Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The definitive new history of East Germany by a highly acclaimed young historian. In 1990, a country disappeared. When the iron curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR presented a radically diffe ...Show more
Homelands: A Personal History of Europe by Timothy Ash Garton
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
'A moving love letter to Europe' - Lea Ypi, author of FreeHomelands is a stunning blend of contemporary history, investigative reporting and intimate memoir by our greatest writer about Europe.Drawing on half a century of travel and thinking, Homelands tells the story of Europe since its emergence from ...Show more
The Lucky Country: Popular Penguins by Donald Horne
$14.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Popular Penguins Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "This often-oversimplified classic raises difficult questions about Australia's elites that are still worth asking. Are Australians, for example, still 'a largely non-contemplative people' who have "a limited view of the pos ...Show more
The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
At the time George W. Bush ordered forces to invade Iraq, 70 per cent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. When asked to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, voters most frequently named two Bush TV ads that played to fears of terrorism. How did the US get here? And how ...Show more
Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism by Bernard-Henri Levy
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
In this unprecedented critique, Bernard-Henri Levy revisits his political roots, scrutinizes the totalitarianisms of the past as well as those on the horizon, and argues powerfully for a new political and moral vision for our times. Are human rights Western or universal? Does anti-Semitism have a future ...Show more
Come on, People!: On the Path from Victims to Victors by Bill Cosby
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
Addresses the crises of people who are stuck because of feelings of low self-esteem, abandonment, anger, fear, sadness, and feelings of being used, undefended and unprotected. This title aims to help empower people to make the transition from victims to victors. It includes stories of the problems facin ...Show more
The End of Equality: Work Babies and Women's Chioces in 21st Century Australia by Anne Summers
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
In 1975, Anne Summers' groundbreaking book DAMNED WHORES AND GOD'S POLICE changed forever the way we thought about women and their place in Australian history and society. In 2003 Summers' new book, THE END OF EQUALITY, promises to do for a new age and a new generation of women what DAMNED WHORES did fo ...Show more
Carry Me Home: The Life and Death of Private Jake Kovco by Dan Box
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Jake Kovco was the first casualty, the first Australian soldier to die in Iraq. If the Bali bombing had shown Australians could fall victim to what many said was the defining international threat - Islamic terrorism - his death showed Australians could die as part of the defining, armed, response. The p ...Show more
Australians: Origins to Eureka: Volume 1 by Thomas Keneally
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The first volume of a unique history of Australia where people are always centre stage, from bestselling author Thomas Keneally who brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story.
The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid it by Julian Cribb
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
In the coming half century humanity faces a planetary crisis that will affect everyone. A doubling in human demand for food is set to collide with increasing scarcities of the very resources needed to grow our food - water, land, energy, nutrients and knowledge - under the lash of a changing world clim ...Show more
Power Crisis: The Self-Destruction of a State Labor Party by Rodney Cavalier
$34.95 AUD
Category: History
Written by former minister and Labor historian Rodney Cavalier, Power Crisis is an explosive account of the self-destruction of the New South Wales Labor government, which has seen a turnover of four premiers in five years, and is heading for rejection and even humiliation by voters at the next state el ...Show more