Kiwis in Conflict: A History of New Zealanders at War Revised and Updated by Christopher Pugsley; Laurie Barber; 93299210342009329921034200
$59.99 NZD
Category: Military
Kiwis in Conflict is the story of New Zealand and New Zealanders at war from the mid-19th century to the present day. Originally published as Scars of the Heart, this new revised and updated edition examines the impact of war through the eyes of those involved using photographs, paintings, letters and d ...Show more
The Last Secret Agent: The Untold Story of My Life as a Spy Behind Nazi Enemy Lines by Pippa Latour, Jude Dobson
$37.99 NZD
Category: NZ
The extraordinary true story of one of the last female special operation agents in France to get out alive after its liberation in WWII. Born in 1921, Pippa Latour was a covert special operations agent who parachuted into a field in Nazi-occupied Normandy. Trained by the British as a Special Operations ...Show more
Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe by Frank Murphy
$59.99 NZD
Category: Military
Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering. 4,300 B-17s and B-24s failed to return; nearly 28,000 men were taken prisoner or interned in a neutral country, and a further 2 ...Show more
Nothing Significant To Report - The misadvenures of a kiwi soldier by Dario Nustrini
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
Laugh-out-loud yarns from a soldier in the New Zealand Army. When new recruit Dario Nustrini's head was freshly shaved in preparation for the army, he knew nothing about what training to fight, kill and die for New Zealand would look like. Since leaving leaving high school the year before, he had been ...Show more
SAS Great Escapes Two by Damien Lewis
$29.99 NZD
Category: Military
'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildSAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed by the world's most famous fighting force during WWII. From the very earliest SAS missions to the push into Naz ...Show more
Boots on Mossies & Other Stories by Tim Gilbertson
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ
Boots on Mossies – Tim Gilbertson This unique memoir depicts the reality of the two world wars and of our soldiers who fought there. Drawing on recounted memories of those who were part of the action and the thoughts of those who heard them, Tim has created narratives that honour those memories. He ...Show more
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine by Andrew Harding
$36.99 NZD
Category: Military
The Russians are invading. But the locals have a plan. It's March 2022 and Russian tanks are roaring across the vast, snow-dusted fields of Ukraine. Their destination: Voznesensk, a town with a small bridge that could change the course of the war. The heavily-armed Russians are expecting an easy fight - ...Show more
The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James Holland
$40.00 NZD
Category: Military
The astonishing story of one of the most brutal and hard-fought battles of the Second World War told by one of most acclaimed and insightful historians
The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban by Andy McNab
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military
The story of the SAS and Navy SEALs' attempts to save a group of NGO workers held hostage by the Taliban in 2012 in Northern Afghanistan. Andy McNab draws on classified sources and his own personal insight into the inner-workings of the special forces to tell the story of the rescue mission. The thrilli ...Show more
Eject! Eject! by John Nichol
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military
'Eject! Eject!' When the call is made to abandon an aircraft, it's only the beginning of the story... From the Sunday Times bestselling writer John Nichol, author of Spitfire, Lancaster and Tornado, comes a brilliant new book that reveals the astonishing story of an invention that has saved many thousan ...Show more
SAS Forged in Hell by Damien Lewis
$39.99 NZD
Category: Military
In the summer of 1943, the largest invasion fleet ever assembled sailed for fortress Europe, aiming to bulldoze its way onto Nazi shores. At its vanguard went a few hundred elite forces soldiers, the Royal Navy warship carrying them bearing the iconic winged dagger emblem on its prow, plus the motto 'W ...Show more
The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse: From the Australian Bush to the Battle of Beersheba - An Epic Story of Courage, Resilience and Derring-Do by Peter FitzSimons
$60.00 NZD
Category: Military
On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened ...Show more