Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976-1988 by Matthew Worley
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A visual history of the artists, fans, and fanzines of widely influential British punk. Zerox Machine is an immersive journey through the vibrant history of British punk and its associated fanzines from 1976 to 1988. Drawing on an extensive range of previously unpublished materials sourced from private ...Show more
The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover the Secrets of the Amazon by David Grann
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
**NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING ROBERT PATTINSON, CHARLIE HUNNAM AND SIENNA MILLER** ‘A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure’JOHN GRISHAM The story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's The Lost World Fawcett was among the last of a legendary breed ...Show more
Crypt: Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond by Alice Roberts
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The new book by Sunday Times bestselling author of Ancestors and Buried - the final instalment in Professor Alice Roberts' acclaimed trilogy.We can unlock secrets from bones preserved for centuries in tombs, graves and crypts.The history of the Middle Ages is typically the story of the rich and powerful ...Show more
Artists Who Changed History by DK
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
This stunning visual celebration of the world's most celebrated artists tells the fascinating stories of their lives and works. Lavishly illustrated with portraits of each artist, alongside photographs of their homes and studios, and personal artefacts, Artists Who Changed History offers a unique window ...Show more
A History of the Muslim World - From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity by Michael A. Cook
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muḥammad to the birth of the modern era This book describes and explains the major events, personalities, conflicts, and convergences that have shaped the history of the Muslim world. The body of the book takes readers from the origins ...Show more
The French Mind: 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal by Peter Watson
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
‘Majestic, ambitious’ Literary Review ____________________________________ We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity and sophistication, and even their insistence that they are exceptional. But how did France become the country it is today, and w ...Show more
The Soul: A History of the Human Mind by Paul Ham
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The Soul is a history of the human mind, from the earliest expression of self-consciousness to its unshakeable belief in the great religions and political systems. Everyone thinks they have one, but nobody knows what it is. For thousands of years the soul was an 'organ', an entity, something that was p ...Show more
Strike Up the Band: New York City in the Roaring Twenties by Helen Crisp, Jules Stewart
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A spirited chronicle of New York's economic and cultural boom during the outstanding decade of the Roaring Twenties.This is the story of the zest for life that gripped New York in the postwar years of the 1920s. The decade ushered in an era of almost unprecedented prosperity and economic expansion that ...Show more
Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler by A. L. Sadler
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
Uncover the true story of the man who unified medieval Japan. For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders with absolute authority, while the emperor remained a figurehead. This book tells the fascinating story of Tokugawa Ieyasu — the greatest of all Japanese Shoguns, who unified and pacified ...Show more
George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Shaped the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A revelatory account of how King George VI and Elizabeth's marriage unexpectedly saved the monarchy. Granted special access by Queen Elizabeth II to her parents' letters and diaries and those of their close friends and family, Sally Bedell Smith brings the love story of this iconic royal couple to life ...Show more
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Murder, Madness and Obsession by David Grann
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
By the author of the international Number One bestsellers KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE WAGER ‘Chilling . . . Poignant . . . Haunting and gripping . . . gets into worlds that are otherwise invisible to us’ Daily Mail A Polish detective tries to determine whether an author planted clues to a real mu ...Show more
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy by Bill Browder
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
I have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know. In November 2009, the young lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death by eight poli ...Show more