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Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
An epoch-defining history of African America, the first to appear in a generation, Four Hundred Souls is a chronological account of four hundred years of Black America as told by ninety of America's leading Black writers. Curated by Ibram X. Kendi, author of the number one bestseller How To Be an Antira ...Show more
The Language of Thieves - The Story of Rotwelsch and One Family's Secret History by Martin Puchner
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
The story of the secret language of Central Europe and its legacy on the author's hidden Nazi family history, from the author of The Written World.
The Covent Garden Ladies by Hallie Rubenhold
$24.00 NZD
Category: History
***By the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE*** 'A fascinating expose of the seamy side of eighteenth century life' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Rubenhold's pages practically reek with smelly, pox-ridden Georgian Soho' GUARDIAN ------------------------------------------------------- In 1757, a down-a ...Show more
Queens of Jerusalem - The Women Who Dared to Rule by Katherine Pangonis
$38.00 NZD
Category: History
Debut by an exciting young narrative historian - a revisionist history of Medieval Palestine In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an un ...Show more
The Zookeepers' War - An Incredible True Story from the Cold War by J. W. Mohnhaupt; Shelley Frisch (Translator)
$32.99 NZD
Category: History
The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall. "The liveliness of Mohnhaupt's storytelling and the wonderful eccentricity of his subject matter make this book well worth a read." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Living in West ...Show more
Berlin - Biography of a City by Barney White-Spunner
$37.99 NZD
Category: History
There is a particular frisson about Berlin, a combination of excitement, anticipation, nervousness and the unexpected. Through all its life it has been a city of tensions. Its position, on the frontier of Europe, on the 'Mark', where Christianity met paganism, where the Huns met the Slavs, where Europe ...Show more
Letters from a Stoic (Collins Classics) by Lucius Seneca; Gummere (trans)
$9.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrumental in guiding the Roman Empire unde ...Show more
60 Years of Coronation Street - The Incredible Story of Britain's Favourite Continuing Drama by Abigail Kemp
$49.99 NZD
Category: History
Everything you need to know about Britain's longest-running and most popular soap is found here in this impressive book. Celebrating 60 years since the show's creation, this book is an exhaustive, compelling and entertaining history packed full of features and long forgotten imagery. It takes you throu ...Show more
The Godless Gospel - Was Jesus a Great Moral Teacher? by Julian Baggini
$32.99 NZD
Category: History
Do Jesus's teachings add up to a coherent moral system, still relevant today? From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How the World Thinks.
War - How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan
$45.00 NZD
Category: History
How the human history of conflict has transformed the world we live in - for good and evil. The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony in human history: the 'long peace', as Stephen Pinker called it. But despite this, there has been a milita ...Show more
On Fascism - 12 Lessons from American History by Matthew C. MacWilliams
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
An expert on American authoritarianism offers a searing rebuke of the exceptional narrative that dominates our understanding of US history. In 12 lessons, Matthew C. MacWilliams'On Fascismexposes the divisive rhetoric, strongman tactics, violent othering, and authoritarian attitudes that course through ...Show more
The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War by Scott Anderson
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing - seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear - to some - that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. ...Show more