Bomber Command - IWM Photography Collection by Rebecca Greenwood Harding
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The Imperial War Museum holds approximately 11 million photographs in its archives, covering the causes, course and consequences of modern conflict from the First World War to the present day. Off ering a snapshot into this unique collection, Bomber Command showcases 50 iconic photographs of the aircraf ...Show more
Tiny Statements - A Social History of Aotearoa New Zealand in Badges by Claire Regnault; Stephanie Gibson
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Reading Level: near fine
The award-winning authors of this small book with a big heart delve into Te Papa’s collections of over 1600 badges to examine how New Zealanders have used badges to join, belong, resist, defy and celebrate. From protest groups and Girl Guides to sports clubs, animal breeds, tino rangatiratanga and suffr ...Show more
Surgeon at War - A Frontline Surgeon's Compelling Account of the Second World War by Holly Aylett
$24.99 NZD
Category: Military History
A first-hand account of the Second World War from the operating tables behind the frontline.
Death Among Good Men by Nathalie Philippe
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military History
Lindsay Merritt Inglis was a young man who found a talent for soldiering with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force, commanding a Machine Gun company and rising to the rank of Major. From Egypt to the Somme, Messines and Le Quesnoy, he was driven to harness the tactical use of machine guns, the kill ...Show more
Marco Polo: The Remarkable Firsthand Story of the First Kiwis to Sail Around the World by Tony Armit; John Macfarlane
$40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
In 1951, an 18-year-old Kiwi lad named Tony Armit decided to build a 28-foot wooden yacht. Three years later, he christened her Marco Polo, then with a former school rugby mate, Brian ‘Tig’ Loe, set sail from Auckland on an epic voyage... and whatever adventure may await. In the process, Tony and Tig be ...Show more
The Malayan Emergency - The Crucial Years: 1949-53 by Mark Forsdike
$59.99 NZD
Category: NZ Military History
From 1948 through the 1950s British and Commonwealth forces fought a ruthless communist insurgency on the Malay peninsula. Thanks to sound generalship and the dedication and resilience of the officers and men, the security forces eventually broke the terrorists' resolve.1st Battalion The Suffolk Regimen ...Show more
New Zealand at the Beach by Terry Moyle
$49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society
In the 1960s and 1970s, going to the beach was in its heyday. Camping grounds were full and at the pictures, surfing movies made being at the beach cooler than ever. Generations of New Zealanders have always included days of golden weather at the beach among the happiest of their lives. New Zealand at ...Show more
AV-8B Harrier II - The US Marine Corps' VSTOL Jet Aircraft by Ken Neubeck
$45.00 NZD
Category: Military History | Series: Legends of Warfare: Aviation Ser.
The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II--vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL)--is the US Marine Corps' current frontline close-air-support aircraft. A variant of the famed British Aerospace Harrier II, the AV-8B is noted for its ability to hover in place, ideal for operating on smaller carriers and ...Show more
Needles and Plastic - Flying Nun Records 1981–1988 by Matthew Goody
$70.00 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Reading Level: very good
A richly illustrated Flying Nun discography – all the records from ‘Tally Ho!’ to Bird-Dog. Founded in 1981 by Roger Shepherd, Flying Nun Records unleashed an extraordinary wave of New Zealand music on listeners in Aotearoa and around the world – from The Clean to the Headless Chickens, Look Blue Go Pur ...Show more
Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook (BWB Texts) by Alice Te Punga Somerville
$14.99 NZD
Category: NZ History and Society | Series: BWB Texts | Reading Level: near fine
"Alice Te Punga Somerville employs her deep research and dark humour to skilfully channel her response to Cook's global colonial legacy"--Back cover.
Te Motunui Epa by Rachel Buchanan
$49.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
‘This is a story about the power of art to help us find a way through the darkness. It is about how art can bring out the best in us, and the worst. The artworks in question are five wooden panels carved in the late 1700s by relatives in Taranaki.’ This stunning book examines how five interconnected car ...Show more
Operation Jubilee: Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and The Sacrifice by Patrick Bishop
$26.00 NZD
Category: Military History
A GRIPPING TALE OF BRAVERY DURING THE DIEPPE RAID OF 1942 'An exemplary account of this wartime fiasco' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'well-researched, crisply written and utterly absorbing . . . will live for the reader long afterwards' Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny _________ ...Show more