Dresden - The Fire and the Darkness by Sinclair McKay
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
In February 1945 the Allies obliterated Dresden, the 'Florence of the Elbe'. Explosive bombs weighing over 1,000 lbs fell every seven and a half seconds and an estimated 25,000 people were killed. Was Dresden a legitimate military target or was the bombing a last act of atavistic mass murder in a war al ...Show more
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown
$28.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: P.S.
A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils. In an account that also offers insight into the ...Show more
The Powerful and the Damned - Private Diaries in Turbulent Times by Lionel Barber
$35.00 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
'An extraordinary personal and professional insight into fifteen years of tumultuous times.' - Tony Blair 'Riveting - a world of power, money, ego and disaster, as witnessed from the front row' - Philippe Sands 'Brutal, brilliant and scurrilously funny ... don't miss it' - Misha Glenny 'As FT editor, I ...Show more
Australian POWs: The untold stories of WWI by David Coombes
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
"Comrades in distress we were, and it was now that one felt the existence of a brotherhood that establishes itself in circumstances of this kind ... A few of the men are very dejected, and appear to be losing all interest in themselves, their habits and practices not being approved by the majority. In s ...Show more
Unworthy Republic - The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory by Claudio Saunt
$27.95 AUD
Category: History
Shortlisted for the 2020 Cundill History PrizeNamed a Top Ten Best Book of 2020 by the Washington Post and Publishers Weekly and a New York Times Critics' Top Book of 2020A masterful and unsettling history of "Indian Removal," the forced migration of Native Americans across the Mississippi River in the ...Show more
Giants: Men of Renown by Denver Michaels; David Childress (Foreword by)
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
Denwer Michaels runs down the many stories of giants around the world and testifies to the reality of their existence in the past. Michaels discusses the races of giants named in the Bible and also examines extra-biblical sources such as the Book of Enoch, the Book of Giants, the Book of Moses and the E ...Show more
The Emperor's Grace: Untold Stories of the Australians Enslaved in Japan during World War II by Mark Baker
$34.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Australian History Ser.
The Emperor's Grace is the story of the men of "C" Force – the first contingent of Australian, British and Dutch POWs shipped from Singapore to Japan in November 1942 – who worked in the Kawasaki Shipyard in Kobe before the American firebombing campaign razed the city, and then the infamous Fukuoka coal ...Show more
The Spanish Flu Epidemic and Its Influence on History (PB) by Jaime Breitnauer
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
In Budapest, a lone woman dies quietly on a bench in the late afternoon sun, while in South Africa, a group of men plunge to their death in the blackness of a mine shaft elevator. In London, a loving father takes his daughter's life while in Austria a man grieves for his unborn baby trapped inside his d ...Show more
Navy Divers: The Incredible Story of the Australian Navy's Elite Unit by Gregor Salmon
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
In cold, murky water, working by touch alone, they can defuse a mine powerful enough to sink a battleship. Under the burning Afghan sun, they can dismantle a Taliban roadside bomb. Welcome to the world of the Royal Australian Navy clearance divers. Bomb and mine disposal is but one of their roles. As co ...Show more
The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek by Kate Holden
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
An epic true story of greed, power and a desire for legacy from an acclaimed Australian storyteller. July 2014, a lonely road at twilight outside Croppa Creek, New South Wales: 80-year-old farmer Ian Turnbull takes out a .22 and shoots environmental officer Glen Turner in the back. On one side, a farmer ...Show more
How to Think Like an Activist by Wendy Syfret
$19.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Survive the Modern World Ser.
How to Think Like an Activistoffers a space for budding activists to learn from the past and look to the future. A lot of talk around changing the world gets stuck in theory, but this is about action. From small daily commitments to larger ongoing projects, this book offers tangible ways to start buildi ...Show more
The Spy who was left out in the Cold: The Secret History of Agent Goleniewski by Tim Tate
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Spring 1958- a mysterious individual believed to be high up in the Polish secret service began passing Soviet secrets to the West. His name was Michal Goleniewski and he remains one of the most important, least known and most misunderstood spies of the Cold War. Even his death is shrouded in mystery and ...Show more