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A Brief History of The Middle East from Abraham to Arafat by Christopher Catherwood
$33.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Brief History of | Reading Level: very good
Western civilization began in the Middle East: Judaism and Christianity, as well as Islam, were born there. For over a millennium, the Islamic empires were ahead of the West in learning, technology and medicine, and were militarily far more powerful. It took another three hundred centuries for the West ...Show more
A Brief History of the Middle East by Christopher Catherwood
$33.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
For over a millennium, the Islamic empires were ahead of the West in learning, technology and medicine, and were militarily far more powerful. It took another three hundred centuries for the West to catch up, and overtake, the Middle East. Why does it seem different now? This title explains these issues ...Show more
Churchill : The Greatest Briton by Christopher Catherwood
$46.99 NZD
Category: Biography & Memoir
There are few figures in British history more famous than Winston Churchill. Renowned for guiding Britain through the tumultuous Second World War, his speeches echo through history, and his wartime leadership was recognised as essential for weathering the WWII. But there is so much more to the man than ...Show more
His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill by Christopher Catherwood
$33.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
This is a new and dynamic reappraisal of Winston Churchill, and his finest hour in 1940-1. Who was Winston Churchill? Even fifty years after his death he is one of the most iconic figures in British history: as a young man he was a maverick journalist, his many positions in politics before 1940 marked h ...Show more
Making War in the Name of God by Christopher Catherwood
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
Based on exhaustive research and written with an unflinching, unbiased eye toward revealing the often painful truth, this book unveils humanitys ancient habit of sanctifying bloodshed--and exposes a past that seems doomed to repeat itself.
One Hundred Years of Protest: Everything You Need to Know by Christopher Catherwood
$22.99 NZD
Category: Society & Culture | Series: Everything You Need to Know Series
A bite size, easily accessible history of protest from the 20th to beginning of the 21st century, covering everything from the Suffragettes to poll tax. Comprehensive and easy to digest.
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