A Brief History of Portugal by Jeremy Black
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
This is a comprehensive history of Portugal that covers the whole span, from the Stone Age to today. An introduction provides an understanding of geographical and climatic issues, before an examination of Portugal's prehistory and classical Portugal, from the Stone Age to the end of the the Roman era. P ...Show more
A Brief History of Thailand: Monarchy, War and Resilience: The Fascinating Story of the Gilded Kingdom at the Heart of Asia by Richard A. Ruth
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
Thailand is known for its picturesque beaches and famous temples, but there's much more to this popular holiday destination than many realise.A Brief History of Thailand offers an engaging look at the country's last 250 years —from coups and violent massacres to the invention of Pad Thai in the 1930's. ...Show more
A Brief History of Venice by Elizabeth Horodowich
$29.99 NZD
Category: History
Venice grew out of the swamps of Italy and became one of the great mercantile and cultural centers of the world. Elizabeth Horodowich, one of the leading historians of the city, tells the whole story, showing that Venice, alongside Florence and Rome, was one of the great Renaissance capitals. The book ...Show more
A (Brief) History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization by Robert Evans
$30.00 NZD
Category: History
A hilarious, fascinating and alternative history of bad behaviour, from an editor at Cracked. Part history lesson, part how-to guide, A Brief History of Vice includes interviews with experts and original experimentation to bring readers a history of some of humanity's most prominent vices, along with ex ...Show more
A Brief History of the Holy Grail: The Legendary Quest by Giles Morgan
$29.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Brief History of
"A Brief History of the Holy Grail" charts the origins of the grail story from early Christian gospels through to eastern mysticism and the rise of medieval romances and Arthurian legends. The grail reappears once more in the story of the Crusades and in particular the rise and dramatic fall of the Knig ...Show more
A Brief History of the Mediterranean - From the Phoenicians to the Present Day by Jeremy Black
$27.99 NZD
Category: History
A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion for any visitor -- or indeed, anyone compelled to stay at home. 'The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean.' Samuel Johnson, 1776 The Mediterranean has always bee ...Show more
A Brief History of the Middle East by Christopher Catherwood
$33.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
For over a millennium, the Islamic empires were ahead of the West in learning, technology and medicine, and were militarily far more powerful. It took another three hundred centuries for the West to catch up, and overtake, the Middle East. Why does it seem different now? This title explains these issues ...Show more
A Colonists Gaze by John E. Martin
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
This fascinating biography of Charles Rooking Carter connects the English Victorian world and colonial New Zealand, particularly Wellington and the Wairarapa. It also, through Carter's colonial `gaze' reflected in his writings, draws out the contrast between the old world of Europe and the new antipodea ...Show more
A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome by Alberto Angela
$35.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The roar of frenzied spectators inside the Coliseum during a battle between gladiators. A crowd of onlookers gathered around a slave driver. The wondrous plenty of banquets where flamingos are roasted whole and wine flows like rivers. The silence of the baths and the boisterous taverns . . . Many books ...Show more
A Distant Feast: the Origins of New Zealand's Cuisine by Tony Simpson
$34.99 NZD
$49.99 (30% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
This new edition of the Godwit book first published in 1995 has been attractively repackaged and fully illustrated. The origins of New Zealand's cuisine can be traced back to our nineteenth-century immigrant ancestors. They were confronted with not only reversed seasons but plentiful fertile land and a ...Show more
A History Of The Crusades II by Steven Runciman
$30.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
The second volume of Steven Runciman's classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades 'There was magic about. Saladin himself was troubled by terrible dreams...' Steven Runciman's unrivalled history of the Crusades is a classic of learning and vivid, compelling storytelling, which br ...Show more
A History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver
$44.99 NZD
$55.00 (18% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A HISTORY OF ANCIENT BRITAIN Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their battle for survival. There has been human habitation in Britain, regular ...Show more