The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-76 by Frank Dikötter
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
After the economic disaster of the Great Leap Forward that claimed tens of millions of lives between 1958 and 1962, an ageing Mao launched an ambitious scheme to shore up his reputation and eliminate those he viewed as a threat to his legacy. The stated goal of the Cultural Revolution was to purge the c ...Show more
The Lynching The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan by Laurence Leamer
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The Lynchingis the powerful, spellbinding true story of a brutal race-based killing in 1981 and the dramatic two trials during which the United Klans of America, the largest and most dangerous Klan organization in America, is exposed for the evil it represents. New York Times bestselling author Laurence ...Show more
The Dust of Uruzgan by Fred Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Fred Smith has been described as 'Australia's secret weapon' in international diplomacy. As a career diplomat, he served in Afghanistan during the time Australian Defence Forces were engaged in our 'longest war' against Taliban insurgents. It was Fred's second career as a musician that came to the fore ...Show more
Females on the Fatal Shore : Australia's Brave Pioneers by Susanna De Vries
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
This is the story of the lives of 11 significant women who sailed to the colonies in Australia's founding years. Letters and portraits help bring these women to life and describe the dangers and deprivations of pioneering in the 6 colonies that would unite at Federation to form one nation - Australia. T ...Show more
Into the Heart of Tasmania: A Search For Human Antiquity by Rebe Taylor
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1908 English gentleman, Ernest Westlake, packed a tent, a bicycle and forty tins of food and sailed to Tasmania. On mountains, beaches and in sheep paddocks he collected over 13,000 Aboriginal stone tools. Westlake believed he had found the remnants of an extinct race whose culture was akin to the mo ...Show more
The Riviera Set by Mary S. Lovell
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The Riviera Set is the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Chateau de l'Horizon near Cannes, over the course of forty years from the time when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 19 ...Show more
A Secret Country by John Pilger
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
"EXPATRIATE JOURNALIST and film-maker John Pilger writes about his homeland with life-long affection and a passionately critical eye. In this fully updated edition of A SECRET COUNTRY, he pays tribute to a little known Australia and tells a story of high political drama."
The Secret Code-Breakers of Central Bureau : How Australia's Signals-Intelligence Network Helped Win the Pacific War by David Dufty
$49.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: General Adult
This is a rich historical account of a secret and little-understood side of the war, interwoven with lively personalities and personal stories. It is the story of Australia's version of Bletchley Park, of talented and dedicated individuals who significantly influenced the course of the Pacific War.
Please Explain: The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Pauline Hanson by Anna Broinowski
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1996, Pauline Hanson gave a speech that changed Australia. Attacking Asian and Indigenous people and foreign aid, Hanson unleashed a Pandora's box of violence and division on the progressive country Prime Minister Keating had positioned as 'part of Asia'. After her famous defeat in 1998, her politica ...Show more
The Show : Another Side of Santamaria's Movement by Mark Aarons John Grenville
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
In late 1942, on the recommendation of 26-year-old Bob Santamaria, Australia's Catholic bishops took the first steps in creating a clandestine church organisation to smash the Communist Party's massive trade union base. Before long, The Movement, as it was known, developed into a sophisticated intellige ...Show more
Bligh: Master Mariner by Rob Mundle
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The Eighteenth Century was an era when brave mariners took their ships beyond the horizon in search of an unknown world. Those chosen to lead these expeditions were exceptional navigators, men who had shown brilliance as they ascended the ranks in the Royal Navy. They were also bloody good sailors.From ...Show more
Monash's Masterpiece: The battle of Le Hamel and the 93 minutes that changed the world by Peter FitzSimons
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The Battle of Le Hamel on 4 July 1918 was an Allied triumph, and strategically very important in the closing stages of WWI. A largely Australian force, commanded by the brilliant Sir John Monash, fought what has been described as the first modern battle - where infantry, tanks, artillery and planes oper ...Show more