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1177 B.C - The Year Civilization Collapsed by Eric H. Cline
29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Turning Points in Ancient History Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the "Sea Peoples" invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy managed to defeat them, but the victory so weakened Egypt that it soon slid into decline, as did most of the surrounding civilizations. After centuries of brilliance, the civilized world of the Bron ...Show more
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed - Revised and Updated by Eric H. Cline
29.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Turning Points in Ancient History Ser.
From acclaimed archaeologist and bestselling author Eric Cline, a breathtaking account of how the collapse of an ancient civilised world ushered in the first Dark Ages. In 1177 B.C., marauding groups known only as the 'Sea Peoples' invaded Egypt. The pharaoh's army and navy defeated them, but the victo ...Show more
1688 THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION by PINCUS STEVEN
32.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Ser.
Based on new archival information, this book upends two hundred years of scholarship on England's Glorious Revolution to claim that it--not the French Revolution--was the first truly modern revolution For two hundred years historians have viewed England's Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 as an un-revolu ...Show more
A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry; Kali Nicole Gross
46.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Revisioning History Ser.
A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are--and have always been--instrumental in shaping our country In centering Black women's stories, two award-winning historians seek both to empower African American women and to ...Show more
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun by Jonathan Clements
19.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Brief History of Asia Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. Stretching for nearly 2000 miles and encompassing almost ...Show more
A Failure to Understand: Early Colonialism and the Indigenous Peoples by Margaret McPhee; Australian Geographic Staff
24.95 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Aust Geographic History Ser. | Reading Level: Grade 04
At look at the monumental clash between European colonialism and the Aboriginal peoples, from the first tentative and difficult interactions of the early explorers to the arrival of the First Fleet.Australian Curriculum: History - Historical Knowledge And Understanding Australian Curriculum Correl ...Show more
A Handful of Sand: The Gurindji Struggle, After the Walk-Off by Charlie Ward
29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Series: Australian History Ser.
Fifty years ago, a group of striking Aboriginal stockmen in the remote Northern Territory of Australia heralded a revolution in the cattle industry and a massive shift in Aboriginal affairs. Now, after many years of research, A Handful of Sand tells the story behind the Gurindji people's famous Wave Hil ...Show more
A Long Voyage to the Moon - The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron Evans by Geoffrey Bowman; Jack Lousma (Foreword by)
92.00 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Outward Odyssey: a People's History of Spaceflight Ser.
As command module pilot of Apollo 17, the last crewed flight to the moon, Ron Evans combined precision flying and painstaking geological observation with moments of delight and enthusiasm. On his way to the launchpad, he literally jumped for joy in his spacesuit. Emerging from the command module to cond ...Show more
A Nation Without Borders by Steven Hahn
55.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Penguin History of the United States Ser.
The era from 1830 to 1910 witnessed massive transformations in how people lived, worked, thought about themselves, and struggled to live and thrive. It also witnessed the birth of economic and political institutions that still shape our world. America's population grew more than ten-fold. The country ex ...Show more
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
16.99 AUD
Category: Fantasy Science Fiction Horror | Series: A\Natural History of Dragons Ser.
Everyone knows Isabella, Lady Trent, to be the world's preeminent dragon naturalist. Here at last, in her own words, is the true story of a pioneering spirit who risked her reputation, prospects, and her life to satisfy scientific curiosity; of how she sought true love despite her lamentable eccentricit ...Show more
A People's History of Tennis by David Berry
32.99 AUD
Category: Sport | Series: People's History Ser.
Pristine lawns, tennis whites, strawberries and cream, tennis is synonymous with the upper echelons of society, but scratch beneath the surface and you'll quickly discover a different history, one of untold struggles on and off the courts. From the birth of modern tennis in Victorian Britain to the ...Show more
A Second Chance: The Making of Yiddish Melbourne by Andrew Markus; Margaret Taft
29.95 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: Australian History Ser.
They came from an old world to a new land. The Yiddish speakers from Eastern Europe brought few material possessions but clung to a language and a culture that defined who they were, a way of life that had endured pogroms, persecution, and a genocide that pushed them to the brink of extinction. Melbourn ...Show more