Somme Mud by E.P.F. Lynch
$19.95 AUD
Category: World Wars
"Written with dignity, candour and surprising wit, this soldier s story of the horror of the Western Front trenches is a testament to the power of the human spirit.It's the end of the 1916 winter and the conditions are almost unbelievable. We live in a world of Somme mud. We sleep in it, work in it, fig ...Show more
France A History: from Gaul to de Gaulle by John Julius Norwich
$24.99 AUD
Category: European
'For his final book, the late Norwich tackled the dauntingly vast subject of two millennia of French history with admirable lightness and urbanity . . . his comic footnotes deserve a review of their own' DAILY TELEGRAPH I can still feel, as if it were yesterday, the excitement of my first Channel cross ...Show more
Cleopatra: The Queen who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity by Alberto Angela
$34.99 AUD
Category: Ancient Civilisations
One of Italy's most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war. Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous figures in hist ...Show more
The Glamour Boys: Secret Story of the Rebels who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler by Chris Bryant
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A STORY OF UNSUNG BRAVERY AT A DEFINING MOMENT IN BRITAIN'S HISTORY'Superb' Stephen Fry'Thrillingly told' Dan Jones'Fascinating' Neil MacGregor'Astonishing' Peter FrankopanWe like to think we know the story of how Britain went to war with Germany in 1939, but there is one chapter that has never been tol ...Show more
Crete: The Battle and the Resistance by Antony Beevor
$24.99 AUD
Category: World Wars | Reading Level: good
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The Tale of Genji: The Authentic First Translation of the World's Earliest Novel by Murasaki Shikibu
$16.99 AUD
Category: Asian | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
The most famous work of Japanese literature and the world's first novel--The Tale of Genji was written a thousand years ago and is one of the enduring classics of world literature. Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and even Chaucer, The Tale of Genji marks the birth of the novel--and af ...Show more
A Quick History of Money - From Cash Cows to Crypto-Currencies by Clive Gifford; Rob Flowers (Illustrator)
$19.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Quick Histories Ser.
A Quick History of Money takes us from barter to Bitcoin, packed with facts and jokes about how and why money works... and sometimes doesn't.
The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain's Colonial Legacy by Philippe Sands
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
After the Second World War, new international rules heralded an age of human rights and self-determination. Supported by Britain, these unprecedented changes sought to end the scourge of colonialism. But how committed was Britain? In the 1960s, its colonial instinct ignited once more: a secret decision ...Show more
On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World by Sean Connolly
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
ON EVERY TIDE is a wide-ranging and challenging reassessment of the Irish diaspora. Drawing on the latest ground-breaking research, and his own career-long engagement with the complexities of Irish identity, Sean Connolly reveals the forces that compelled millions of Irish men and women to abandon thei ...Show more
The Complete History of the SAS: The World's Most Feared Elite Fighting Force by Nigel McCrery
$24.99 AUD
Category: Sports
The full story of the SAS, from formation in the sand dunes of Africa during World War II to present action in the Middle East, and incorporates jungle, desert and urban warfare, counter-terrorism and an insider's view at the selection and training methods employed by this usually secretive unit. Specia ...Show more
The History of Magic - From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present by Chris Gosden
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A unique history of the forgotten, oldest strand of human history, and its resurgence today. Three great strands of practice and belief run through human history - science, religion and magic. Over the last few centuries, magic - the idea that we have a connection with the universe, and that the univers ...Show more
Abyss - The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation. One of its most ...Show more