Relics: A History of the World Told in 133 Objects by Jamie Grove
$49.99 AUD
Category: General History
Start your personal museum at home with Relics: A History of the World Told in 133 Objects--from Ancient Rome to Dracula's Home. Starting with a fragment of an asteroid that's literally older than our earth itself, and ending with the latest technology, this is a history of the world as you've neve ...Show more
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan
$45.00 AUD
Category: General History
From the massively popular podcaster and New York Times bestselling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he participated in: the American Revolution, the French Revolution, and the Revol ...Show more
La Passione - How Italy Seduced the World by Dianne Hales
$42.99 AUD
Category: General History
From the New York Times bestselling author knighted by the President of Italy for her writing, a jubilant exploration of how Italy transformed the Western world's most vibrant passions -- from literature to art, music to movies. No country has matched Italy's impact on culture. Just think of painting wi ...Show more
The Tiger and the Ruby - A Journey to the Other Side of British India by Kief Hillsbery
$19.99 AUD
Category: General History
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Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction by Orlando Figes
$22.99 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Pelican Books
AN ORIGINAL READING OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, EXAMINING IT NOT AS A SINGLE EVENT BUT AS A HUNDRED-YEAR CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN PURSUIT OF UTOPIAN DREAMS In this elegant and incisive account, Orlando Figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the Russian Revolution. While other historians have focuse ...Show more
A Short History of Trains (PB) by DK
$19.99 AUD
Category: General History
A fascinating journey through the history of railways, packed with first-hand accounts of innovation, triumph, and tragedy. From the earliest steam engine to the high-speed bullet trains of today, A Short History of the Railway reveals the hidden stories of railway history across the world - the inspire ...Show more
Maps: Their Untold Stories by Rose Mitchell; Andrew Janes
$60.00 AUD
Category: General History
Drawing on 700 years' worth of maps from the National Archives, this stunning and fascinating collection is not just about the history of the maps, but is also an insight into the places and the social history of the time that the mapmakers captured.This magnificent collection, drawn from seven centurie ...Show more
Former People: the Destruction of the Russian Aristocracy by Douglas Smith
$28.00 AUD
Category: General History | Reading Level: 16
Epic in scope, intimate in detail, heartbreaking in its human drama, this is the first book to recount the history of the nobility caught up the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin's Russia. It is a book filled with chilling tales of looted palaces, burning estates, of despe ...Show more
The Last Palace: Europe's Extraordinary Century Through Five Lives and One House in Prague by Norman Eisen
$32.99 AUD
Category: General History | Reading Level: very good
When Norman Eisen moved into the US ambassador's residence in Prague, returning to the land his mother had fled after the Holocaust, he was startled to discover swastikas hidden beneath the furniture. From that discovery unspooled the captivating, twisting tale of the remarkable people who lived in the ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: The Untold Story of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte
$32.99 AUD
Category: General History | Reading Level: very good
"THE ULTIMATE DINOSAUR BIOGRAPHY," hails Scientific American: A thrilling new history of the age of dinosaurs, from one of our finest young scientists. Now a New York Times bestseller! "This is scientific storytelling at its most visceral, striding with the beasts through their Triassic dawn, Jurassic d ...Show more
Ghost: A Cultural History - Hardcover by Susan Owens
$39.99 AUD
Category: General History
"Five thousand years have now elapsed since the creation of the world, and still it is undecided whether or not there has even been an instance of the spirit of any person appearing after death. All argument is against it; but all belief is for it." --Samuel Johnson Ghosts are woven into the very fabri ...Show more
Ten Days That Shook The World by John Reed
$9.95 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Ten Days That Shook the World Author: John Reed Covers the October Revolution in Russia 1917, which Reed experienced first-hand, and follows many of the prominent Bolshevik leaders, especially Zinoviev and Karl Radek. Banned by Stalin. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensi ...Show more