This pictorial WWII history examines the powerful German tank as it was deployed in numerous combat zones throughout the war.Initially the Panzer IV was designed as an infantry support tank, but it proved to be so diverse and effective that it earned a unique tactical role on the battlefield. As a result, it became the only German tank to remain in production during the war. With comprehensive captions and text, this superb book tells the story of the Panzer IV thro...

The godfather of contemporary NZ crime writing has brought back (the bestseller was published in 2012 locally) offbeat local hero Detective Sergeant Tito Ihaka. Thomas has been described as “Elmore Leonard on acid”.Set in New Zealand, written by the most famous crime writer in the country, featuring a Maori cop with a dubious reputation, this should satisfy the Bitter Lemon readers with a taste for the exotic.3.”Inside Dope”, an earlier nove...

A highly illustrated account of the foremost German fighting machines of the Second War World—from the author of the bestselling Panzer IV at War.With comprehensive captions and text this superb book is the latest in the bestselling Images of War Series and the second instalment of the author's pictorial history of the German Panzers in the Second World War. The Panzer III saw almost continuous action from the annexation of Czechoslovakia, the invasion of P...

This WWII pictorial history of Nazi anti-tank vehicles illustrates the Germans' ever-increasing need for defense against Allied armor.During World War II, combatants on both sides developed increasingly effective armored vehicles and tactics. The German military's answer to American Shermans and British Cruisers was to create dedicated anti-tank vehicles such as the Panzerjger I, Sturmgeschtz, Marders, Nashorn. Hetzer, Jagdpanzer, Elefant, Jagdtiger IV and Jagdpant...

The author of the bestselling Panzer IV at War delivers a highly illustrated look at "a key element in the German Blitzkrieg" during the Second World War (HistoryOfWar.org).In the aftermath of the Great War, which saw the introduction of the tank, the more far sighted military leaders realized that the future of warfare hinged on a balance of mobility, firepower and protection. Tanks would need to be accompanied into battle by supporting arms, specifically ...

Tito Ihaka, the unkempt, overweight Maori cop, was demoted to Sergeant due to insubordination and pigheadedness. He investigates the unsolved killing of a seventeen-year-old girl at an election night party in a ritzy villa near Auckland. Ihaka is also embroiled in a very personal mystery. A freelance journalist has stumbled across information that Ihaka's father, Jimmy, a trade union firebrand and renegade Marxist, didn't die of natural causes. The stories weave themselves into an exciting...

An unsparing, "sweeping," and "vivid" (Drew Gilpin Faust, author of This Republic of Suffering) new history of World War II, recasting the conflict as a brutal struggle for survival among declining and ascendant imperial powersIn popular memory, the Second World War was an unalloyed victory for freedom over totalitarianism, marking the demise of the age of empires and the triumph of an American-led democratic order.In Scorched Earth, histo...

Vax Facts is a one-stop-shop for all the information parents and guardians need to make an informed choice about childhood vaccinations.The challenge for most who are wrestling with whether to give a vaccine is a lack of understanding about what information they really need to make an informed decision.Written by a pediatrician who witnessed the difference over decades in the health outcomes of the vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated...

When an athlete with an exceptional record of achievement and longevity comes to the end of their career, the numbers can speak for themselves. Ross Taylor has scored the most runs, made the most centuries and taken the most catches by a New Zealander in international cricket. He' s the first New Zealand cricketer to play 450 international matches. He' s the first player from any country to make 100 international appearances in all three formats of the game: test cricket, one-day internati...

This fully illustrated WWII history examines the varieties of German light tanks and their usage throughout the conflict with rare wartime photographs.At the outbreak of the Second World War, Hitler's Wehrmacht led the way in armored warfare as blitzkriegs overwhelmed Poland and North West Europe. The contribution of light tanks such as Panzers I, II and 35(t) was critical.As the war spread to the Balkans, north Africa and the invasion of Russia, German engi...

With comprehensive captions and text this superb book tells the story of the production of the Panzer IV to the key battles in Poland, France, North Africa, Italy, Russia and North West Europe. Initially the Panzer IV was designed as an infantry support tank, but soon proved to be so diverse and effective that it earned a unique tactical role on the battlefield.The book shows how the Panzer IV evolved and describes how the Germans carefully utilized all available reserves and resources int...

These days Maori cop Tito Ihaka is leading a quieter life in the Wairarapa. Five years earlier he?d sought to step into the shoes of his long-time boss Detective Inspector Finbar McGrail after the latter?s promotion to Auckland District Commander. Dogged by the fall-out from his handling of the hit and run death of a prominent businesswoman, Ihaka was overlooked for a younger, more presentable candidate. After a men?s room confrontation with his new boss?s right-hand man, Ihaka was sent in...