The Invasion of Waikato — Te Riri ki Tainui by Vincent O'Malley
$39.99 NZD
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The 1863 crossing of the Mangatāwhiri River was a pivotal moment, igniting a war between the Crown and the Waikato tribes that profoundly influenced New Zealand’s future. In The Invasion of Waikato: Te Riri ki Tainui, Vincent O’Malley introduces this critical period, presenting a conflict driven by op ...Show more
Apache at War : Inside the cockpit of the world's deadliest combat helicopter by Steve Jones
$40.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Billed as 'the ultimate fighting machine', the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter is a US-designed close-support aircraft in service with US forces and, in the UK, with the Army Air Corps (AAC). This is a senior AAC pilot's vivid account of flying this and other combat helicopters in action.
The Hill: The brutal fight for Hill 107 in the Battle of Crete by Robert Kershaw
$44.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The Hill - The Brutal Fight for Hill 107 in the Battle of Crete. From the critically acclaimed author of Dünkirchen 1940, this is a groundbreaking history of the epic three-day battle for Hill 107 that changed the course of the war in the Mediterranean. In this remarkable history, we discover each of t ...Show more
Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean - A Gripping New History of Cyprus by Alex Christofi
$39.99 NZD
Category: History
"A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian "Poetic...Compelling" -- New Statesman An evocative and lyrical history of Cyprus and the Mediterranean. Think of a place where you can stand at the intersection of Christian and Arab cultures, ...Show more
When the Shooting Stopped - August 1945 by Barrett Tillman
$34.99 NZD
Category: Military History
In the forty-four months between December 1941 and August 1945, the Pacific Theater absorbed the attention of the American nation and military longer than any other. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. especially was committed to confronting Tokyo as a matter of urgent priority. But from ...Show more
The Liberation Line: The Last Untold Story of the Normandy Landings by Christian Wolmar
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military History
The epic story of the railwaymen who ensured Allied victory in World War Two, published to coincide with the eightieth anniversary of D-Day, by Britain's best-loved railway writer.
Grid: The Life and Times of WWI Fighter Ace Keith Caldwell by Adam Claasen
$65.00 NZD
Category: NZ Military History
Grid - The Life and Times of First World War Fighter Ace Keith Caldwell. This gripping biography of Air Commodore Keith (Grid) Logan Caldwell CBE, MC, DFC & Bar, Croix de Guerre, tells the story of his remarkable exploits during the First World War, by the end of which he was the leader of the rever ...Show more
Paris '44: The Shame and the Glory by Patrick Bishop
$40.00 NZD
Category: Military History
From the Sunday Times-bestselling author, comes a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great and most dramatic hinge moments of WW2 From the Sunday Times-bestselling author, comes a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris ...Show more
Chernobyl Roulette: A War Story by Serhii Plokhy
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
What if Chernobyl was just the beginning? The acclaimed winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize returns to Chernobyl to tell the gripping story of thirty-five days of war. On 24 February 2022, the first day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, armoured vehicles approached the Chernobyl nuclear po ...Show more
The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama by Ben Macintyre
$40.00 NZD
Category: Military History
'Macintyre does true-life espionage better than anyone else' John Preston From the author of Sunday Times #1 bestsellers COLDITZ, SAS: ROGUE HEROES and THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR. On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. Th ...Show more
The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments by Adrian Bliss
$40.00 NZD
Category: History
History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters. The lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII and Queen Victoria fill bookshelves and fascinate scholars all over the world. But little attention is given to the ferret who posed for the renaissance ma ...Show more
The Cactus Air Force: Air War over Guadalcanal by Thomas Eric; McKelvey Cleaver Hammel
$35.00 NZD
Category: Military History
Across a period of 40 years, the late Eric Hammel interviewed more than 150 American participants in the air campaign at Guadalcanal - perhaps the most important air battle of the Pacific Theater. The Cactus Air Force sees aviation expert Thomas McKelvey Cleaver build on Hammel's unmatched collection of ...Show more