Hitler's Forgotten Victims: The Holocaust and the Disabled by Suzanne E. Evans
29.99 NZD
Category: History
The appalling story of Hitler's murderous policies aimed at the disabled including tens of thousands of children killed by their doctors. Between 1939 and 1945 the Nazi regime systematically murdered thousands of adults and children with physical and mental disabilities as part of its 'euthanasia' poli ...Show more
The Black Death in London by Barnie Sloane
44.99 NZD
Category: History
The Black Death of 1348 - 49 killed millions in its march across Europe, but how many is still a subject of intense debate with claims ranging between 25 and 50 per cent. This book examines the impact of that appalling disaster on England's most populous city, London. Using previously untapped documenta ...Show more
Soldiers of the Queen by Stephen Manning
75.99 NZD
Category: History
Throughout the Victorian period the British soldier was called upon to defend the interests of Queen and country. Whether it was in the mountains and valleys of Afghanistan, the scorching plains of India, the deserts of Egypt and the Sudan, or the South African veldt, he had to cope with extremes of tem ...Show more
The Holocaust by Doris Bergen
55.00 NZD
Category: History
6 million Jews were murdered by the Nazis, but this is only half the story. Doris Bergen reveals how the Holocaust extended beyond the Jews to engulf millions of other victims in related programmes of mass-murder. The Nazi killing machine began with the disabled, and went on to target Afro-Germans, Gyps ...Show more
William and Mary by John Van Der Kiste
55.99 NZD
Category: History
Mary (1662-94), daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne, then fifteen, is said to have wept for a day and a half when she was told she was to marry her cousin, William (1650-1702), son of William II of Orange (1626-50), Stadtholder of the Dutch republic, and Mary, eldest daughter of ...Show more
After the Raj: The Last Stayers-on and the Legacy of British India by Hugh Purcell
29.99 NZD
Category: History
In August 1947 the British ended the 'Raj' and left India. Some stayed on; others who had grown up in India shortly returned there. Over the next sixty years they adapted to modern India while always being conscious of their legacy, the inheritance of the Raj. This is the story of the very last of the s ...Show more
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy
29.99 NZD
35.00 (14% off)
Category: History
Why do unfortunates suffer from Montezuma's revenge? Just what was so Great about Peter, Catherine, Frederick and Alexander? What did Cleopatra see to admire in the fat man with a beard - Mark Anthony? Learn all this and more in Will Cuppy's humorous romp through the great names of world history. First ...Show more
The Great Irish Potato Famine by James S. Donnelly
55.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
This is an account of the Great Irish Potato Famine of the late 1840s, a famine which resulted in the death of about one million people and was also largely responsible, in conjunction with British government policies, for one of the great international human migrations of British history - the mass exo ...Show more
Education by Alex Woolf
24.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Medieval Realms S.
Offers an in-depth look at education in medieval times. This book teaches about the different kinds of schools and helps discover why the Church played an important role in the development of education. It includes written evidence, colour photographs and maps, a timeline, glossary and index.
Warfare by Peter Chrisp
24.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Medieval Realms S.
Look at warfare in medieval times. This work covers the major wars and the bloody battles fought in Europe and the Holy Lands. It describes who the great warriors were, and the weapons and tactics they used on the battlefield. It also includes contemporary written evidence, colour photographs and maps, ...Show more
The Great Crash by Selwyn Parker
39.99 NZD
Category: History
DoP - December 2008 This is the story of the financial cataclysm that started with the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929, and set in motion a series of economic, political and social events that affected many millions of people in America, Britain, Europe and Australia. The Crash rolled across the ...Show more