The War in the West - A New History: Volume 2: The Allies Fight Back 1941-43 by James Holland
40.00 NZD
Category: Military History
In the second volume of his acclaimed new history of the Second World War, James Holland examines the momentous turning points of 1941-1943: Hitler's invasion of Russia; America's entry into the conflict; the devastating Thousand Bomber Raids over Germany; the long struggle in the deserts of North Afric ...Show more
Who Rules the World? by Noam Chomsky
30.00 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: very good
A New York Times BestsellerWith a New AfterwordIn an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky examines the way that the United States, despite the rise of Europe and Asia, still largely sets the terms of global discourse. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from ...Show more
New Zealand's Prime Ministers: From Dick Seddon to John Key by Michael Bassett
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: near fine
Collective biographies have been written for Britain’s and Australia’s Prime Ministers, and for America’s Presidents. Until now New Zealand has had no comparable overview. Based on extensive, careful archival research, interviews with recent Prime Ministers, many of their colleagues, and with their oppo ...Show more
How Did We Get Into This Mess? Politics, Equality, Nature by George Monbiot
21.99 NZD
Category: Politics | Reading Level: near fine
Leading political and environmental commentator on where we have gone wrong, and what to do about it " Without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies. Without countervailing voices, a better world can never materialise. Without countervailing voices, well ...Show more
Illustrated Book of Fighter Aircraft by Crosby Francis
24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
This book includes topics ranging from the earliest planes to the supersonic jets of today, featuring images from the Imperial War Museum. It is an illustrated A-Z directory of over 170 aircraft, including early planes used in World War I, fighters from the inter-war years and World War II, and the high ...Show more
How the Hell Did This Happen?: The US Election of 2016 by P. J. O'Rourke
32.99 NZD
Category: Politics
No comedian could have written the joke this election cycle has been. The punch line is too ridiculous (whoever the punch line is going to be). Celebrated political satirist, journalist, and diehard Republican P.J. O'Rourke brings his critical eye and inimitable voice to some serious risky business. How ...Show more
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr
27.99 NZD
Category: History And Politics
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In e ...Show more
Winston: The Story of a Political Phenomenon by Ian Wishart
29.99 NZD
38.99 (23% off)
Category: Politics
Love him or loathe him, Winston Peters is a conversation starter. But what do you really know about him? How much of what you hear from either friend or foe is true? In a book that will both stun and entertain, investigative journalist and bestselling author Ian Wishart sorts the myth from the reality a ...Show more
From the Blitz to the Burmese Jungle & Beyond by Brian Hennessy; Karen McMillan
29.99 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: very good
One man's memoir of World War II which took him from the Blitz to the jungles of Burma, to the devastation of Hiroshima.'I consider myself lucky to have survived the global carnage still myself - a reluctant soldier who had to go to war, who only ever wanted peace for everyone.' Brian HennessyBrian immi ...Show more
Sinai Journal: 30 years of Kiwis serving with the Multinational Force and Observers by Sarah Chandler & Charlie O’Hara-Smith (Editors)
29.99 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: New
"It's the world’s most successful peace keeping mission - which hardly anyone’s heard of!” So says one of the many New Zealand Defence Force personnel interviewed for Sinai Journal: 30 Years of Kiwis serving with the Multinational Force and Observers. 2012 marked the thirtieth year of New Zealand’s sign ...Show more
New Zealand Society at War by Steven Loveridge
40.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Reading Level: Near Fine
James Belich once argued that in New Zealand the 'grand themes of world history are often played out more rapidly, more separately, and therefore more discernibly than elsewhere', and this is certainly applicable to the Great War. New Zealand in 1914 was a leading liberal democracy with modern infrastru ...Show more
At the Margin of Empire : John Webster and Hokianga, 1841-1900 by Jennifer Ashton
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
In this remarkable biography, Jennifer Ashton uses the life of one man as a unique lens through which to view the early history of New Zealand. Born in Scotland in 1818, John Webster came to New Zealand via Australia in 1841 (after a violent encounter in the outback which he just escaped unscathed) and ...Show more