One Nation Under Blackmail
Uncover the shocking truth behind Jeffrey Epstein's rise and fall. Whitney Webb exposes the dark alliance between intelligence agencies and organised crime that enabled Epstein's sex trafficking empire. This isn't just about Epstein; it's a deep dive into a hidden history of blackmail, corruption, and the covert power structures that control our world. Is this for you? If you're fascinated...Paperback$6200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Nothing is True and Everything is Possible
A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries. This is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Noongar Bush Tucker
Before the colonisation of Australia, Aboriginal Australians lived on a wonderful larder of fresh fruit, vegetables and lean meat, in a land largely free from disease, with more exercise, less stress and supportive communities. Today, in Aboriginal communities all over Australia, there are higher instances of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, renal disease, some types of cancer and lung diseases...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
No Longer A Wandering Spirit
Bessy Flowers is a hero of mine, and I'm very glad she's at the centre of a book that features her images and writing, along with the remarkable journey to situate her in family and Country. - Kim Scott Kia Kia, Noogiting Wirren, Minang Yorga, Minang Boodja No Longer a Wandering Spirit acknowledges the sleeping spirit of Bessy Flowers, a...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Much Ado About Cooking
Delicious recipes inspired by the most famous literary figure in the world From patties and platters to trifles and tarts, food is a key player in Shakespeare's world. With unique recipes from The Globe archives and new ideas inspired by the bard, Much Ado About Cooking is a sumptuous celebration of dishes that capture both the spirit of Shakespeare's literary...Hardback$6000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Money Beyond Borders
Doubts about the international dominance of the dollar are only growing amid worries about tariffs, political dysfunction, and fraying international alliances. Will the dollar continue to reign supreme? In Money Beyond Borders, the leading authority on international currencies, Barry Eichengreen, puts the dollar's prospects in deep historical perspective by chronicling the entire history of cross-border currencies, from the invention of...Hardback$7000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks-
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Major Hashida's Notebook
'An ingenious piece of historical reconstruction. It reads like a spy thriller.' Tom Gilling, author of Start Digging, You Bastards! In January 1941, the dapper, slightly built Major Hashida arrived at Circular Quay carrying only a small suitcase. It was eleven months before Pearl Harbor and a year before the attack on Sydney Harbour. Japan was claiming to be neutral...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableOut 4 Aug 2026Pre-order 
Latvia
From northern Europe's earliest inhabitants to the search for security in the twenty-first century, Kalnins sweeps through the full story of a remarkable Baltic state. The history of the Latvian people begins some four and a half millennia ago, with the arrival of the proto-Baltic Indo-Europeans in northern Europe. Over the following centuries of domination by successive European powers, the...Paperback$8700Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Johnson Line and Latin America
For many Stockholmers, the Johnson Line was long a household name and an essential part of their existence. One of those fascinated by the sea-crossings of these ships as a young boy was the author and journalist Nathan Shachar. In the autumn of 1904, when the businessman Axel Johnson decided to establish scheduled service between Sweden and Latin America, there...Hardback$7199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Jewish Revenge and the Holocaust
Revenge, argues award-winning author Laura Jockusch, was a ubiquitous coping reaction among European Jews during the Holocaust. It manifested as some acts of violence against Nazi perpetrators and their collaborators, as well as revenge fantasies expressed in diaries, letters, last wills, wall inscriptions, songs, and poems. Jockusch reveals how Holocaust survivors—alongside other Europeans—continued this multifaceted engagement with revenge after their...Paperback$4399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Jane Austen's Bookshelf
Everything a reader could desire: wit, passion, mystery, brilliant detective work, a love of rare books, a deep dive into literary history and, best of all, the restoration of reputation for a group of great women authors whose names should never have been forgotten – Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love Publishing to coincide with the 250th anniversary of...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
In Search of Ancient Ireland
This engaging book traces the history, archaeology, and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 B.C., when nomadic hunter-gatherers appeared in Ireland at the end of the last Ice Age, to 1167 A.D., when a Norman invasion brought the country under control of the English crown for the first time. So much of what people today accept as ancient Irish history—Celtic...Paperback$1299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Individualism and Conformism in the United States
