A Tiny Story of Blinky Bill: a Classic Australian Favourite by Dorothy Wall
$12.95 AUD
Category: History
Blinky Bill tells the story of a naughty little koala, Blinky Bill, and his friends Splodge the Kangaroo and Wally the Wombat. Mischievous Blinky Bill creeps out of bed at night and runs into his friends at the edge of the river and tries his hand at fishing. Borrowing the farmer's boat is only the star ...Show more
The Darwin Experience by John Van Wyhe, Wyhe
$34.99 AUD
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Category: History
Celebrating both the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the electrifying publication of "On the Origin of Species, " here's the story of the man and the theory that opened a new chapter in the history of science--transformed into an engaging interactive experience that i ...Show more
Caesar - The Life of a Colossus by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
$19.99 AUD
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Category: History | Reading Level: good
From the very beginning, Caesar's story makes dazzling reading. In his late teens he narrowly avoided execution for opposing the military dictator Sulla. He was decorated for valour in battle, captured and held to ransom by pirates, and almost bankrupted himself by staging games for the masses. As a pol ...Show more
Who Lost Russia? - From the Collapse of the USSR to Putin's War on Ukraine by Peter Conradi
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
'A must read for anyone interested in the future of Europe and the world as a whole.' Serhii Plokhy, author of The Last Empire An essential insight into Russia's relations with Ukraine, the US and beyond Why did Vladimir Putin launch his devastating attack on Ukraine in February 2022? And is Western pol ...Show more
Nagasaki: the Forgotten Prisoners by John Willis
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
This is one of the most remarkable untold stories of the Second World war. At 11.02 am on an August morning in 1945 America dropped the world's most powerful atomic bomb on the Japanese port city of Nagasaki. The most European city in Japan was flattened to the ground 'as if it had been swept aside by a ...Show more
Coffee with Hitler: The British Amateurs who Tried to Civilise the Nazis by Charles Spicer
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
How the British might have handled Hitler differently remains one of history's greatest 'what ifs'.Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding and poignant story, for the first time, of a handful of amateur British intelligence agents who wined, dined and befriended the leading National Socialists between t ...Show more
Histories of the Unexpected by James Daybell, Sam Willis
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In this fascinating and original new book, Sam Willis and James Daybell lead us on a journey of historical discovery that tackles some of the greatest historical themes - from the Tudors to the Second World War, from the Roman Empire to the Victorians - but via entirely unexpected subjects. You will fin ...Show more
Spying and the Crown by Rory Cormac, Richard Aldrich
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
The full story of Britain's most secret partnership: the monarchy and their intelligence services. A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2021 'Monumental.. Authoritative and highly readable.' The Times 'A fascinating history of royal espionage.' Sunday Times 'Excellent... Compelling' Guardian For the fi ...Show more
Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body by Caroline Vout
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
'A gloriously intimate tour of the body in antiquity' Gavin Francis 'A triumph ... an extraordinary book that stopped me in my tracks' Peter Frankopan 'Impressive ... sublime' Jimmy Mulville The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to sit up ...Show more
Spymaster - The Man Who Saved MI6 by Helen Fry
$22.95 AUD
Category: History
The dramatic story of a man who stood at the center of British intelligence operations, the ultimate spymaster of World War Two: Thomas Kendrick Thomas Kendrick (1881-1972) was central to the British Secret Service from its beginnings through to the Second World War. Under the guise of "British Passport ...Show more
Stalin As Warlord by Alfred J. Rieber
$51.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
The Second World War was the defining moment in the history of the Soviet Union. With Stalin at the helm, it emerged victorious at a huge economic and human cost. But even before the fighting had ended, Stalin began to turn against the architects of success. In this original and comprehensive study, Alf ...Show more
Elizabeth and John: The Macarthurs of Elizabeth Farm by Alan Atkinson
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A landmark and revealing joint biography of Elizabeth and John Macarthur, from one of Australia’s most respected historians.Arriving in 1790, Elizabeth and John Macarthur, both aged 23, were the first married couple to travel voluntarily from Europe to Australia, within three years of the initial invasi ...Show more