Hotel Exile
How life was lived in one of Paris's great hotels, before, during and after the Second World War. The Hotel Lutetia is a Paris institution, the only 'grand' hotel on the city's bohemian Left Bank. Ever since it opened, it has served as a meeting place for artists, musicians and politicians. André Gide took his lunch here, James Joyce lived...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Nova Scotia House
A story of loss and grief, sex and love, and refusing to relinquish dreams. He said he would understand if it was too much for me, that I could leave him, that I was young, I should be living. I said to him, I am living. Johnny Grant faces stark life decisions. Seeking answers, he looks back to his relationship...Hardback$3500Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips late August
To Hell and Back
From one of our greatest historians, the epic story of how 20th-century Europe went to hell and back. In the summer of 1914, most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to recover from. The disaster terrified its survivors, shocked that a civilisation that had...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$3800Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The History of Sexuality: 4
The final, previously unpublished volume of one of the twentieth century's seminal works. Foucault's The History of Sexuality changed the way we think about power, selfhood, and sexuality. In this fourth and final volume, he turns his attention to early Christianity, exploring how ancient ideas of pleasure were modified into the Christian notion of the 'flesh' - a transformation that...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
100 Words That Make Us Kiwi
100 Words That Make Us KiwiHardback$3400Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 1 week-
The Forgotten Sense
Human olfaction – the sense of smell – enables us to appreciate food and drink, it warns us of dangers and it makes our environments more enjoyable. However, olfaction is one of our least explored sensory systems. Until now. Smells and scents are the colour that enrich our experience of life. Ask anyone to reflect on their sense of smell,...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
The History of Sexuality: 3
The third volume in Michel Foucault's The History of Sexuality series, now reissued in the prestigious Penguin Modern Classics, continues the philosopher's revolutionary exploration of how power, knowledge, and pleasure intersect within Western societies. Foucault delves into the Golden Age of Rome, contrasting it with classical Greek traditions, to uncover a significant transformation in the conception and regulation of sexual...Paperback$3400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Pre-orderRedwood
From the multi-million-selling historian, the remarkable, unknown Cold War story of how one spy saved the world from nuclear war. The year is 1981. Tehran is in violent turmoil in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. The Soviets are planning to overthrow the Ayatollah's fledgling Islamist regime. If they do so, one response from America — unknown to the public...Paperback$3399Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableOut 15 Sep 2026Pre-order
Why Memory Matters
'Behind the foreground narratives of justification, real or symbolic wounds are stored in the archives of cultural memory.' From curriculum to commemoration to constitutional reform, our society is in the grip of memory, a politics and culture marked by waves of loss, grief, absence, and victimhood. Why are certain aspects of the past remembered over others, and why does this...Paperback$1700Elsewhere:$2000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Secret War
Written by British former intelligence officer, Anthony Tucker-Jones, this fascinating, illustrated guide takes a deep dive into the secret operations which shaped World War II. Most of the great military campaigns and breakthroughs of World War II would not have been successful without the efforts of teams of people working unsung and undercover. The codebreakers of Bletchley Park cracked codes...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Kate Edger
In 1877, Kate Edger became the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. The New Zealand Herald enthusiastically hailed her achievement as 'the first rays of the rising sun of female intellectual advancement'. Edger went on to become a pioneer of women's education in New Zealand. She also worked tirelessly to mitigate violence against women and children and...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
40 Maps That Will Change How You See the World
Turn the pages of this thought-provoking book and discover maps that challenge conventional wisdom, confront social and political norms, and offer fresh perspectives on familiar landscapes. This meticulously curated selection of 40 maps spans the ages, from ancient parchment scrolls to cutting-edge digital creations. Each map is a window into a different facet of our world, shedding light on the...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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18% offLetters from the Bay of Islands
The life and letters of one of the first European women to settle in New Zealand. In 1822, Marianne Williams, with her missionary husband Henry and their three small children, left England forever. Their new home, in New Zealand's Bay of Islands, was a remote one-house settlement—the Church Missionary Society mission station headquarters. This was nearly twenty years before the...Paperback$3100Usually:$3800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Scott on Waterloo
