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Beyond the Blue Horizon - How the Earliest Mariners Unlocked the Secrets of the Oceans by Brian Fagan
$37.00 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: good
We know the tales of Columbus and Captain Cook, yet much earlier mariners made equally bold and world-changing voyages. In Beyond the Blue Horizon, archaeologist and historian Brian Fagan tackles his richest topic yet: the enduring quest to master the oceans, the planet's most mysterious terrain. From t ...Show more
Beyond the Blue Horizon: How the Earliest Mariners Unlocked the Secrets of the Oceans by Brian Fagan
$25.00 NZD
Category: World History
In Beyond the Blue Horizon, archaeologist and historian Brian Fagan tackles his richest topic yet: the enduring quest to master the oceans, the planet's most mysterious terrain. We know the tales of Columbus and Captain Cook, yet much earlier mariners made equally bold and world-changing voyages. From t ...Show more
Elixir : A Human History of Water by Brian Fagan
$60.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
"Elixir: A Human History of Water" spans five millennia, from the beginnings of civilisation to the global water shortages of today. Our present-day interaction with this most essential resource has deep roots in the remote past, and every human culture has been shaped by its relationship to water. From ...Show more
The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels by Brian Fagan
$37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
Over the past fifteen thousand years the Earth has witnessed dramatic changes in sea level. The last Ice Age, when coastlines were more than 700 feet below modern levels, saw rapid global warming, and over the following ten millennia, the oceans climbed in fits and starts. These changes had little impac ...Show more
The Great Archaeologists by Brian Fagan
$30.00 NZD
Category: World History
A gripping account of 200 years of archaeological research, excavation and thought, told through the life stories of 70 of the world's greatest pioneers and practitioners.Brian Fagan has assembled a team of some of the world's greatest living archaeologists to write knowledgeably and entertainingly abou ...Show more
The Intimate Bond: How Animals Shaped Human History by Brian Fagan
$30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
From the first wolf to find companionship in our prehistoric ancestors' camp, to the beasts who bore the weight of our early empires, to the whole spectrum of brutally exploited or absurdly pampered pets of our industrial age, animals--and our ever-changing relationship with them--have left an indelible ...Show more
The Little Ice Age - How Climate Made History, 1300-1850 by Brian Fagan
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
The Little Ice Age tells the fascinating story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history. Using sources ranging from the dates of long-ago wine harvests and the business records of medieval monasteries to modern chemical analysis of ice cores, renowned archaeo ...Show more
The Long Hot Summer : How Climate Changed Civilisation by Brian Fagan
$35.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
A fascinating look at how climate has challenged and shaped human history, from the Ice Age to the Medieval era, to the uncertain future.The Earth's climate has always been in flux: glacial periods and warm ones have slowly and relentlessly alternated for millennia. But the period of global warming of t ...Show more
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