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
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
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
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
Into the White: Scott's Antarctic Odyssey by Joanna Grochowicz
$23.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Together, they have taken on the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success; never giving up, and never giving up on each other. This is the story of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica and the memorable characters, who with a band of shaggy ponies and savage dogs ...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 Great Gallipoli Escape by Jackie French
$19.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History
Renowned for her historical fiction titles, Jackie French now tells the story of the brilliant and famous evacuation of Gallipoli. Sixteen-year-old Nipper and his Gallipoli mates Lanky, Spud, Bluey and Wallaby Joe are starving, freezing and ill-equipped. By November 1915 they know that that there is mor ...Show more
The Incredible Cabinet of Wonders by Joe Fullman
$29.99 NZD
Category: General Non-Fiction
It's time to peek inside the world's most famous museums. Welcome to Lonely Planet Kids' Incredible Cabinet of Wonders - the greatest little museum in the world! 12 collectors, from toy makers and monster hunters, to sailors and archaeologists, have created their own themed cabinets and filled them with ...Show more
The Magnificent Book of Treasures: Vikings by Stella Caldwell
$39.99 NZD
Category: History and Pre-History | Series: The\Magnificent Book Of Ser.
Take an incredible journey back in time to a land of warriors, longboats and legends. Marvel at fabulous treasures and sagas of heroes, monsters and epic voyages. Travel back in time more than a thousand years to visit the world of the Vikings. Board a longship to go on a voyage of exploration, and ...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