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In 1877, Kate Edger became the first woman to graduate from a New Zealand university. She went on to become a pioneer of women's education and worked tirelessly to mitigate violence against women and children. Diana Morrow tells the story of Edger's life and provides valuable insights into the role of women social reformers in our history.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Drawing on military documents and photographs, this record gives an account of New Zealand's role in the Spanish civil war that lasted from 1936 through 1939. It tells the all-but-forgotten stories of the remarkable heroes who chose to enter into a crucial conflict that became a ruthless rehearsal for World War II.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

In this BWB Text, Rachel Buchanan tells her own, deeply personal story of Parihaka.

(Hardback)

The origins of Korea in history see the people of this beautiful land fight hard to maintain their independence from their powerful neighbours, particularly from China and Japan. The myths, folk and fairy tales so popular today have grown from this unique sense of individuality and determined identity found throughout the history of Korea.

(Paperback)

Important reappraisal of the epic Battle of Kursk during the Second World War.

(Paperback, Reprint ed.)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

*A thrilling account of daring and victory at the First World War's close *Superbly written, stunningly illustrated, easily read *Pugsley provides fitting coda to Great War publishing

(Paperback)

Focusing on military-related developments Lebanese Civil War dissects military forces, their equipment, intention and capabilities, and their combat operations.

(Paperback)

An inclusive and balanced reconstruction of combat operations explaining the background, context, and the technology deployed by all involved belligerens.

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The activites in this teacher resource book are designed to support Allan Baillie's collection Legends: Stories of Australia. This resource can be used for many different purposes, with activities to suit a range of ability levels, providing practice in a variety of skills.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

While the first volume in this mini-series spanned the first decade of confrontations between Libya and several of its neighbours, but foremost the USA and France, between 1973 and 1985, the second is to cover the period of less than a year between mid-1985 and March 1986, when this confrontation reached its first climax.

(Paperback)

Between 1973 and 1989, various Western powers and Libya were entangled in a seemingly never-ending exchange of blows. Supposedly launched in retaliation for one action or the other, this confrontation resulted in a number of high-profile, even through low-scale, clashes between the Libyan Arab Air Force (LAAF), the US Navy and even the French.

(Hardback)

Life in Post-War Britain: "Toils and Efforts Ahead" tells what it was like to live in Britain as the nation battled to recover while still facing many hardships, including food rationing that, ironically, was to become more severe than that in wartime.

(Paperback)

Most works on the Seven Years War concentrate on major battles or a single theatre. Light Troops examines the small unit actions of the conflict in Europe and North America and in doing so adds a new dimension to our understanding of this conflict.

(Hardback)

Known to contemporaries the Lone Wolf, Flt Lt Stevens was the RAF's highest scoring nightfighter pilot with fourteen victories. What makes his story unique is that all this was achieved without the aid of radar or another crew member. Instead Flt Lt Stevens used extraordinary skill, instinct and innate marksmanship.

(Hardback)

The first time many of these stories have been told outside of the world's press. The book is separated into sections - people, aircraft and several different types of shipwreck.

(Paperback)

By his own, modest, admission Norbert Hannig was aFrontflieger, or operational pilot, who really did nothing special during World War Two. But his wartime career makes for fascinating and highly informative reading on the campaign against the Soviet Union.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

(Paperback)

Explore the diversity of New Zealand through the stories and history of the Maori people.