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A Higher Form of Killing: Six Weeks in World War I That Forever Changed the Nature of Warfare by Diana Preston
39.99 NZD
Category: History
In six weeks during April and May 1915, as World War I escalated, Germany forever altered the way war would be fought. On April 22, at Ypres, German canisters spewed poison gas at French and Canadian soldiers in their trenches; on May 7, the German submarine U-20, without warning, torpedoed the passenge ...Show more
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier by Diana Preston, Michael Preston
29.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
"William Dampier, (1651 -1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless had a passion for exploration and scientific research. mong many extraordinary achievements Dampier mapped the winds and ...Show more
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind : The Life Of William Dampier, Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer by Diana & Michael Preston
37.95 NZD
39.95 (5% off)
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A rip-roaring swashbuckler about a forgotten 17th century English hero who, starting as a poor, piratical buccaneer, became a famed round-the-world explorer. William Dampier, (1651- 1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined ...Show more
A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time: The Story of the Taj Mahal by Diana & Michael Preston
29.99 NZD
Category: History
In 1631, the heartbroken Moghul Emperor, Shah Jahan, ordered the construction of a monument of unsurpassed splendor and majesty in memory of his beloved wife. Theirs was an extraordinary story of passionate love: although almost constantly pregnant - she bore him fourteen children - Mumtaz Mahal followe ...Show more
A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time : The Story of the Taj Mahal by Diana Preston
45.00 NZD
Category: History
Nobel Prize-winning poet, Tagore called the Taj Mahal "a teardrop on the cheek of time", the words inspired by the famous monument of flawless symmetry and elegance. It was built to mark the passionate love of a great Moghul emperor for his Empress. Yet the construction of this architectural jewel, ba ...Show more
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