Machiavelli: His Life and Times by Alexander Lee
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
'A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.' - Jessie Childs, author of God's Traitors. 'A notorious fiend', 'generally odious', 'he seems hideous, and so he is.' Thanks ...Show more
British India, White Australia - Overseas Indians, Intercolonial Relations and the Empire, 1901-1947 by Kama Maclean
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The Colonial Kangaroo Hunt by Ken Gelder
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
From the arrival of Captain James Cook in 1770 to classic children's tale Dot and the Kangaroo, Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver examine hunting narratives in novels, visual art and memoirs to discover how the kangaroo became a favourite quarry, a relished food source, an object of scientific fascination, ...Show more
Biting the Clouds: A Badtjala Perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 by Fiona Foley
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The power of history written down can be both lethal and deceptive, and that has long-lasting effects, both for those writing and those being written about.In this groundbreaking work of Indigenous scholarship, nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences, errors and inj ...Show more
Great Sites of the Ancient World by Paul G. Bahn
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
From deserts to hidden corners of busy cities, quiet mountain tops to caves submerged deep underground, this book is a spectacular tour of human history. Archaeological sites tell a story spanning thousands of years, and the ones in this book range from the well-known to hidden gems, handpicked for thei ...Show more
French Connection - Australia's Quest to Become a Cosmopolitan Nation by Alexis Bergantz
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The French have long been part of the Australian story. From talented gold fields photographer Antoine Fauchery and infighting in the upper echelons of Melbourne society as to who should run Alliance Française to the Playoust family whose Australian-born sons enlisted with the French army in the First W ...Show more
Forgotten War by Henry Reynolds
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Australia is dotted with memorials to soldiers who fought in wars overseas, but there are no official commemorations of the battles fought on Australian soil between Aborigines and white colonists. Delving into why it is more controversial to talk about the frontier war now than it was 100 years ago, Fo ...Show more
Sexplosion From Andy Warhol to a Clockwork Orange-- How a Generation of Pop Rebels Broke All the Taboos by Robert Hofler
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
After the sexual revolution came the sexual explosion. The six years between 1968 and 1973 saw more sexual taboos challenged than ever before, and likely ever since. Film, literature, theater and music simultaneously broke through barriers previously unimagined, giving birth to what we still consider to ...Show more
Imagine That - Music by Michael Sells
$12.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Imagine That
The US Army could have caused the collapse of rock and roll, and the mayor of New York very nearly transformed Woodstock into a musical riot. Imagine that...The legacy of music is a precarious one. Might Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck still be alive today if it wasn't for rock's favourite designer? Would Et ...Show more
50 Strategies That Changed History by Daniel Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
How did David, the future king of Israel, plot his assault against the seemingly invincible Philistine warrior Goliath? What strategic thinking lay behind the military triumphs of Alexander the Great or Napoleon Bonaparte? When revolutionaries organized to bring about the downfall of the autocratic Russ ...Show more
Australians (Volume 3): Flappers to Vietnam by Thomas Keneally
$35.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Australians
'A loving history of the Australian people' - Sydney Morning Herald..'.displays historical literacy, and plenty of humanity, empathy and compassion, all qualities rare in our public culture to be cherished when we find them.' - Weekend Australian. As in the two previous volumes of Australians, Thomas Ke ...Show more
Queens of the Conquest by Alison Weir
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lover ...Show more