The Story of Australia's People: Vol. I: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia by Geoffrey Blainey
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The vast continent of Australia was settled in two main streams, far apart in time and origin.The first came ashore some 50,000 years ago when the islands of Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea were one. The second began to arrive from Europe at the end of the eighteenth century. Each had to come to term ...Show more
Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Falling Upwards tells the story of the enigmatic group of men and women who first risked their lives to take to the air, and so discovered a new dimension of human experience. Why they did it, what their contemporaries thought of them, and how their flights revealed the secrets of our planet in wholly u ...Show more
The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present by Jonathan Fenby
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
In 1850, China was the "sick man of Asia." Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. The Penguin History of Modern China shows how turbulent that journey has been. For 150 years China has endured as victim of oppression, war, and famine. This makes its current position as arguably the m ...Show more
Daughter of The River Country by Dianne O'Brien
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
From a victim of the 'stolen generations' comes a remarkable memoir of abuse, survival - and ultimately hope.Born in country NSW in the 1940s, baby Dianne is immediately taken from her Aboriginal mother. Raised in the era of the White Australia policy, Dianne grows up believing her adoptive Irish mother ...Show more
Leaders : People Who Shaped the Last Century by S. K. Cooper
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: People Who Shaped the Last Century
The leaders that are remembered by history both define the world they live in and change that world forever. Whether their leadership is inspirational, innovative, decisive or ultimately destructive, we have a lot to learn from the lives and achievements of the eclectic group of people featured in this ...Show more
New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 by Paul Stephenson
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
'Fascinating ... illuminating ... Stephenson examines ordinary life, painting a vivid and intriguing picture.' The TimesLong before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique empire, the glittering Constantinople: New Rome. In thi ...Show more
Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849 by Christopher Clark
$75.00 AUD
Category: History
An exhilarating reappraisal of one of the most dramatic years in European history, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalkers 'People embraced each other, shook hands, joy radiated from every eye, there was no limit to the celebrations . . .' There can be few more exciting or frightening moments in E ...Show more
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Growing Up
Childhood stories of family, country and belonging What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile ...Show more
The Florentines from Dante to Galileo by Paul Strathern
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
A sweeping 400-year history of the Florentines who gave birth to the Renaissance, by the author of The Medici and The Borgias. Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which transformed the entire culture of western civilisation. Painting, sculpture and arch ...Show more
Pathogenesis - How infectious diseases shaped human history by Jonathan Kennedy
$35.00 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Humans did not make history - we played host. This book is Guns, Germs and Steel without the guns and steel, Sapiens for the pandemic era. A major new history of the world. This humbling and revelatory book shows how infectious disease has shaped humanity at every stage, from the first success of Homo s ...Show more
365 Gays of the Year (Plus 1 for a Leap Year): Discover LGBTQ+ history one day at a time by Lewis Laney
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
365 Gays of the Year is a celebration of Queer history told through one LGBTQ+ figure for each day of the year. A fun and fascinating compendium of LGBTQ+ icons, one for every day of the year, and a celebration of queer history - or as RuPaul would say; Herstory!Discover your queer hero and learn someth ...Show more
Civil War - The History of England Volume 3 by Peter Ackroyd
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The History of England | Reading Level: very good
In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ends with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II. The St ...Show more