari masterfully delves into the trajectory of human advancement, painting a vivid picture of the twenty-first century and the potential paths our species might take. In a world where technology rapidly progresses...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Band Of Brothers
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose is a riveting account of Easy Company, a crack rifle company in the US Army's 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. This compelling narrative follows the soldiers from their initial training in Georgia in 1942, through their harrowing parachute landings on D-Day, to their pivotal role in liberating Europe...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3400Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Empire of the Summer Moon
Empire of the Summer Moon transports readers to the turbulent era of the mid-19th century American West, where the fierce and formidable Comanche tribe clashed with white settlers. At the heart of this gripping historical narrative are two intersecting sagas: the rise and eventual fall of the Comanches, known as the most powerful Indian tribe in American history, and the...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Fingerprints Of The Gods
The author presents a highly controversial view of history, suggesting the existence of a mysterious, lost civilisation that disseminated knowledge to various cultures around the globe, a theory which has captivated a vast audience. In this new large-format edition, Hancock addresses his critics and updates readers on the ongoing debate. He uncovers the eerie network of connections between the Great...Paperback$5400Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Underground Railroad
Praised by Barack Obama and selected as an Oprah Book Club Pick, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is a riveting novel that has garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including the National Book Award in 2016 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2017. The Underground Railroad is an extraordinary, inventive reimagining of history, focusing on Cora, a young...Paperback$2400Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants
History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants offers an engaging and provocative narrative from the unique perspective of Dom Felice Vaggioli, an Italian Benedictine monk who was sent to Aotearoa New Zealand during the late 19th century. This English language translation captures Vaggioli's observations and reflections on the lifestyles, customs, and historical events he encountered while serving in Auckland, the...Paperback$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Art Of Colonisation
Professor Paul Moon is one of New Zealand's most prolific authors; his latest biography on photographer Ans Westra garnered glowing reviews. In this book his meticulous research shows, through selected art works, how imperial art became a form of colonisation by colour. He writes, 'artists in New Zealand in the colonial era, not tied to a state vision, tried to...Hardback$4900Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Dark Renaissance
Dark Renaissance is the thrilling story of the writer who transformed culture in Elizabethan England, bringing it out of the darkness and into the light. Poor boy. Dark star. Spy. Transgressor. Genius. From one of the greatest writers on the Elizabethan era, Dark Renaissance is the thrilling and subversive life story of Christopher Marlowe—Shakespeare's inspiration and rival, who helped to...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The Unsettled
The Unsettled explores what it means to own your past. After Richard Shaw published his acclaimed memoir The Forgotten Coast in 2021, he connected with Pākehā individuals possessing long settler histories. These individuals were beginning to confront the truth behind their families' 'pioneer stories', questioning the foundations of aggressive acts of colonisation and land confiscation upon which these narratives were...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Art of War
Featuring the Chinese text on the left and the English translation on the right, this beautifully bound edition of Sun Tzu's classic text makes a unique gift or collector's item. Written in the sixth century BCE, Sun Tzu's The Art of War is still widely read and consulted today for its timeless, piercing insights into strategy and tactics. Napoleon, Mao...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz
In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a hurriedly assembled band that would play marching music to other inmates, forced labourers who left each morning and returned, exhausted and often broken, at the end of the...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
The Book of Myself (New edition)
An updated edition of the perfect do-it-yourself memoir that helps you record and preserve the experiences and knowledge of a lifetime for years to come. Divided into Early, Middle, and Later Years, this keepsake volume contains 201 questions that guide you through the process of keeping memories on subjects such as family and friends, learning and education, work and responsibilities,...Hardback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
The New Silk Roads
From the internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads: everything you need to know about the present and future of the world ‘Masterly mapping out of a new world order’ Evening Standard 'Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita' The Times Peter Frankopan's highly anticipated follow-up to the 'Book of the Decade', The New Silk Roads, takes a fresh...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Third Reich in Power, 1933 - 1939
The Third Reich in Power, 1933 - 1939 by Richard J. Evans details the harrowing transformation of Germany under Nazi rule, following Adolf Hitler's ascension to power in 1933 through to the precipice of World War II in 1939. This compelling narrative unveils the chilling mechanisms through which the Nazis subverted a sophisticated society into a dictatorship entrenched in war...Paperback$3200Elsewhere:$3600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Stuff the British Stole
An uproarious, illuminating trek through contested history, from the creator of the hit podcast and TV series. In the days of the British Empire, things were taken that probably shouldn't have been. So how come they're still in museums, galleries and some much stranger places? British museums are home to millions of fascinating objects. The trouble is, a whole bunch...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Jane Austen at Home
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley is an intimate and groundbreaking biography that delves into the personal and domestic life of one of literature's most beloved novelists, Jane Austen. Through meticulous research and a vivid narrative, Worsley brings to light a new perspective on how Austen's surroundings and daily experiences influenced her writing, creativity, and...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Pre-orderMum, I Want to Hear Your Story (Deluxe Edition)
