The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
'Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past', George Orwell wrote in Nineteen Eighty-Four. In this glorious work of history, Orlando Figes argues that the maxim is truer for Russia than for any other country in the world. The Story of Russia begins in the firs ...Show more
The Shipwreck: The true story of the Dunbar, the disaster that broke the colony's heart and forged a nation's spirit by Larry Writer
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The epic story of one of Australia's greatest maritime disasters, the wreck of The Dunbar. At the top of The Gap, the haunted cliffs that front the coast of Sydney's Watsons Bay, sits a massive, battered anchor. It belonged to the Dunbar, an 1186-tonne three-masted clipped en route to Sydney from Plymou ...Show more
Australia's Secret Army by Michael Veitch
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
From acclaimed author Michael Veitch comes this compelling, vivid history of the secret army of civilians who worked with the Australian Defence Force during World War II as 'Coast Watchers', observing Japanese movements along the coastlines and in the jungles of the South Pacific. A Coastwatcher's work ...Show more
The Cowra Breakout by Mat McLachlan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
During World War II, in the town of Cowra in central New South Wales, Japanese prisoners of war were held in an internment camp. By August 1944 over a thousand were interned and on the icy night of August 5th they staged the largest prison breakout in history, launching the only battle of World War II t ...Show more
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