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
The Border: a Journey Around Russia by Erika Fatland
37.99 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: good-very good
Living next door to Russia - a cultural encounter with each of its neighbours. An extraordinary odyssey through the fourteen countries that border Russia todayFrom North Korea into China, through former Soviet states and breakaway republics in Asia and the Caucasus, crossing the Caspian and Black Seas, ...Show more
Ireland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked and the Disremembered by Turtle Bunbury
35.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
Ireland is approximately the size of the state of Indiana, yet this small country boasts an extensive, rich, and fascinating history. Ireland's Forgotten Past is an alternative history that covers 13,000 years in 36 stories that are often left out of history books. Among the characters in these absorbin ...Show more
The Greedy Queen : Eating with Victoria by Annie Gray
24.99 NZD
Category: World History
From Dr Annie Gray, presenter of BBC2's Victorian Bakers What does it mean to eat like a queen? Elizabeth gorged on sugar, Mary on chocolate and Anne was known as 'Brandy Nan'. Victoria ate all of this and more. The Greedy Queen celebrates Victoria's appetite, both for food and, indeed, for life. Born i ...Show more
Stories We Tell Ourselves - Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe by Richard Holloway
32.99 NZD
Category: World History
An examination of how we make sense of the world, from the Sunday Times bestselling author.
Warrior: A Life of War in Anglo-Saxon Britain by Edoardo,Paul Albert
24.99 NZD
Category: World History
1400 years, 206 bones, 1 extraordinary story...The never-before-told story of a nameless Anglo-Saxon warrior and the bloody life he led.
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations by William H. McRaven
29.99 NZD
Category: World History
In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his career as a Navy SEAL and commander of America's Special Operations Forces.Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the mo ...Show more
Silk Roads: Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes by Susan Whitfield
110.00 NZD
Category: World History
As world powers realign their cultural, economic and political outlooks, there is no better time to consider how Afro-Eurasia's complex network of ancient trade routes - which spanned the vastness of the steppe, vertiginous mountain ranges, fertile river plains and forbidding deserts across the continen ...Show more
Artists and Empire by Alison Smith (Editor); Tate Britain (Gallery) Staff (Contribution by); David Blayney Brown (Editor); Carol Jacobi (Editor)
60.00 NZD
Category: World History
First wide-ranging study to examine artworks created under the conditions of the British Empire during the last 500 years Exploring how artists have represented and critiqued the diverse places, people and events that make up the legacy of Empire, our expert authors have created a vital book on a subjec ...Show more
The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World by John Dickie
37.99 NZD
Category: World History
Insiders call it 'the Craft'. To the rest of us, Freemasonry is mysterious and suspect. Yet its story is peopled by some of the most distinguished men of the last three centuries: Winston Churchill and Walt Disney; Wolfgang Mozart and Shaquille O'Neal; Benjamin Franklin and Buzz Aldrin; Rudyard Kipling ...Show more