The Infiltrators: The Lovers Who Led Germany's Resistance Against the Nazis by Norman Ohler
22.99 AUD
Category: History
The incredible true story of two idealistic young lovers who led the anti-Nazi resistance in the darkening heart of Berlin, by the author of the internationally bestselling Blitzed. A Daily Telegraph History Book of the Year 'An astonishing story... brilliantly told' - Antony Beevor 'Gripping... Will ap ...Show more
The Complete History of the SAS: The World's Most Feared Elite Fighting Force by Nigel McCrery
24.99 AUD
Category: History
The full story of the SAS, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa during World War II to present action in the Middle East, and incorporates jungle, desert and urban warfare, counter-terrorism and an insider's view at the selection and training methods employed by this usually secretive unit. Specia ...Show more
A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues by Peter Hughes
39.99 AUD
Category: History
Travelling through time from Ancient Egypt to today, A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues unpicks the past, illuminates the present and offers a new perspective on the future through these controversial symbols of our identity.
Studio of the South: Van Gogh in Provence by Martin Bailey
35.00 AUD
Category: History
Studio of the South tells the fascinating story of Van Gogh's time in Arles and the Yellow House.
From Women to the World: Letters for the New Century by Elizabeth Filippouli
39.99 AUD
Category: History
A book of letters from influential women, to the women who inspired them. Acclaimed writer Elif Shafak writes a letter to Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand after the Christchurch attack. Actress Yasmine AlMassri pens a poem about war for her mother. Activist and TV presenter June Sarpong ad ...Show more
God Save the Queen: The Strange Persistence of Monarchies by Dennis Altman
27.99 AUD
Category: History
An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies.An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies.When he was deposed in Egypt in 1952, King Farouk predicted that there would be ...Show more
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War by Tim Butcher
35.00 AUD
Category: History
A trek through the Balkans, an exploration of the life of an assassin (the teenager who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and so triggered the First World War), and a journey into the history of this complex and fascinating part of the world...'The most original of First World War centenary books; it is a ...Show more
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea by Michael Veitch
32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
In the thick of World War II, during the first week of March 1943, Japan made a final, desperate lunge for control of the South West Pacific. In the ensuing Battle of the Bismarck Sea, a force of land-based Australian and American planes attacked a massive convoy of Japanese warships. The odds were agai ...Show more
X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken by DERMOT TURING
34.99 AUD
Category: History
The untold story of the events which drove to the Enigma code-breaking, and the men who made it possible. Everyone 'knows' that the Enigma was broken at Bletchley Park, but what led up to that, and what became of the Polish mathematicians who laid the basis for the code-breaking, is shrouded in myth and ...Show more
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s by Elizabeth Hinton
32.99 AUD
Category: History
A radical reckoning with the racial inequality of America's past and present, by one of the leading scholars of policing and mass incarceration in the US Between 1964 and 1972, the United States endured domestic violence on a scale not seen since the Civil War. During these eight years, Black residents ...Show more
The Sacred Band - Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom by James Romm
45.00 AUD
Category: History
From classicist James Romm comes a thrilling deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes--and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit composed of 150 pairs of male lovers.The story of the Sa ...Show more
Mountain Republic by Philippa Harrison
69.99 AUD
Category: History
A history of one of the most beautiful and best-loved corners of England – nestling deep within the mountains and valleys of the Lake District. An affectionate but meticulously researched history of one of the most beautiful and best-loved corners of England – Crosthwaite Parish, nestling deep within th ...Show more