Refugee Rights Policy Wrongs A Frank, Up-To-Date Guide by Experts by Jane McAdam; Fiona Chong
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
Everyone has the right to seek asylum under international law, but public discourse in Australia about refugees is dominated by scare-mongering and political point-scoring. The government seeks to `stop the boats' whatever the cost, be it human, economic, moral or legal. In this new book, Jane McAdam an ...Show more
Walls A History of Civilisation by M. Carr
24.99 AUD
Category: History
Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland, Carr's lyrical and timeless play tells the story of Hester Swane, an Irish traveller with a deep and unearthly connection to her land. Tormented by the memory of a mother who deserted her, Hester is once again betrayed, this time by the fathe ...Show more
The Salvation Army by Dr Susan Cohen
14.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Shire Library
The Salvation Army is a byword for philanthropy and charitable work, with its brass bands and uniformed officers indelible parts of the fabric of British life - yet many may not be aware of the real extent of its work and influence. This is the story of how Reverend William Booth's East London Christian ...Show more
The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War by Denise Chong
37.99 AUD
Category: History
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War. Th ...Show more
Lucky 666 - The Impossible Mission by Bob Drury; Thomas Clavin
34.99 AUD
Category: History
"A fast-paced, well-researched...irresistible" (USA TODAY) World War II aviation account of friendship, heroism, and sacrifice that reads like Unbroken meets The Dirty Dozen from the authors of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Heart of Everything That Is. It's 1942, just after the blow to Pearl Ha ...Show more
Alexandria: A History and Guide by E. M. Forster
29.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Tauris Parke Paperbacks Ser.
In the autumn of 1915, in a "slightly heroic mood," E.M. Forster arrived in Alexandria, full of lofty ideals as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Yet most of his time was spent exploring "the magic, antiquity and complexity" of the place in order to cope with living in what he saw as a "funk-hole." With a ...Show more
Abundance, a Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund
16.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: P.S.
From the author of Ahabs Wife and Four Spirits comes her most astonishingwork yet--a portrait of a young queen called Marie Antoinette.
Making of Orthodox Byzantium, 600-1025 by Mark Whittow
85.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: New Studies in Medieval History Ser.
The book is a clear, up-to-date, reassessment of the Byzantine empire during a crucial phase in the history of the Near East. Against a geopolitical background (well-illustrated with 14 maps), it covers the last decade of the Roman empire as a superpower of the ancient world, the catastrophic crisis of ...Show more
True History of Merlin the Magician by Anne Lawrence-Mathers
24.95 AUD
Category: History
Who was the historical Merlin? Merlin the Magician has remained an enthralling and curious individual since he was first introduced in the twelfth century though the pages of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. But although the Merlin of literature and Arthurian myth is well known, Merlin ...Show more
Endgame - Inside the Impeachment of Donald J. Trump by Eric Swalwell
39.99 AUD
Category: History
How do you stop a rogue president? How do you protect our country from a man who lies, who obstructs justice, and who seeks to cheat with foreign powers to get reelected? Our constitution offers one remedy: impeachment. Thanks to the courageous actions of public servants who came forward to report his a ...Show more