In Individualism and Conformism in the United States, Sartre probes the paradox at the heart of American identity: a culture that claims to exalt the self even as it channels that self into mass movements, uniform mores, and ideological frameworks. Drawing on travel, reportage, and philosophical reflection, he examines how the rhetoric of liberty masks the deeper pressures toward standardisation,...Paperback$1499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
If This is Man and The Truce
Primo Levi's account of life as a concentration camp prisoner falls into two parts. If This is a Man describes his deportation to Poland and the 20 months he spent working in Auschwitz. The Truce covers his journey home to Italy at the end of the war.Hardback$5000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Hypochondria
Hypochondria proposes a bold reimagining of a frequently dismissed condition. Susannah B. Mintz reframes health anxiety not as a pathology but as a site of creative potential, exploring hypochondria as a form of communication, a reorientation to time, a convergence of personal and communal identity, a declaration of bodymind needs, and an embrace of ageing's transformations. Far-ranging in its attention...Hardback$6300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
How to Sell a Genocide
As bombs rained down on Gaza in October 2023, images of mass death and destruction gripped the world, and openly genocidal statements from Israeli leaders foretold the magnitude of horrors to come. But the US media was quick to downplay, obscure, and repackage an emerging campaign of extermination into a slick "war on terror" framework. How to Sell a Genocide...Paperback$5300Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Pre-orderHow Queer Bookshops Changed the World
For over a century, LGBTQ+ bookshops have been the unsung heroes of queer liberation. Home not only to books but chaotic community noticeboards, vicious rescue cats, and countless meet cutes, queer bookshops have always been more than just bookshops, offering friendship, solidarity, and sanctuary. Travelling the world – Shakespeare and Company in Paris, Gay’s the Word in London, the Oscar...Hardback$3299Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order
Hideyoshi
Here is the first full-length biography in English of the most important political figure in premodern Japan. Hideyoshi—peasant turned general, military genius, and imperial regent of Japan—is the subject of an immense legendary literature. He is best known for the conquest of Japan's sixteenth-century warlords and the invasion of Korea. He is known, too, as an extravagant showman who rebuilt...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
German Social Democracy, 1905–1917
No political parties of present-day Germany are separated by a wider gulf than the two parties of labour, one democratic and reformist, the other totalitarian and socialist-revolutionary. Social Democrats and Communists today face each other as bitter political enemies across the front lines of the Cold War; yet they share a common origin in the Social Democratic Party of Imperial...Paperback$9799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Frommer's Hawaii 2026
Comprehensive and fully updated, Frommer's Hawaii 2026 covers all the major Hawaiian Islands and takes you from world-famous beaches to secluded rainforests to blazing hot restaurants and everywhere in between. Frommer's authors are expert, seasoned journalists like Natalie Schack and Catherine Toth Fox, the Editor of HAWAI'I Magazine. With their reliable, straight-shooting advice, you'll be snorkelling in palm-fringed lagoons, catching...Paperback$7000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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'A gripping portrait of a crisis-ridden Turkey' — PANKAJ MISHRA 'A dizzying tour de force that leaves the reader with a sense of wonder' — ELIF BATUMAN 'Intimate and revealing' — MOHSIN HAMID Pulitzer finalist Suzy Hansen chronicles the age of authoritarianism in Turkey through an intimate portrait of its people. In the midst of a world in upheaval, Erdogan...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order
Fools & Folly in Flemish Art
According to medieval theologians, faith is a deadly serious business. Humour and virtue are irreconcilable, because laughter is uncontrollable and escapes the control of reason. A modest smile is permitted. But laughing loudly, grinning and grimacing: these are the playing field of the devil—just as pernicious as other uncontrollable urges, such as physical love or the addiction of the gambler....Hardback$550Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
First Australians (Unillustrated)
First Australians, the companion book to the SBS TV series, is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the events that unfolded when the oldest living culture in the world was overrun by the world's greatest empire. Seven of Australia's leading...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Fateful Hours
