Australians on the Western Front 1918 Volume II: Spearheading the Great British Offensive by David W. Cameron
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
Following on from volume 1 of Australians on the Western Front 1918- The Great German Offensive, volume 2, The Battle for the Hindenburg Line, concludes with a detailed account of the final battles of World War I and the defeat of German armed forces on the Western Front. In compelling detail, David W. ...Show more
Evolution: The Human Story by Dr. Alice Roberts
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
This unrivalled illustrated guide to human evolution brings you face to face with your ancient ancestors. Travelling back in time almost eight million years, the book charts the development of our species, Homo sapiens, from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans. Evolution investigates each of our an ...Show more
The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present by Jonathan Fenby
$35.00 AUD
Category: Asian
In 1850, China was the "sick man of Asia." Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. The Penguin History of Modern China shows how turbulent that journey has been. For 150 years China has endured as victim of oppression, war, and famine. This makes its current position as arguably the m ...Show more
Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that Took On the World by Thomas Harding
$35.00 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: near fine
'I absolutely love this book.' TRACY ANN OBERMAN 'Endlessly fascinating and hard to put down. I read it all in one sitting, enjoying the colour and grandeur ... Full of character and characters, this is a tour de force.' JULIA NEUBERGER 'An impressively researched account of one of Britain's most well-k ...Show more
More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy by Philip Coggan
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
More tracks the development of the world economy, starting with the first obsidian blades that made their way from what is now Turkey to the Iran-Iraq border 7000 years before Christ, and ending with the Sino-American trade war that we are in right now. Taking history in great strides, More illustrates ...Show more
Australia on Horseback by Cameron Forbes
$44.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The first horse set foot in Australia on 30 January 1788, one of seven aboard the First Fleet's Lady Penrhyn, which also carried a cargo of female convicts. From then on, horses carried explorers who opened up the country to settlement. They carried Aboriginal mounted police, trained as ruthless killers ...Show more
Lost Gold of the Dark Ages: War, Treasure, and the Mystery of the Saxons by Caroline Alexander
$65.00 AUD
Category: American
Fracture: Life and Culture in the West 1918-1938 by Philipp Blom
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A sweeping and vibrant history of Europe and America during the inter-war years, by the acclaimed author of The Vertigo Years.
After the Flood : What the Dambusters Did Next by John Nichol
$29.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: very good
Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol sets out on a personal journey to discover what happened to 617 Squadron after the flood. The role RAF 617 Squadron in the destruction of the dams at the heart of the industrial Ruhr has been celebrated in book, magazine and film for more tha ...Show more
The Man Who Loved China : Joseph Needham : The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom by Simon Winchester
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: P.S. (Paperback)
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham--the brilliant Cambridge scientist, freethinking intellectual, and practicing nudist who unlocked the most closely held secrets of China, o ...Show more
History: From the Dawn of Civilization to the Present Day (3rd Ed) by Adam Hart-Davis
$69.99 AUD
Category: History
Bringing the people and events of history to life, History makes the past accessible and relevant. Featuring the important events and figures that have shaped the present, from the very origins of humanity to key contemporary issues, such as the development of the internet and social media. It reveals c ...Show more
The German War: A Nation Under Arms, 1939-45 by Nicholas Stargardt
$39.99 AUD
Category: European
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE. The Second World War was a German war like no other. The Nazi regime, having started the conflict, turned it into the most horrific war in European history, resorting to genocidal methods well before building the first gas chambers. Over its course, th ...Show more