The War Diaries Of Weary Dunlop: Java And The Burma - Thailand Railway 1942-1945 by E.E. Dunlop, Edward E Dunlop
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
This extraordinary first-hand account of Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop's experiences as senior medical officer in the infamous prisoner-of-war camps in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway, is not only an account of great historical significance but also a testament to the ability of the human spirit to o ...Show more
Fair Dinkum! Aussie Slang by H. G. Nelson
$19.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Australian slang unites the true blue and the dinky-di and separates the cheeky little possums from the happy little Vegemites. When we use slang, we're connecting with the diggers in the villages of France ordering a vin blanc ('plonk') and the Indigenous Dharug-speakers of Sydney locating one another ...Show more
Outback Legends by Evan McHugh
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
These people are very different, but they have much in common. They?re the salt of the outback, but they?re not from long ago and far away. You can rub shoulders with them here and now. They?re our outback legends.Immerse yourself in these armchair travels and heart-warming life stories as Evan McHugh, ...Show more
Stanley : The impossible life of Africa's Greatest Explorer by Tim Jeal
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Henry Morton Stanley was a cruel imperialist - a bad man of Africa. Or so we think: but as Tim Jeal brilliantly shows, the reality of Stanley's life is yet more extraordinary. Few people know of his dazzling trans-Africa journey, a heart-breaking epic of human endurance which solved virtually every one ...Show more
The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe by Angela Kelly LVO
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
When Angela Kelly and The Queen are together, laughter echoes through the corridors of Buckingham Palace. Angela has worked with The Queen and walked the corridors of the Royal Household for twenty-five years, initially as Her Majesty's Senior Dresser and then latterly as Her Majesty's Personal Advisor, ...Show more
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$27.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
From a renowned historian comes a groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution--a #1 international bestseller--that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." One hundred thousand years ago, at least six ...Show more
1606: Shakespeare and the Year of Lear by James Shapiro
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous Elizabethan play, The Chronicle History of King Leir, and transformed it into his most searing tragedy, King Lear. 1606 proved to be an especially grim year for ...Show more
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James Shapiro
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the greatest writers who ever lived? Here at last is an intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. First published 2005.
From the Edge: Australia's Lost Histories by Mark McKenna
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
In March 1797, five British sailors and 12 Bengali seamen struggled ashore after their longboat broke apart in a storm. Their fellow-survivors from the wreck of the Sydney Cove were stranded more than 500 kilometres southeast in Bass Strait. To rescue their mates and to save themselves the 19 men must w ...Show more
D-Day: The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
"Glorious, horrifying... D-DAY is a vibrant work of history that honors the sacrifice of tens of thousands of men and women."--Time Renowned historian Antony Beevor, author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem, and the man who "single-handedly transformed the reputation of military history" (The G ...Show more
The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: good-very good
The instant New York Times bestseller. A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks. "Captivating and compelling." --The New York Times "Niall Ferguson has again written a ...Show more
The Honourable Company - A history of the English East Indai Company by John Keay
$32.00 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: good
During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into "the grandest society of merchants in the universe". As a commercial enterprise it came to control half the world's trade and as a political entity it administered an embryonic empire. Without it there wo ...Show more