Give Your Mum a Beautiful Gift of Legacy, Love, and Lasting Memories The Official Hear Your Story Collection Mum, I Want to Hear Your Story is your key to discovering everything from your mother's childhood memories to the profound turning points in her life. Each intentional section gives your mum a place to share her life with you while creating...Hardback$4999Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order-
All the Wrong Moves
An explosive insider story of the biggest mistakes in US history and how to put them right - from the man who saw America's wrong moves up close, White House insider turned host of the hit podcast, The Rest is Politics- US. We're living in an age of deep political anger and frustration. Where did it come from, and how...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
The Origins of the Second World War
In this account of the origins of World War II, Taylor provides a narrative of the years and events preceding Hitler's invasion of Poland on 1st of September 1939. The historian debunks previously accepted truths about World War II, arguing that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
The Dawn of Everything
The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow is a monumental and revolutionary exploration of human history that challenges long-held beliefs about the origin of civilisation. This groundbreaking work embarks on a breathtaking journey through the earliest societies, revealing a complex tapestry of human interaction devoid of the simplistic interpretations of either 'primitive and childlike' or 'brutish and...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
Vietnam
Vietnam by Max Hastings is an unparalleled exploration of the Vietnam War, providing a gripping and comprehensive account of this turbulent period. Drawing on three years of meticulous research and interviews with individuals from all sides of the conflict, Hastings offers an epic narrative that vividly brings to life the ground-breaking events and personal experiences of those who lived through...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Dominion
Dominion by Tom Holland is an enlightening exploration of the profound influence of Christianity on the Western world. With meticulous research and engaging narratives, Tom Holland journeys through history to reveal how Christianity has shaped our thoughts, values, and institutions, often in ways we have long forgotten. At its core, Dominion tells the story of how an obscure cult following...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Midnight in Chernobyl
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham is the definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. This masterful non-fiction thriller brings the 1986 disaster to life through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed it first-hand, offering a gripping narrative that reads with all the immediacy of...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Earth Transformed
THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIAL TIMES A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK | AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history' Financial Times 'Vast, learned and timely work' Sunday Times...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
A Short History of New Zealand
A new edition of the bestselling short history on New Zealand, updated to include the Helen Clark years, the rise of John Key, the Christchurch earthquakes and the 2011 Rugby World Cup!Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
Politics On the Edge
Politics On the Edge offers an unflinching look at the tumultuous world of British politics through the eyes of Rory Stewart, a former Cabinet minister and a compelling voice on the political stage. This searing insider's account charts Stewart's extraordinary ten-year journey in Parliament, beginning as a political outsider in 2010 and culminating in a bold bid for prime minister....Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Battle for the Falklands
The Battle for the Falklands is a thoughtful and informed analysis of an astonishing chapter in modern British history from journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings and political editor Simon Jenkins. Ten weeks. 28,000 soldiers. 8,000 miles from home. The Falklands War in 1982 was one of the strangest in British history. At the time, many Britons saw it...Paperback$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
The Habsburgs
The definitive history of the dynasty that dominated Europe for centuries. In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs grew in power to gain control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century, before their possessions...Paperback$2300Elsewhere:$2600Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today 
Imagining Decolonisation
Decolonisation is a term that scares some and gives hope to others. It is an uncomfortable and bewildering concept for many New Zealanders, yet it is needed if we are going to build a country that is fair and equal for all who live there. Imagining Decolonisation sets out the case for decolonisation by illuminating—through anecdotal, real-life examples—what decolonisation might...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin is a hugely significant Marxist text that fully explains the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism. Lenin argues that Capitalism would unavoidably lead to imperialism, monopolies, and colonialism. He prophesied that third-world countries, used merely as capitalist labour, would have no choice but to join the Communist revolution in Russia....Paperback$1500Elsewhere:$1599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
Caliban and the Witch
From the peasant revolts to the Great European Witch Hunt—the crushing of occult traditions and women's reproductive freedom in the transition to capitalism. A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
World War I The Definitive Visual Guide
Learn everything you need to know about the first war to shake the world and change the course of history. World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide takes you from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles, through beautifully illustrated and easy to understand timelines. Recreate the experience of some of the most prominent battles, such...Paperback$6500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today-
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Blackbirding
An important reckoning with Australia’s unspoken history of slavery. As a nation, we are becoming more accustomed to reckoning with the horrors and trauma of our colonial past, but one area has remained in the shadows: the Australian slave trade of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known as ‘blackbirding’, this dark corner of our history has been evaded...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today -
FLICK
A feisty, funny romp through the history of sex and female pleasure, from one of the most exciting new media historians. Meet the women throughout history who, quite literally, came before us. From the host of the award-winning History Hit podcast Betwixt the Sheets. There is a common misconception that before modern day feminism, women throughout history simply lay back...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips today
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