Prisoners of Time: Prussians, Germans and Other Humans by Christopher Clark
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
A collection of illuminating essays from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers has become one of the most influential history books of our century- a remarkable rethinking of the origins of the First World War, which has had a huge impact on how we see both the p ...Show more
Zero Fail - The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
'This is one of those books that will go down as the seminal work -- the determinative work -- in this field ... Terrifying.'--Rachel Maddow The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarming mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years ...Show more
Proud to Be PLC - 40 Years of Pipe Band History by Lucy Hair (Created by, Appendix by, Original Author, Directed By, Research by); PLC Perth (Executive Producer, Reviewed by, Original editor, Editor, Editor-In-Chief, Cover Design by, Technical editor, Designed by, Managing editor, Research by, Historical advisor, Photographer, Created by, General Editor)
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
A history of the first 40 years of the Presbyterian Ladies' College (PLC Perth) Pipe Band, from 1981-2021. Historian, Old Collegian and current parent Lucy Hair has researched four decades of the PLC Perth Pipe Band to bring together an amazing collection of photographs and stories about the origins of ...Show more
Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain by Amy Jeffs
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland is a new illustrated mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes.It begins between the Creation and Noah's Flood, follows the footsteps of the earliest generation of giants from an age when the children of Cain and the progeny of fallen angels walked the e ...Show more
Into the Forest - A Holocaust Story of Survival, Triumph, and Love by Rebecca Frankel
$54.99 AUD
Category: History
From a little-known chapter of Holocaust history, Rebecca Frankel's Into the Forest is one family's inspiring true story of love, escape, and survival. In the summer of 1942, the Rabinowitz family narrowly escaped the Nazi ghetto in their Polish town by fleeing to the forbidding Bialowieza Forest. T ...Show more
George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch by Andrew Roberts
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
George III, Britain's longest-reigning king, has gone down in history as 'the cruellest tyrant of this age' (Thomas Paine, eighteenth century), 'a sovereign who inflicted more profound and enduring injuries upon this country than any other modern English king' (W.E.H. Lecky, nineteenth century), 'one of ...Show more
White Malice - The CIA and the Neocolonisation of Africa by Susan Williams
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The shocking, untold story of how African independence was strangled at birth by America's systematic interference. Accra, 1958. Africa's liberation leaders have gathered for a conference, full of strength, purpose and vision. Newly independent Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah and Congo's Patrice Lumumba strike u ...Show more
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History by Thomas Barfield
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
Traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in Afghanistan, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. This title introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in this volatile region of the world.
A Short History of War by Jeremy Black
$30.95 AUD
Category: History
A wonderfully engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to the present and into the future
The Organ Thieves - The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in America's Segregated South by Chip Jones
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this landmark investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury, only to have his heart stolen out of his body and put into ...Show more
China Coup - The Great Leap to Freedom by Roger Garside
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
An expert's take on how a coup in China could launch a transition to democracy. This short book predicts--contrary to the prevailing consensus--that China's leader Xi Jinping will very soon be removed from office in a coup d'état mounted by rivals in the top leadership. The leaders of the coup will the ...Show more
World Politics Since 1989 by Jonathan Holslag
$51.95 AUD
Category: History
1989 ushered in a new age of freedom and prosperity. Thirty years later, the golden era is over. What went wrong? How did the age of globalization - of growing connectivity, affluence, and growth - give way? Jonathan Holslag navigates through the calm seas and rip tides of global politics from the Cold ...Show more