When Darkness Stays: Hohepa Kereopa and a Tuhoe Oral History by Paul Moon
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
This extraordinary book – unsettling, harrowing, and ultimately redemptive – is based on the time the author spent with the Tūhoe tohunga, Hōhepa Kereopa. It plunges deep into a cultural landscape that has almost vanished, bringing to light insights that are enriching and sometimes shocking. The work ...Show more
Why the West Rules - For Now Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future by Ian Morris
$29.99 NZD
Category: World History
Secondhand. Why does the West rule? Eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing uniquely on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science. In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of ...Show more
Wings over Water - The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
$45.00 NZD
Category: Military history
The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and celebration of speed and engineering prowess.
Women Warriors - An Unexpected History by Pamela D. Toler
$50.00 NZD
Category: World History
Who says women don't go to war? From Vikings and African queens to cross-dressing military doctors and WWII Russian fighter pilots, these are the stories of women for whom battle was not a metaphor. The woman warrior is always cast as an anomaly--Joan of Arc, not GI Jane. But women, it turns out, have a ...Show more
Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
$35.00 NZD
Category: World History | Series: Women in Science | Reading Level: 6 Craft/Fashion/Art
A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Art highlights the achievements and stories of 50 notable women in the arts--from well-known figures like painters Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe, to lesser-known names like 19th-century African American quilter Harriet Powers and Hopi-Tewa ceramic ...Show more
World Heritage Sites of UNESCO Ancient Civilisatio by Marco Cattaneo
$60.00 NZD
Category: World History
Archaeology and anthropology are progressively reconstructing humanity's cultural history. This volume illustrates the World Heritage List, from Lascaux to the enormous artistic and cultural legacies of Angkor and Machu Picchu. The convention for the protection of the world's cultural and natural herita ...Show more
Worn on This Day - The Clothes That Made History by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
$45.00 NZD
Category: World History
This stunning visual guide is a journey of discovery through fashion's fascinating history, one day at a time. Beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st, Worn On This Day looks at garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries, offering capsule fashion histories of everything from sp ...Show more
Worse Things Happen at Sea by John McCrystal
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History
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 f ...Show more
Worth Dying For by Tim Marshall
$27.00 NZD
Category: World History
When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel?; For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colours. And still, in the 21st century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN, on the Arab street, from front porche ...Show more
w Masters of Battle: Monty, Patton and Rommel at War by Terry Brighton
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History
'They should put Montgomery and Patton and Rommel in the same ring and take off the gloves and let 'em go at it' - Bill Mauldin, American GI. In the Second World War, Great Britain, the United States and Germany each had one commander who stood out from the rest: Bernard Montgomery, George Patton and Er ...Show more