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30.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Get ready to travel across the world and back into history, to meet some of the world’s greatest explorers in this big fun, fully illustrated reference book. Learn about the lives of Amelia Earhart and Charles Darwin, and explore themed spreads that investigate everything from the First Journeys out of ...Show more
The Indestructible Tom Crean by Jennifer Thermes
17.00 NZD
Category: General Picture Books
The true story of Tom Crean, the legendary Irish explorer and crewmate of three of the most important and famous Antarctic expeditions in British history: Discovery, Terra Nova and Endurance. Through his story, we discover the events that took place on these voyages.
The LGBTQ + History Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by Various; DK Publishing
48.00 NZD
Category: LGBTQI+
A bold, accessible, and truly global overview of LGBTQ+ history, from the ancient world to the present day. Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggles, triumphs, and cultural contributions. Exploring and explaining the most important ideas and events in LGB ...Show more
A Street Through Time: A 12,000 Year Journey Along the Same Street (HB) by Steve Noon
26.00 NZD
Category: History
Discover how one street has changed throughout history in this update to the illustrated classic. Have you ever wondered what your street was like thousands of years ago? This illustrated history book for children takes you on a 12,000-year journey to find out the story of a single street. Think of th ...Show more
Who Lived There? The Stories Behind Historic New Zealand Buildings by Nicola McCloy; Jane King
45.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
You can't help but wonder about the stories behind the unusual buildings you see around New Zealand - from cute colonial cottages to abandoned industrial buildings or ghost towns. Nicola McCloy went looking to find out ... who lived there? From basic stone cottages in barren-looking countryside to prett ...Show more
Flights Of Fancy (HB) by Richard Dawkins
43.00 NZD
Category: Science
The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies. Have you ever dreamt you could fly? Or imagined what it would be like to glide ...Show more
Medieval Castle (Inside Out) by Justine Ciovacco
28.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Inside Out
Step into the past, a world of stone and steel--and excitement! With beautiful illustrations and captivating text, an interactive die-cut model reveals the many parts of a medieval castle. Though most people live in regular houses now, castles have influenced both architecture and lifestyles across the ...Show more
What's Where on Earth? History Atlas: History as You've Never Seen it Before
35.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: What's Where on Earth
This captivating children's atlas gives a complete history of the life and times of our world, through a series of stunning, specially commissioned 3D maps. Wrap up warm for a trip to the Ice Age, wonder at the invention of the wheel, show your support at the French Revolution, and blast off for the Moo ...Show more
The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand by Michael King
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This bestselling book by the late Michael King is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand. First published in 2003 and hailed as a triumph of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, it has been continuously in print for twenty years and has sold over 300,00 ...Show more
Video Game of the Year: A Year-by-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977 by Jordan Minor
45.00 NZD
Category: Film, Media & Gaming
Pong. The Legend of Zelda. Final Fantasy VII. Rock Band. Fortnite. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. For each of the 40 years of video game history, there is a defining game, a game that captured the zeitgeist and left a legacy for all games that followed. Through a series of entertaining, informative, a ...Show more
What Happened to the Moa (HB) by Ned Barraud
30.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
This children’s book unravels the fascinating story of what happened to the moa, the legendary flightless bird of Aotearoa New Zealand. In this gloriously illustrated book, Ned Barraud describes the nine different species of moa, ranging from a small bush moa just over a metre high, to the giant moa at ...Show more
Empire City - Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand by John E Martin
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction
Empire City: Wellington Becomes the Capital of New Zealand takes Wellington from the first encounter between Māori and the New Zealand Company in Te Whanganui-a-Tara in 1839 to its becoming the Empire City by the 1870s. It tells the story that began with a small and fragile New Zealand Company Pākehā se ...Show more