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 Perfect Horse by Elizabeth Letts
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the closing days of World War II In the chaotic last days of the war, a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonis ...Show more
The Mind of the Islamic State: Milestones Along the Road by Robert Manne
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
"'A deep dive into how the ideologues behind Salafi jihadism shaped the global menace that we now know as Islamic State. If you want to understand how it all began, this is an essential read.' - Martin Chulov, Middle East correspondent for theGuardian, winner of the 2015 Orwell Prize for journalism So o ...Show more
Atomic Thunder : The Maralinga Story by Elizabeth Tynan
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
In September 2016 it will be 60 years since the first British mushroom cloud rose above the plain at Maralinga in South Australia. The atomic weapons test series wreaked havoc on Indigenous communities and turned the land into a radioactive wasteland. In 1950 Australian prime minister Robert Menzies bli ...Show more
Trillion Dollar Baby: How Tiny Norway Beat the Oil Giants and Won a Lasting Fortune by Paul Cleary
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
For most of its history, Norway eked out a marginal existence from fishing, forestry and shipping. But things changed in 1969, when the country found one of the world's biggest offshore oilfields. As the revenue started to flow, Norway began to create the world's best system for developing mineral resou ...Show more
Machiavelli: A Portrait by Christopher Celenza
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Machiavellian used to describe the ruthless cunning of the power-obsessed and the pitiless is never meant as a compliment. But the man whose"name became shorthand for all that is ugly in politics was more engaging and nuanced than his reputation suggests. Christopher S. Celenza s Machiavelli: A Portrait ...Show more
Australian Light Horse: The campaign in the Middle East, 1916-1918 by Phillip Bradley
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Throughout history, mounted troops have been known as elite men of arms and the Australian Light Horse is a part of that legendary tradition. Part cavalry and part infantry and often recognised by the emu feathers in their slouch hats, the light horsemen were described by the official historian, H.S. Gu ...Show more
The Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man. A dashing young orator during the Great Famine of the 1840s, in which a million of his Irish countrymen died, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was ba ...Show more
Iraq: People, History, Politics, 2nd Edition by STANSFIELD GARETH
$37.95 AUD
Category: History
Terrorism: A History by Randall Law
$39.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Themes in History
We live in an era dominated by terrorism but struggle to understand its meaning and the real nature of the threat. In this new edition of his widely acclaimed survey of the topic, Randall Law makes sense of the history of terrorism by examining it within its broad political, religious and social context ...Show more
Fighter Aces : Knights of the Sky by Rosie John; Serdiville Sadler
$19.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Casemate Short History