Fateful Hours tells one of the greatest dramas in world history: the failure of Germany's first democracy, culminating in the horrific rise of the Third Reich. But this tragedy was not inevitable. In this gripping new book, celebrated historian Volker Ullrich charts the many failed alternatives and missed opportunities that contributed to German democracy's collapse. In an immersive style that...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Fascism and the Global Far Right
Fascism and the Global Far Right explores a distinct movement in European history that has left deep scars across the continent. However, the term 'fascist' is now more broadly applied to those on the political right, especially the new populists who have seized power across much of the globe in recent years. Although most far-right populists vocally disavow historic fascism,...Hardback$6600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks 
Every Valley
The extraordinary true story of intertwined lives that lies behind Handel's Messiah, the most performed piece of classical music ever written. 'A delicious history of music, power, love, genius, royalty and adventure. Unforgettable' - SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 'A mesmerising journey through one of the most fascinating and creative moments in human history' - AMANDA FOREMAN London - Dublin, 1741-42. An...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Equality
'Fascinating' - New York Times WINNER OF THE 2024 JACQUES BARZUN PRIZE IN CULTURAL HISTORY Equality is in crisis. Our world is filled with soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nationality. Yet how can we strive for equality if we don't understand it? As much as we have struggled for equality, we have always been profoundly sceptical about it....Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Enver Hoxha
This is the first full-length biography of Enver Hoxha, the communist dictator who ruled Albania for nearly half a century. Hoxha was an unreformed Stalinist who was propelled to power with Soviet and Yugoslav help following the defeat of the Axis powers, though he soon broke with his former allies and built a Chairman Mao-like political cult in his tiny...Hardback$6600Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks 
Empires of the Southern Ocean
Drawing on recent archaeological and historical research, this book presents the fascinating developments in the archaeology of prehistoric societies of mainland Southeast Asia. Empires of the Southern Ocean offers a sweeping and authoritative account of the emergence, expansion, and transformation of early state-level societies across the regions that today encompass Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Spanning from the...Paperback$12099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Emmie Arbel
Arrested with her family in her native Holland, deported, held in a series of Nazi concentration camps, and orphaned—all by the age of seven—Emmie Arbel transformed her childhood survival into a lifelong mission to stand against any such other horrors. With her home now in Israel, to where she and her brother emigrated with their foster-parents in the wake of...Hardback$4699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Egypt
The tumultuous events that began in Egypt in 2011 have embraced revolution and counter-revolution. For Philip Marfleet, they are a complex and continuing process in which millions of people from a range of political formations and socio-economic and religious backgrounds became 'agents of change'. Amidst a surge of publishing on the 'Arab Spring', Egypt aims to close a critical gap...Paperback$4099Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Defenders of the Reich
The story of the Luftwaffe fighter arm’s desperate defence of the Third Reich from the growing Allied bomber offensive in World War II. The Reichsverteidigung (Defence of the Reich) was a do-or-die campaign that saw the very best fighter pilots in the Luftwaffe attempt to defend German skies from increasingly large formations of RAF and USAAF medium and heavy bombers....Hardback$7299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Days in the Caucasus
A rediscovered classic memoir - the scintillatingly witty account of one extraordinary woman's life during a turbulent century 'A voice so vivid it seems impossible that it should ever have been forgotten' – Evening Standard 'An effervescent and irreverent feat of recollection and imagination' – Wall Street Journal We all know families that are poor but 'respectable'. Mine, in contrast,...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Damned Lies and Statistics
Here, by popular demand, is the updated edition to Joel Best's classic guide to understanding how numbers can confuse us. In his new afterword, Best uses examples from recent policy debates to reflect on the challenges to improving statistical literacy. Since its publication ten years ago, Damned Lies and Statistics has emerged as the go-to handbook for spotting bad statistics...Hardback$5699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
C. Y. O'Connor
O'Connor's life was both a triumph and a tragedy. He pulled himself up from disadvantaged beginnings in a famine-torn Ireland to become a master of his profession, inspired and inspiring to others. By his own energy, probity, vision and application, it could be written of him at his death that 'no engineer [had] done more than he for an individual...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
