Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy by Sophie Cunningham
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The sky at the top end is big and the weather moves like a living thing. You can hear it in the cracking air when there is an electrical storm and as the thunder rolls around the sky...When Cyclone Tracy swept down on Darwin at Christmas 1974, the weather became not just a living thing but a killer. Tra ...Show more
Classical Civilization: A History in Ten Chapters by Nigel Spivey
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
A concise and accessible study of the foundations, development and enduring legacy of the cultures of Greece and Rome, centred on ten locations of seminal importance in the development of Classical civilisation. Starting with Troy, where history, myth and cosmology fuse to form the origins of Classical ...Show more
The Honest History Book by Alison Broinowski (Editor); David Stephens (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
In Australia's rush to commemorate all things Anzac, have we lost our ability to look beyond war as the central pillar of Australia's history and identity? The passionate historians of the Honest History group argue that while war has been important to Australia - mostly for its impact on our citizens a ...Show more
The 50 Greatest Prehistoric Sites of the World by Barry Stone
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The 50
Humanity's written history stretches back only 5,000 years, a mere blip on the timeline of our existence. If you want to know what it really means to be fully human, to see the whole story, you need to go back. Way, way back. Prehistoric humans couldn't write, but they were adept at telling their own st ...Show more
The Anzacs 100 Years On: In Story and Song by Ted Egan
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
This publication is a unique and highly readable contribution to the commemoration of the centenary of the Anzacs in World War 1. Ted Egan presents an historical documentation of the Anzacs and the ordinary men, women and children of the two young nations of Australia and New Zealand, forever affected b ...Show more
A Renegade History of the United States: From the Founding Fathers to the Present Day by Thaddeus Russell
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
In this groundbreaking book, noted historian Thaddeus Russell tells a new and surprising story about the origins of American freedom. Rather than crediting the standard textbook icons, Russell demonstrates that it was those on the fringes of society whose subversive lifestyles helped legitimize the tabo ...Show more
Release Your Inner Roman by Marcus Sidonius Falx by Jerry Toner
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The Marcus Sidonius Falx Trilogy
At last the Roman self-help book the world has been waiting for. Marcus Sidonius Falx sets out the characteristics that have made the Romans the most successful people in history and shows how following their example will do the same for you. His guide will enhance the value of your life, boost its rewa ...Show more
How to Manage Your Slaves by Marcus Sidonius Falx by Jerry Toner
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
At last a clear manual for managing slaves the Roman way. How to Manage your Slaves offers practical answers to every question you're likely to have and guidance on every problem you're likely to encounter. Marcus Sidonius Falx shows where and how to buy the slaves for the purposes you have in mind and ...Show more
History Of The Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
'The greatest history of an event I know' - C.L.R. James Regarded by many as among the most powerful works of history ever written, The History of the Russian Revolution offers an unparalleled account of one of the most pivotal and hotly debated events in world history. This book presents, from the pers ...Show more
The First Bohemians: Life and Art in London's Golden Age by Vic Gatrell
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
This is the colourful, salacious and sumptuously illustrated story of Covent Garden - the creative heart of Georgian London - from Wolfson Prize-winning author Vic Gatrell. It is shortlisted for the hessell tiltman prize 2014. In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centred on ...Show more
Maralinga: The Chilling Expose of Our Secret Nuclear Shame and Betrayal of Our Troops and Country by Frank Walker
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
'Utterly gripping. It reads like a thriller.' JON FAINE This edition contains a new author note with shocking new material that has come to light as a result of the groundbreaking original publication. Investigative journalist Frank Walker's MARALINGA is a must-read true story of the abuse of our servic ...Show more
Richard III and the Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
Includes a new foreword by the authorThe story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in English history. It is a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, int ...Show more