The Fifth Risk - Undoing Democracy by Michael Lewis
$45.00 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments, similar stories were playing out- Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed abo ...Show more
A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism (print on demand - 7-10 days) by Eric Holt-Giménez
$48.99 AUD
Category: History
Capitalism drives our global food system. Everyone who wants to end hunger, who wants to eat good, clean, healthy food, needs to understand capitalism. This book will help do that. In his latest book, Eric Holt-Gim nez takes on the social, environmental, and economic crises of the capitalist mode of foo ...Show more
Grant by Ron Chernow
$27.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Ulysses S Grant
A dramaticportrait of one of America's most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant, by Pulitzer Prize winnerRon Chernow, author of the book on which the astonishing musical Hamiltonis based. As late as April 1861, when the American Civil Warbroke out, Ulysses S. Grant was a dismal failure ...Show more
The Land of Dreams: How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788-1860 by David Kemp
$59.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: 4 Non Fiction
The Land of Dreams- How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788-1860 tells the story of how Australians became a free people, gaining the liberties they desired to take control of their own lives, the right to govern themselves and the capacity to address their own political problems through democratic inst ...Show more
Jewish Comedy - A Serious History by Jeremy Dauber
$23.95 AUD
Category: History
In a major work of scholarship that explores the funny side of some very serious business (and vice versa), Jeremy Dauber examines the origins of Jewish comedy and its development from biblical times to the age of Twitter. Organizing Jewish comedy into "seven strands"--including the satirical, the witty ...Show more
Are We There Yet by Morris Berman
$47.50 AUD
Category: History
Are We There Yet? is a collection of essays grouped around three major themes: the collapse of the American empire; the question of individual identity; and some thoughts regarding the nature of a post-collapse world. The book analyzes what has gone wrong with the United States since its inception, and ...Show more
Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
____________________________________BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK____________________________________HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth.In 1848, it disappeared in the Arctic, its fate a mystery. In 2014, it was found.This is i ...Show more
How Political Correctness is Destroying Education by KEVIN. DONNELLY
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
There¿s no doubt that political correctness has undermined and weakened Australia¿s education system and made it almost impossible for teachers and schools to fulfil their roles as key guardians of our children¿s education and the nation¿s future. Dr Kevin Donnelly follows his highly acclaimed and bests ...Show more
Churchill - Military Genius or Menace? by Stephen Napier
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
Churchill has gone down in history as one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. From the day the Second World War was declared he stood out as the only man wanting to take offensive action. But is this accolade deserved? The first few years of the war were nothing short of disastrous, and au ...Show more
Granite Mountain - The Untold Story by the Yarnell Hill Fire's Lone Survivor by Brendan McDonough; Stephan Talty (As told to)
$31.99 AUD
Category: History
The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire, which took the lives of 19 "hotshots"--firefighters trained specifically to battle wildfires ...Show more
Secret Pigeon Service - Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe by Gordon Corera
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Gordon Corera uses declassified documents and extensive original research to tell the story of MI14(d) and the Secret Pigeon Service for the first time. 'This is an amazing story' Simon Mayo, BBC Radio 2 Between 1941 and 1944, sixteen thousand plucky homing pigeons were dropped in an arc from Bordeaux t ...Show more
1918: The Final Year of the Great War to Armistice by VAN EMDEN, RICHARD
$65.99 AUD
Category: History