Contemporary China
The fourth edition of this concise textbook offers students a comprehensive introduction to the politics, economy, culture, and society of modern China, while grounding all of these areas in the context of China’s recent history in the 19th and 20th centuries. Fully up to date, this accessible text examines key developments that are shaping China's place in the world today,...Paperback$6599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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Conquering the North
A panoramic history of the roots of China and Mongolia’s historic rivalry… and why it matters now. ‘A beguiling blend of history and intimate narrative – and a delight to read.’ Colin Thubron, author of Shadow of the Silk Road The Great Wall of China – stretching from the arid rises of Gansu province to the cold waters of the...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order 
Coding Capitalism
Long before Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, computer technology shaped how people worked, how markets operated, and how businesses became big. After World War II, military officials and their partners in industry looked to the newly invented electronic computer as they sought to cut costs, speed up labour, manage supply chains, and—they hoped—bring stability to the postwar economy. Their efforts would...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Christianity
The dramatic story of Christianity from its origins to the present day, told through more than one hundred stunning colour maps. With over two billion practising believers today, Christianity has taken root in almost all parts of the globe. Its impact on Europe and the Americas in particular has been fundamental. Through more than one hundred beautiful colour maps and...Hardback$7199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Capital Ideas
Capital Ideas traces the origins of modern Wall Street, from the pioneering work of early scholars and the development of new theories in risk, valuation, and investment returns, to the actual implementation of these theories in the real world of investment management. Starting with the French mathematician Louis Bachelier—who wrote about the unpredictability of stock prices in the early 1900s—Bernstein...Paperback$4399Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Brazil
Brazil offers a knowledgeable appreciation of a complex, vital South American giant, destined to be one of the world’s premier economic powers. Experts believe that Brazil, the world’s fifth largest country and its seventh largest economy, will be one of the most important global powers by the year 2030. Yet far more attention has been paid to the other rising...Paperback$3599Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
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Boudicca’s Daughter is Elodie Harper’s masterpiece. Costanza Casati, author of Babylonia One of the best books I have ever read. Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen Certainly my book of the year. Caroline Lea, author of The Glass Woman One of my favourite reads of the year. Rosie Hewlett, author of Medea Beautiful, breathtaking – I loved this novel....Paperback$2699Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order
Pre-orderBayeux Tapestry Colouring Book
Celebrate one of the world's most extraordinary works of art with this colouring book, a creative journey through the legendary Bayeux Tapestry. Created in the 1070s, the Bayeux Tapestry is one of the finest examples of Romanesque art ever created. For the first time in over 900 years, this masterpiece will be displayed in the UK at the British Museum...Paperback$2299Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order
Australian Bushrangers 1788–1880
The first 'bushrangers' or frontier outlaws were escaped or time-expired convicts, who took to the wilderness – 'the bush' – in New South Wales and on the island of Tasmania. Initially, the only Crown forces available were redcoats from the small, scattered garrisons, but by 1825 the problem of outlawry led to the formation of the first Mounted Police from...Paperback$2699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
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Athens and Sparta
Two great cities. One fierce rivalry. Countless untold stories. Athens and Sparta were the two big players in Ancient Greece. United, they helped lead the Greeks in defeating the great Persian invasion. Divided, they spread conflict and destruction throughout the eastern Mediterranean. They were not simply rivals for power, but polar opposites in culture and ideology: Athens was the outward...Hardback$7499Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order 
Archimedes
A bold reimagining of the Greek mathematician's singular life as a truly modern scientist. Galileo, Leonardo, Newton, and Tesla revered him: Archimedes of Syracuse—an engineer who single-handedly defied the world's most powerful army and a mathematician who knew more in 212 BCE than all of Europe would know for the next seventeen centuries. In this bold reimagining, modern polymath Nicholas...Hardback$5800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
Approaching the Buddha
