King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne by Janet L. Nelson
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
'A remarkable book: the dramatic story of a truly extraordinary man ... brilliant' Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves A major new biography of one of the most extraordinary of all rulers, and the father of present-day Europe Charles, king of the Franks, is one of the most remarkable figures ever to rule ...Show more
Changing Fortunes - A History of the Australian Treasury by Paul Tilley
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
Treasury has been at the centre of every major economic policy issue the Australian Government has faced, its role evolving from the government's bookkeeper at Federation in 1901 to the economic policy advising agency it is today. Throughout its history Treasury has been a robust and stable institution ...Show more
Australians: A short history by Thomas Keneally
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vietnam gave us a robust, vibrant and page-turning narrative that brought to life the vast range of characters who have formed the Australian national story. Here these volumes are brought together for a sto ...Show more
World War II: Infographics by Jean Lopez, Vincent Bernard, Nicolas Aubin, Nicolas Guillerat
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
World War II: Infographics tells the story of the great conflict through graphic design. The mass of data available about World War II has never been as large as it is now, yet it has become extraordinarily complicated to interpret it in a meaningful way, and to share that analysis with the public. Info ...Show more
Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples by Neil MacGregor
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
No society on Earth lacks beliefs about where it has come from, its place in the world, and the connection of individuals to the eternal. Until recently, it was widely assumed that religion was on the wane almost everywhere- now, far from becoming marginalised, the relationship between faith and society ...Show more
The Tunnels - Escapes under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill by Greg Mitchell
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
In the summer of 1962, one year after the rise of the Berlin Wall, a group of daring young West Germans risked prison, Stasi torture and even death to liberate friends, lovers, and strangers in East Berlin by digging tunnels under the Wall. Then, as the world's press heard about the secret projects, tw ...Show more
Battle on 42nd Street: The Anzacs' Gruesome Last Stand in Crete by Peter Monteath
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
At what point does the will to survive on the battlefield give way to bloodlust? The Battle of Crete was one of the most spectacular military campaigns of the twentieth century. For the first time in history, German forces carried out an invasion entirely from the air while poorly equipped Anzac and Bri ...Show more
On 1984 - A Biography by D J Taylor
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell's 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about it, TV viewers watch a reality show named f ...Show more
A Game of Birds and Wolves: The Secret Game that Won the War by Simon Parkin
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
It's 1941. Imagine you're Winston Churchill. The Battle of the Atlantic is a disaster. Supply ships ferrying vital weapons, food and fuel from North America are being torpedoed by the German U-boats. You are lying to the country about the number of ships sunk. You are lying about the number of men kille ...Show more
Hitler's Last Hostages - Looted Art and the Soul of the Third Reich by Mary M. Lane
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Adolf Hitler's obsession with art not only fueled his vision of a purified Nazi state--it was the core of his fascist ideology. Its aftermath lives on to this day. Nazism ascended by brute force and by cultural tyranny. Weimar Germany was a society in turmoil, and Hitler's rise was achieved not only by ...Show more
Maoism: A Global History by Julia Lovell
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Since the heyday of Mao Zedong, there has never been a more crucial time to understand Maosim.Although to Western eyes it seems that China has long abandoned the utopian turmoil of Maoism in favour of authoritarian capitalism, Mao and his ideas remain central to the People? Republic and the legitimacy o ...Show more
Reach for the Sky by Paul Brickhill
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks
The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader. In 1931, at the age of 21, Douglas Bader was the golden boy of the RAF. Excelling in everything he did he represented the Royal Air Force in aerobatics displays, played rugby for Harleq ...Show more