Oxford (3rd ed.) by Jan Morris
$50.00 AUD
Category: British
'Surely no one has ever celebrated any city with such fluent, persuasive and utterly charming prose as Jan Morris celebrates Oxford here.' - Scotsman This is an ideal guide for anyone visiting Oxford, with an interest in the local culture, history, geography and architecture.
The Great Cities in History by John Julius Norwich
$49.95 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development of human civilization. "The Great Cities in History" tells their stories, from Uruk and Memphis to Tokyo and Sao Paulo. A galaxy of distinguished contributors evoke the character ...Show more
Kokoda: 75th Anniversary Edition by Peter FitzSimons
$36.99 AUD
Category: Military
Kokoda was a defining battle for Australia, where a small force of young, ill-equipped young men engaged an experienced and hitherto unstoppable Japanese force on a narrow, precarious jungle track. This book tells the Kokoda story in a gripping and moving style.
Sinners Saints & Settlers - Journey by REID Richard
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
From the arrival of the First Fleet to the present, Irish immigrants and their descendants have been at the centre of Australian life. Sinners, Saints and Settlers takes the reader on a journey through the Irish experience in Australia, visiting locations right across the nation where the Irish story un ...Show more
Transport: An Australian History by Robert Lee
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Trains, planes, boats and cars. What did Australians do before the invention of modern transport? Aborigines travelled by foot and used canoes made from large sheets of bark stripped from eucalyptus trees, but with European settlement new ideas and technologies emerged for crossing our vast and challeng ...Show more
Newton and the Counterfeiter by Thomas Levenson
$19.99 AUD
$24.99 (20% off)
Category: British
Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His Majest ...Show more
Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals by Geoffrey Blainey
$26.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Two ships set out in search of a missing continent- the St Jean-Baptiste,a French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville, and the Endeavour, a small British naval vessel captained by James Cook. Distinguished historian Geoffrey Blainey tells the story of these rival ships and the men who sailed the ...Show more
The Times Complete History of the World by Richard Overy
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
The ultimate work of historical reference
The Big Book of Flight by Rowland White
$39.95 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: very good
Everybody dreams of flying. For as long as we've been able to look up and see the birds we've wanted to join them. But our efforts to do so have not always been as elegant or accomplished. Instead, there's been danger, excitement, courage and brilliance. The Big Book of Flight is a celebration of it all ...Show more
Maverick One by David Blakeley
$29.99 AUD
Category: Military
The explosive sequel to the bestselling PATHFINDER.For the first time ever an elite British operator tells the gruelling story of his selection into the Pathfinders - Britain's secret soldiers. Pathfinder selection is a brutal physical and psychological trial lasting many weeks. It rivals that of the SA ...Show more
Horrie the War Dog by Roland Perry
$27.99 AUD
Category: Military
In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world war, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune. Moody called the dog Horrie. Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraf ...Show more
Band of Brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
A description of life in the Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, US Army, from the time of their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory. Drawing on interviews, journals and letters, the author tells - often in their own words - the story of these American heroes.