Prehistoric Australasia: Visions of Evolution and Extinction by Michael Archer, Suzanne J. Hand, John Long, Trevor H. Worthy
$99.99 AUD
Category: General History
For most of the past 300 million years, the world's continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated island it is today. Over time, its creatures began to evolve i ...Show more
Midnight in Chernobyl - The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham
$24.99 AUD
Category: General History | Reading Level: very good
--THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER-- 'An invaluable contribution to history.' Serhii Plokhy, Evening Standard'Tells the story of the disaster and its gruesome aftermath with thriller-like flair. Midnight in Chernobyl is wonderful and chilling ... written with skill and passion.' Luke Harding, The Observer' ...Show more
A Little History of the World by E H Gombrich
$34.00 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Little Histories | Reading Level: very good
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser was published in Vienna to imme ...Show more
The Botanical Adventures of Joseph Banks by Christina Harrison
$35.00 AUD
Category: General History
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)--the unofficial first director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew--was a peerless scientific adventurer and pioneer. Not only did he reveal the floral wonders of the South Pacific, New Zealand, and Australia to European eyes, but he set Kew Gardens on its path to becoming the ...Show more
A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty
$49.95 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Mersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
The world's leading economist of inequality presents a short but sweeping and surprisingly optimistic history of human progress toward equality despite crises, disasters, and backsliding. A perfect introduction to the ideas developed in his monumental earlier books. It's easy to be pessimistic about ...Show more
A UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF THE DESTRUCTION O by BAEZ FERNANDO
$45.00 AUD
Category: General History
We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History by Jacob F. Field
$29.99 AUD
Category: General History
Prefaced by brief historical and biographical introductions, the examples in this book show how words can be used to inspire, to comfort, to move, or to enthuse even the most seemingly hard-bitten of listeners. From rallying cries such as Garibaldi's 'To arms, then, all of you!' and Chou En-lai's 'We mu ...Show more
Modern China by Wasserstrom, Jeffrey
$52.95 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Oxford Illustrated History Ser.
This lavishly illustrated volume explores the history of China during a period of dramatic shifts and surprising transformations, from the founding of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) through to the present day. The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern China promises to be essential reading for anyone who w ...Show more
History's Great Untold Stories : Obscure and Fascinating Accounts with Important Lessons for the World by Joseph Cummins
$45.00 AUD
Category: General History
Opens your eyes to significant events, places and peoples that have been largely excluded from the standard history texts. First published 2006.