Koh-i-Noor by Anita Anand William Dalrymple
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
The first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i-Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world.On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old maharaja of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great fort in Lahore. There, in a public cer ...Show more
Kosciuszko by Nick Brodie
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Australia's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, is a dangerous place. Evan Hayes was an ordinary Australian battler. Hardworking, likable. Laurie Seaman was a world-wise American. Adventurous, affluent. When this athletic pair of cross-country skiers disappeared into the wilds of Kosciuszko they left a ...Show more
The Last Leonardo: The Making of a Masterpiece by Ben Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
500 years after the death of Leonardo Da Vinci, Ben Lewis considers the unrivalled legacy of his art through an original biography of the ‘Salvator Mundi' (Saviour of the World) – the lost Da Vinci painting. In 2017, Leonardo Da Vinci's small oil painting, the Salvator Mundi entered global popular consc ...Show more
Vietnam: An Epic History of a Tragic War by Max Hastings
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'His masterpiece' Antony Beevor, Spectator'A masterful performance' Sunday Times'By far the best book on the Vietnam War' Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for ...Show more
Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin by Jonathan Phillips
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
An epic story of empire-building and bloody conflict, this ground-breaking biography of one of history?s most venerated military and religious heroes opens a window on the Islamic and Christian worlds? complex relationship.When Saladin recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187, returning the Holy ...Show more
The Sea Journal: Seafarers' Sketchbooks by Huw Lewis-Jones
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
The sea has been an endless source of fascination, at once both alluring and mysterious, a place of wonder and terror. The Sea Journal contains first-hand records by a great range of travellers of their encounters with strange creatures and new lands, full of dangers and delights, pleasures and perils. ...Show more
Futuruins - The Future of Ruins and Ruins of the Future by Dimitri Ozerkov
$90.00 AUD
Category: History
The ethics and aesthetics of ruins are a crucial element in the history of civilisations: it symbolises the presence of the past, but at the same time embodies the potential for future developments. In fact, a ruin is never neutral: caught between nature and culture, suspended between catastrophe and re ...Show more
Bauhaus Goes West by Alan Powers
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
Bauhaus Goes West is a story of cultural exchange - between the Bauhaus émigrés in the years following the school's closure in 1933 and the countries to which they moved, focusing in particular on Britain. Taking as its starting point the cultural connections between the UK and Germany in the early part ...Show more
Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him - The Secret History Behind the Tudor Throne by Tracy Borman
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Henry VIII is best known in history for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. However, as acclaimed historian Tracy Borman makes clear in her illuminating new chronicle of Henry's life, his reign and reputation were hugely influenced by the men who surrounded and interacted with him ...Show more
The Un-Discovered Islands : An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries, Phantoms and Fates by Malachy Tallack
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
'intrepid intellectual fun, and Katie Scott's bold illustrations give an exotic colour to the pages' – Sunday Herald 'It's a joy to island-hop through the book. After wowing the world with Sixty Degrees North last year, Tallack's second book is shaped by the same, clear, sharp prose and keen curiosity. ...Show more
Barbarians at the Wall: The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of China by John Man
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today?s descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise cemented Chinese unity and inspired the first Great Wall. Their heir ...Show more
Original Australians (The) by Josephine Flood
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Aboriginal history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day. From the wisdom and paintings of the Dreamtime, to the first contacts between Europeans and indigenous Australians, right through to modern times, it offers an insight in ...Show more