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
Palmyra: An Irreplaceable Treasure by Paul Veyne; Teresa Lavender Fagan (Translator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Located northeast of Damascus, in an oasis surrounded by palms and two mountain ranges, the ancient city of Palmyra has the aura of myth. According to the Bible, the city was built by Solomon. Regardless of its actual origins, it was an influential city, serving for centuries as a caravan stop for those ...Show more
King of the Air: The Turbulent Life of Charles Kingsford Smith by Ann Blainey
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In three short years, he broke records with his astounding and daring voyages- the first trans-Pacific flight from America to Australia, the first circumnavigation around the equator, the first non-stop crossing of the ...Show more
Tambora "The Eruption That Changed the World" by Gillen D'Arcy Wood
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
A global history of the climate catastrophe caused by the Tambora eruption When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years. The volcano's massive sulfate dust cloud enveloped the Earth, cooling temper ...Show more
Has the Luck Run Out? The End of Old Australia by David Fagan
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Why have we lost trust in Australia? What's going wrong? What's going right? And what we can do to regain confidence in Australia's future? Why are Australians anxious and pessimistic? Who or what has caused our loss of trust in Australia? Why has a feeling of powerlessness crept in for so many? Has the ...Show more
Persecution of the Templars by Alain Demurger; Teresa Lavender Fagan (Translator)
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The trial of the Knights Templar is one of the most infamous in history. Accused of heresy by the king of France, the Templars were arrested and imprisoned, had their goods seized and their monasteries ransacked. Under brutal interrogation and torture, many made shocking confessions: denial of Christ, d ...Show more
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts Of 1844 by Karl Marx; Martin Milligan (Translator)
$17.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy Ser.
Written in 1844 as a series of notes, Marx's posthumously published critiques on the conditions of modern industrialist societies forms the foundation of the author's denunciation of capitalism. Combining elements of psychology, sociology, and anthropology, it is a profound examination of the human cond ...Show more
A Wunch of Bankers: A Year in the Hayne Royal Commission by Dan Ziffer
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
It wasn't just its exhaustive rounds of hearings around the country - Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, and Sydney - on topics from farming finance to financial planning. It wasn't even the long list of scandals exposed to a horrified nation - charging fees to dead people, blatant conflicts of interest, and ...Show more