STRATA: William Smith’s Geological Maps by Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Contribution by); Robert Macfarlane (Foreword by)
$100.00 AUD
Category: History
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
Land of Eagles - Riding Through Europe's Forgotten Country by Robin Hanbury-Tenison
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Albania is the least-known and least developed country in Europe. It has a long, rich and troubled past, characterised by unrest and isolationism. Today, very little is known of its people - beyond those who have emigrated to other countries in Europe - and its landscapes have remained virtually untrave ...Show more
The African Lookbook - A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women by Catherine E. McKinley; Jacqueline Woodson (Foreword by); Edwidge Danticat (Foreword by)
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
An unprecedented visual history of African women told in striking and subversive historical photographs--featuring an Introduction by Edwidge Danticat and a Foreword by Jacqueline Woodson. Most of us grew up with images of African women that were purely anthropological--bright displays of exotica where ...Show more
The Gardens Of Mars by John Gimlette
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
A portrait of Madagascar, the world's fourth-largest island and a place of enduring fascination for its rich biodiversity (including a plethora of endemic species), as well as for its tangled and troubled history. A journey – both historical and contemporary – among the fantastical landscapes, beguiling ...Show more
Medieval People: From Charlemagne to Piero della Francesca by Michael Prestwich
$21.99 AUD
Category: History
This engrossing and often witty account tells the life stories of nearly 70 individuals who made the Middle Ages. There are kings and queens, popes and politicians, soldiers and merchants, scholars, authors and visionaries. They range from the important, such as El Cid or Frederick Barbarossa, to the li ...Show more
The Viking Great Army by Julian Richards; Dawn Hadley
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Who were the Viking Great Army and what was their lasting impact on Britain? This is the definitive account of the notorious Viking Great Army that swept through Britain between AD 865 and 880, fundamentally reshaping its political, economic and social landscape and ultimately helping to 'make a nation' ...Show more
River Kings - A New History of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road (HB) by Cat Jarman
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
Discover the world of the River Kings - and some queens. Follow bioarchaeologist and historian Cat Jarman - and the cutting-edge forensic techniques central to her research - as she uncovers epic stories of the Viking age and follows a small 'Carnelian' bead found in a Viking grave in Derbyshire to its ...Show more
A Living Islamic City - Fez and Its Preservation by Titus Burckhardt; Jean-Louis Michon (Editor); Joseph A. Fitzgerald (Editor); Jane Casewit (Translator)
$40.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The Moroccan city of Fez, founded in the ninth century CE, is one of the most precious urban jewels of Islamic civilization. For more than 40 years Titus Burckhardt worked to document and preserve the artistic and architectural heritage of Fez in particular and Morocco in general. These newly translated ...Show more
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano Da Bisticci and the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance by Ross King
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
An exhilarating and untold account of a Florentine bookseller working at the frontiers of human knowledge, and the epochal shift from script to print that defined the Renaissance The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city' ...Show more
The Auschwitz Photographer by Luca Crippa; Maurizio Onnis
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
'I looked death in the eyes. I did it fifty thousand times...' Wilhelm Brasse When Germany invaded Wilhelm Brasse's native Poland in 1939, he was asked to swear allegiance to Hitler and join the Wehrmacht. He refused. He was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp as political prisoner number 3444. A t ...Show more
Making Medieval Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Many beautiful illuminated manuscripts survive from the Middle Ages and can be seen in libraries and museums throughout Europe. But who were the skilled craftsmen who made these exquisite books? What precisely is parchment? How were medieval manuscripts designed and executed? What were the inks and pigm ...Show more
Eyewitness RAF - The Experience of War, 1939-1945 by James Goulty
$75.00 AUD
Category: History
Life in the RAF as it was Experienced by the Air and Ground Crew Who Served During the Second World War, Based on the Vivid Recollections of a Wide Range of Servicemen and Women, Gives the Reader an Inside View of Every Aspect of an Individual's Career in the RAF During Wartime, Covers Recruitment, Trai ...Show more