As we commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, read Sir Walter Scott's firsthand accounts of his travels to the battlefield, in fascinating and bloody detail. On the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, discover a fascinating primary source – Sir Walter Scott's accounts of his journey to the battlefield. In the immediate aftermath of the Battle...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Last of the Just
The book - In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men, the Lamed-waf, are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves. At York in 1185, the just man was Rabbi Yom Tov Levey, whose sacrifice so touched God that he gave his descendants one just man each generation, all the way down to Ernie...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
18% offJoe Gould's Secret
A compelling portrait of a true New York eccentric and the agony of writer's block. After the publication of this book, Joseph Mitchell never published another word during three decades working as a reporter for the New Yorker. 'It's a masterpiece, of course, but more than that it shows that there is some such thing as being a simple observer'...Paperback$3100Usually:$3800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
20% offSaint Joan of Arc
The captivating story of Joan of Arc is told by the great underrated writer Vita Sackville-West. The strange story of Joan of Arc, the obscure peasant girl who became the national saint of France, is retold in this celebrated, classic biography. Saint Joan of Arc lives for the reader on every page, as a shepherd girl in a remote part...Paperback$3600Usually:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
20% offEdmund Burke
A rich and fascinating biography of an extraordinary man. Statesman, political thinker, orator and ardent campaigner, Edmund Burke was one of the greatest minds of the 18th century. His ideas and principles were expressed in the great debates over liberty, the rights of man and the American and French Revolutions, and are among the most important in modern history. Edmund...Paperback$3600Usually:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
12% offNew ReleaseI, Vera
Princess Vera Giedroytz was a towering, sweet-faced lesbian Princess who habitually wore a man’s suit, played billiards with brilliance, and regularly performed true medical miracles of surgery, while on occasion forcibly ejecting an inquisitive Rasputin from her operating theatre by throwing him down the stairs. In 1909, already lauded as a genius, Vera had been appointed by the doomed Tsarina...Paperback$2800Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio
Daring essays on democracy, history and the nation state by one of China's leading twentieth-century intellectuals. The power, anger and fluency of Liang Qichao's writings make him one of the towering figures in modern Chinese literature. He saw his great, almost unmanageable task as an attempt to write China into the new era - to provide an ancient country, devastated...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
A Man at Arms
Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, first century AD. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, officers of the Roman Empire acquire intelligence of a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic to insurrectionists in Corinth. The content of this letter could bring down the empire. The Romans hire a former legionary, the solitary man-at-arms, Telamon of...Paperback$3399Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New Zealand history in bite-Sized Chunks
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Central Otago History in Bite-Sized Chunks
Central Otago History in Bite-Sized Chunks offers an easy-to-digest history of Central Otago, New Zealand, presented in bite-sized chunks. Through the pages of this book, you'll be guided through many of the key events that have shaped our nation.Book$2799Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Between Dreams
This landmark collection presents fresh, progressive perspectives on what it means to be ‘Asian’ in Aotearoa. Te Papa curator Grace Gassin draws together journalists, researchers, activists, filmmakers and political commentators to relate experiences of living between cultures and to explore the legacies of New Zealand’s diverse Asian diaspora histories. Featuring a broad range of taonga from the museum’s collections, this...Paperback$4799Elsewhere:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Inherit the Truth
Although my head was shaved and I had a number on my arm, I had not lost my identity totally. I may no longer have had a name, but I was identifiable. I was 'the cellist'. Eighteen-year-old Anita was plucked out of the Nazi death machine as she arrived at Auschwitz by a twist of fate: she played the cello,...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
20% offRebirth
Antoun Issa powerfully captures his mother's true experiences of love, heartbreak and new hope during the violence of civil war. Beirut, 1974. Laila Khalil has just come of age for marriage. The eldest of five in a poor Catholic family, Laila knows that she must fulfil her family's expectations. But her heart is drawn to the handsome Nicolas, a coiffeur...Paperback$3200Usually:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
What Is Free Speech?
