Strongmen: How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall by Ruth BEN-GHIAT
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Ours is the age of the strongman. Countries from Russia to India, Turkey to America are ruled by men who combine populist appeal with authoritarian policy. They have reshaped their countries around them, creating cults of personality which earn the loyalty of millions. And they do so by drawing on a pla ...Show more
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism- the British arrival in India in the early seventeenth century. 'A sparkling gem of a book. Beautifully written and masterfully researched, this has the makings of a classic' Peter Frankopan ...Show more
The Weimar Years: Rise and Fall 1918-1933 by Frank McDonough
$69.99 AUD
Category: History
The prequel to Frank McDonough’s bestselling Hitler Years series, covering the dramatic period of German history that led to the rise of Hitler in 1933. Established in the wake of Germany’s catastrophic defeat in the First World War, the Weimar Republic ushered in widespread social reform, vibrant cultu ...Show more
Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War by Laurence Rees
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
An award-winning historian plumbs the depths of Hitler and Stalin's vicious regimes, and shows the extent to which they brutalized the world around them. Two 20th century tyrants stand apart from all the rest in terms of their ruthlessness and the degree to which they changed the world around them. Br ...Show more
Burke and Wills - The Triumph and Tragedy of Australia's Most Famous Explorers by Peter FitzSimons
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
'They have left here today!' he calls to the others. When King puts his hand down above the ashes of the fire, it is to find it still hot. There is even a tiny flame flickering from the end of one log. They must have left just hours ago. MELBOURNE, 20 AUGUST 1860. In an ambitious quest to be the first E ...Show more
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonial Conquest and Resistance by Rashid I. Khalidi
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'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 Chomsky The twentieth century for Palestine and the Palestinians has been a century of denia ...Show more
Taking to the Field: A History of Australian Women in Science by Jane Carey
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
If asked to name an Australian woman scientist from the past, very few could. Let’s change that.Histories of Australian science largely overlook women. Their absence gives the impression that, until recently, there were no Australian women scientists. But this is far from true: women formed a much large ...Show more
China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower by Frank Dikotter
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'A revolutionary book' Sunday Times ... 'A pulsating account' Peter Frankopan .... *A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR* How did the People's Republic of China transform from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today? Drawing on hundreds of previously unseen archiv ...Show more
The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spies by Richard Kerbaj
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The first published account of the Five Eyes, the elite spy network created by Britain and the United States that industrialised espionage operations. Drawn from five countries - Britain, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - the Five Eyes has been steeped in secrecy since its formation in 1956, ...Show more
Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons. 'Exceptionally sumptuous... This vivid history brings to life the vices and virtues of the feuding ruling families of Italy.' Michael Prodger, The Times 'Full of treasures to be unc ...Show more
The Shortest History of China by Linda Jaivin
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
A pacy history of China that can be read in an afternoon, but will transform your perspective for a lifetime. From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics and philosophy across the world for thousands of years. Chinese hi ...Show more
Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 by Frank Dikotter
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A groundbreaking chronicle of the violent early years of the People's Republic of China by the author of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize-winning Mao's Great Famine. "The Chinese Communist party refers to its victory in 1949 as a 'liberation.' In China the story of liberation and the revolution that follow ...Show more