George Washington - His Excellency by Joseph J Ellis
$30.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage, 1741-1747 - Volume I - The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, 1741-1742 by William Barr (ed.); Glyndwr Williams (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 177 | Reading Level: very good
The 18th century saw a resurgence of hope that a Northwest Passage - that elusive target of European seamen over the centuries - might yet be found. Prompted by the Irish MP Arthur Dobbs, the Admiralty sent the Furnace and Discovery to Hudson Bay in 1741 in search of a navigable passage to the Pacific. ...Show more
The Last Voyage of Drake and Hawkins by Kenneth R. Andrews (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 142 | Reading Level: good-very good
This is an account of the expedition of royal and private ships which left Plymouth in 1595 under the command of Drake and Hawkins with the aim of capturing the city of Panama. The expedition ended in total failure, both leaders died and attempt to capture Grand Canary, Puerto Rico and Panama were all r ...Show more
The English New England Voyages, 1602-1608 by David B. Quinn (editor); Alison M Quinn (editor)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Travel | Series: Hakluyt Society Second Series Volume 161 | Reading Level: very good
The publication of the narrative accounts of the voyages of Gisnold (1602) and Waymouth (1605) opened up for English readers what was then known as Norumbega, the later New England; They are the first documents of exploration of that region to have been published since that of Verrazzano's voyage (1524) ...Show more
JFK Volume One 1917-1956 by Fredrik Logevall
$25.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: very good
'A powerful, provocative, and above all compelling book' Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-Winning author of The Soul of America The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still elusive, thirty-fifth p ...Show more
Praying for Sheetrock by Greene
$8.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: very good
Relates the events in McIntosh County, Georgia, when the first Black man was elected as a county commissioner.
One Summer - America 1927 by Bill Bryson
$14.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: good
One of the most admired nonfiction writers of our time retells the story of one truly fabulous year in the life of his native country--a fascinating and gripping narrative featuring such outsized American heroes as Charles Lindbergh, Babe Ruth, and yes Herbert Hoover, and a gallery of criminals (Al Capo ...Show more
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
$20.00 NZD
Category: America | Reading Level: near fine
In August, 2005, as Hurricane Katrina blew in, the city of New Orleans had been abandoned by most citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and family had gone, refused to leave. For days he traversed an apocalyptic landscape of flooded streets by canoe. He protected neighbours' proper ...Show more
Idiot Wind - A Memoir by Peter Kaldheim
$16.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
The author tells the story of one man's journey from addiction back to sobriety and sanity via the road.
Tobacco and Shamanism in South Africa by Johannes Wilbert
$35.00 NZD
Category: America | Series: Psychoactive Plants of the World | Reading Level: very good
Photography and the Old West by Karen Current (Text by); William R. Current (Text by); Margaret L. Kaplan; Ellen Shultz
$15.00 NZD
Category: Photography | Reading Level: good
The Civil War - A Narrative - Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote
$20.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: The Civil War 1 | Reading Level: good-very good
The first volume of Shelby Footes tremendous narrative of the Civil War was greeted enthusiastically by critics and readers alike (see back of jacket for comments). In this dramatic second volume the scope and power, the lively portrayal of exciting personalities, and the memorable re-creation of events ...Show more