The Word - On Translation of the Bible by John Barton
59.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
An exhilarating exploration of the medium through which almost everyone has interacted with scripture, by the author of the bestselling A History of the Bible The Bible is held to be both universal and specific, the source of fundamental truths inscribed in words that are exact and sacred. For much of J ...Show more
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings. by Neil Price
35.00 AUD
Category: History
A new history of the Vikings - told from their own perspective rather than that of their victims. The 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end in September 1066, when King Harald Hardrada of Norway ...Show more
Trump's Australia: How Trumpism changed Australia and the shocking consequences for us of a second term by Bruce Wolpe
34.99 AUD
Category: History
Trump (or a Trumpist) could well win the 2024 US presidential election, and if he does, American democracy as we have known it will probably come to an end. Australia's best-informed commentator on US politics sends a chilling warning. What if Trump (or a Trump-like candidate) becomes US president in 2 ...Show more
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine by Andrew Harding
32.99 AUD
Category: History
The Russians are invading. But the locals have a plan. It's March 2022 and Russian tanks are roaring across the vast, snow-dusted fields of Ukraine. Their destination: Voznesensk, a town with a small bridge that could change the course of the war. The heavily-armed Russians are expecting an easy fight - ...Show more
Cleopatra's Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen by Jane Draycott
26.99 AUD
Category: History
Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony, was the only member of the Ptolemaic dynasty to survive after her parents were defeated by the future Roman emperor Augustus at the Battle of Actium. Paraded as a prisoner in a Roman triumph, then brought up in the household of August ...Show more
SAS Great Escapes Two by Damien Lewis
24.99 AUD
Category: History
'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildSAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed by the world's most famous fighting force during WWII. From the very earliest SAS missions to the push into Naz ...Show more
Why Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World — and How to Escape Them by Ben Ansell
35.00 AUD
Category: History
An award-winning Oxford professor explains why the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed - and how to fix it. Why do the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed? In Why Politics Fails, award-winning Oxford professor Ben Ansell shows that it's not the politicians that are t ...Show more
Speed, Aggression, Surprise: The Secret Origins of the Special Air Service by Tom Petch
24.99 AUD
Category: History
'Awesome!' ANDY McNAB | 'You must read this book' Colonel TIM COLLINS OBE | 'Extraordinary' Sir RANULPH FIENNESForget what you thought you knew. Discover the REAL story of how the SAS was created.From ex-SAS Commander Tom Petch, this is the never-before-told story of how the world's preeminent Special F ...Show more
Murli la: Songs and Stories of the Tiwi Islands by Ngarukuruwala Women’s Group
45.00 AUD
Category: Australian Studies
A joint project with the Indigenous Literary Foundation, Murli la is a beautifully designed gift book that celebrates the culture of the Tiwi Islands through song. The songs presented in this book hold cultural, genealogical, geographical and spiritual knowledge that has been passed down through thousa ...Show more
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt
27.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics. In this landmark work he depicts the I ...Show more
We Are Bellingcat: An Intelligence Agency for the People by Eliot Higgins
22.99 AUD
Category: History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'John le Carré demystified the intelligence services; Higgins has demystified intelligence gathering itself' Financial Times'Uplifting . . . Riveting . . . What will fire people through these pages, gripped, is the focused, and extraordinary investigations that Bellingcat runs ...Show more
Royal Australian Air Force History Box Set: 1921 to 2021 by Air Force History Branch
69.99 AUD
Category: History
Commemorating the 100 Year Anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force. The Official History Box Set includes two full colour hardback books: • The Aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force • The Units of the Royal Australian Air Force The Royal Australian Air Force History Box Set ...Show more