A House in the Mountains: the Women Who Liberated Italy from Fascism by Caroline Moorehead
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
The extraordinary story of four courageous women who helped form the Italian Resistance during the Second World WarIn the late summer of 1943, when Italy changed sides in the War and the Germans, now their enemies, occupied the north of the country, an Italian Resistance was born. Ada, Frida, Silvia and ...Show more
Violencia - A New History of Spain: Past, Present and the Future of the West by Jason Webster
$34.99 AUD
Category: European
Spain has never worked as a democracy. Throughout the country's history only one system of government has ever enjoyed any real success: dictatorship and the use of violence. Violence, in fact, is what Spain is made of, lying at the heart of its culture and identity, far more so than any other western ...Show more
The Nine Hundred - The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam
$34.99 AUD
Category: World Wars
On March 25, 1942, nearly a thousand young, unmarried Jewish women boarded a train in Poprad, Slovakia. Filled with a sense of adventure and national pride, they left their parents' homes wearing their best clothes and confidently waving good-bye. Believing they were going to work in a factory for a few ...Show more
She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen - The Lives and Times of British Women in India 1600 1900 by Katie Hickman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Middle Eastern
The first British women to set foot in India did so in the very early seventeenth century, two and a half centuries before the Raj. Women made their way to India for exactly the same reasons men did - to carve out a better life for themselves. In the early days, India was a place where the slates of 'bl ...Show more
Beneath Another Sky by Norman Davies
$29.99 AUD
Category: General History
Human history is a tale not just of constant change, but of perpetual restlessness. In Beneath Another Sky the esteemed historian Norman Davies embarks upon a journey round the world to show the layers of experience that underpin our present - and brilliantly complicate our view of the past. 'If you are ...Show more
Life of Matthew Flinders by ESTENSEN
$35.00 AUD
Category: British
The compelling story of the life and times of Matthew Flinders, one of Australia's and history s - greatest explorers. From the author of 'Discovery'.;
Trim, the Cartographer's Cat: The Ship's Cat Who Helped Flinders Map Australia by Matthew Flinders; Gillian Dooley; Philippa Sandall
$24.99 AUD
Category: Marine Exploration
A fun and quirky gift book about a much-loved ship's cat: Trim, who helped Flinders map and lap Australia. Trim was the ship's cat who accompanied Matthew Flinders on his voyages to circumnavigate and map the coastline of Australia from 1801 to 1803. Trim, The Cartographer's Cat is a charming ode to t ...Show more
Islamic World: A History in Objects by Venetia Porter; Ladan Akbarnia; Fahmida Suleman; Zeina Klink-Hoppe; Amandine Merat; William Greenwood; Anon
$55.00 AUD
Category: General History
This illustrated introduction offers a fresh approach to the history of the Islamic world from its origins to the present day. Told in six chapters, arranged both chronologically and thematically, and richly enhanced with outstanding images, it provides an illuminating insight into the material culture ...Show more
Empires of the Sea: The Final Battle for the Mediterranean, 1521-1580 by Roger Crowley
$29.99 AUD
Category: European
Empires of the Sea shows the Mediterranean as a majestic and bloody theatre of war. Opening with the Ottoman victory in 1453 it is a breathtaking story of military crusading, Barbary pirates, white slavery and the Ottoman Empire - and the larger picture of the struggle between Islam and Christianity. Co ...Show more
The Jerusalem Files - The Secret Journey of the Menorah to Oak Island by Corjan Mol; Christopher Morford
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A non-fiction Da Vinci Code for the 21st century, this thrilling treasure hunt traces the voyage of the legendary Jewish Menorah from the Jerusalem of the Knights Templar through France, Portugal and North America, providing mind-blowing history and mystery for fans of The Curse of Oak Island. The Jewi ...Show more
The Origin of Empire Rome from the Republic to Hadrian (264 BC - AD 138) by David Potter
$24.99 AUD
Category: Ancient Civilisations | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser.
Capturing the pivotal moment when Rome transformed from a republic to a world empire, spanning over three hundred action-packed years. In 264 BC, a Roman army was poised to cross from southern Italy into Sicily. They couldn't know that this crossing would be Rome's first step on its journey from local ...Show more
Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World by Giles Milton
$34.99 AUD
Category: General History
'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny. Berlin was in ruins when Soviet forces fought their way towards the Re ...Show more