American Sniper [Film Tie-in Edition]: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: very good
The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood's blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture. From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States military h ...Show more
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival by Daniel Finkelstein
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical
‘Epic, moving and important’ Robert Harris From longstanding political columnist and commentator Daniel Finkelstein, a powerful memoir exploring both his mother and his father’s devastating experiences of persecution, resistance and survival during the Second World War. Daniel’s mother Mirjam Wiener w ...Show more
In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired 'Moby Dick' by Nathaniel Philbrick
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical
The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century - and inspiration for 'Moby-Dick' - reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in December 2015, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Cillian Murphy. W ...Show more
Saga Land: The Island Stories at the Edge of the World by Richard Fidler, Kari Gislason
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Reading Level: near fine
A new friendship. An unforgettable journey. A beautiful and bloody history. This is Iceland as you've never read it before ... Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kári Gíslason are good friends. They share a deep attachment to the sagas of Iceland - the true stories of the first Viking families who se ...Show more
These Few Precious Days: The Final Year of Jack with Jackie by Christopher Andersen
$46.00 AUD
Category: Historical
"The days dwindle down, to a precious few . . ." --from "September Song," JFK's favorite They were the original power couple-- outlandishly rich, impossibly attractive, and endlessly fascinating. Now, in this rare, behind-the-scenes portrait of the Kenne-dys in their final year together, #1 "New York Ti ...Show more
Man Who Saved Smithy: Fighter Pilot, Pioneer Aviator, Hero - the Extraordinary Life of Sir Gordon Taylor Mc, Gc by Rick Searle
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Patrick Gordon 'Bill' Taylor was a pioneer of Australian aviation. As a fighter pilot during the First World War he won the MC. His wartime flying was the start of a life-long career during which he would use aircraft to pioneer air routes across several oceans. Returning to Australia after the war he b ...Show more
A Very Dangerous Woman:: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia's Most Seductive Spy by Deborah McDonald
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
Spy, adventurer, charismatic seductress and mistress of two of the century's greatest writers, the Russian aristocrat Baroness Moura Budberg was born in 1892 to indulgence, pleasure and selfishness. But after she met the British diplomat and secret agent Robert Bruce Lockhart, she sacrificed everything ...Show more
After the Holocaust the Bells Still Ring by Joseph F. Polak
$44.00 AUD
Category: Historical
This memoir is a fascinating portrait of mother and child who miraculously survive two concentration camps, then, after the war, battle demons of the past, societal rejection, disbelief, and invalidation as they struggle to reenter the world of the living. It is the tale of how one newly takes on the wo ...Show more
The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs by Elaine Sciolino
$36.95 AUD
Category: Historical
Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris bureau chief of The New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favourite Parisian street. "I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs", Sciolino explains as she celebrates the area's rich history and vibrant lives. While many cities suffer from the levelling effects of ...Show more
Dodging the Devil by George Martindale
$29.99 AUD
Category: Historical
On the 21st August 1914, George Martindale along with many of his peers enlisted for the war in service of Australia. Part of the 5th Battalion, he served for over 3 years and witnessed some of the biggest and most catastrophic battles of World War 1. From the very beginning, when George was sent to Egy ...Show more
Richard: No. III by Charles Ross
$37.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The Yale English Monarchs Series
Richard III ruled England for a mere twenty-six months, yet few English monarchs remain as compulsively fascinating, and none has been more persistently vilified. In his absorbing and universally praised account, Charles Ross assesses the king within the context of his violent age and explores the criti ...Show more
Henry IV by Chris Given-Wilson
$54.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The English Monarchs Series
Henry IV (1399-1413), the son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, seized the English throne at the age of thirty-two from his cousin Richard II and held it until his death, aged forty-five, when he was succeeded by his son, Henry V. This comprehensive and nuanced biography restores to his rightful plac ...Show more