Gallipoli by Pugsley Christopher
49.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The definitive account of New Zealand's role in the disastrous 1915 Gallipoli campaign, when a British-led expeditionary force met the Turkish army in an attempt to wrest control of the Dardanelles, comes alive in an updated edition, well illustrated and brilliantly analysed by the doyen of Kiwi militar ...Show more
Men Without Country: The true story of exploration and rebellion in the South Seas by Harrison Christian
24.99 NZD
Category: World History
'What joy to be at sea again, adrift on the vast Pacific, in the clutches of a gifted storyteller. Harrison Christian and the mutineers of Men Without Country held me happily captive to the very last page.' Dava Sobel, author of LongitudeA mission to collect breadfruit from Tahiti becomes the most famou ...Show more
Recessional - The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch by David Mamet
57.99 NZD
Category: Politics
"Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air." The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross, who wrote the classic films The Verdict and Wag the Dog sounds his alarm about the Visigoths at our gates. In Recessional he calls out, ...Show more
What Jacinda Cant Say - The Difficult Truth about Climate Change by David Chapman
20.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping's China by Kevin Rudd
39.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: near fine
Written by one of Australia's former prime ministers and China expert, this book challenges the politicians, strategists and generals on both sides as they happily embark on the slippery slope of decoupling, containment, confrontation, conflict and Cold War. Possibly even the unthinkable: war itself. ...Show more
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones
26.99 NZD
Category: World History
Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. The instant Sunday Times bestseller 'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is'Sunday Times 'An audacious, entertaining page-turner. Dan Jones covers a thousand years of hist ...Show more
World War II: Infographics by Jean Lopez, Vincent Bernard, Nicholas Aubin, Nicolas Guillerat
45.00 NZD
Category: Military History
The mass of available data about World War II has never been as large as it is now, yet it has become increasingly complicated to interpret it in a meaningful way. Packed with cleverly designed graphics, charts and diagrams, World War II: Infographics offers a new approach by telling the story of the co ...Show more
Churchill, Master and Commander: Winston Churchill at War 1895-1945 by Anthony Tucker-Jones
42.99 NZD
Category: Military History
An engaging and detailed study of Winston Churchill's career as a military commander, from his early experiences in Britain's colonial wars, through his battlefield experience in World War I to his strategic command in World War II. This book examines how in high office he got it both right and wrong.Fr ...Show more
Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century by Christina Riggs
45.00 NZD
Category: World History
A surprising new history of Tutankhamun published to coincide with the centenary of his tomb's discovery. When it was found in 1922, the 3,300-year old tomb of Tutankhamun sent shockwaves around the world, turning the boy-king into a household name overnight and kickstarting an international media obses ...Show more
The Wolf Age - The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire by Tore Skeie
55.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
A thrilling work of popular history that gives a new perspective on the Viking-Anglo Saxon conflicts and brings the bloody period vividly to life. In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to get soldiers they ne ...Show more
The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan - A Chronicle Foretold by Tariq Ali
22.99 NZD
Category: Politics
The occupation of Afghanistan is over, and a balance sheet can be drawn. These essays on war and peace in the region reveal Tariq Ali at his sharpest and most prescient. Rarely has there been such an enthusiastic display of international unity as that which greeted the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. ...Show more
The Trial of Julian Assange: A Story of Persecution by Nils Melzer
45.00 NZD
Category: Politics
The shocking story of the legal persecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and the dangerous implications for the whistleblowers of the future. In July 2010, Wikileaks published Cablegate, one of the biggest leaks in the history of the US military, including evidence for war crimes and torture ...Show more