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By: John McCrystal
ISBN: 9781760633592
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2019
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
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Beautifully illustrated with a selection of fascinating maps, Singing the Trail is the story of New Zealand through its maps - and the story of the explorers who made those maps.
(Paperback)
By: Caroline Alexander
ISBN: 9781804189887
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: Bonnier Books Ltd
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The little-known story of the Allies' fight in WWII's chaotic and lethal China-Burma-India theatre.
(Hardback)
By: Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
ISBN: 9781250275790
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
Publisher: St Martin's Press
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In a beautifully illustrated social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century through the eras most iconic dresses.
(Paperback)
By: Padraic X. Scanlan
ISBN: 9781472142337
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 10th March 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The idea that the British empire was built on freedom is a myth. Britain rose to global power in the eighteenth century on the backs of enslaved workers. And although Britain was the first European empire to abolish slavery, even British abolitionism was shaped by the slave empire.
(Paperback)
By: Jori Lewis
ISBN: 9781620979174
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
Publisher: The New Press
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(Paperback)
By: Ann Hagedorn
ISBN: 9781501173950
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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The little-known story of a spy on the atom-bomb project in World War II who had top security clearance -- American born, Soviet trained, he was never even suspected until after his top-secret espionage was in Soviet hands and he was safe in the USSR. It's Ben Macintyre meets "The Americans."
(Paperback)
By: Witi Ihimaera
ISBN: 9780143773887
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Random House New Zealand Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Philip Parker
ISBN: 9780241368275
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 4th May 2023
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Damien Lewis
ISBN: 9781786483102
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
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The World's Smallest Dog with the World's Biggest Heart
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By: Ed Helms
ISBN: 9781035430994
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
UK Publication Date: 29th April 2025
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
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Brought to you by comedian Ed Helms, this is the definitive guide to history's biggest near misses, ultimate fails and just-about-averted disasters.
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By: Lauren Johnson
ISBN: 9781781859872
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
UK Publication Date: 9th February 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A vivid and original portrait of a year that stands at a crossroads between two great monarchs and two ages of English history.
(Hardback)
By: Daisy Payling
ISBN: 9781526150301
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2023
Publisher: Manchester University Press
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This book explores how Sheffield City Council set out to renew left-wing politics in 1980s Britain. Drawing on archival research and oral history interviews, it details the struggle to build a broad-based politics that united class and identity politics and demonstrates how social democracy persisted at a local level under Thatcherism.
(Hardback)
By: Mark Lause
ISBN: 9781788730549
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Verso Books
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How War Gave Birth to Revolution in the 19th century
(Paperback)
By: Denny Neave
ISBN: 9781922488831
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2021
Publisher: Big Sky Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Cliff Simons
ISBN: 9780995109575
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Massey University Press
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A pivotal period in our history, the New Zealand Wars changed the nation forever. This book explains the battles in detail, with a focus on military intelligence and its role in the decisions leaders on both sides made about tactics, weapons, logistics and fortifications.
(Paperback)
By: Rebecca Vilkomerson
ISBN: 9798888900956
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
Publisher: Haymarket Books
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(Paperback)
By: Michael Horn
ISBN: 9781667868288
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
Publisher: BookBaby
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This game-changing book demonstrates how Atlantis was once a real island in the Atlantic, the consequence of an overlooked quirk of geology. It reveals how it was the frigid climate of the Ice Age that enabled the island to rise above sea level. When the Ice Age ended the uplifting forces receded and Atlantis was doomed to sink!
(Hardback)
By: Tom Stevenson
ISBN: 9781804291481
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
Publisher: Verso Books
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The destructive delusions of 'Global Britain'
(Paperback)
By: E.P.F. Lynch
ISBN: 9781741668940
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Publisher: Random House Australia
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Tells of the devastating experiences of Edward Lynch, a young Australian private (18 when he enlisted) during the First World War when he served with the 45th Battalion, AIF on the Western Front at the Somme, which saw the most bloody and costly fighting of war. In just eight weeks, there were 23,000 Australian casualties.
(Paperback)
By: Hugh Sebag-Montefiore
ISBN: 9780141043326
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2017
UK Publication Date: 2nd November 2017
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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(Paperback, 2023 Reissue)
By: Annette Dumbach
ISBN: 9780861546756
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2023
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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(Paperback)
By: David W. Cameron
ISBN: 9781742230771
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
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The August Offensive was the last attempt by the Allied forces to break the stalemate with the Turkish defenders that had developed since the Anzac landings in late April 1915. It resulted in some of the bloodiest battles on the Gallipoli peninsula. David Cameron recreates in compelling detail the five days of the August offensive.
(Hardback)
By: Graeme Lawson
ISBN: 9781847926876
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th April 2024
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Angus Konstam
ISBN: 9781472864710
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2025
UK Publication Date: 16th January 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A detailed account of the war-winning role that a handful of Harrier squadrons played in the Falklands War.
