The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare by Paul Strathern
$36.99 NZD
Category: Modern History
An 'essential book for 2023', as selected by the Irish ExaminerIt is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renaissance' was initially centred on the city ...Show more
Letters to Camondo by Edmund de Waal
$37.00 NZD
Category: Modern History | Reading Level: near fine
A haunting sequence of imagined letters to the Count de Camondo -- the owner of a Parisian palace filled with beautiful objects, turned into a memorial for his lost son -- by the bestselling author of The Hare with Amber Eyes. 'Consistently illuminating... considered, compassionate and appreciative... T ...Show more
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory by Roxane van Iperen
$24.99 NZD
Category: Modern History
Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Choice and The Librarian of Auschwitz - this is the international bestselling and life-affirming true story of female bravery and surviving the horrors of Auschwitz.WINNER of the Opzij Literature Prize 2019They knew their survival depended on each o ...Show more
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang
$24.00 NZD
Category: Modern History
They were the most famous sisters in China. As the country battled through a hundred years of wars, revolutions and seismic transformations, the three Soong sisters from Shanghai were at the centre of power, and each of them left an indelible mark on history. Red Sister, Ching-ling, married the 'Father ...Show more
Auschwitz: A History by Sybille Steinbacher
$28.00 NZD
Category: Modern History
At the terrible heart of the modern age lies Auschwitz. In a total inversion of earlier hopes about the use of science and technology to improve, extend, and protect human life, Auschwitz manipulated the same systems to quite different ends. In Sybille Steinbacher's terse, powerful new book, the reader ...Show more
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