In The Land of Giants: Journeys Through Dark Age Britain by Max Adams
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The bestselling historian tells the story of the landscapes, peoples and culture of early medieval Britain in eight walks, an epic sea voyage and a north-south ride by motorbike. The five centuries between the end of Roman Britain (410) and the death of Alfred the Great (899) have left few voices save ...Show more
Victoria: The Woman Who Made the Modern World by Julia Baird
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth in 1819, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role. Born into a world where women were often powerless, Victoria went on to rule the most powerful country on earth with a decisive hand. As a teenage queen, she eagerly grasped th ...Show more
Rubicon: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world. Rubicon paints a vivid portrait of the Republic at the climax of its greatness - the same greatness which would herald the catastrophe ...Show more
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Bryson
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller, but even when he stays safely at home he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him.A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to understand everything that has happened from the Big Bang to the rise of civilization - how we got ...Show more
Dispatch from Berlin, 1943: The story of five journalists who risked everything by Anthony Cooper
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
'This is a helluva way to get a story.’In December 1943, five brave correspondents join a British bombers air raid on Berlin. They are Australians, Alf King from the Sydney Morning Herald and Norm Stockton from the Sydney Sun; Americans, Ed Murrow from CBS and Lowell Bennett from the International News ...Show more
The Shortest History of the Crown by Stephen Bates
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
" Amidst the turbulence and invasions, upheaval and dissent that characterise British history, one thing has remained remarkably stable. Although there are other monarchies, Britain's Crown stands out due to the continuity of its traditions, and its ability to adapt. Of all the world's countries, forty- ...Show more
Letters of Great Women: Extraordinary correspondence from history's remarkable women by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history. Letters of Great Women is a collection of the most inspiring, illuminating, poignant and compelling correspondence from remarkable women through history. Including 100 letters ...Show more
She and Her Pretty Friend: The hidden history of Australian women who love women by Danielle Scrimshaw
$35.99 AUD
Category: History
A joyous look at the history of lesbian and bisexual women in Australia - from colonisation to convict times, through suffrage and liberation to today.Throughout history, women's relationships have been downgraded and diminished. Instead of lovers, they are documented as particularly close friends; the ...Show more
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive by Lucy Adlington
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
*** The New York Times Bestseller ***'Lucy Adlington tells of the horrors of the Nazi occupation and the concentration camps from a fascinating and original angle. She introduces us to a little known aspect of the period, highlighting the role of clothes in the grimmest of societies imaginable and givin ...Show more
Treasures of Ukraine: A Nation’s Cultural Heritage by Thames and Hudson; Victoria Burlaka (Contribution by); Andrey Kurkov (Foreword by); Andriy Puchkov (Contribution by); Christian Raffensperger (Contribution by); Diana Klochko (Contribution by); Maksym Yaremenko (Contribution by); Alisa Lozhkina (Contribution by); Myroslava M. Mudrak (Contribution by); Oleksandr Soloviev (Contribution by)
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A celebration of Ukraine's rich cultural heritage, drawing on over 100 of the country's most important works of art and architectural monuments from prehistory to the present.
A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things - A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet by Raj Patel; Jason Moore
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Nature, Money, Work, Care, Food, Energy, and Lives. These are the seven things that have made our world and will continue to shape its future. By making these things cheap, modern commerce has controlled, transformed, and devastated the Earth. In A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things, Raj Patel ...Show more
Sneaky Little Revolutions: Selected essays of Charmian Clift by Charmian Clift
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
‘I know it’s a daring suggestion, but I’ll make it anyway.’ Charmian Clift was a writer ahead of her time. Lyrical and fearless, her essays seamlessly the personal and the political. In 1964, Charmian Clift and her husband George Johnston returned to Australia after living and writing for many years i ...Show more