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Journey Into Dreamtime by Munya Andrews
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
This book invites you to to step into the magical world of Aboriginal Dreamtime and to share in the world's oldest living culture - its ancient knowledge and spiritual wisdom. Inside are Dreamtime concepts that everyone can understand. Find out why the Rainbow Snake is called by that name and why it is ...Show more
Practical Reconciliation - Strengthening Relationships for All Australians in 7 Easy Steps by Munya Andrews; Carla Rogers
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
Blending keen insight with engaging anecdotes and practical advice, this easy-to-read book will give you the tools you need to feel confident living with, working with and supporting our First Nations peoples. Equip yourself with the skills to communicate without fear of misunderstanding or offence. Bui ...Show more
Nature Stilled by Jane Ussher
$76.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
Award-winning photographer Jane Ussher had unprecedented access to Te Papa's natural history collection to shoot this outstanding book, and the result is a true treasure. Beautifully packaged, and stunningly photographed, it is a must-have for any book lover's collection and a perfect gift.
Whiti: Colossal Squid of the Deep by Victoria Cleal
$29.95 AUD
Category: Natural History
The colossal squid has been the most popular exhibit at Te Papa since it arrived there in 2007. Now this appealing book for young readers tells the fascinating story of these creatures from the deep, through sparkling and informative text and amazing illustrations. A must-have natural history book for y ...Show more
Ko Te Whenua Te Utu Land is the Price: Essays on Maori History, Land and Politics by M P K Sorrenson
$54.95 AUD
Category: History
There are essentially two histories of Aotearoa. First, a long Maori history and secondly a history of Pakeha colonisation and take-over of Aotearoa. The two histories have been repeatedly stitched together . . . . For more than half a century, Keith Sorrenson – one of New Zealand’s leading historians a ...Show more
Backing Bletchley - The Codebreaking Outstations, from Eastcote to GCHQ by Ronald Koorm
$59.95 AUD
Category: History
Ronald Koorm has given talks and lectures on the codebreaking outstations for several years ‒ this is the last piece of the amazing Bletchley jigsaw. Full of extraordinary stories: who built the first electronic digital computer? Tommy Flowers ‒ but not at Bletchley ‒ at Dollis Hill The first detailed ...Show more
Life After Covid-19: Lessons from Past Pandemics: 2020 by BOB GORDON
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
There have been pandemics throughout the course of human history; they have savaged countries, undermined empires and killed countless individuals - often with drastic and unexpected consequences for the survivors. Life After COVID-19 investigates past epidemics and their aftermath, seeking to draw para ...Show more
True to Ireland by Peter Burke
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
In the 1930s a number of Irishmen came to New Zealand to seek a better life, with many carrying bitter memories of the atrocities committed by the Black and Tans and the British during WWI and the early 1920s. With the onset of WWII came the threat of conscription into the armed forces. As citizens of a ...Show more
Eddie Norman And 25 Battalion by Elizabeth Kay
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
When World War Two broke out, three theological students left their college in Auckland to the sound of bagpipes and volunteered to fight. Eddie Norman, aged 22 from Hawke's Bay, was one of them. A natural leader, his first experience of action was at El Alamein in 1942 as a platoon commander, and durin ...Show more
From Gondwana to the Ice Age - The Geology of New Zealand over the Last 100 Million Years by John Bradshaw; Malcolm Laird
$98.95 AUD
Category: History
Until about 100 million years ago, New Zealand lay on the Pacific-facing edge of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana; the formation of our sedimentary rocks provides a fascinating view of the tectonic activity and changes since that time. This volume is the culmination of a comprehensive survey of Ne ...Show more
Crossing the Lines: The Story of Three Homosexual New Zealand Soldiers in WWII by Brent Coutts
$54.95 AUD
Category: History
In Crossing the Lines, Brent Coutts brings to light the previously untold history of New Zealand homosexual soldiers in World War II, drawing on the experiences of ordinary men who lived through extraordinary times. At the centre of the story are New Zealand soldiers Harold Robinson, Ralph Dyer and Doug ...Show more
Mercia: The Rise and Fall of a Kingdom by ANNIE WHITEHEAD
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
Many people know about Wessex, the 'Last Kingdom' of the Anglo-Saxons to fall to the Northmen, but another kingdom, Mercia, once enjoyed supremacy over not only Wessex, but all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. At its zenith Mercia controlled what is now Birmingham and London - and the political, commercial ...Show more