The Ruby Princess by Duncan McNab
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
In the early hours of Thursday 19 March 2020, the luxury cruise liner Ruby Princess docked at Sydney's Circular Quay, the gateway to Australia. Hours later, 2700 passengers disembarked. Yet in the middle of a pandemic sweeping the planet, there were no health checks. Over the next few days, the passenge ...Show more
Outpost a Doctor on the Divide by Elizabeth Berzkalns (Editor); Gweneth Wisewould
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The Species That Changed Itself: How Prosperity Reshaped Humanity by Edwin Gale
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
An inquisitive, expansive and fascinating exploration of humans as creatures of our own making Other species adapt to their environments; we alone create ours. Over generations, we have remade the world to suit ourselves - using improved knowledge and technology to confront the traditional scourges - a ...Show more
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano Da Bisticci and the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance by Ross King
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
An exhilarating and untold account of a Florentine bookseller working at the frontiers of human knowledge, and the epochal shift from script to print that defined the Renaissance The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city' ...Show more
A Short History of Humanity: How Migration Made Us Who We Are by Johannes Krause; Thomas Trappe
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Humanity has often found itself on the precipice. We've survived and thrived because we've never stopped moving...In this eye-opening book, Johannes Krause, Chair of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Humanity, offers a new way of understanding our past, present and future.Marshalling unique in ...Show more
Essex Murders by Paul Donnelley
$28.99 AUD
Category: History
The violent history of twelve of historic Essex County's most infamous murderers, spanning more than 300 years. Includes illustrations! From South-End-on-Sea to Epping Forest, the English county of Essex offers many delights, and many settings for murder. Reaching back to the Early Middle Ages, this c ...Show more
Dress Codes - How the Laws of Fashion Made History by Richard Thompson Ford
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
A revelatory exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our society. Dress codes are as old as clothing itself. For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol; fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change; and dress codes, a way to ...Show more
The Story of China: A Portrait of a Civilisation and its People by Michael Wood
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' Tom Holland'Masterful and engrossing...well-paced, eminently readable and well-timed. A must-read for those who want - and need - to know about the China of yesterday, today and tomorrow' ...Show more
Masters of the Air: How The Bomber Boys Broke Down the Nazi War Machine by Donald L. Miller
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
'Seconds after Brady's plane was hit, the Hundredth's entire formation was broken up and scattered by swarms of single-engine planes, and by rockets launched by twin-engine planes that flew parallel'Meet the Flying Fortresses of the American Eighth Air Force, Britain's Lancaster comrades, who helped to ...Show more
Notre-Dame - The Soul of France by Agnès Poirier
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The profound emotion felt around the world upon seeing images of Notre-Dame in flames opens up a series of questions: Why was everyone so deeply moved? Why does Notre-Dame so clearly crystallise what our civilisation is about? What makes 'Our Lady of Paris' the soul of a nation and a symbol of human ach ...Show more
The Deep: We all know the story of the Titanic . . . don't we? by Alma Katsu
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
Shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award for the Best Novel of 2020.'Beautifully written, thoroughly absorbing and totally terrifying.' said C.J. Tudor, bestselling author of The Chalk ManA spine-tingling novel that 'blends psychological thriller and eerie gothic ghost story to create something truly haunt ...Show more