A fresh and exciting approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our time 'Free Speech!' is a clarion call all over the world, yet what it means today is more contested than ever. Many cultures regard it as dangerous- in China, India, and across the Islamic world, unorthodox views about politics, sex, and religion are repressed and people...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The Long War on Iran
A timely and measured examination of how U.S.Iran relations reached their current impasse and what it will take to move beyond years of distrust.The United States and Iran have been locked in a decades-long standoff, fuelled by missteps, misunderstandings, and clashing ambitions. In these pages a leading Iranian expert clarifies the dynamics driving a conflict that has devastated the Middle...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
20% offTestament Of Youth
'Remains one of the most powerful and widely read war memoirs of all time' GUARDIAN 'Vera Brittain's heart-rending account of the way her generation's lives changed is still as shocking and moving as ever' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A heartbreaking account of the impact of the First World War on a stout-hearted, high-minded young woman' SUNDAY TIMES'Should be compulsive reading' DAILY MAILWhat...Paperback$2400Usually:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Punk Rock
'To see The Clash on the White Riot tour was like discovering how to be a rock star: you just did it yourself. You didn't wait for someone to come and discover you. That was the most important thing that came out of punk... We came home and we cut our hair and bought skinny trousers. It was year zero....Paperback$3199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Meditations
Delve into this stunning gift edition boasting the complete collection of Meditationswith an introduction by Pierre Baumann. The personal writings of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, who ruled from 161 to 180 AD, not only reflect on the philosophical idea of Stoicism, but also on this powerful man's day-to-day life and issues that still plague us all. Considered to be one...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Domination
This is the story of the fall of an Empire – and the rise of another. Who spread Christianity, how, and why? In her quest to find the answer, Professor Alice Roberts takes us on a gripping investigative journey. From a secluded valley in south Wales to the shores of Brittany; from the heart of the Roman Empire in a time...Paperback$2899Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Short History of the World in 50 Tyrants
Explore the tyrants who have shaped the course of history. All power corrupts, but absolute power can turn people into absolute monsters. Discover the true stories behind the men and women who led tyrannies around the world. This is history ... but not as you know it. Leading readers through all of world history, Ben Gazur examines how tyrants and...Paperback$2199Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Hidden Stories of Heroism for a Peaceful Planet
These untold stories, that are absent from our history books, include New Zealand families refusing to let their boys be child soldiers, a Kiwi peacemaker guiding prominent adversaries away from the vicious cycle of revenge, and an entire culture practising non-violence. These are captivating tales showing the immense courage, strength, creativity, and discipline that peacebuilding demands. Hidden Stories of Heroism...Paperback$2500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Carnival of Lies
The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning Author Venice. Winter, 1539. When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de' Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence. With his life if necessary. The deadly attack which follows leads to bodies, bloodshed - and something far more dangerous. Those behind the plot obtain a journal...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
14% offSearching For Charlie
A paperback edition of the massive bestselling HB. Charles Upham was the most highly decorated soldier in the Commonwealth forces of WWII, and could arguably be called the bravest soldier of the war. An unassuming stock worker/ valuer at the beginning of the war, he stormed through Crete and the Western Desert amazing and confounding his comrades with his exploits....Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Guadalcanal's Longest Fight
"Drawing from previously unknown and unused sources, Holland paints a vivid picture of the desperate fights that broke the back of the Japanese forces ashore during that pivotal period of 1942. Holland’s ground-breaking account is vital to the understanding of the struggle to secure America’s first major land victory in the Pacific.” – Seth Paridon, Historian, Deputy Director, Mississippi Armed...Paperback$3300Elsewhere:$4199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
11% offWhen the World Sleeps
The first woman to serve as United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territory conveys the spirit of a people through 10 unforgettable stories of resilience and humanity. Francesca Albanese is the most lucid voice against Israel's apartheid policies in Gaza and the West Bank, a voice that has been heard around the world when it comes to speaking...Hardback$5800Usually:$6500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Nga Iwi O Tainui
