Aviation: Early Years by Peter Almond
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
'Aviation' chronicles the first years of man-powered flight in photographs, from the end of the last century to the era of the great zeppelins."
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The groundbreaking bestseller which examines the effect of empire on modern BritainIn Britain, imperialism is everywhere - though we often choose not to see it. From the way we travel and the foundation of the NHS to the nature of our racism and wealth, it is central to the way we think and conduct poli ...Show more
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine - A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi
$47.00 AUD
Category: History
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Riveting and original ... a work enriched by solid scholarship, vivid personal experience, and acute appreciation of the concerns and aspirations of the contending parties in this deeply unequal conflict ' Noam ChomskyThe twentieth century for Palestine and the Palestinians ...Show more
Dark Tales from the Long River: A Bloody History of Australia's North-West Frontier by David Price
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
From searches for serial killers and missing persons to the persecution of migrants and Aboriginal people, David Price takes us back to a time when the line between lawmakers and criminals was lightly drawn. Based on a wide array of contemporaneous accounts of life in the Gascoyne, these sometimes shock ...Show more
The Forgotten Islands: One Man's Voyage into a Truly Gothic Australia by Michael Veitch
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Michael Veitch has long been fascinated by the islands of Bass Strait, between mainland Australia and Tasmania - a multitude of cold, dark isles, regularly pounded by atrocious weather and hardly visited, but rich in atypical Australian history. This is the story of his personal odyssey among them (plag ...Show more
SINKING OF HMAS SYDNEY by Doctor Tom Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
HMAS Sydney was the pride of the fleet during the Second World War. A light cruiser and one of Australia’s main combat vessels. On the 19th November 1941, off the coast of Western Australia, The Sydney engaged in a fierce and bloody battle with the German raider Kormoran. Following this action, The Sy ...Show more
James Cook - The story behind the man who mapped the world by Peter FitzSimons
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
HE STORY BEHIND THE MAN WHO MAPPED THE WORLD The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook? This Yorkshire farm boy would go on to become the foremost ma ...Show more
The World War II Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) by .
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Big Ideas
An accessible guide to the key events and turning points of the Second World War, and the people and groups behind them Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the Second World War - the epic conflict that shaped the modern world. Combining authoritative, exciting text and ...Show more
The Great War Illustrated 1915 - Paperback Mono Edition - Archive Photographs of WWI by William Langford; Jack Holroyd
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
This is the second in a series of five titles, which will cover each year of the war graphically. Countless thousands of pictures were taken by photographers on all sides during the First World War. These pictures appeared in the magazines, journals, and newspapers of the time. Some illustrations went o ...Show more
Animals in the Great War by Stephen Wynn; Tanya Wynn
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Animals in the Great War looks at the use of animals by all sides in the Great War and to what effect. In the main, it focuses greatly on horses, dogs and pigeons but also addresses the war efforts of other animals.In the early years of the war horses were, to a large extent, the only form of transport ...Show more
People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph Stiglitz
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
We all have the sense that our economy tilts toward big business, but, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in People, Power, and Profits, a few corporations now dominate entire sectors, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth. This is how the financial industry has managed to write its own re ...Show more
The Coat Route: Craft, Luxury, and Obsession on the trail of a $50,000 coat by Meg Lukens Noonan
$27.95 AUD
Category: History
In today's world of fast fashion, is there a place for a handcrafted $50,000 coat? To answer that question, Meg Noonan unravels the story of the coat's provenance. Her journey takes readers to the Sydney studio of John Cutler, a fourth-generation tailor who works magic with scissors and thread; to the r ...Show more