The Kensington Battalion - 'Never Lost a Yard of Trench' by G. I. S. Inglis
$35.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
Raised by the Mayor of Kensington, the 22nd Royal Fusiliers (the Kensington Battalion) were a strange mixture of social classes (bankers and stevedores, writers and laborers) with a strong sprinkling of irreverent colonials thrown in. Such a disparate group needed a strong leader and, luckily, in Randle ...Show more
Germany and the Germans - The United Germany in the Mid-1990s by John Ardagh; Katharina Ardagh
$9.50 NZD
Category: World History
Aims to capture the diversity and contradictions of the Germany of the mid-1990s. This new edition looks at events such as Chancellor Kohl's re-election in 1994, the recession, the flare up of racial violence, and the continued malaise in the east.
Live from the Battlefield - From Vietnam to Baghdad - 35 Years in the World's War Zones by Peter Arnett
$20.00 NZD
Category: World Military History
Peter Arnett is an international correspondent for CNN. In this book he shares his experiences of more than 35 years inside the world's war zones. He has reported from Bangkok, Laos, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Gulf. Arnett won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Vietnam War and received the Georg ...Show more
The Carpet Wars : A Journey Across the Islamic Heartlands by Christopher Kremmer
$18.50 NZD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
In 1990, Christopher Kremmer arrived in Afghanistan to interview the doomed communist president, Dr Najibullah as rampaging factions of mujahideen massed on the outskirts of Kabul. He found himself intrigued by the politics and culture of the land, and his book provides revealing, often first-hand portr ...Show more
The Very Thing - The Memoirs of Drummer Bentinck, Royal Welch Fusiliers, 1807-1823 by Jonathan Crook
$20.00 NZD
Category: World History
Drummer Richard Bentinck of the 23rd of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) was a rarity: he survived many sanguinary experiences and recorded his adventures. His writings provide an evocative portrait of an ordinary soldier's perception of living with one of the most experienced Napoleonic infantry battalions ...Show more
The Victoria Infirmary of Glasgow 1890-1990 by Robert Clow (Editor)
$35.00 NZD
Category: World History
A History of the Ho Chi Minh Trail - The Road to Freedom by Virginia Morris; Clive A. Hills
$25.00 NZD
Category: World Military History | Series: History Ser.
The Ho Chi Minh Trail was a decisive factor in the defeat of American forces in the Vietnam War. Interviewing villagers along the Trail, as well as key military and political figures on both sides of the conflict, this work traces the footsteps of the hundreds of thousands who designed, built, used and ...Show more
"What Ship?": Lieutenant Harry Pennell's Antarctic Legacy (Autographed) by David L. Harrowfield
$69.00 NZD
Category: Antarctica & the Sub-Antarctic
Commemorates the centenary of the death of Captain R.F. Scott and his party on return from the South Pole in 1912 along with the mysterious arrival during the night of the ship Terra Nova to Oamaru in 1913. Myths associated with this event are discussed, eliminated and media reports questioned. The asso ...Show more
The Discovery of River Gambra 1623 by Richard Jobson by Richard Jobson; David P. Gamble (Editor); P. E. H. Hair (Editor)
$35.00 NZD
Category: Hakluyt Society | Series: Hakluyt Society Third Series No 2 | Reading Level: very good
In 1623 Richard Jobson published an account of a 1620-1621 English voyage up River Gambra, during which a party, led by himself, penetrated to a point some 460 miles up-river. The purpose of the voyage was to make contact with the gold trade of the West African interior, but in this there was little suc ...Show more
Bomber Command by Max Hastings
$12.50 NZD
Category: World Military History
An account which traces the development of area bombing, using documents, letters, diaries and interviews with key surviving witnesses. Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of World War II.