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Pandora's Jar - Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
'Natalie Haynes is the nation's muse' - Adam Rutherford The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories.Stories of gods and monsters are the mainsta ...Show more
Second Best by Ben Pobjie
$38.00 NZD
Category: History
History is always written by the winners and about the winners. But what about the men and women of the past who reached for gold but grasped only morale-sapping silver? Australia’s second-best comedy historian Ben Pobjie celebrates the fascinating stories of those pipped at the post of greatness – f ...Show more
Among the Wolves of Court - The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn by Lauren Mackay
$22.00 NZD
Category: History
The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries, yet two key figures in Anne's life her father Thomas and brother George are often relegated to the margins of the history of Henry VIII's turbulent reign. Well before Anne's coronation in 1533, Thomas was regarded as one of Henry's most ...Show more
A New History of the Future in 100 Objects - A Fiction by Adrian Hon
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
In the year 2082, a curator looks back at the twenty-first century, offering a history of the era through a series of objects and artifacts. He reminisces about the power of connectivity, which was reinforced by such technologies as silent messaging--wearable computers that relay subvocal communication; ...Show more
Who Owns History? Elgin's Loot and the Case for Returning Plundered Treasure by Geoffrey Robertson
$26.00 NZD
Category: History
Hard on the heels of his best-selling autobiography Rather His Own Man, one of Australia's foremost public intellectuals turns his mind to one of the most important contemporary questions that divides the world of art and culture- the restitution of heritage treasures removed in earlier times from subju ...Show more
The Bookseller's Tale by Martin Latham
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
'The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop.' This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale their smell, scrawl in their margins or just curl up with them in bed. Taking us on a journey through comfort reads, street book stalls ...Show more
Himalaya: A Human History by Ed Douglas
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
For many years, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world's most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from being wild and barren, the Him ...Show more
Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company That Took on the World - Lyons by Thomas Harding
$26.00 NZD
Category: History
'I was riveted- this is a fascinating social history.' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Five stars... history on a scale at once intimate and grand.'TELEGRAPH A panoramic new history of modern Britain, as told through the story of one extraordinary family, and one groundbreaking company. This is the story of how a fa ...Show more
Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and Her Successors by Alison Weir
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: England's Medieval Queens
The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe - these determined ...Show more
Kremlin Winter - Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin by Robert Service
$28.00 NZD
Category: History
Vladimir Putin has dominated Russian politics since Boris Yeltsin relinquished the presidency in his favour in May 2000. He served two terms as president, before himself relinquishing the post to his prime minister, Dimitri Medvedev, only to return to presidential power for a third time in 2012.Putin's ...Show more
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War by Scott Anderson
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing - seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear - to some - that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. ...Show more
The King Is Dead by Suzannah Lipscomb
$25.00 NZD
Category: History
On 28 January 1547, the sickly and obese King Henry VIII died at Whitehall. Just hours before his passing, his last will and testament had been read, stamped, and sealed. The will confirmed the line of succession as Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth; and, following them, the Grey and Suffolk families. It also ...Show more