Nga Iwi o Tainui is a classic work of New Zealand and Maori history, first published in 1995. This bilingual collection, composed of 67 chapters, details the histories, genealogies, songs, and chants of the Tainui people. It marks the culmination of a life's work by the scholar and historian Dr Pei Te Hurinui Jones. The beautiful Maori text is complemented...Paperback$6999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New ReleaseSAS Great Escapes Five
In the spirit of previous volumes, Damien Lewis reveals the untold stories of the war's most daring and audacious escapes as executed by the world's most famous fighting force, the SAS. Reaching back into the earliest origins of the SAS legend and Operation Colossus, the volume opens with a series of death-defying escapes in Italy, where bluff, deception and audacity...Paperback$3299Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru
Remarkable stories of twenty-four inspirational tupuna of Te Tai Tokerau.Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
If I Must Die
If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale. This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvellous poetry and deeply human writing about literature, teaching, politics, and family. The renowned poet and literature professor Refaat Alareer was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City...Hardback$4499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
20% offAustralia According To Hoges: Laugh out loud yarns and stories from a legendary iconic Australian and author of the hilarious bestselling memoir TH
Stories and yarns about my favourite bits of Down Under Paul Hogan's ancestors were a couple of Irish blow-ins who arrived in the colony of New South Wales by boat, with a little assistance from the judges of the Old Bailey. Blow-ins from everywhere have been coming ever since, and while it hasn't always been a walk in the park,...Paperback$2400Usually:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it)
We have always looked up at the sky and wondered. Ever since the ancient Babylonians began to track celestial objects on clay tablets, scientific inquiry has been driven by the innately human desire to understand what is out there, and where we fit in among it all. In this spellbinding book, Dr Sarah Alam Malik takes us on a journey...Paperback$3399Elsewhere:$4199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Lochs and Legends
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Scotsman’s guide to the extraordinary tapestry of the land, history, folklore, and stories of his homeland. From the majestic beauty of the wild Scottish landscape to the hidden traces of its history waiting to be uncovered in every town and village, Andrew McAlindon is enthralled by the country he is lucky enough to call home....Hardback$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Encyclopedia of Ugly Fashion
A-Z Style Blunders You'll Love to Hate Revel in the bad decisions of others with this collection of history's most bizarre fashion trends that will leave you asking "Who would even wear this?" Featuring historical context and illustrations pulled directly out of the past, fashion historian and influencer Karolina Zebrowska appraises each look with an equal amount of thoughtfulness and...Hardback$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Seer and the City
Seers featured prominently in ancient Greek culture, but they rarely appear in archaic and classical colonial discourse. Margaret Foster exposes the ideological motivations behind this discrepancy and reveals how colonial discourse privileged the city's founder and his dependence on Delphi, the colonial oracle par excellence, at the expense of the independent seer. Investigating a sequence of literary texts, Foster explores...Paperback$6699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Theory of Water
A genre-bending exploration of that most elemental force—water—through Indigenous storytelling, personal memory, and the work of influential artists and writers. For many years, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson took solace in skiing—in all kinds of weather, on all kinds of snow, across all kinds of terrain, often following the trail beside a beloved creek near her home. Recently, as she skied on...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
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Muse of Fire
Michael Korda, the best-selling author of Hero and Alone, tells the story of the First World War not in any conventional way but through the intertwined lives of the soldier poets who came to describe it best, and indeed to symbolise the war's tragic arc and lethal fury. His epic narrative begins with Rupert Brooke, "the handsomest young man in...Paperback$3100Usually:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
KL
In March of 1933, a disused factory surrounded by barbed wire held 223 prisoners in the town of Dachau. By the end of 1945, the SS concentration camp system had become an overwhelming landscape of terror. Twenty-two large camps and over one thousand satellite camps throughout Germany and Europe were at the heart of the Nazi campaign of repression and...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
African Origin of Civilization
Now in its 30th printing, this classic presents historical, archaeological, and anthropological evidence to support the theory that ancient Egypt was a black civilization.Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
20% offThe Scapegoat
PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE ‘SUBLIME’ A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ‘STUNNINGLY GOOD’ THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOKS 2024 ‘COMPULSIVE’ A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ‘BRILLIANT’ A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the...Hardback$3200Usually:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
