The Death of Hitler - The Final Word on the Ultimate Cold Case: The Search for Hitler s Body by Jean-Christophe Brisard; Lana Parshina
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
A dramatic and revelatory new account of the final days in Hitler's bunker, based on new access to previously unseen Soviet archives. After two years of nonstop negotiations with the Russian authorities, Jean-Christophe Brisard and Lana Parshina were granted access to secret files detailing the Soviets' ...Show more
Who Ate the First Oyster? The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History by Cody Cassidy
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Who wore the first pants? Who painted the first masterpiece? Who first rode the horse? Who invented soap? This madcap adventure across ancient history uses everything from modern genetics to archaeology to uncover the geniuses behind these and other world-changing innovations. Who invented the wheel? Wh ...Show more
American Cipher by Matt Farwell; Michael Ames
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The explosive narrative of the life, captivity, and trial of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was abducted by the Taliban and whose story has served as a symbol for America's foundering war in Afghanistan'A riveting journalistic account of Bowe Bergdahl's disastrous - and weirdly poignant - choice to walk ...Show more
Jane Seymour, the Haunted Queen (#3 Six Tudor Queens) by Alison Weir
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Six Tudor Queens
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by historian Alison Weir, author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen and Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession, is the third enthralling novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. A fascinating look at Henry VIII's third wife. Essential reading for fa ...Show more
Barbarians - Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire by Stephen P. Kershaw
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A fresh new look at the Roman Empire, from the point of view of those regarded by the Romans as 'barbarians'. Kershaw builds a narrative around the lives, personalities, successes and failures both of the key opponents of Rome's rise and dominance, and of the those who ultimately brought the empire down ...Show more
A Brief History of France by Cecil Jenkins
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Brief Histories
When we think of France, we tend think of fine food and wine, the elegant boulevards of Paris or the chic beaches of St Tropez. Yet, as the largest country in Europe, France is home to extraordinary diversity. The idea of 'Frenchness' emerged through 2,000 years of history and it is this riveting story, ...Show more
Bethlehem - Biography of a Town by Nicholas Blincoe
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
" Bethlehem] brings within reach 11,000 years of history, centering on the beloved town's unique place in the world. Blincoe's love of Bethlehem is compelling, even as he does not shy away from the complexities of its chronicle." --President Jimmy Carter Bethlehem is so suffused with history and myth th ...Show more
Wordy - Sounding off on high art, low appetite and the power of memory by Simon Schama
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
'Wordy is about the intoxication of writing; my sense of playful versatility; different voices for different matters: the polemical voice for political columns; the sharp-eyed descriptive take for profiles; poetic precision in grappling with the hard task of translating art into words; lyrical recall fo ...Show more
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people by Michael Wood
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
China's story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UK's pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential for reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today.China is the oldest livi ...Show more
The Library of Ice : Readings from a Cold Climate by Nancy Campbell
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A vivid and perceptive book combining memoir, scientific and cultural history with a bewitching account of landscape and place, which will appeal to readers of Robert Macfarlane, Roger Deakin and Olivia Laing. Long captivated by the solid yet impermanent nature of ice, by its stark, rugged beauty, accl ...Show more
The Madman's Library: The Greatest Curiosities of Literature by Edward Brooke-Hitching
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
From the author of the critically acclaimed and globally successful The Phantom Atlas, The Golden Atlas and The Sky Atlas comes a stunning new work. The Madman's Library is a unique, beautifully illustrated journey through the entire history of literature, delving into its darkest territories to hunt do ...Show more
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History by Boris Johnson
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
'The must-read biography of the year.' Evening Standard 'He writes with gusto...the result is a book that is never boring, genuinely clever ...this book sizzles.' The Times 'The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference.' On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of Winston ...Show more