Revolutionary - George Washington at War by Robert L. O'Connell
52.99 AUD
Category: History
From an acclaimed military historian, a bold reappraisal of young George Washington, an ambitious if reckless soldier destined to become the legendary general who took on the British and, through his leadership, came to define the American character How did George Washington become an American icon? Ro ...Show more
Gulf Country Story of the People of Outback Queensland by Richard J. Martin
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The story of the resilient people who make their home in Australia's far north, from the 'wild time' of the frontier days to the present.
First World War in 100 Objects by Professor Gary Sheffield
37.95 AUD
Category: History
The First World War was one of the seminal events in world history. The First World War in 100 Objects offers a unique perspective on the world's first truly global conflict. It traces its history through the examination of iconic items like the Zeppelin, the gas mask and Winston Churchill's Cigar, to p ...Show more
The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's Dealer and His Secret Legacy by Catherine Hickley
45.00 AUD
Category: History
Secondhand. In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to the elderly recluse, Cornelius Gurlitt, German customs authorities seized an astonishing hoard of more than 1,200 paintings, drawings and prints. When Hildebrand Gurlitt's trove became public in November 2013, it caused a worldwide media sensa ...Show more
Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics by David Goodhart
24.99 AUD
Category: History
Many Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country. In fact, they were merely experiencing the same feeling that many British people have felt every day for years. Fifty years ago, people in leafy North London and people in working-class ...Show more
The Medici by Mary Hollingsworth
59.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Having founded the bank that became the most powerful in Europe in the fifteenth century, the Medici gained political power in Florence, raising the city to a peak of cultural achievement and becoming its hereditary dukes. Among their number were no fewer than three popes and a powerful and influential ...Show more
War Stories by Peter Snow; Ann MacMillan
22.99 AUD
Category: History
'Highly readable . . . an intimate and varied account of fascinating stories of people at war' History of War War Stories is a fascinating account of ordinary men and women swept up in the turbulence of war. These are the stories - many untold until now - of thirty-four individuals who have pushed the b ...Show more
Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy by David Noam; Barsamian Chomsky
22.99 AUD
Category: History
This program is read by the authorsIn a compelling new set of interviews, Noam Chomsky's Global Discontents identifies the "dry kindling" of discontent around the world that could soon catch fire. In wide-ranging interviews with David Barsamian, his longtime interlocutor, Noam Chomsky asks listeners to ...Show more
The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram: A compelling story of courage and endurance in the Second World War by David M. Guss
32.99 AUD
Category: History
A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of Alastair Cram, brilliantly told by the American author, David Guss. Cram was taken prisoner in North Africa in November 1941, which began a long odyssey through ten different POW c ...Show more
So High a Blood: The Life of Margaret, Countess of Lennox by Morgan Ring
19.99 AUD
Category: History
'Expertly researched, zestfully written, acutely intelligent in its historical judgements, this masterly biography finally does justice to a forgotten Tudor princess' John GuySometime heir to the English throne, courtier in danger of losing her head, spy-mistress and would-be architect of a united Catho ...Show more
Carpathia by Jay Ludowyke
32.99 AUD
Category: History
In the early hours of 15 April 1912, the Cunard steamship Carpathia receives a distress call from the new White Star liner Titanic. Captain Arthur Rostron immediately turns Carpathia northwest and sails full speed through the dark night, into waters laden with icebergs, on a rescue mission that will bec ...Show more
The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire - Indie Non-Fiction Winner 2019 by Chloe Hooper
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house to watch the inferno. In the Valley, where the rates of crime were the highest in the state, more than thirty people were known to police as fire ...Show more