France: An Adventure History by Graham Robb
$39.99 AUD
Category: European | Reading Level: near fine
This is a profoundly original and entertaining history of France, from the first century bc to the present day, based on countless new discoveries and thirty years of exploring France on foot, by bicycle and in the library. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and endi ...Show more
Germany: Memories of a Nation by Neil MacGregor
$26.99 AUD
Category: European
From Neil MacGregor, the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects, this is a view of Germany like no other. For the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental Europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being. How much do we really understand this new Germany ...Show more
Mischka's War: A European Odyssey of the 1940s by Sheila Fitzpatrick
$34.99 AUD
Category: European
On a winter's day in 1943, 22-year-old Mischka Danos chanced on a terrible sight as he skied through Latvian woods-a pit filled with the bodies of Jews killed by the occupying Germans. The world was full of such atrocities, which makes Mischka?s decision to escape conscription to the Waffen-SS by going ...Show more
An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent by Owen MATTHEWS
$29.99 AUD
Category: European | Reading Level: very good
The thrilling true story of Richard Sorge the man John le Carre called 'the spy to end spies', and whose actions turned the tide of the Second World War Richard Sorge was a man with two homelands. Born of a German father and a Russian mother in Baku in 1895, he moved in a world of shifting alliances and ...Show more
Glasshouse by Charles Stross
$19.99 AUD
Category: European
When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. It's the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees' personalities and targ ...Show more
The Lost King of France : The Tragic Story of Marie-Antoinette's Favourite Son by Deborah Cadbury
$24.95 AUD
Category: European
The fascinating, moving story of the brief life and many possible deaths of Louis XVII, son of Marie Antoinette.Louis-Charles Bourbon enjoyed a charmed early childhood in the gilded palace of Versailles. At the age of four, he became the Dauphin, heir to the most powerful throne in Europe. Yet within fi ...Show more
Legions of Rome: The Definitive History of Every Roman Legion by Stephen Dando-Collins
$69.95 AUD
Category: European | Reading Level: good-very good
No book on Roman history has attempted to do what Stephen Dando-Collins does in Legions of Rome: to provide a complete history of every Imperial Roman legion and what it achieved as a fighting force. The author has spent the last thirty years collecting every scrap of available evidence from numerous so ...Show more
Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern by Simon Winder
$34.99 AUD
Category: European
A personal guide to the Germany that the author loves. It describes Germany's past - and in doing so shows a country much like our own: Protestant, aggressive and committed to eating some very strange food. It includes an introduction to the hidden wonders of Germany. It gives an account of Germany's va ...Show more
Soviets in Space - Russia's Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier by Colin Burgess
$49.99 AUD
Category: European | Series: Kosmos Ser.
A beautifully illustrated history of the Soviet Union's leading role in the space race. In this deeply researched chronology, Colin Burgess describes the then Soviet Union's extraordinary success in the pioneering years of space exploration. Within a decade, the Soviets not only launched the world's fir ...Show more
The Last Duel: Now a major film starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver and Jodie Comer by Eric Jager
$19.99 AUD
Category: European | Reading Level: very good
The gripping, atmospheric true story of the duel to end all duels- a trial by combat pitting a knight against a squire accused of violating the knight's beautiful young wife. Now a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott. In 1386, a few days after Christmas, a massive crowd gathered at a Paris mon ...Show more
STRATA: William Smith’s Geological Maps by Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Contribution by); Robert Macfarlane (Foreword by)
$100.00 AUD
Category: European
This comprehensive evaluation showcases Smith's 1815 hand-coloured map, A Delineation of the Strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland, displayed in its original 15 sheets with explanatory colour key. The introduction traces Smith's early career as a surveyor and engineer, and clarifies his pur ...Show more