Who Rules the World? by Noam Chomsky
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A New York Times BestsellerWith a New AfterwordIn an incisive, thorough analysis of the current international situation, Noam Chomsky examines the way that the United States, despite the rise of Europe and Asia, still largely sets the terms of global discourse. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from ...Show more
Fear of Abandonment: Australia in the world since 1942 (Updated 2021) by Allan Gyngell
34.99 AUD
Category: History
In Fear of Abandonment, expert and insider Allan Gyngell tells the story of how Australia has shaped the world and been shaped by it since it established an independent foreign policy during the dangerous days of 1942. Gyngell argues that the fear of being abandoned - originally by Britain, and later by ...Show more
Tobruk 1941: Text Classics by Chester Wilmot
12.95 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Series: Text Classics Ser.
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This Orient Isle: Elizabethan England and the Islamic World by Jerry Brotton
24.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1570, after plots and assassination attempts against her, Elizabeth I was excommunicated by the Pope. It was the beginning of cultural, economic and political exchanges with the Islamic world of a depth not again experienced until the modern age. England signed treaties with the Ottoman Porte, receiv ...Show more
Kampong Australia by Mathew Radcliffe
39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
The Royal Australian Air Force base at Butterworth was Australia's largest and most enduring overseas military garrison in post-war Southeast Asia.Home to the majority of Australian airpower for over three decades, Butterworth was also home to a vibrant Australian community. From 1955 until 1988, spanni ...Show more
Radicals by Jamie Bartlett
35.00 AUD
Category: History
In the last few years the world has changed in unexpected ways. The power of radical ideas and groups is growing. What was once considered extreme is now the mainstream. But what is life like on the political fringes? What is the real power of radicals? Radicals is an exploration of the individuals, gro ...Show more
The Souls of China The Return of Religion After Mao by Ian Johnson
55.00 AUD
Category: History
In no society on Earth was there such a ferocious attempt to eradicate all trace of religion as in modern China. But now, following a century of violent antireligious campaigns, China is awash with new temples, churches, and mosques - as well as cults, sects, and politicians trying to harness religion f ...Show more
Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War by Lynne Olson
39.99 AUD
49.99 (20% off)
Category: History
As Hitler's Blitzkrieg vanquished one European country after another in the chaos-filled spring of 1940, and the United States and the Soviet Union were still on the sidelines, London suddenly found itself the de facto capital of Europe, a haven for Europe's struggling governments in exile- Holland, Cze ...Show more
30-Second Ancient China: The 50 Most Important Achievements of a Timeless Civilisation, Each Explained in Half a Minute by Yijie Zhuang
31.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: 30 Second
In the West, the story of Ancient China is less familiar to us than that of Ancient Egypt or Rome, but it is no less absorbing, and its roll call of achievements is easily as impressive. 30-Second Ancient China unlocks the secrets of its Bronze Age glories and offers summaries of everything from the los ...Show more
Rebel Cities: Paris, London and New York in the Age of Revolution by Michael Rapport
32.99 AUD
Category: History
London, Paris and New York in the eighteenth century, as today, were places where political authority, commerce and money, art and intellectual life intersected. They straddled an Atlantic world where ships powered by nothing more than wind, currents and human muscle criss-crossed the sea, carrying with ...Show more
Bomber Boys by Marianne van Velzen
29.99 AUD
Category: History
The unknown story of a unique RAAF squadron, its men and its mission to halt the Japanese advance in the Pacific
Corsa Rosa: A History of the Giro D'italia by Brendan Gallagher
28.00 AUD
Category: History
The Giro d'Italia is the cooler, tougher brother of the Tour de France. First staged in 1909, and only pausing for two World Wars, its hundredth edition takes place in 2017. Inspired by L'Auto's improved circulation figures after establishing France's Grand Tour, the Gazzetta dello Sport saw an opportun ...Show more