Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916 - Anzacs and the Rising by Rory Sweetman
$40.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: new
Little has been written on Trinity College's role in Easter Week 1916 as a 'loyal nucleus' dividing the insurgents and providing an effective counterweight to rebel headquarters in the GPO. This book reveals how five New Zealanders, acting as the core of a small squad of colonial troops, provided a vita ...Show more
Warbirds Around the World by John King
$25.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
Modern air-to-air color photography showcases a broad selection of airworthy World War II-era warbirds. The classic military aircraft featured in this photo collection represent the air forces, armies and navies of both Allied and Axis powers. Handsome multi-page spreads include manufacture and service ...Show more
Warbirds - The Alpine Fighter Collection at Wanaka by Ian Brodie
$8.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
The Alpine Fighter Collection has a world-wide reputation for the depth and care it takes of its aircraft. This book presents the most popular aircraft from this collection. It includes information on the specifics of the aircraft (top speed, engine types, wing spans etc) and also provides the story of ...Show more
The Illustrated Red Baron - The Life and times of Manfred von Richtofen by Peter Kilduff
$14.00 NZD
Category: World War I | Reading Level: very good
Warbirds over Wanaka '94 by Prue Wallis; Ian Brodie
$12.00 NZD
Category: Aviation | Reading Level: very good
No Man's Land - 1918, The last year of the great war by John Toland
$18.00 NZD
Category: World War I | Reading Level: very good
The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy
$20.00 NZD
Category: Europe | Reading Level: very good
An illuminating account of the war in Ukraine - its historical roots, its course, its possible outcomes - from the bestselling, award-winning author of Chernobyl On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine. In the midst of checking on the family and friends who we ...Show more
Standard of Power - The Royal Navy in the Twentieth Century by Dan Van Der Vat
$16.00 NZD
Category: Naval | Reading Level: very good
A magisterial and compelling survey of the Royal Navy in the twentieth century by a widely praised modern historian. Dan van der Vat, author of authoritative bestselling books on the Titanic and the history of the submarine, has now produced an enthralling and thoroughly researched history of the Royal ...Show more
2017 War with Russia - An Urgent Warning from Senior Military Command by Richard Shirreff
$15.00 NZD
Category: Military | Reading Level: good-very good
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The Escape Artists - A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Breakout of WWI by Neal Bascomb
$14.00 NZD
Category: World War I | Reading Level: good-very good
Summer, 1918: twenty-nine officers crawled into a 16 inch high, 55 metre tunnel dug only with spoons. This was the culmination of 9 months gruelling toil in oxygen-starved darkness. Of the twenty-nine escapees, just ten would make their way back to Britain. When captured Royal Flying Corps pilots Captai ...Show more