On a Wing and a Prayer: The Race that Stopped the World by Diane Websdale-Morrissey
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Race that Stopped the World
In 1934, Melbourne's Lord Mayor announced a London-to-Melbourne air race to celebrate his city's centenary. The audacious plan captured imaginations across the globe: newspapers and magazines everywhere were filled with it; the world's pilots scrambled to get sponsorship; and the organisers scrambled t ...Show more
Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean by Raoul McLaughlin
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The ancient evidence suggests that international commerce supplied Roman government with up to a third of the revenues that sustained their empire. In ancient times large fleets of Roman merchant ships set sail from Egypt on voyages across the Indian Ocean. They sailed from Roman ports on the Red Sea to ...Show more
Boeing 707 Group: A History by Graham M. Simons
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
The Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Model 720 - was the pioneer of the sweptback wing, incorporating podded engines borrowed from the B-47 military bomber. It was the aircraft that many regard as the design ...Show more
ANZAC Memories by Don Donovan
$16.99 AUD
Category: History
A collection of evocative photographs and quotations honouring the memory of those who served in the First World War. A photographic journey through images and mateship.
The Last Days of the Ottoman Empire, 1918-1922 by Ryan Gingeras
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of the fall of the Ottoman Empire offers a new way of understanding the twentieth century. The Ottoman Empire had been one of the major facts in European history since the Middle Ages. Stretching from the Adriatic to the Indian Ocean, the Empire was both a great political entity and a religiou ...Show more
Aboriginal Place Names by Reed A W
$20.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Aboriginal library
A comprehensive collection of Aboriginal names from all over Australia, and their derivations. Thousands of place names are listed, each followed by the state it is found in and its meaning. There is also a dictionary that gives the Aboriginal translations for common English words.
Where Soldiers Lie: The Quest to Find Australia's Missing War Dead by Ian McPhedran
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
What drives veterans, military experts and forensic investigators to dedicate years to search for and identify the remains of fallen warriors? What does it mean to the families of the dead to be able to lay them to rest? Over thirty five thousand Australian soldiers and airmen are still listed as Missin ...Show more
Black, White and Exempt - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lives under Exemption by Lucinda Aberdeen; Jennifer Jones
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
In 1957, Ella Simon of Purfleet mission near Taree, New South Wales, applied for and was granted a certificate of exemption. Exemption gave her legal freedoms denied to other Indigenous Australians at that time: she could travel freely, open a bank account, and live and work where she wanted. In the eye ...Show more
Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity by Paul Strathern
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities that dominate the world stage and define eras; where ideas flourish, revolutions are born and history is made.Through ten unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban ...Show more
Beyond the Wall - East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT 'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post-World War II Europe' Julia Boyd 'One of the be ...Show more
Troy by Stephen Fry
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Following Top Ten bestsellers Mythos and Heroes, this third volume retells the epic tale of Troy The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whol ...Show more
Justice in Kelly Country: The Story of the Cop Who Hunted Australia’s Most Notorious Bushrangers by Lachlan Strahan
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Part way through the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly accused Senior Constable Anthony Strahan of threatening him: ‘he would not ask me to stand he would shoot me first like a dog’. Those few fateful words have echoed through Australian history as the cause of much bloodshed and violence. They marked Anthon ...Show more