History & Archaeology

Across the motu there are places that remind those who stop there of the bloody battles between Māori iwi and the Crown known as the New Zealand ...

A comprehensive guide to understanding Vietnam's long and tumultuous history A Brief History of Vietnam explores the turbulent history of a land t...

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...

In the history of armoured fighting vehicles few have been so successful or extensively employed as the French-built Panhard AML armoured car, whic...

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

This major publication about Maori participation in the First World War is written by NZ's leading Maori military historian Dr Monty Soutar, author...

He Tohu Box Set Author: Orange, Brookes, O''Malley ISBN: 9781991033154 Book Type: Hardback

Lindsay Merritt Inglis was a young man who found a talent for soldiering with the First New Zealand Expeditionary Force, commanding a Machine Gun c...

In 1840, over 500 Maori leaders put their names to a significant new document: Te Tiriti o Waitangi or the Treaty of Waitangi. Through their signat...

In 1893 New Zealand became the first country in the world with universal suffrage: all New Zealand women now had the right to vote. This achievemen...

The Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a central document in New Zealand history. This lively account tells the story of the Treaty from it...

Operation Overlord, the codename given to the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe in 1944, was arguably the most challenging, complic...

A fascinating examination of every aspect of the Roman soldier, at the height of Rome's imperial might, this highly illustrated manual gets to grip...

As the world's second most popular beverage after water, tea has fascinated, awakened, motivated, and calmed us for well over two thousand years. A...

This classic interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's famous Book of Five Rings is explicitly intended for the martial artist-as Miyamoto Musashi origi...

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...

Focusing on military strategy, psychology and tactics, The Art of War has been a source of great strategic inspiration throughout the ages and its ...

The western half of the United States is home to a huge array of reptiles and amphibians--from the rare and curious to those that can be found in p...

General Fields ISBN : 9781604699005 Publisher : Timber Press, Incorporated Imprint : Timber Press, Incorporated Weight (g) : ...

Author description Angela Walker is a first-time author from New Zealand. She is also a former Olympic gymnast and Commonwealth gold medalist, ins...

Promotion info Lushly illustrated with beloved images and quotations from the Little House series, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, by New York ...

General Fields ISBN : 9781643260037 Publisher : Timber Press, Incorporated Imprint : Timber Press, Incorporated Weight (g) : ...

Bestselling author and photographer Traer Scott captures the magic and wonder of a young animal's first weeks of life in this heartwarming collecti...