Unholy Kingdom - Religion, Corruption and Violence in Saudi Arabia by Malise Ruthven
34.99 NZD
Category: World History
Reveals a riveting portrait of a nation mired in complexities. In recent years Saudi Arabia has promoted itself as an open country- oil-rich but investing in culture, tourism, social innovation, and establishing itself as a beacon in the Middle East mired in violence. But the murder in October 2018 of j ...Show more
Burning the Books: A history of knowledge under attack by Richard Ovenden
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
Opening with the notorious bonfires of 'un-German' and Jewish literature in 1933 that offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions, Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year journey through the destruction of knowledge and the fight against all the odds to preserve it. Richard Ovenden, director of the ...Show more
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by WILKINSON, TOBY A.H.
29.99 NZD
Category: World History
Every year, millions of visitors are drawn to Egypt and to museum collections around the world to marvel at the fabulous culture of the pharaohs. The ancient civilization of the Nile Valley offers a bewildering array of kings and dynasties, gods and goddesses, temples and tombs, and this new dictionary ...Show more
Blood of the Celts - The New Ancestral Story by Jean Manco
24.99 NZD
Category: World History
Blood of the Celts, now available in paperback, brings together the latest genetic, archaeological, and linguistic evidence to address the often-debated questions: Who were the Celts? What peoples or cultural identities should that term describe? And did they in fact inhabit the British Isles before the ...Show more
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
70.00 NZD
Category: World History
A new history of the Vikings - told from their own perspective rather than that of their victims The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end in September 1066, when King Harald Hardrada of Norwa ...Show more
On Fascism - 12 Lessons from American History by Matthew C. MacWilliams
27.99 NZD
Category: World History
An expert on American authoritarianism offers a searing rebuke of the exceptional narrative that dominates our understanding of US history. In 12 lessons, Matthew C. MacWilliams'On Fascismexposes the divisive rhetoric, strongman tactics, violent othering, and authoritarian attitudes that course through ...Show more
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee - Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer
37.99 NZD
Category: World History
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Chapter after chapter, it's like one shattered myth after another." - NPR"An informed, moving and kaleidoscopic portrait... Treuer's powerful book suggests the need for soul-searching about the meanings of American history and the stories we tell ourselves about this na ...Show more
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people by Michael Wood
59.99 NZD
Category: World History
China's story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UK's pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential for reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today.China is the oldest livi ...Show more
Aboriginal Australians: a History Since.. by Richard Broome
45.00 NZD
Category: World History
In the creation of any new society, there are winners and losers. So it was with Australia as it grew from a colonial outpost to an affluent society. Richard Broome tells the history of Australia from the standpoint of the original Australians: those who lost most in the early colonial struggle for powe ...Show more
Behind the Enigma - The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber Intelligence Agency by John Ferris
36.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
You know about MI5. You know about MI6. Now uncover the story behind Britain's most secretive intelligence agency in the first-ever authorised history of GCHQ. Coming October 2020.
God's Shadow - The Ottoman Sultan Who Shaped the Modern World by Alan Mikhail
36.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
An explosive global history of Sultan Selim I and how he changed the course of global history. The Ottoman Empire was a hub of flourishing intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the helm of its ascent was the omnipotent Sultan Selim I (1470-1520), who, with the ai ...Show more
Ten Days in Harlem - Fidel Castro and the Making of The 1960s by Simon Hall
32.99 NZD
Category: World History
Rising star historian Simon Hall encapsulates the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionised the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York. New York City, September 1960. Fidel Castro has just arrived for the opening of the UN General Assembly. Wild rumours are circulating that the Cubans 'kil ...Show more