Vector: A surprising story of space, time, and mathematical transformation by Robyn Arianrhod
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions — sparking both controversy and discovery. A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions — sparking both controversy and discovery. Vector takes readers o ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Pirates by Katherine Howe (Editor)
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, The Penguin Book of Pirates takes us behind the eye patches, the peg legs, and the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger and into the ...Show more
Lebanon Days by Theodore Ell
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A captivating memoir that unravels the emotional struggles of a nation the world has long overlooked. Through the eyes of an outsider, this story takes a deep dive into the intimate details of Lebanon's hardships, providing a profound understanding of its people and their journey. 'An astonishing piec ...Show more
Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
From award-winning New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe, a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruder ...Show more
The Greatest Nobodies of History: Minor Characters from Major Moments by Adrian Bliss
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
History belongs to the heroes. But to get the full story, sometimes you have to ask the side characters. The lives of Leonardo da Vinci, Henry VIII and Queen Victoria fill bookshelves and fascinate scholars all over the world. But little attention is given to the ferret who posed for the renaissance ma ...Show more
Henry V: The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King by Dan Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months, and died at the age of just 35, but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond. The victor of Agincourt was remembered as the acme of kingship, a model to be closely imitated by his successors. William Shakespeare de ...Show more
To the City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul by Alexander Christie-Miller
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
This is a meditation on the soul of Istanbul, a paean to its resilience and fortitude. Walk with Alexander Christie-Miller and see the danger, beauty and hope. Caught between two seas and two continents, with a contested past and an imperiled future, Istanbul represents the precipitous moment civilizat ...Show more
Knowing What We Know: How we acquire, retain and communicate knowledge from ancient times to the era of big data by Simon Winchester
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Named a Best History Book for 2023 From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes--this is award winning writer Simon Winchester's brilliant and all-encompassing look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how ...Show more
Caesar Versus Pompey: Determining Rome's Greatest General, Statesman & Nation-Builder by Stephen Dando-Collins
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Who was Rome's greatest general, statesman, and nation-builder: Caesar or Pompey? Few people have had as many words written about them down throughthe centuries as Julius Caesar-the brilliant general who made Queen Cleopatraof Egypt his mistress. He has captured the imagination of playwrights, historian ...Show more
Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East by Robert Fisk
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
The final work of Robert Fisk, following on from the authoritative and highly acclaimed The Great War for Civilisation, which charted his 30-year career as a reporter in the war zones of the Middle East. An extraordinary chronicle of Fisk's trademark rigorous journalism, historical analysis and eyewitn ...Show more
A Devilish Kind of Courage - Anarchists, Aliens and the Siege of Sidney Street by Andrew Whitehead
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
A thrilling account of the 1911 Siege of Sidney Street--when a young Winston Churchill allowed two immigrant revolutionaries to burn to death in London's East End. On January 3, 1911, police discovered Latvian revolutionaries on the lam in London's East End. A six-hour gunfight ensued until fire consu ...Show more
Beyond Vietnam by Martin Luther King Jr.; Viet Thanh Nguyen (Foreword by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Essential Speeches of Dr. Martin Lut Ser.
With a new foreword by Viet Thanh Nguyen A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's speech "Beyond Vietnam," part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. At New York City's Riverside Church in 1967, Dr. King stood in front of a rapt audience and criticized the ...Show more