A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Takes an original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentally, as prisms through which we can explore past worlds and the lives of the men and women who lived in them.
High seas and High Teas by Roslyn Russell
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
‘The rats I frighten away by throwing books or anything hard at the spot at which they commence their gnawing,’ wrote emigrant Janet Ronald in her journal kept aboard the Invincible in 1857.Packed in cheek by jowl with fellow passengers and crew, life on board the ships transporting convicts and free se ...Show more
Great Dinosaur Discoveries by Darren Naish
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
Books on dinosaurs have generally arranged them in terms of their classification or according to when they lived. This major new book looks at dinosaurs from a historical perspective, from the earliest scrappy finds and best guesses of the early 1800s to the spectacular key discoveries that changed peop ...Show more
The Guns of August: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Outbreak of the First World War by Barbara Tuchman
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August is a spellbinding history of the fateful first month when Britain went to war. War pressed against every frontier. Suddenly dismayed, governments struggled and twisted to fend it off. It was no use...Barbara Tuchman's universally acclaimed, Pulitzer prize-winning acc ...Show more
Flinders: The Man Who Mapped Australia by Rob Mundle
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Matthew Flinders is a towering figure in Australian history the first to chart our coastline and the leading champion for naming the country Australia. In 1801 he was made commander of the expedition of his life the first close circumnavigation of Terra Australis. Famous for his meticulous charts and su ...Show more
From Splendour to Revolution by Julia P. Gelardi
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
The early 1850s until the late 1920s marked a turbulent and significant era for Russia. During that time the country underwent a massive transformation, taking it from days of grandeur under the tsars to the chaos of revolution and the beginnings of the Soviet Union. At the centre of all this tumult wer ...Show more
The First Crusade: The Call from the East by Peter Frankopan
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
In 1096, an expedition of extraordinary scale and ambition set off from Western Europe on a mass pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Three years later, after a journey which saw acute hardship, the most severe dangers and thousands of casualties, the knights of the First Crusade found themselves storming the forti ...Show more
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History by Eric Chaline
$35.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Changed the Course of History Ser.
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully illustrated book that uncovers the fascinating stories of creatures great and small. These are the animals that have played a central role in the evolution of humankind and modern society, but remain at the periphery of our undertsanding ...Show more
European History For Dummies by Sean Lang
$35.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: DUMMIES
The rich variety of Europe's history rolled into one thrilling account. This book takes you on a fascinating journey through the disasters, triumphs, people, power and politics that have shaped the Europe we know today - and you'll meet some incredible characters along the way! From Roman relics to Rena ...Show more
Devotion An Epic True Story of Heroism, Brotherhood and Sacrifice by Adam Makos
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
'Devotion' is the true story of the US Navy's most famous aviator duo: Tomn Hudner, a white, blue-blooded New Englander, and Jesse Brown, a black sharecropper's son from Mississippi. The two went on to fly and fight together in the early stages of the Korean war, before Brown was shot down.
Claudius the God by Robert Graves; Barry Unsworth (Foreword by)
$24.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel toI, Claudiusgives a wry and human view of the Roman world, bringing to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history.Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. He reco ...Show more
Cook: From Sailor to Legend (Captain James Cook) by Rob Mundle
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
From Sailor to Legend - the story of Captain James Cook Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time. Written with colour, sweep and the authority of Robert Mundle's five decades as a competitive sailor, maritime journalist and broadcaster, this extensively researched new bio ...Show more