Wood : Craft, Culture, History by Harvey Green
55.00 NZD
59.99 (8% off)
Category: History
Harvey Green's authoritative and fascinating book explores wood's natural and human history, celebrates its myriad forms and possibilities, and suggests the crucial roles wood has played in an extraordinary range of human endeavours. Wood matters in the human scheme, and Green understands it both as a h ...Show more
Mowanjun : 50 Years Community History by Mary Anne Jebb
60.00 NZD
Category: History
Mowanjum Aboriginal Community decided to share their stories and Wandjina traditions in this lively and richly illustrated book. It tells of their journey from their homelands in the north Kimberley to Derby where Worrorra, Ngarinyin and Wunambal peoples established Mowanjum Community in 1956.
Exiled : The Port Arthur Convict Photographs by Edwin Barnard
49.95 NZD
Category: History
Taken shortly before the infamous Tasmanian penal settlement closed for good, these images record the faces of men sent to Australia on convict ships between the 1820s and 1850s.
Cook's Endeavour Journal : the Inside Story by James Cook
34.99 NZD
Category: History
Cook's Endeavour Journal : the Inside Story brings to life the record of one of the world's most famous expeditions, the circumnavigation of the globe by Lieutenant James Cook aboard HMB Endeavour. It is a timeless story of courageous exploration - the charting of New Zealand and Australia's eastern sea ...Show more
The Riddle of Father Hackett: A Life in Ireland and Australia by Brenda Niall
34.99 NZD
Category: History
In 1922, at the height of Ireland's tragic civil war, Irish Jesuit William Hackett was transferred to Australia by his order. Assigned to a minor teaching post, this seemingly unremarkable newcomer caused no stir. Yet Father Hackett had been close to the centre of the provisional Irish Republic's strugg ...Show more
The Gypsies by Angus Fraser
64.99 NZD
Category: History
Since their unexplained appearance in Europe over nine centuries ago, the gypsies have refused to fall in with conventional settled life. They remain a people whose culture and customs are beset with misunderstanding, and who cling to their distinct identity in the teeth of persistent rejection and pres ...Show more
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword by Ruth Benedict
28.99 NZD
35.00 (17% off)
Category: History
Essential reading for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork opens an intriguing window on Japan. Benedict s World War IIera study paints an illuminating contrast between the culture of Japan and that of the United States. The Chrysanthemum and the Sword is a revealing look a ...Show more
The Italian Renaissance by J H Plumb
17.00 NZD
Category: History
Spanning an age that witnessed great achievements in the arts and sciences, this definitive overview of the Italian Renaissance will both captivate ordinary readers and challenge specialists. Dr. Plumb's impressive and provocative narrative is accompanied by contributions from leading historians, includ ...Show more
How the Scots Invented the Modern World : The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It by Arthur Herman
32.99 NZD
39.99 (17% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, ...Show more
Samurai by John Man
39.99 NZD
Category: History
The name 'Samurai' is synonymous with the ultimate warrior. With their elaborate armour, fierce swordsmanship and code of honour, the samurai have become iconic figures whose influence can still be felt today. From Kurosawa's epic "Seven Samurai" to the figure of Darth Vader in "Star Wars", to "Manga" c ...Show more
The Shroud: Fake or Fact? by Ian Wilson
45.00 NZD
Category: History
Two decades after radiocarbon dating declared the Turin Shroud a mediaeval fake, brand-new historical discoveries strongly suggest that this famous cloth, with its extraordinary photographic imprint, is genuinely Christ's shroud after all. In 1978 in his international bestseller The Turin Shroud Ian Wil ...Show more
Xanadu by John Man
39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The remarkable story of the world's most famous traveller -- Marco Polo -- and the moment when East met West for the first time. Marco Polo's journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences ...Show more