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Broadswords, Bayonets & B52s by Joseph Cummins
$15.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Pocket History
"Broadswords, Bayonets and B-52s" is part of "The Pocket History series" - a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of six books that each open a window onto a selection of remarkable stories, characters and themes from the past. As one can tell by the diverse range of w ...Show more
Cast Away: Shipwrecked, Marooned or Cast Adrift on the High Seas by Joseph Cummins
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
"Cast Away" recounts the epic tales of the survivors of shipwreck, mutiny and marooning through the ages and around the globe, focusing on the age of sail and steam. It captures some of the most magical, romantic, gruesome, exciting and bizarre stories of the sea, presenting for the reader's delectation ...Show more
Eaten by a Giant Clam: Great Adventures in Natural Science by Joseph Cummins
$39.99 NZD
Category: Popular Science
There are countless stirring, occasionally alarming, natural history adventure stories to be told, rollicking tales of men and women risking life and limb in the name of science and in the cause of the broadening of human knowledge. Eaten by a Giant Clam focuses on the work of these natural scientists i ...Show more
Great Rivals in History: When Politics Gets Personal by Joseph Cummins
$55.00 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
When two supremely powerful political rivals lock horns in a clash of personality and ideology, they can change the course of human history. Great Rivals in History brings to life the drama of history's most vicious political and military feuds, ranging through centuries and across the globe. Rivalries ...Show more
History's Great Untold Stories : Obscure and Fascinating Accounts with Important Lessons for the World by Joseph Cummins
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
Opens your eyes to significant events, places and peoples that have been largely excluded from the standard history texts. First published 2006.
History's Greatest Hits: Famous Events We Should Know More About by Joseph Cummins
$55.00 NZD
Category: History
"The Crusades, Custer's Last Stand, the Charge of the Light Brigade, D-Day - we've all heard of these momentous events, but how much do we really know about them? History's Greatest Hits brings together, in one elegantly designed volume, the forty most famous events from our past. Author Joseph Cummins ...Show more
Journeys of Discovery by Joseph Cummins
$15.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Pocket History
"Journeys of Discovery" is part of "The Pocket History series" - a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of six books that each open a window onto a selection of remarkable stories, characters and themes from the past. What would it have been like to be Ferdinand Magell ...Show more
Obscure Events that Shaped the World: Little-known Stories of Lasting Consequence by Joseph Cummins
$18.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Pocket History
The Pocket History series is a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of books that each open a window onto a selection of remarkable stories, characters and themes from the past. Ranging through time and across the globe, this unique series reveals and re-examines event ...Show more
The Almost Complete History of the World by Joseph Cummins
$49.99 NZD
Category: History
"Recorded history is rich with events that have changed the course of human experience-events that have rippled through the centuries, and still others that rumble on today. Here in one amazing volume are 75 of the most important historical events of all time, presented in 75 short, fascinating, fully i ...Show more
The Clash of History's Titans: Iconic Adversaries of the Distant Past by Joseph Cummins
$18.99 NZD
Category: History | Series: Pocket History
The Pocket History series is a conveniently portable, stylishly packaged and eminently collectible set of books that each open a window onto a selection of remarkable stories, characters and themes from the past. Ranging through time and across the globe, this unique series reveals and re-examines event ...Show more
The War Chronicles : From Chariots to Flintlocks by Joseph Cummins
$49.99 NZD
Category: History
Important and timely histories bring to life conflicts that educated readers have heard of but want to know more about. Each of the chapters covers a major war that had a profound effect on the way our civilization was shaped. Veteran history author Joseph Cummins describes each conflict with gripping f ...Show more
The War Chronicles : From Flintlocks to Machine Guns: A Global reference of all the Major Modern Conflicts by Joseph Cummins
$59.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A global survey of modern warfare, from the first fervid days of the French Revolution of 1789 to the bloody stalemate that ended the Iran-Iraq war in 1988.