Through images of 28 sculptures created over the course of 15 centuries, this book sheds light on how different cultures have depicted the Buddha over time. Approaching the Buddha: Transmission and Transformation highlights works from the Xuzhou Collection of Buddhist Art, a private collection of masterpieces from major Buddhist cultures across the Asian continent. These works tell the life story...Hardback$8200Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Apologetic Writings
First brought to Florence by Lorenzo de' Medici as a celebrity preacher, Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498), a Dominican friar, would ultimately play a major role in the events that convulsed the city in the 1490s and led to the overthrow of the Medici themselves. After a period when he held close to absolute power in the great Renaissance republic, Savonarola was...Hardback$7199Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
Ancient Rome: Infographics
A unique re-interpretation of the city of ancient Rome and its empire, using the tools offered by the latest information technology and graphic design. Packed with cleverly designed graphics, charts and diagrams, Ancient Rome: Infographics uses data visualization to tell the epic tale of the city of Rome and its empire. Every aspect of the Roman world is explored, from...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks-
A History of Greece
The 2nd edition of Nicholas Doumanis’s A History of Greece provides a masterful exploration of Greek history from early antiquity to the present. Doumanis surveys the ancient, medieval and modern periods to convincingly make the case for Greek culture’s robustness, having stemmed from its willing and repeated engagement with other cultures throughout history. Drawing on a wealth of sources, the...Paperback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Agincourt
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 HISTORICAL WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN AWARD ‘It’s quite a feat to write an account of England’s most famous battle that makes the reader feel like they’re experiencing history that is fresh, new and exhilarating.’ Dan Snow This groundbreaking study by Mike Livingston, as featured on History Hit's Agincourt, presents a new interpretation of Henry V's great...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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100 Ways I Almost Died
Relentless, raw, and just impossible to fake. Bram Connolly has survived more in one lifetime than most of us could ever imagine - and takes us right there, with a soldier's honesty and a storyteller's heart. DANIEL MACPHERSON, award-winning actor and presenter For more than two decades, Bram Connolly's life was a relentless march through some of the world's most...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableOut 4 Aug 2026Pre-order 
God’s Ghostwriters
Monumental and eye-opening — Reza Aslan A revelation […and…] an intellectual triumph — Irish Independent [A] massive achievement — Spectator Refreshingly readable — Guardian For the past two thousand years, Christian tradition, scholarship, and pop culture has credited the authorship of the New Testament to a select group of men: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul. But the truth is...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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Italy is renowned for its antiquity, classical literature, philosophy, and modern-day culture, cuisine and fashion, but what has gone largely overlooked and undocumented, even by its people, is its unique biodiversity. Italy has over 58,000 different species of wildlife, of which 4,777 are endemic, the highest in Europe. Italy provides a home for a third of all European flora and...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order
Pre-orderSpitfire: Blueprint of an Icon
Spitfire: Blueprint of an Icon is an engaging tribute to an aircraft that became the symbol of Britain's wartime resilience and ingenuity. Sleek, powerful and unforgettable, the Spitfire didn't just fight in the skies, it defined an era. This beautifully designed giftbook journeys through the Spitfire's legendary story. From its revolutionary design and unmatched performance to the daring pilots who...Hardback$5500Unit price /UnavailableOut 9 Dec 2026Pre-order
Worse Things Happen At Sea
MISHAP 1968 – Caught in a sudden violent storm, the Wahine ferry foundered after running aground on Barrett’s Reef, attempting to enter Wellington Harbour. Battered mercilessly by the elements, the Wahine was listing heavily to starboard when the order to abandon ship was given. The tragic events that followed became our nation’s worst modern maritime disaster. MISERY 1945 – Struck...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week-
Our Untold Stories
Our Untold Stories brings to light tales of human tragedies, bravery, and daring endeavours, famous firsts, and scandalous behaviour. These stories reflect the enormous changes that have occurred in the opinions, beliefs, and attitudes of New Zealanders over the years—stories that are hugely entertaining, enlightening, and educational. For over 40 years, retired journalist Tom Clarke has compiled this collection of...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week 
Moko
