Time Travel Handbook: From Pompeii to Woodstock by David Goldblatt
$29.99 AUD
Category: General History
Have you ever wondered what you might need to wear if you were setting off back in time to be at the execution of Charles I? Or what might have been the best vantage point to watch the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and still survive? Or how you might get your point across at the trial of Greek philosopher ...Show more
Underground - A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet by Will Hunt
$32.99 AUD
Category: General History
Will Hunt is an urban adventurer who has explored caves and catacombs, subway systems, and long abandoned, ghostly mines: all varieties of holes in the ground. He's tracked down people who, for one reason or another, have shared his underground fixation: each an incarnation of Hermes, who could see and ...Show more
Ancestral Journeys: The Peopling of Europe from the First Venturers to the Vikings by Jean Manco
$19.99 AUD
Category: General History
Who are the Europeans? Where did they come from? New research in the fields of archaeology and linguistics, a revolution in the study of genetics, and cutting-edge analysis of ancient DNA are dramatically changing our picture of prehistory, leading us to question what we thought we knew about these anci ...Show more
Heretic (#3 Grail Quest) by Bernard Cornwell
$19.99 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Grail Quest Ser.
The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the number one bestseller Vagabond, this is the third instalment in Bernard Cornwell's Grail Quest series. In 1347 the English capture Calais and the war with France is suspended by a truce.But for Thomas of Hookton, the hero of Harlequin and Vagabond, there is no en ...Show more
Histories of Nations: How Their Identities Were Forged by Peter Furtado
$19.99 AUD
Category: General History
National history is a vital part of national self-definition. Most books on the history of the world try to impose a uniform narrative, written usually from a single writer's point of view. Histories of Nations is different: it presents 28 essays written by a leading historian as a 'self-portrait' of hi ...Show more
Venus and Aphrodite by Bettany Hughes
$29.99 AUD
Category: General History
Through ancient art, evocative myth, exciting archaeological revelations and philosophical explorations Bettany Hughes shows why this immortal goddess endures through to the twenty-first century, and what her journey through time reveals about what matters to us as humans. Charting Venus's origins in p ...Show more
ACT OF CREATION THE FOUNDING OF THE UNIT by SCHLESINGER STEPHEN C
$30.99 AUD
Category: General History
Mr Lear - A Life of Art and Nonsense by Jenny Uglow
$29.99 AUD
Category: General History
Acclaimed historian Jenny Uglow brings us a fascinating and beautifully illustratedbiography of Edward Lear, shortlisted for Waterstone's Book of the Year, and a Telegraph and Spectator Book of the Year.
Antarctica: A Biography by David Day
$45.00 AUD
Category: General History | Reading Level: good-verygood
A groundbreaking history of human interaction with Antarctica, the last continent on earth. For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But explorers failed to find one. On his second voyage to the Pacific, Captain James Cook sailed further sou ...Show more
Titanic: A Journey Through Time by Charles A. John P.; Haas Eaton
$75.00 AUD
Category: General History
A unique chronology, this fascinating volume tells Titanic's full story, moment by moment, from the birth of the key players to the latest expeditions, recovery and exhibition of artefacts. It provides a feast of information and illustrations as well as the latest scientific information form the wreck s ...Show more
Books: A Living History by Martyn Lyons
$39.95 AUD
Category: General History
This lavishly illustrated volume explores one of the most versatile, useful and enduring technologies ever invented: the book. "Books: A Living History" charts the evolution and influence of books around the world, from the cuneiform tablets of ancient Sumer through the development of movable type and t ...Show more