DK Reference World Atlas by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
$65.00 NZD
Category: Atlases
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Polynesian Navigation And The Discovery Of New Zealand by Jeff Evans
$39.99 NZD
Category: Captain Cook & Pacific Exploration
The Polynesian navigator Kupe is credited with the discovery of the land his expedition named Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud. How did he and the many canoes that followed find their way to New Zealand without modern navigational techniques through perilous seas in wooden canoes? By examining myt ...Show more
Tournaments - Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages by Richard Barber; Juliet Barker
$45.00 NZD
Category: World History
"Will appeal to a wide audience. It is beautifully presented...the illustrations add further glory to a thorough historical analysis which is based on extensive research in Europe-wide sources... particularly useful in bringing to our attention lesser-known materials from the Iberian peninsula. The leve ...Show more
James Boswell: Unofficial War Artist: London, Scotland, Iraq 1939-1945 by William Feaver
$95.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
This book covers BoswellÃÂôs work from 1939-1945 featuring satirical drawings of political figures from the era as well as many haunting images of a soldierÃÂôs life. Although he called London home Boswell was born in Westport,New Zealand in 1906. He travelled to London to study painting at ...Show more
The Silent Division & Concerning One Man's War 1914-1919 by Ormond E Burton
$65.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
The book is in three parts. Part One: a re-issue, unaltered, of the acclaimed The Silent Division - New Zealanders at the Front 1914 - 1919, first published in 1935, but now including maps and illustrations. Part Two: issued for the first time; that part of Ormond Burton's hitherto unpublished autobiogr ...Show more
Auckland Infantry - The Story of the Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly’s Own) and North Auckland Regiments and of the Citizen Soldiers who served New Zealand by Peter Cooke, John H Gray & Ken Stead
$75.00 NZD
Category: World Military History | Reading Level: very good
The long-awaited history book of the 3rd Battalion, Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) Northland and all of its predecessors is now available. It is the first detailed history of the 'Aucks' and the 'Norths' (also incorporating the Cadet Units) from the formation of the first militia units in the 184 ...Show more
For King and Country: Four Brothers, Four Crosses by Jock Vennell
$24.99 NZD
Category: World Military History
Almost a generation of the best young men were wiped out... In all walks of life many of those who would have been the leaders were missing... Not only these men, but those who would have been their children are missing, and we have had to do our best without them. Sir Douglas Robb. An undergraduate in ...Show more
1914: The Year the World Ended by Paul Ham
$59.99 NZD
Category: World Military History | Reading Level: very good
Few years can justly be said to have transformed the earth, yet 1914 did. The story of the outbreak of World War I.In July of 1914, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Britain, and France were poised to plunge the world into a war that would kill or wound 37 million people, tear down the fabric of society ...Show more
Captain's Log: New Zealand's Maritime History by Gavin McLean
$34.99 NZD
Category: World Military History | Reading Level: very good
This work provides a narrative of the important milestones of New Zealand's maritime history - Cook's voyages, whaling, assisted migration, the formation of the Union Steam Ship Company, the wars, the arrival of the container, and the America's cup.
The Fateful Year : England 1914 by Mark Bostridge
$55.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
The Fateful Year by Mark Bostridge is the story of England in 1914. War with Germany, so often imagined and predicted, finally broke out when people were least prepared for it. Here, among a crowded cast of unforgettable characters, are suffragettes, armed with axes, destroying works of art, schoolchild ...Show more
Australians at War in New Zealand: New Zealand Land Wars, 1860-1867 by Frank Glen
$65.00 NZD
Category: World Military History | Reading Level: New
There are many memorials to Australia’s war dead; among them are two permanent reminders to the Australian participation in the New Zealand Wars. The entrance to the Anglesey Barracks in Hobart is dominated by a tall column memorial to the members of the 99th Regiment that sailed from Hobart to take par ...Show more
China Station - The British Military in the Middle Kingdom 1839 - 1997 by Mark Felton
$49.99 NZD
Category: World Military History
The Author, who lives in Shanghai, sets out to demonstrate that the British military has been at the forefront of many of the great changes that have swept China over the last two centuries. He devotes chapters to the various wars, military adventures and rebellions that regularly punctuated Sino/Britis ...Show more