Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M. T. Anderson
$27.95 AUD
Category: History
A 2016 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian composer Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony. In September 1941, Adolf Hitler’s Wehrm ...Show more
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren by Peter Opie
$32.99 AUD
Category: History/Ancient civilisations/Myths/Legends | Series: NYRB Classics Ser.
First published in 1959, Iona and Peter Opie's The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Going outside the nursery, with its assortment of parent-approved entertainments, to observe and investigate the day-to-da ...Show more
Classical Mythology A to Z: An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places by Annette Giesecke
$45.00 AUD
Category: History/Ancient civilisations/Myths/Legends
An encyclopedic A-to-Z guide, this beautifully designed and illustrated volume offers hundreds of rich and fascinating definitions of 700 major and minor characters, creatures, and places of classical mythology. Classical Mythology A-to-Z is a comprehensive and engrossing guide to Greek and Roman mythol ...Show more
A Child's Introduction to Greek Mythology by Heather Alexander
$29.99 AUD
Category: History/Ancient civilisations/Myths/Legends | Series: A Child's Introduction to
The newest book in Black Dog's best-selling, award-winning series explores the fascinating world of Greek mythology from the myth of Narcissus to Odysseus versus the Cyclopes. Includes a Gods and Goddesses Family Tree Poster and Stickers Packed with action, adventure, tragedy, and triumph, A Child'sIntr ...Show more
Villainous Victorians (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
$14.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Horrible Histories | Reading Level: From 7
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Villainous Victorians, including why burglars were scared of bogies, which poet said he ate an ape and how a snick fadger might kiddy-nap your spangle. With a bold, accessible new look and a heap of extra-horrible bits, these bestselling titles are sure ...Show more
Explore!: The Most Dangerous Journeys of All Time by Deborah Kespert
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
This fun and educational childrens book details the real-life adventures of the most courageous explorers of all time. Describing the intrepid journeys and discoveries of famous trailblazers from Christopher Columbus to Ranulph Fiennes, it is packed with background details and survival tips, as well as ...Show more
True Stories of Desert Adventures by Gill Harvey
$12.99 AUD
Category: History/Ancient civilisations/Myths/Legends | Series: True Stories
Only the toughest creatures can survive in these most arid, inhospitable areas of the world and the people in this collection of amazing stories are no exception. Contains the true-life stories of danger, survival and cunning including explorers in the Gobi Desert and the exciting story of Lawrence of A ...Show more
Big History: Our Incredible Journey, from Big Bang to Now by DK
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
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Mythology by Christopher Dell
$34.99 AUD
Category: History/Ancient civilisations/Myths/Legends
Myths in every culture explain our origins, the earths creation, gods and monsters, demons, the afterlife and the underworld. This compelling account, newly available in paperback, gathers together themes and stories from every culture, showing how myths share many common patterns, and how the human ima ...Show more
True Stories of Pirates by Lucy Lethbridge
$12.99 AUD
Category: History/Ancient civilisations/Myths/Legends | Series: True Stories
A collection of true stories of piracy, from the first pirates of the Ancient World to the Golden Age of Piracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Contains true life stories of hardship and brutality, bringing to life the flamboyant characters of the most famous captains and the men who set ou ...Show more
Top 50 Villains (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
$14.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Horrible Histories | Reading Level: From 9
TOP 50 VILLAINS is packed full of foul facts and loathsome lists all about vile villains. From gangs of gangsters to maniacs who massacre, meet the biggest baddies in history and discover how they schemed and terrified their way to the top. Find out who made flutes from the bones of his victims, who esc ...Show more
The Great Wall in 50 Objects by William Lindesay
$31.99 AUD
Category: Asian
The culmination of a lifetime's field work and research, William Lindesay selects fifty artefacts from around the world to tell the story of the Great Wall from the second century BC to the late-twentieth century. Abraham Ortelius' pioneering world atlas, the unexpected origins of 'wolf smoke', the prol ...Show more