The Library Book by Susan Orlean
$29.99 AUD
Category: General History | Reading Level: very good
On the morning of April 29, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. As the moments passed, the patrons and staff who had been cleared out of the building realized this was not the usual fire alarm. As one fireman recounted, "Once that first stack got going, it was `Goodbye, Charlie ...Show more
Spice: The History Of A Temptation by Jack Turner
$32.95 AUD
Category: Medieval
The history of an obsession that once shaped the world. In the ancient Egyptian temple of Dayr al-Bahri is preserved the earliest surviving representation of a merchant fleet. Date to around 1495 BC, rows of hieroglyphs record that the pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut sent the fleet 1900 miles south to the land ...Show more
The Inquisition by Michael Baigent
$24.95 AUD
Category: European
This text presents a full history of the inquisition, beginning with St Dominic crossing the Pyrenees into Spain and the persecution of the villagers of South-West France that followed, right through to the holy index of forbidden books in the 20th century.
Berlin: The Downfall 1945: The Number One Bestseller by Antony Beevor
$24.99 AUD
Category: European | Reading Level: very good
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the most terrifying example of fire and sword ever known, with tanks crushing refugee columns under their tracks ...Show more
The Makers of Scotland: Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings by Tim Clarkson
$34.95 AUD
Category: European
During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords. At first these men were tribal chiefs, Roman generals or rulers of small king ...Show more
City of Fortune: How Venice Won and Lost a Naval Empire by Roger Crowley
$24.99 AUD
Category: European
The rise and fall of the Venetian empire stands unrivaled for drama, intrigue, and sheer opulent majesty. In City of Fortune, Roger Crowley, acclaimed historian and New York Times bestselling author of Empires of the Sea, applies his narrative skill to chronicling the astounding five-hundred-year voyage ...Show more
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol II by Edward Gibbon
$35.00 AUD
Category: European | Series: Penguin Classics
Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (the second and third volumes were originally published in 1781), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original sources.
The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
$19.99 AUD
Category: European | Series: Tudor Court Ser. | Reading Level: good
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.
Rasputin: The Biography by Douglas Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: European
Nearly a century after his murder, Rasputin remains as divisive a figure as ever. Was he really a horse thief and a hard-drinking ruffian in his youth? Was he a a devout Orthodox Christian, or was he in fact a just a fake holy man? Are the stories of his enormous sexual drive, debauchery, and drunken or ...Show more