Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power by Stephen Greenblatt
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
'Brilliant' - Sunday Times How does a truly disastrous leader - a sociopath, a demagogue, a tyrant - come to power?How, and why, does a tyrant hold on to power?And what goes on in the hidden recesses of the tyrant's soul? For help in understanding our most urgent contemporary dilemmas, William Shakesp ...Show more
Seven Deadly Sins and One Very Naughty Fruit by Mikey Robins
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A fascinating, funny and downright bizarre survey of culinary oddities by one of Australia's most beloved comedians.In this irreverent romp through the history of food via the Seven Deadly Sins, Mikey Robins uncovers the most bizarre food-related stories of all time. From the Ancient Egyptians to the Ro ...Show more
The Liberation of Paris: How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and Von Choltitz Saved the City of Light by Jean Edward Smith
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells the dramatic story of the liberation of Paris during World War II-a triumph that was achieved through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, all racing to save the city from destruction. Following their breakout from Nor ...Show more
Barbarians at the Wall: The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of China by John Man
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today?s descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise cemented Chinese unity and inspired the first Great Wall. Their heir ...Show more
Imperial Twilight - The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age by Stephen R. Platt
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE A Financial Times Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year ________________________________________ 'Entertaining and well-paced... Platt's compelling book is a sobering read that should focus the minds of those who like to talk of the achievements ...Show more
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind by Tom Holland
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition ...Show more
Grimoires: A History of Magic Books by Owen Davies
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
What is a grimoire? The word has a familiar ring to many people, particularly as a consequence of such popular television dramas as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed. But few people are sure exactly what it means. Put simply, grimoires are books of spells that were first recorded in the Ancient Middl ...Show more
Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
In his remarkable debut, Penn vividly recreates the dark and turbulent reign of Henry VII. He traces the transformation of a young, vulnerable boy, Prince Henry, into the aggressive teenager who would become Henry VIII, and of Catherine of Aragon, his future queen. And at the book's heart is the tragic, ...Show more
24 Hours in Ancient Athens: A Day in the Lives of the People Who Lived There by Philip Matyszak
$19.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: 24 Hours in Ancient History
Athens, 416 BC . A tenuous peace holds. The city-state's political and military might are feared throughout the ancient world; it pushes the boundaries of social, literary and philosophical experimentation in an era when it has a greater concentration of geniuses per capita than at any other time in hum ...Show more
Dominion: A History of England Volume V by Peter Ackroyd
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\History of England Ser.
The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression, spanning the last years of the Regency to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.In it, Ackroyd takes us from t ...Show more
Forgotten War by Henry Reynolds
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Australia is dotted with memorials to soldiers who fought in wars overseas, but there are no official commemorations of the battles fought on Australian soil between Aborigines and white colonists. Delving into why it is more controversial to talk about the frontier war now than it was 100 years ago, Fo ...Show more