History & Archaeology

The Art of War by Sun Tzu is the best known book on military strategy ever written. Although its wisdom is ancient, its principles and advice are t...

This exceptional analysis of the English text of the Treaty of Waitangi represents a major reassessment in our understanding of this foundational d...

This fascinating book tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once...

In a city that has forgotten and erased much of its history, there are still places where traces of the past can be found. Deep histories, both nat...

The New Zealand Wars were a series of conflicts that profoundly shaped the course and direction of our nation's history. Fought between the Crown a...

The Maxim gun was the first fully automated machine gun to be introduced into military service at the end of the 19th century. Gradually refined to...

A new edition of the bestselling short history on New Zealand, updated to include the Helen Clark years, the rise of John Key, the Christchurch ear...

Gordon McLauchlan continues his bestselling Short History series with an in-depth look into the history of the farming industry in New Zealand. Fro...

Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and...

For millennia, China was the largest and richest nation on earth. Two centuries ago, however, its economy sank into a depression from which it had ...

Summary Specs The authors of this text show that the ancient Book of Enoch, rediscov...

Summary Author Description Specs Since the 1900s the fly fisher’s mecca that is t...

Summary Reviews Author Description Specs Songs from the Shaky Isles provides ...

Summary Specs A delightfully creepy telling of Japanese ghost stories. Japanese fol...

Summary Specs Highlighting the long and intricate hi...

Summary Specs After surviving three years flying the...

Summary Specs Belfast, August 1969. A campaign for c...

Summary Specs By the time of Japan's surrender in 19...

Summary Specs 1939 was a glorious year for Hermann G...

Summary Specs Now available in the US, this is the r...