Moko is written by Michael King, one of New Zealand's most celebrated historians, and photographed by Marti Friedlander, one of the country's most eminent photographers. One of New Zealand's iconic books, originally published in 1972, it was a milestone in New Zealand publishing. At that time, Māori subject matter was not thought to be of interest to the New Zealand...Paperback$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
Great Tales from Rural New Zealand
Gordon McLauchlan is a master storyteller adept at recognising a good yarn when he sees it. Following the success of his Great Tales from New Zealand History, his new collection leads us down uncharted country lanes and tempts us with many little-known tales from New Zealand's farming and rural past, and also explores many aspects of New Zealand and being...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
Great Tales from New Zealand History
Gordon McLauchlan tempts our imagination with 46 little-known tales from New Zealand's past. Here you will discover that: Auckland applied twice to the Colonial Office to be a separate colony from the rest of New Zealand, more about the man who wanted to be James Cook, when drinking beer legally became an 'art' on the West Coast, whether Kupe was...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
A Short History of the New Zealand Wars
Following the ongoing success of A Short History of New Zealand, Great Tales of New Zealand History, and Great Tales of Rural New Zealand — all reprinted and still going strong — Gordon McLauchlan has turned his masterful storytelling skills to one of the most important periods in this country's history. Published to coincide with New Zealand's first national day...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
Ake Ake Kia Kaha E!
A truly unique insight into the impact the Second World War had on the iwi of the central North Island and Bay of Plenty districts (including Te Arawa, Ngati Tuwharetoa, Tuhoe, Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Maru and Ngati Paoa), focusing on the region's war effort not only overseas, but also at home and in government. Through personal recollections, eyewitness accounts, numerous anecdotes,...Hardback$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week-
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Tomorrow Is Yesterday
On October 7, 2023, Hamas fighters killed more than eleven hundred Israelis and took more than two hundred hostages, prompting an Israeli response that has in turn taken tens of thousands of lives and devastated the Gaza Strip. Why did this happen, and can anything be done to grant peace and justice to Israelis and Palestinians alike? In Tomorrow Is...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableOut 15 Sep 2026Pre-order -
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The Hardest, Longest Race
In 1909, America was home to 253 automakers, a landscape of visionaries and would-be barons of the new century. But when millionaire M. Robert Guggenheim announced an "Ocean to Ocean" contest from New York City to the Seattle World's Fair, only three companies were brassy enough to show up at the starting line: Acme, Ford, and Shawmut. Oddsmakers favoured the...Hardback$6000Unit price /UnavailableOut 15 Sep 2026Pre-order -
The Happiest Man on Earth
"Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you." Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every...Hardback$4000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
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The Discovery of Britain
Robb has found a new format for writing history just as Craig Brown found a fresh way to write biography - Alan Johnson Rarely does history feel so beguiling - The Observer A treasure house of a book - The Spectator Taking you on a time-travelling adventure around the 'spindly, sea-wracked islands' we call home, The Discovery of Britain is...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableOut 15 Sep 2026Pre-order -
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The City Without Jews
A truly major work, both deeply moving and incredibly powerful. It is a masterpiece of research, structure and writing ... unforgettable. Sir Antony Beevor, bestselling author of Stalingrad In 1938, Vienna was the second largest Jewish city in Europe. By 1946, only a few thousand Jews remained. In this extraordinary story of loss, fear, longing, and hope, acclaimed historian Douglas...Hardback$7500Unit price /UnavailableOut 15 Sep 2026Pre-order -
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Strangers and Intimates
Brilliantly original . . . Endlessly fascinating - Alice Loxton, author of Eighteen An intricate cultural history . . . Thought-provoking - The Sunday Times Lucid and elegant - The Daily Telegraph From ancient times to our digital present, Strangers and Intimates traces the dramatic emergence of private life, and argues that it is now in mortal danger. In this...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order -
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Fatherhood
An ambitious history of masculinity and family, from the Bronze Age to the contemporary 'crisis of men', Fatherhood dares to offer a more caring and affirmative vision of the roles men play at home and in the world. Superbly intelligent . . . a rewarding Sapiens-style big history - The Sunday Times A lightness of touch that recalls Bill Bryson...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order 
