1,342 Qi Facts to Leave You Flabbergasted by John Lloyd; James Harkin; John Mitchinson
$22.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY | Series: Quite Interesting Ser.
"Trivia buffs and know-it-alls alike will exult to find so much repeatable wisdom gathered in one place."--New York TimesThis book is bursting with mindboggling morsels of trivia - informative, hilarious, sometimes arcane or utterly useless, but always entertaining. Every fact in this magnificent little ...Show more
The Butchers of Berlin by Chris Petit
$19.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
'One of Britain's most visionary writers' David Peace 'Conjuring a wartime Berlin where atrocities get lost against a ground of escalating Holocaust and crumbling rationales, Chris Petit's nerve-wracking S.S. procedural nurses a dread that penetrates right to the marrow. An appalling, beautifully-lit ab ...Show more
Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold by Stephen Fry
$24.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: very good
Mortals and Monsters. Quests and Adventures . . . There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes ...Show more
Mutiny on the Western Front by Greg Raffin
$29.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
On 21 September 1918, with retreating German forces on their last legs, the 1st Battalion of the AIF was ordered to return to the front just as they were being relieved and preparing for a well-earnt rest. It wasn’t just the Germans who were on their last legs; the Australians were depleted and exhauste ...Show more
The Big Book of Australia's War Stories by Jim Haynes
$32.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
Here are the stories of Australia's iconic battles and campaigns from the time of federation to the Vietnam War. Some are still household names, although their historical significance may be a mystery to most Aussies. Others are barely remembered now, but are part in our history and deserve to be retold ...Show more
Inglorious Empire - What the British did to India by Shashi Tharoor
$24.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY | Reading Level: very good
In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and cause ...Show more
The Anarchy: The Rise and Fall of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
$29.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY | Reading Level: near fine
'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India - A book of beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by English merchants who collected ...Show more
Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers by Anabel Hernandez, Roberto Saviano
$32.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
The product of five years of investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to Anabel HernaÌndez, Narcoland has been a publishing and political sensation in Mexico. ...Show more
The 40s - The Story of a Decade - The New Yorker by New Yorker Magazine Editors; David Remnick (Introduction by); J. D. Salinger (Contribution by); Zadie Smith (Contribution by); E. B. White (Contribution by); W. H. Auden (Contribution by); Elizabeth Bishop (Contribution by); Henry Finder (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY | Series: New Yorker: the Story of a Decade Ser.
Including contributions by W. H. Auden - Elizabeth Bishop - John Cheever - Janet Flanner - John Hersey - Langston Hughes - Shirley Jackson - A. J. Liebling - William Maxwell - Carson McCullers - Joseph Mitchell - Vladimir Nabokov - Ogden Nash - John O'Hara - George Orwell - V. S. Pritchett - Lillian Ros ...Show more
Going Bush: A Tree-Changer's Guide to Successful Country Living by Edward Mundie
$29.95 AUD
Category: HISTORY
Ever dreamed of owning your own block of land in the country, of building a house, rearing some chickens and settling down to a life of wholesome simplicity? Of course you have -- it is the Great Australian Dream! This book warns you of the pitfalls, and then shows you in clear, practical steps how to t ...Show more
Shakespeare's Restless World by Neil MacGregor
$34.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
The New York Times bestselling author of A History of the World in 100 Objects brings the world of Shakespeare and the Tudor era of Elizabeth I into focusWe feel we know Shakespeare’s characters. Think of Hamlet, trapped in indecision, or Macbeth’s merciless and ultimately self-destructive ambition, or ...Show more
Lost at Sea: Found at Fukushima by Andy Millar
$29.99 AUD
Category: HISTORY
On a calm, tropical afternoon in the South Atlantic Ocean in Aril 1942, a British tramp steamer, the SS Willesden, was shelled, torpedoed and sunk by a German raider, the KMS Thor. The Willesden was carrying 47 officers and crew, and a cargo of vital war supplies destined for Britain's 8th Army in North ...Show more