Begin Again: How We Got Here and Where We Might Go - Our human story. So far by Oliver Jeffers
$32.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
A powerful, thoughtful and bold comment on humanity and its future from one of today's most thought-provoking artists. In his first picture book created specifically with a wider audience in mind, Oliver Jeffers shares a history of humanity and his dreams for its future. Where are we going? With his bol ...Show more
History FACTopia (HB) by Paige Towler
$28.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
An enthralling and hilarious journey through global history in 400 connected facts! In this blast-from-the-past adventure you’ll discover hundreds of the most mind-blowing facts from history. Hidden tombs, ghostly ships, boiled vipers, samurai warriors, snow machines, pet lions, hidden pyramids, secret ...Show more
Those Magnificent Voyagers of the Pacific by Andrew Crowe
$34.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
This epic story begins 5000 years ago, when the ancestors of Polynesians discovered ways to ‘see’ over the horizon to find and settle new islands. As their landfinding skills grew, these people took ever bigger strides across the vast Pacific until they reached South America. It was not until almost eve ...Show more
Where Are You Really From? by Adam Rutherford
$29.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
'Laugh out loud funny - and you'll learn lots too!' - Adam Kay, author of Kay's Anatomy Who do you think you are? Have you ever thought about who you might be related to? What if we told you that you were related to EXTRAORDINARY EMPERORS, GREAT KINGS and MAGNIFICENT QUEENS? Well, your majesty, you ar ...Show more
Stars of the Night by Caren Stelson
$37.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
"A not-to-be-missed, inspirational book about courage, heart, and the necessity of caring for others."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This powerful story is told from the collective perspective of the children who were rescued from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, as Hitler's campaign of hat ...Show more
The Story of Humans - From Prehistory to the Present by Anne Rooney; Margarida Esteves (Illustrator)
$34.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
In this beautifully illustrated full-color hardback, young readers can journey through the history of humankind - from prehistory to the silicon age - and discover the developments that shaped our world. Award-winning author Anne Rooney explores how humans evolved from simple primates to become the pla ...Show more
A Place Called America: A Story of the Land and People by Jennifer Thermes
$39.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
A Place Called America takes the long view of the land’s history, from its earliest formation and inhabitants up through today. Meet those indigenous to the deserts, prairies, forests, and shores of the land called Turtle Island and their relatives whose ideas founded the basis of the Constitution and w ...Show more
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood
$19.99 NZD
Category: Adventure and Real Life Stories
The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias Anna ) and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust.She wouldn’t be Zhanna. She’d use an alias. A for Anna. A for alive. When the Germans invade Ukraine, Zhanna, a young Je ...Show more
Antibiotics: A Graphic History by Brandon Terrell
$11.39 NZD
$18.99 (40% off)
Category: Mad March SALE - Non-Fiction and Activity Books
Visually engaging graphic non-fiction about major changes in health and medicine, with appeal to reluctant readers and science lovers alike Bacterial infections are a constant threat to human health. Antibiotics stop a bacterial infection from multiplying. They help treat pneumonia, strep throat, and ma ...Show more
DK World War I by DK
$44.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
Learn everything you need to know about the first war to shake the world and change the course of history. World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide takes you from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles, through beautifully illustrated and easy to understand timelines. ...Show more
Famous Robberies by Soledad Romero
$49.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
As one thief wrote on the armored vault of a bank he'd just emptied: "Without weapons or violence and with no hate." Stealing a world-famous piece of art from a museum or snatching diamonds under 24-hour surveillance: there is a certain fascination for impressive robberies. And the world has seen some t ...Show more
Fossil by DK
$26.00 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
Find shells, bones, teeth, and plants, all turned to rock, and learn how they tell a story of a long-lost world that existed before modern people. Learn how fossils form and how palaeontologists dig to find out about ancient life forms. See a shell with a precious coating, find out which type of early h ...Show more