Homelands: A Personal History of Europe by Timothy Ash Garton
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
'A moving love letter to Europe' - Lea Ypi, author of FreeHomelands is a stunning blend of contemporary history, investigative reporting and intimate memoir by our greatest writer about Europe.Drawing on half a century of travel and thinking, Homelands tells the story of Europe since its emergence from ...Show more
Cromwell : Our Chief of Men by Antonia Fraser
$31.99 AUD
Category: History
No Englishman has made more impact on the history of his nation than Oliver Cromwell; few have been so persistently maligned in the folklore of history. The central purpose of Antonia Fraser's book is the recreation of his life and character, freed from the distortions of myth and Royalist propaganda. C ...Show more
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The definitive new history of East Germany by a highly acclaimed young historian. In 1990, a country disappeared. When the iron curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR presented a radically diffe ...Show more
The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America by Professor of Communication Studies Michael Eric Dyson (University of Pennsylvania University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Pennsylvania)
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A provocative and lively deep dive into the meaning of America's first black presidency, from one of the most graceful and lucid intellectuals writing on race and politics today ("Vanity Fair"). Michael Eric Dyson explores the powerful, surprising way the politics of race have shaped Barack Obama s ide ...Show more
Pacific: The Ocean of the Future by Simon Winchester
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world's largest body of water, and - in matters economic, political and military - the ocean of the future. The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing Company. It ...Show more
Menagerie: The History of Exotic Animals in England by Caroline Grigson
$52.95 AUD
Category: History
Menagerie is the story of the panoply of exotic animals that were brought into Britain from time immemorial until the foundation of the London Zoo - a tale replete with the extravagant, the eccentric, and - on occasion - the downright bizarre. From Henry III's elephant at the Tower, to George IV's love ...Show more
Merchants of Men: Inside the Billion-Dollar Business of Kidnapping and International Human Trafficking by Loretta Napoleoni
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Every day, a powerful and sophisticated underground business delivers thousands of refugees along the Mediterranean coasts of Europe. A new breed of criminals, risen from the political chaos of post-9/11 Western foreign policy and the fiasco of the Arab Spring, controls it. In the early 2000s these merc ...Show more
Arms and Armour of the Imperial Roman Soldier: From Marius to Commodus by G. Sumner
$100.00 AUD
Category: History
From the Latin warriors on the Palatine Hill in the age of Romulus, to the last defenders of Constantinople in 1453 AD, the weaponry of the Roman Army was constantly evolving. Through glory and defeat, the Roman warrior adapted to the changing face of warfare. Due to the immense size of the Roman Empire ...Show more
What is a Refugee? by William Maley
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
In a globalised world, wealthy states have the resources to protect refugees
Australians: A Short History by Thomas Keneally
$49.99 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
What Do We Want? The Story of Protest in Australia by Clive Hamilton
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Forwared by Germaine Greer
**NEW** In What Do We Want! Clive Hamilton explores the colourful, enthralling and stirring forms of protest used in the big social movements that define modern Australia. He includes dedicated chapters on the peace movement, women's liberation, Indigenous rights, gay rights and the environmental mo ...Show more
From the Edge: Australia's Lost Histories by Mark McKenna
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
In March 1797, five British sailors and 12 Bengali seamen struggled ashore after their longboat broke apart in a storm. Their fellow-survivors from the wreck of the Sydney Cove were stranded more than 500 kilometres southeast in Bass Strait. To rescue their mates and to save themselves the 19 men must w ...Show more