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(Paperback)
By: Carmen Bernand
ISBN: 9780500300404
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 1994
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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When Pizarro arrived in Peru in 1532 he found a vast empire rich in gold and silver. Ruled by monarchs claiming descent from the sun, its people built roads, bridges and fields through the Andes. But within months the empire had been conquered and its subjects killed or enslaved.
(Hardback)
By: Peter FitzSimons
ISBN: 9780733641367
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Publisher: Hachette Australia
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(Hardback)
By: Valentina d Efilippo
ISBN: 9780007506156
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The book is a delight The Economist
The History of the World, but not as you know it.
(Paperback)
By: Jamie MacKay
ISBN: 9781786637741
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Verso Books
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A rich and fascinating cultural history of the Mediterranean's enigmatic heart
(Hardback)
By: Sebastien Lifshitz
ISBN: 9780847843060
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
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A charming collection of vintage pre-Stonewall photos of gay couples celebrating their relationships
(Paperback)
By: Ryan Tubridy
ISBN: 9780007317455
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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In the follow-up to his bestselling JFK in Ireland, the Emerald Isles favourite son delves into his countrys past to celebrate the Irish people who through their skills and endeavours helped make the British Isles Great.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Julie Kavanagh
ISBN: 9781611854619
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
UK Publication Date: 2nd June 2022
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
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A brilliant work of historical true crime charting a pivotal event in the l9th century that gripped the world and forever altered the course of Irish history.
(Paperback)
By: Russell Shorto
ISBN: 9780349140209
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2014
UK Publication Date: 1st May 2014
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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A richly nuanced portrait of the unknown history of New York City.
(Paperback)
By: Rob Merrifield
ISBN: 9780908573967
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
Publisher: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc
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(Paperback)
By: Suzannah Lipscomb
ISBN: 9781838937430
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
UK Publication Date: 3rd September 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An account of the creation, impact and legacy of one of the most important documents of the Tudor period the last will and testament of Henry VIII.
(Paperback)
By: Max Hastings
ISBN: 9781529037937
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2020
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2020
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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A narrative history of the Korean War by bestselling author Sir Max Hastings
(Paperback)
By: Dianne Bardsley
ISBN: 9781877133947
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Publisher: Otago University Press
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Drawing on interviews with women who served as "land girls" during World War II, this book relates a chapter in New Zealand's war experience. It shows that like their Rosie the Riveter sisters, these Women's Land Service recruits gained independence, little recognition, and discontent about giving up their farm jobs when the soldiers came home.
(Hardback)
By: Edvard Vasilievich Rtveladze
ISBN: 9781785513732
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
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This title is a comprehensive guide for those seeking to understand the rich cultural heritage of Central Asia.
(Paperback)
By: Kim MacQuarrie
ISBN: 9780749929930
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2009
UK Publication Date: 2nd October 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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The haunting story of the destruction of a magnificent civilisation
(Hardback)
By: Paul Preston
ISBN: 9780008163402
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2016
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Told for the first time in English, Paul Prestons new book tells the story of a preventable tragedy that cost many thousands of lives and ruined tens of thousands more at the end of the Spanish Civil War.
(Hardback)
By: Toby Wilkinson
ISBN: 9781526664648
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 24th October 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra
(Paperback)
By: Paul Goodwin
ISBN: 9781760877439
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2020
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
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An extraordinary first-person story of a boy from the Queensland bush who survived the dangers of Bomber Command to become Qantas' last navigator.
(Paperback)
By: W J Peasley
ISBN: 9780949206879
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1990
Publisher: Fremantle Press
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Presents the story of Warri and Yatungka, the last of the Mandjildjara people to remain in the Gibson Desert, the traditional home of the tribe. Forbidden to marry by tribal law, the couple fled into the desert, refusing to leave with the rest of their people when they moved closer to white settlements.
(Paperback)
By: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
ISBN: 9781399819848
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2024
Publisher: John Murray Press
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The definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world's foremost expert.
(Paperback)
By: Don Hollway
ISBN: 9781472846501
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Now available in paperback, this is a rich and compelling account of the life of King Harald Hardrada of Norway, one of the greatest Viking warriors to have ever lived.
The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover the Secrets of the Amazon
(Paperback, Reissue)
By: David Grann
ISBN: 9781398540668
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 13th June 2024
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
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A blockbuster adventure about life, death and obsession in the Amazon
(Paperback)
By: Robert Murray
ISBN: 9781925078152
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2014
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing
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(Paperback)
By: Violet Moller
ISBN: 9781509829620
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 19th March 2020
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
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A vibrant and evocative account of how the great scientific ideas of the ancient world were lost and found.
(Paperback)
By: Gavin Mortimer
ISBN: 9781472122094
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 7th July 2016
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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From one of the foremost experts on wartime British special forces, a new volume exploring the Long Range Desert Group