20% offMarie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette's dramatic life story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine méchante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny. In...Paperback$2800Usually:$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
World Enemy No. 1
The shocking number of Soviet citizens who lost their lives between 1941 and 1945—26 million, more than any other country—is widely known. However, the faces and voices of these victims of Nazism are conspicuously absent. In this pathbreaking new work of history, Jochen Hellbeck restores the USSR to its proper place in the history of the Second World War, arguing...Paperback$4000Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Maori Tribes of New Zealand new edition
Beautifully illustrated, with maps of each tribal area, this book is ideal for those who want to know more about Aotearoa and the people who live here. Now with updated census data and information and designed & priced for the visitors' market, Maori Tribes of New Zealand New Edition combines great photos of scenic New Zealand with maps, Maori art,...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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$2400Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Cultural Tutor
The Cultural Tutor is dedicated to a cosmopolitan view of culture. It writes about every continent, every religion, every tradition of art and poetry. TOMIWA OWOLADE, THE TIMES For anyone who has enjoyed The Cultural Tutor on X, this book will be more of the same delight. Expect nuggets of insight and wisdom, wrapped in the author's trademark warmth and...Hardback$3900Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Art of War Book & Card Deck
The Art of War Book & Card Deck by Sun Tzu is a timeless classic that continues to influence modern strategies across various fields. Revered by those who seek success, this ancient tome has been referenced in pop culture and utilised in business strategies, politics, football tournaments, and more. It serves as a vital tool for anyone who wishes to...Paperback$4499Elsewhere:$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Destructive Creation
During World War II, the United States helped vanquish the Axis powers by converting its enormous economic capacities into military might. Producing nearly two-thirds of all the munitions used by Allied forces, American industry became what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called "the arsenal of democracy." Crucial in this effort were business leaders. Some of these captains of industry went to...Paperback$5375Elsewhere:$9500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Fireflies in Winter: A gripping, moving story of love and survival on the edge of the wilderness
A breathtaking novel of two young women fighting for love and survival on the edge of the wilderness from the author of the Good Morning America Book Club pick River Sing Me Home. Nova Scotia 1796. Cora, an orphan newly arrived from Jamaica, has never felt cold like this. In the depths of winter, everyone in her community huddles together...Paperback$3099Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
19% offWilliam the Conqueror
A landmark reinterpretation of the life of William the Conqueror—a pivotal figure in British and European history "[The] definitive biography of the man who forever changed England with his invasion of 1066."—Tony Barber, “Best books of 2016," Financial Times In this magisterial addition to the Yale English Monarchs series, David Bates combines biography and a multidisciplinary approach to examine the...Paperback$3500Usually:$4299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
19% offVictorious in Defeat
An extensively researched, comprehensive biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century’s most powerful and controversial figures. Victorious in Defeat explores the life of Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975), who led the Republic of China for almost fifty years, starting in 1926. He was the architect of a new, republican China, a hero of the Second World War,...Hardback$5800Usually:$7199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart
We leave base camp and start our trek across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future. On 26 May 2017, after a historic process of consultation, the Uluru Statement from the Heart was read out. This clear and urgent call for reform to the community from...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Spirit of Shinto
An immersive look at Japan's indigenous religion and how it can impact our daily lives. In The Spirit of Shinto, longtime Japan resident and bestselling author Hector Garcia (Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life and The Book of Ichigo Ichie) offers an engaging introduction to the history, principles, and continuing influence of Shintoism in Japan. Garcia...Hardback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Shifting Grounds
In a city that has forgotten and erased much of its history, there are still places where traces of the past can be found. Deep histories, both natural and human, have been woven together over hundreds of years in places across Tamaki Makaurau/Auckland, forming potent sites of national significance. This stunning book unearths these histories in three iconic landscapes: Pukekawa/Auckland...Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Napoleon's Military Machine
The Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever deployed. With it, the French scored a streak of historic victories that gave them an unprecedented grip on power over the European continent. At its peak, it was made up of 680,000 men, a huge multinational force of officers, infantry and cavalry,...Hardback$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Leonardo da Vinci Drawings Masterpieces of Art
