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Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Cultural, Ideas, Political & Issues | Reading Level: good
The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed- where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the west - in the New World of the Amer ...Show more
SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard
$24.99 AUD
Category: European | Reading Level: near fine
New York Times Bestseller - National Book Critics Circle Finalist - Wall Street Journal Best Books of 2015 - Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015 - Economist Books of the Year 2015 - New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books of 2015 A sweeping, "magisterial" history of the Roman Empire from one of our f ...Show more
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War (PB) by Ben Macintyre
$22.99 AUD
Category: Chat10Looks3 Recommendations | Reading Level: very good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The best true spy story I have ever read."--JOHN LE CARR The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. I ...Show more
Silk Roads: Peoples, Cultures, Landscapes by Susan Whitfield
$100.00 AUD
Category: History
As world powers realign their cultural, economic and political outlooks, there is no better time to consider how Afro-Eurasia's complex network of ancient trade routes - which spanned the vastness of the steppe, vertiginous mountain ranges, fertile river plains and forbidding deserts across the continen ...Show more
The War for the Seas - A Maritime History of World War II by Evan Mawdsley
$26.95 AUD
Category: History
Command of the oceans was crucial to winning World War II. In this definitive account, Evan Mawdsley traces events from the first U-boat operations through to Japan's surrender. He covers all the wartime theaters and interweaves for the first time the endeavors of eight maritime powers.
Eleven Bats: A Story of Combat, Cricket and the SAS by Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt spent more than twenty years in the SAS. His decades of service and his multiple tours in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan made him one of the regiment's most experienced and recognised figures. Alongside the SAS, Harry's other lifetime love is cricket. An improvised game of cr ...Show more
The Catalpa Rescue: The Most Dramatic & Successful Prison Break in Australian History by Peter FitzSimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: very good
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history. New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote prison in the ...Show more
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a ...Show more
Hitler's Horses: The Incredible True Story of the Detective Who Infiltrated the Nazi Underworld by Arthur Brand
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The true story of a detective, two bronze horses and the dictator who set the world on fire. When detective Arthur Brand is summoned to a meeting with one of the most dangerous men in the art world, he learns that a clue has emerged that could solve one of the Second World War's unexplained mysteries- w ...Show more
Betraying the Nobel - The Secrets and Corruption Behind the Nobel Peace Prize by Unni Turrettini; Michael Nobel (Foreword by)
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
A revelatory examination of the Nobel Peace Prize--the most prestigious, admired, and controversial honor of our time. The Nobel Prize, regardless of category, has always been surrounded by politics, intrigue, even scandal. But those pale in comparison to the Peace Prize. In Betraying the Nobel, Norwegi ...Show more
A Woman of No Importance - The Untold Story of Virginia Hall WW2s Most Dangerous Spy by Sonia Purnell
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
***A New York Times bestseller*** 'Riveting' Mick Herron, New York Times * 'A rousing tale' The Times, Book of the Week * 'Cracking' Telegraph * 'Gripping' Irish Times * 'Brilliant' Evening Standard * 'Excellent' Spectator In September 1941, a young American woman strides up the steps of a hotel in Lyon ...Show more