Spies and Sparrows: ASIO and the Cold War by Phillip Deery
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
In the wake of the Second World War and the realisation that the Soviet Union had set up extensive espionage networks around the world, Australia responded by establishing its own spy-hunting agency- ASIO. By the 1950s its counterespionage activities were increasingly supplemented by attempts at counter ...Show more
The Shortest History of the World by David Baker
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
A fascinating journey through life, the universe and everythingHow did time begin? What conditions led to humans evolving on Earth? Will we survive the Anthropocene? And is it really true that we're all made from stars? The Shortest History of the World follows the continuum of historical change in the ...Show more
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes
$26.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Istanbul has long been a place where stories and histories collide, where perception is as potent as fact. From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names--Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul--resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, ...Show more
Alexandria: The City that Changed the World by Islam Issa
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A city drawn in sand. Inspired by the tales of Homer and his own ambitions of empire, Alexander the Great sketched the idea of a city onto the sparsely populated Egyptian coastline. He did not live to see Alexandria built, but his vision of a sparkling metropolis that celebrated learning and diversity w ...Show more
Blitzed : Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler
$22.99 AUD
Category: European | Series: WWII
New York Times Bestseller" A] fascinating, engrossing, often dark history of drug use in the Third Reich." -- Washington PostThe Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. Yet as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs: coc ...Show more
The Second World War: An Illustrated History by James Holland
$59.99 AUD
Category: Military
The Second World War is brought to life with captivating colour and detail, in this illustrated history from renowned historian James Holland and award-winning artist Keith BurnsFrom the internationally acclaimed historian James Holland comes an enthralling and illuminating account of the key battles an ...Show more
Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
*** 30th Anniversary edition of the bestselling novel of England - now with a new introduction from Edward Rutherfurd *** The towering story of five families through 100 centuries of turmoil, tyranny, passion and prosperity. A masterpiece of breathtaking scope, from the Ice Age to the present day, Sar ...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
Australia Remember When by Bob Byrne
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Remember grabbing a copy of the late edition afternoon paper from the paper boy? Watching a Graham Kennedy skit on TV? Did you buy a 45rpm single or a 33rpm album at your local record shop? And play it on your record player? If you answered yes to any of these questions chances are you are part of the B ...Show more
Perth Then and Now by Richard Offen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: Then and Now Ser.
Archival photographs of Perth have been carefully matched with specially commissioned colour photos to reveal the past and present of this fascinating city. Perth Then and Now accurately matches historic photographs of the city with specially commissioned contemporary views that show how each site looks ...Show more
Into Iraq by Michael Palin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
A fascinating and rare insight into the history and culture of Iraq, by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In March 2022, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin journeyed along the River Tigris and into Iraq to gain a glimpse of life in an area of the world that can claim ...Show more
The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia by Geoffrey Blainey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
The vast continent of Australia was settled in two main streams, far apart in time and origin.The first came ashore some 50,000 years ago when the islands of Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea were one. The second began to arrive from Europe at the end of the eighteenth century. Each had to come to term ...Show more