History of the Wars of the French Revolution Vol II. by Edward Baines
$250.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
The Second World War (Abridged one-volume edition) by Winston S. Churchill
$42.50 NZD
Category: World War II | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. First abridged edition of Churchill's vast memoir of the Second World War, with an Epilogue on the Years 1945 to 1957. Fifth impression. The Second World War ranks as one of the supreme historical achievements of the 20th century, and is commonly cited as a major factor in Churchill being a ...Show more
The Nile: The White Nile; The Blue Nile (Two Volume Set) by Alan Moorehead
$70.00 NZD
Category: World History
Secondhand. Folio Society edition, first printing 2001. First thus. No jackets as issued. With original large pictorial slipcase. Index. Profusely illustrated. The White Nile - 320 pages. The Blue Nile - 301 pages. The White Nile was first published in 1960, the daring exploration of the Nile River i ...Show more
False Flags: Disguised German Raids of WW II by Stephen Robinson
$30.00 NZD
Category: World War II | Reading Level: General Adult
Secondhand. An epic story of maritime daring and intrigue that will appeal to anyone interested in the world wars or maritime history, not just military experts. False Flags tells the epic untold story of German raider voyages to the South Seas during the early years of World War II. In 1940 the raider ...Show more
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson
$27.50 NZD
Category: World History
Secondhand. The definitive one-volume history of the American Civil War, winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard one-volume history of the Civil War. Ja ...Show more
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India by Lawrence James
$23.50 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taugh ...Show more
Why the West Rules - For Now Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future by Ian Morris
$17.50 NZD
Category: World History
Secondhand. Why does the West rule? Eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing uniquely on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science. In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of ...Show more
The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision by Henry Kamen
$37.50 NZD
Category: World History
Secondhand. The Spanish Inquisition first published in 1965. This folio edition is an abridgement by the author of the 1997 edition. In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen’s classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer ...Show more
The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth
$35.00 NZD
Category: World History
Secondhand. Second impression. Historia Regum Britanniae (The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudo historical account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons over the course of two thousand years, beginning with the Tr ...Show more
Meriwether Lewis - The Assassination of an American Hero and the Silver Mines of Mexico by Kira Gale
$23.50 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
This new full-length biography of Meriwether Lewis is presented within the context of the turbulent times of the early American Republic. The author discusses intrigues to seize the Floridas and Louisiana from Spain with the help of France or Britain, and makes the case for General James Wilkinson assas ...Show more
Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House by Peter Baker
$42.50 NZD
Category: World History
Secondhand. A New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Book Theirs was the most captivating American political partnership since Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger: a bold and untested president and his seasoned, relentless vice president. Confronted by one crisis after an ...Show more
The Opium War: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China by Julia Lovell
$22.50 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. In the 1800s, Britain was making a mint selling Indian opium to China. In return, they were buying tea, silks and ceramics. When eventually China decided that the drug trade was ruining her people, the British declared war, declaring China 'protectionist', 'backwards-looking' and 'superstit ...Show more