Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe by Ian Kershaw
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
The acclaimed historian explores how far individual leaders can alter the course of history The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless con ...Show more
The Boy in the Dress by Jonathan Butler
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
On a balmy Townsville night in 1944, a young serviceman, Warwick Meale, is found murdered. The army and police do not, or will not, conduct a proper investigation and history forgets the killer - until now. Nearly eighty years on, Warwick's descendant Jonathan Butler dusts off the case and chases the le ...Show more
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000BCE - 1492CE by Simon Schama
$27.99 AUD
Category: General History | Reading Level: very good
It is a story like no other- an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents - from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes ...Show more
The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory by Roxane van Iperen
$22.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
Perfect for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, The Choice and The Librarian of Auschwitz - this is the international bestselling and life-affirming true story of female bravery and surviving the horrors of Auschwitz.WINNER of the Opzij Literature Prize 2019They knew their survival depended on each o ...Show more
Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction by Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand, John Long, Trevor H. Worthy
$99.99 AUD
Category: General History
For most of the past 300 million years, the world's continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated island it is today. Over time, its creatures began to evolve i ...Show more
Semut: The Untold Story of a Secret Australian Operation in WWII Borneo by Christine Helliwell
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
Winner of the Les Carlyon Literary Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Awards Australian History Prize. First Runner Up for Templer Medal Book Prize (UK). Shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize, the ACT Notable Book Awards, and the Reid Prize.A remarkable new book about Operation ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
"With a foreword by Richard Flanagan Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize 'A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people' —Tim Flannery Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a k ...Show more
Blood, Fire and Gold: The Story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici by Estelle Paranque
$24.99 AUD
Category: European
‘A story told with verve and passion’ The Times, Book of the Week ‘An alternative and engaging biography…accessible and unpretentious’ The Telegraph ‘A stunning portrayal of two of the most powerful women in European history’ Tracy Borman ‘Exciting and compelling, packed full of tantalising details of d ...Show more
SAS - An Illustrated History of the SAS During the Second World War by Joshua Levine
$37.99 AUD
Category: History
AN AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE SAS This is the authorised history of the SAS by bestselling author Joshua Levine. Never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories bring the history of this special force to life in vivid colour and astonishing detail. Created during the Second World War, the SAS was a s ...Show more
Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
$19.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Signature Classics Ser.
Henry David Thoreau's account of his adventure in self-reliance on the shores of a pond in Massachusetts-part social experiment, part spiritual quest-is an enduringly influential American classic.In 1845, Thoreau began building a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The inspiring and lyrica ...Show more
Homeland Heroes - From Australian Disasters Heroes Are Born by Mal Walden
$25.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Australia's favourite newsman, Mal Walden, continues his theme of unique Australian stories with Homeland Heroes. This is a tribute to those who have demonstrated incredible bravery and self-sacrifice in the face of overwhelming odds. Out of disasters, heroes are born. Homeland Heroes pays tribute to o ...Show more
The China-Australia Migration Corridor: History and Heritage by Denis Byrne, Ien Ang, Phillip Mar
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
A study of the history and impact of Chinese-Australian migration.The China-Australia Migration Corridor traces the legacy of migration from China to Australia from the 1840s until the present day. It offers a multidimensional examination of the footprint of migration as it exists, stretching between Zh ...Show more