Pre-orderDo Ask, Do Tell
What is a black cat lesbian? Is 'aromantic' a sexuality or a preference? How are bisexual and pansexual different? What's it like to be queer and religious? Does Gen Z do darkrooms? How do you navigate life as an OAQ (Old Age Queer)? What does trans euphoria feel like? Why is nightlife so central to the community? What is camp...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableOut 1 Sep 2026Pre-order
Women, Home & Country
Women, Home & Country marks the centenary of the New Zealand Federation of Women’s Institutes, celebrating 100 years of friendship, service and community across Aotearoa New Zealand. Richly illustrated with archival material, contemporary photography and personal reflections, this beautifully produced hardback traces the story of the organisation from its rural beginnings in 1921 to its nationwide presence today. It captures...Hardback$5000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week-
With the SAS - Across the Rhine
With the SAS – Across the Rhine tells the story of the latter part of Captain Ian Wellsted's military career with the Special Air Service. The first part of his career was detailed in his well-received work, SAS: With the Maquis. After spending three months behind enemy lines in France from D-Day on Operation Houndsworth, during which his unit operated...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week 
Why Vietnam
The reasons behind the USA's involvement in Vietnam remain a subject of extensive debate. Initially, America supported the French until their defeat at Dien Bien Phu, which then shifted to backing the South Vietnamese government due to fears of communism spreading throughout Southeast Asia. Why Vietnam delves into the myriad reasons for US involvement, examining theories that date back to...Hardback$7500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week-
Volunteer Aces of Churchill’s Few
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAAF) serves as the primary reinforcement capability for the regular Royal Air Force (RAF). Established in October 1924 as the Auxiliary Air Force (AAF), it consists of paid volunteers who train on evenings and weekends to support the RAF during national emergencies and conflicts. Their pre-war counterparts, alongside pilots of the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR),...Hardback$7500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week -
Vladimir Putin
Following the celebrations of the Millennium and our entry into the 21st century, it was to be hoped that the days when a brutal dictator could bring mindless death and destruction to another country, and even to his own people, were over, and that the lessons of the past had been well and truly learned. A forlorn hope, as it...Hardback$6499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week 
Using Gravestones to Trace Your Ancestors
Everyone dies; it's the one certainty in life. Whilst burials have been taking place for thousands of years, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw the start of the gravestone boom as public graveyards became commonplace and personalised gravestones became more financially viable. The information provided on gravestones and monuments makes them a valuable primary source for anyone wanting to trace...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
Ultimate Spitfires
The Spitfire is probably Britain's best loved and admired aeroplane. It is also revered around the world. Ultimate Spitfires looks at the later marques that were modified for various special tasks and differed to a large degree from Supermarine's first early versions that saw action in the early days of World War II. New and more powerful Rolls-Royce engines replaced...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
The Territorial Air Force
A detailed and authoritative history of the UK's Territorial Air Force from its creation in the early 1920s until 1957. To date, little has been written about the Territorial Air Force as a voluntary military organisation and no sustained analysis of its recruitment and social composition undertaken. Made up of three different parts, the Auxiliary Air Force, the Special Reserve,...Paperback$5499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
The Surrender of Singapore
Until the late 1930s, Singapore was noted as a popular stop-off point for wealthy European travellers on their way to countries such as Australia and New Zealand. All of that changed with the outbreak of the Second World War. Despite Major-General William Dobbie, the General Officer Commanding Malaya between 8 November 1935 and August 1939, warning that Singapore could be...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week-
The Strike Wings
In November 1942, the RAF formed special Strike Wings to attack the heavily defended and seemingly invulnerable convoys that brought Germany's vital supplies of iron ore from Scandinavia down the coast of Europe to feed its war machine. The outcome was a series of sea/air battles at close quarters, fought with increasing ferocity until the last days of the war....Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week
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