Leonardo da Vinci Drawings Masterpieces of Art by Susan Grange presents the artistry of Leonardo da Vinci, the original Renaissance Man. Known for his many talents as an artist, mathematician, inventor, and writer, Leonardo's mastery is showcased through his skilful observations of the mechanics of the body, which informed both his own work and that of subsequent generations. His drawings,...Hardback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Geek in Japan
Created specifically for fans of Japanese 'cool culture,' A Geek in Japan is one of the most iconic, hip, and concise cultural guides available. Reinvented for the internet age, it is packed with personal essays and hundreds of photographs and presents all the touchstones of traditional and contemporary culture in an entirely new way. A Geek in Japan decodes the...Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Troubadours
Composing songs of love and war in medieval Western and Southern Europe, troubadours spanned the social spectrum from powerful nobles to penniless minstrels. This book delves into the everyday worlds of these remarkable poet-musicians, famed for their innovative use of language and music as well as the lasting impact of their work on audiences then and now. The troubadours' songs...Hardback$4299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
18% offI Invented the Modern Age
A fresh, meticulous, and entertaining account of Henry Ford, the Model-T, and the invention of the American car industry in the early twentieth century that “will make you rethink the man whose legacy sits in your garage” (Parade). From the acclaimed popular historian Richard Snow, who “writes with verve and a keen eye” (The New York Times Book Review), comes...Paperback$3100Usually:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Bible in Australia
Winner of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Winner of the 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize Winner of the 2019 Prime Minister's Australian History Prize Winner of the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2018 Koby Abberton emerges like a shark on to the sand at Maroubra Beach....Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea
'Readers look for and admire good writers and great writing. They will find it, in spades, in The Battle of the Bismarck Sea.' -The Canberra Times In the thick of World War II, during the first week of March 1943, Japan made a final, desperate lunge for control of the South West Pacific. In the ensuing Battle of the Bismarck...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Stuffed
Delicious... Wonderful Guardian Fascinating... Full of incident and food for thought Mail on Sunday Delightful... Vogler offers up a feast of tales about popular British foods Financial Times A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES BEST FOOD & DRINK BOOK OF 2023 Do we control our own food choices? How do supermarkets shape our eating habits? And just...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Revolusi
Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize A true masterpiece of narrative history, Revolusi reveals Indonesia's epic revolution as the great turning point of the 20th century. A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world. On a sunny morning in August 1945, a handful of...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Picts, Gaels and Scots
Early historic Scotland – from the fifth to the tenth century AD – was home to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures, all competing for land and supremacy. Yet by the eleventh century, it had become a single, unified kingdom, known as Alba, under a stable and successful monarchy. How did this happen, and when? At the heart of...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Japan
Japan tells the story of British royal contact with Japan between 1603 and 1937, when the exchange of exquisite works of art was central to both diplomatic relations and cultural contact. As a result, the Royal Collection has one of the most significant holdings of Japanese works of art in the western world. Featuring new research and stunning photography, the...Hardback$12000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Indianapolis
Indianapolis is the thrilling true story of the greatest naval disaster in United States history – the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis during World War II – and the fight for survival and redemption that followed. Four days after delivering the components of the world’s first atomic bomb to the island of Tinian, the Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Histories of the Unexpected: The Tudors
At Histories of the Unexpected, we believe that everything has a history—even the most unexpected of subjects—and that everything links together in unexpected ways. We believe that the history of the itch, the history of crawling, the history of clouds, or of lightning, or of zombies, or zebras, or holes, or perfume, or rubbish, or mustard—all have fascinating histories of...Hardback$2499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Hell Ship
Meticulous research... Veitch fleshes out a tale of courage and tragedy and brings it to life with drama, passion and detail. Herald Sun For more than a century and a half, a grim tale has passed down through Michael Veitch's family: the story of the Ticonderoga, a clipper ship that sailed from Liverpool in August 1852, crammed with poor but...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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