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Behind Enemy Lines : Kiwi Freedom Fighters in WWII by Matthew Wright
40.00 NZD
Category: Military
'The cloak and dagger, secretive, mercurial, exceedingly hazardous life behind enemy lines . . . ' (Allan Yeoman) Between 1941 and 1945 a fair number of young Kiwi combatants found themselves loose behind enemy lines in occupied southern Europe - mostly Greece, Yugoslavia and Italy. Most were escaped pr ...Show more
Fantastic Pasts: The Alternate Worlds of New Zealand History by Matthew Wright
35.00 NZD
Category: History
What if Maori had never discovered New Zealand? What if the moa had survived into modern times? What if Sir Francis Drake had reached New Zealand? What if Homo erectus, so-called Java Man, had survived in remote Southland? What if the wording of the Treaty of Waitangi had been very different? What if Ne ...Show more
Freyberg: A Life's Journey by Matthew Wright
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
In this fresh account of one of the 20th-century's great New Zealanders, Matthew Wright approaches Bernard Freyberg the man rather than the more widely known figure of a military leader. What took a humble immigrant child in Wellington to become a hero in two wars, friend to literary giants and politici ...Show more
Illustrated History of New Zealand (expanded 3rd edition) by Matthew Wright
60.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
In this third, revised and expanded edition of Illustrated History, noted historian Matthew Wright brings New Zealand's turbulent and exciting past to life, tracing our journey from the arrival of Polynesians to discovery by Europe, exploring New Zealand's dramatic colonial past, the impacts of the worl ...Show more
Living On Shaky Ground - The science and story behind New Zealand’s earthquakes by Matthew Wright
20.00 NZD
40.00 (50% off)
Category: NZ Non- fiction
What makes our isles so shaky? Why was Christchurch not the first of our big quakes? Any why won’t it be our last? This book investigates our turbulent tectonics. It tells us how earthquakes are measured and described, and how scientists predict future shakes. It details New Zealand’s lesser-known quake ...Show more
Living on Shaky Ground: The Science and Story Behind New Zealand's Earthquakes by Matthew Wright
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
This is the story of New Zealand's turbulent tectonics, how earthquakes are measured and described, and how scientists are predicting future shakes across New Zealand. It features some of New Zealand's lesser-known quakes, such as the most powerful quake ever recorded in New Zealand, quakes that have ha ...Show more
Man of Secrets: The Private Life of Donald Mclean by Matthew Wright
40.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
Donald McLean. The hard-tempered Scot whose policies shaped New Zealand's colonial-age race relations, and gave rise to grievances that echo into the twenty-first century. The government official who used his position to get land for his personal ventures – and provoked war between Maori along the way. ...Show more
New Zealand on the Move : 100 Kiwi Transport Icons by Matthew Wright
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
As this country developed from 1840 on, transport was the key to opening up areas for farming, forestry and manufacturing. The trains, ships, cars, planes, motorbikes and trucks that we used on to get places and make us more efficient were so relied upon that they have become part of our DNA. In this li ...Show more
New Zealand's Military Heroism by Matthew Wright
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
Matthew Wright tells the stories of heroes from all the major conflicts that New Zealanders have played a part in over the last 150 years, including the New Zealand Wars, the two World Wars and peacekeeping duties in the 1990s.
Reed Illustrated History of New Zealand by Matthew Wright
40.00 NZD
65.00 (38% off)
Category: NZ Non- fiction
New Zealand
The New Zealand Wars (The New Zealand Series) by Matthew Wright
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction | Series: The NZ Series
Why did the New Zealand Wars occur? Who fought them and how did they proceed? And where were these battles fought? In The New Zealand Wars, Matthew Wright answers these questions in probing text supported by fact boxes and illustrations that make navigating these protracted wars easy. Building on his 20 ...Show more
Those Who Have the Courage - The History of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps by Matthew Wright
95.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non- fiction
'Those Who Have the Courage will be a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in the military and social history of New Zealand. It is a comprehensive history of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, the Mounted Rifles and predecessor units ¿' - Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro, from the Foreword ...Show more
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