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(Paperback)
By: Elizabeth Orr
ISBN: 9780947493462
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: Steele Roberts Aotearoa Ltd
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A new look at the New Zealand Forest Service, the development of our pulp and paper industry, and the state of our forests.
(Hardback)
By: Greg Melville
ISBN: 9781419754852
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 10th November 2022
Publisher: Abrams
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A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead
(Paperback)
By: Peter Stanford
ISBN: 9780500296639
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 14th April 2022
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Peter Furtado
ISBN: 9780500296134
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 3rd March 2022
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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An eye-opening anthology from the bestselling editor of Histories of Nations, exploring how people around the globe have suffered and survived during plague and pandemic, from the ancient world to the present.
(Paperback, MMP)
By: Johan Norberg
ISBN: 9781786070654
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2017
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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In the time that it takes you to read the first chapter,over 2,000 people will have escaped from poverty
(Paperback)
By: Robert C Davis
ISBN: 9780500293805
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
UK Publication Date: 14th February 2019
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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An engaging and witty compendium of ninety-four notable men and women who shaped and experienced one of the most creative and inventive periods in human civilization.
(Paperback)
By: Peter Furtado
ISBN: 9780500296349
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 8th July 2021
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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An essential primer on twenty-four of the most significant revolutions from the 17th century to the present day, narrated by leading historians from around the world.
(Paperback)
By: Gareth Moore
ISBN: 9780500480915
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2023
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2023
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Robin Hanbury-Tenison
ISBN: 9780500287033
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 6th August 2020
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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The adventurous stories of the greatest explorers in history.
(Paperback)
By: Tom Blass
ISBN: 9781408834039
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
UK Publication Date: 26th January 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Philippa Werry
ISBN: 9781869664787
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd
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The story of the 19th century New Zealand Wars, a part of New Zealands history that many people wish they knew more about. The book describes how the wars came about, where and when they were fought, who was involved, and how they affected women and children.
(Paperback)
By: Professor Peter Frankopan
ISBN: 9781526688170
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The # 1 Sunday Times and international bestseller - a major reassessment of world history in light of the economic and political renaissance in the re-emerging east
(Paperback)
By: Helen Craig McCullough
ISBN: 9780804835381
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2004
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
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A vivid contemporary description of the fourteenth-century intrigues and battles that led to the destruction of the Hojo family, the military overlords of the nation, and made it possible for the Emperor Go-Daigo to reassert the power of the throne.
(Hardback)
By: Paul Murdin
ISBN: 9780500024645
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
UK Publication Date: 17th March 2022
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
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The story of our Universe, from its beginning in the first milliseconds of the Big Bang up to our present moment and beyond, told in a gripping narrative by one of the world's leading astronomers.
(Paperback)
By: Diana Giovinazzo
ISBN: 9781538717431
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 26th August 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
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For readers who loved the larger-than-life heroines of Circe and My Dear Hamilton, this mesmerizing debut novel combines rigorous historical research, exhilarating adventure, and an unforgettable love story for the ages.
(Paperback)
By: Christopher Lee
ISBN: 9781472124760
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 1934
UK Publication Date: 25th December 2034
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Viceroys tells the important story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs and the role it played in the shaping of the modern British identity.
(Paperback)
By: Archibald Baxter
ISBN: 9780908561919
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2003
Publisher: Cape Catley
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(Paperback, Illustrated edition)
By: Bruce Matthews
ISBN: 9780975153208
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2004
Publisher: transpress
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The Korean War recalled by an Australian infantry officer. Sometimes referred to as the forgotten war, this was the most significant war of the latter half of the twentieth century and the first reversal for communism.
(Hardback)
By: Paul Coulter
ISBN: 9780857507235
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
UK Publication Date: 5th June 2025
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Elizabeth Hamm
ISBN: 9781098357016
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2021
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Paperback)
By: Gavin Menzies
ISBN: 9780007269556
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
UK Publication Date: 30th April 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that formed the basis of the European Renaissance and our modern world.
(Paperback)
By: Charles Emmerson
ISBN: 9780099575788
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Nov 2013
UK Publication Date: 6th February 2014
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
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If Downton Abbey still colours your impression of what Britain was like on the cusp of the First World War, 1913 could be a useful corrective Scotsman
2018 marks the centenary of the end of the Great War.
(Paperback, Main)
By: Florian Illies
ISBN: 9781846689611
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
UK Publication Date: 12th June 2014
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
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From James Joyce to Coco Chanel, 1913 is an irreverent but poignant portrait of Europe on the brink of war.
(Paperback)
By: David Stevenson
ISBN: 9780718197957
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2012
UK Publication Date: 25th October 2012
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. This title re-examines the causes, course and impact of this 'war to end war', placing it in the context of its era and exposing its underlying dynamics.
