The Professor and the Parson - A Story of Desire, Deceit and Defrocking by Adam Sisman
29.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
One day in November 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor-Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a student at Magdalen College, with the unlikely claim that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor-Roper agreed to a meeting. ...Show more
Advancing Australia by John Watson; Amanda Dunn
19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Series: The Conversation
Politics in Australia is in a dire state. The Coalition government is led by its third prime minister in four years, two of whom were toppled by their own party. Before that, the Labor government ousted two prime ministers. Voters' trust in politicians is at an all-time low, there is policy inertia on k ...Show more
I You We Them - Journeys Beyond Evil by Dan Gretton
35.00 AUD
Category: History
A landmark historical investigation into crimes against humanity and the nature of evil that is over two decades in the making. 'The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.' Hannah Arendt I You We Themis a study of the psychology of some of the lea ...Show more
The Knowledge Solution: Australian History: What Place Does History Have in a Post-Truth World? by Anna Clark
29.99 AUD
Category: History
Does history provide us with cautionary tales or does it highlight the contested nature of our understanding of the past?Colonisation, nationalism, racism. Fighting on foreign shores, violence on our own country. Workers' rights, land booms, cultural wars. What can we learn from these reoccurring events ...Show more
Larrikins in Khaki: Tales of Irreverence and Courage from World War II Diggers by Tim Bowden
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Series: Irreverence & Courage from WWII Digger Memoirs
From recruitment and training and the battlegrounds of Palestine, North Africa, Thailand, Burma and beyond, here are the highly individual stories of Australia's World War II Diggers told in their own voices - warts and all.
Age of Conquests: The Greek World From Alexander to Hadrian by A. Chaniotis; Angelos Chaniotis
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Greek World from Alexander to Hadrian 336BC - AD 138
The ancient world that Alexander the Great transformed in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death. The imperial dynasties of his successors incorporated and reorganized the fallen Persian empire, creating a new land empire stretching from the shores of the Mediterranean to as far east as Bac ...Show more
To Obama- A People's History by Jeanne Marie Laskas
22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: A People's History
One of the most important politics books of the year, To Obama is a record of a time when politics intersected with empathy.'The real story of Obama's America' Sunday TimesEvery day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary American citizens. Every night, he read ten of them before go ...Show more
Napoleon - Passion, Death and Resurrection 1815-1840 vol 3 by Philip Dwyer
22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Passion Death Resurrection 1815 - 1840
'Vibrant and illuminating ... [Dywer] tells a fascinating tale' The TimesThis meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner on the island of St Helena. This may have been a great fall from power, but Napoleon still held immense attraction. Every day, huge c ...Show more
Imperial Twilight - The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age by Stephen R. Platt
24.99 AUD
Category: History
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A Financial Times Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year ________________________________________ 'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds of those who like to talk of the achievements ...Show more
Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre by Jacqueline Riding; Mike Leigh (Foreword by)
19.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of the Peterloo massacre, a defining moment in the history of British democracy, told with passion and authority. 'A superb account of one of the defining moments in modern British history' Tristram Hunt. 'Peterloo is one of the greatest scandals of British political history ... Jacqueline R ...Show more
The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers by Mungo MacCallum
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
Since 1901, thirty different leaders have run the national show. Whether their term was eight days or eighteen years, each prime minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the G ...Show more
Five Soldiers - Christine Johnson by Christine Johnson Michael Shmith
59.95 AUD
Category: Australian Studies