The Anarchy: The Rise and Fall of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
$22.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India - A book of beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by English merchants who collected ...Show more
BIG HISTORY by DORLING KINDERSLEY STAFF
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
From the formation of the Universe to today, countless major events have changed the course of life on Earth. Aligned with the online Big History Project supported by Bill Gates, Big History puts a wide-angle lens on 13.8 billion years of remarkable history and shows you how and why we got where we are ...Show more
Shaping History: 100 Great Leaders: From Antiquity to the Present by Brian Mooney
$16.00 NZD
Category: History
Throughout history, certain individuals have risen to the top. Driving others on, leading by example and leading from the front, they have shaped history. 100 Great Leaders looks in depth at some of the most renowned leaders, the most notorious leaders and the most unlikely leaders. Taken from ten diffe ...Show more
Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific by Nicholas Thomas
$14.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled. 'Takes readers on a narrative odyssey' Wall Street Journal, Books of the Year'Highlights a dizzying burst of new research' The Economist'A refreshing addition to the canon of literature that contemplates Oceanic navig ...Show more
The Little Book of Big Ideas: 150 Concepts and Breakthroughs that Transformed History by Daniel Smith
$12.00 NZD
Category: History
An exploration of some of the most important and enduring ideas in human history--from religion, science, philosophy, medicine, psychology, politics, economics and art--each presented in brief, accessible form. "Big" ideas are those concepts and theories that have radically transformed our understanding ...Show more
Rose Tinted 60s by .
$20.00 NZD
Category: History
For the turned on, tuned in and dropped out, Rose Tinted 60s offers the perfect view of the past. From miniskirts on Twiggy, catsuits and Emma Peel, VW Beetles and JFK, to free love - anytime, anywhere! There was also tie-dying, 'One small step for man', Woodstock, Warhol, The Doors, Spock, and Mohammad ...Show more
Treasures of the Czars - Kremlin Museum
$16.00 NZD
Category: History
This book features many of the remarkable works of art housed in the former armoury and other museums of the Moscow Kremlin, including Peter the Great's coronation crown, and Faberge's Tricentennial Easter Egg commissioned in 1913 by Nicholas II to celebrate 300 years of Romanov rule.
Lend Me Your Ears by Various; ed. William Safire
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
The definitive compendium of classic oratory--a book for and of the ages now made even richer and more contemporary. William Safire's invaluable and immensely entertaining Lend Me Your Ears established itself instantly as a classic treasury of the greatest speeches in human history. Selected with th ...Show more
Fingerprints Of The Gods: The International Bestseller From the Creator of Netflix's 'Ancient Apocalypse'. by Graham Hancock
$18.00 NZD
Category: History
Fingerprints of the Gods is the revolutionary rewrite of history that has persuaded millions of readers throughout the world to change their preconceptions about the history behind modern society. An intellectual detective story, this unique history book directs probing questions at orthodox history, pr ...Show more
A History of Costume in the West by Françoise Boucher
$20.00 NZD
Category: History
A study of western costume which explores a succession of styles, fashions, materials and accessories with illustrations taken from engravings, paintings, manuscript illuminations, sculptures, tapestries, drawings and photographs.
Heroes and Heroines (Greek Myths) by Jean Menzies (Editor)
$14.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Macmillan Collector's Library
Find out what happened when King Midas was granted his wish, how Icarus flew too close to the sun, and relive the adventures of Jason and the Argonauts in these stories of love, betrayal, infatuation and punishment.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized ...Show more