Beyond the Blue Horizon - How the Earliest Mariners Unlocked the Secrets of the Oceans by Brian Fagan
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
We know the tales of Columbus and Captain Cook, yet much earlier mariners made equally bold and world-changing voyages. In Beyond the Blue Horizon, archaeologist and historian Brian Fagan tackles his richest topic yet: the enduring quest to master the oceans, the planet's most mysterious terrain. From t ...Show more
Atlantic - A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water - the Atlantic. One hundred and ninety million years ago, the shifting of two of the world's tectonic plates led to the creation of an immense chasm. This giant gash in the flanks of the planet slowly opened up and eventually evolved i ...Show more
A Short History of England by Simon Jenkins
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
This is the definitive concise account of our remarkable past. Which battle was fought 'For England, Harry and St George'? Who demanded to be painted 'warts and all'? What - and when - was the Battle of the Bulge? In "A Short History of England", bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questi ...Show more
Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy by Michael Pembroke
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Australians know Arthur Phillip as the first Governor of the colony of New South Wales. But few know the real story of this mercurial man. Arthur Phillip was a career soldier, a mercenary and a spy for the British Empire long before he captained the First Fleet and founded Sydney. Through meticulous res ...Show more
A Monstrous Commotion: The Mysteries of Loch Ness by Gareth Williams
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The Loch Ness Monster: a creature that should have died out with the dinosaurs, or a legend built on hoaxes and wishful thinking?Sir Peter Scott, internationally renowned naturalist and president of the World Wildlife Fund, was convinced that the Monster existed. So were senior scientists at London's Na ...Show more
A History of the Ottoman Empire by Douglas A. Howard
$54.95 AUD
Category: History
Covering the full history of the Ottoman Empire, from its genesis in post-Mongol Eurasia to its dissolution after the Great War in Europe, this textbook takes a holistic approach, considering the Ottoman worldview - what it was, how it came together, and how it fell apart. Douglas A. Howard stresses the ...Show more
1947 - When Now Begins by Elisabeth Asbrink; Fiona Graham (translator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
As the clock strikes the end of the war, the time begins to turn towards a new age -- the one we call now. This shift does not happen overnight, from one day to the next; instead, the world vibrates for a number of years. People try to find their way back to homes that are no longer there, or on to an u ...Show more
1066 and All That by W C Sellar
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: A\Methuen Humour Classic Ser.
One of the most well-loved and best-selling British humor titles of all time "Canute began by being a Bad King on the advice of his Courtiers, who informed him (owing to a misunderstanding of the Rule Britannia) that the King of England was entitled to sit on the sea without getting wet." This humor ...Show more
100 Battles: Decisive conflicts that shaped the world by Martin J Dougherty
$10.00 AUD
Category: History
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
Towards the Light : The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights that Made the Modern West by A.C. Grayling
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The often-violent conflicts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were sparked by the pursuit of freedom of thought. In time, this drive led to bitter fighting, including the English Civil War. Then came revolutions in America and France that swept away monarchies for more representative forms of gov ...Show more
The Woman Who Would be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt's throne without status as a king's son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was born into a privileged position of the royal household. Married to her brother, she was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father' ...Show more