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Upheaval - How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change by Jared Diamond
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In his landmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel, and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now in the third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis. Diamond’s analysis of the ways i ...Show more
The Hitler Years ~ Disaster 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The second volume in a new, immensely readable narrative of the rise and catastrophic fall of the Nazi regime by a respected expert on the Third Reich. At the beginning of 1940 Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat. Hitler had ...Show more
The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith; James K. Galbraith (Introduction by)
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
John Kenneth Galbraith, one of America's foremost economists, follows the incredible economic rise and fall that lead to the great crash of 1929 No account of the financial insanity of 1929 has been issued in a form at once so readable, so humorous, and so carefully authenticated as this classic book. ...Show more
You Don't Belong Here: How Three Woman Rewrote the Story of War by Elizabeth Becker
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The never-before-told story of three women who courageously reported from the frontlines of the Vietnam War. One spent twenty-three days in captivity. Another jumped off planes to get the perfect aerial shot. The other reported from war-torn slums and villages. Catherine Leroy, Frankie Fitzgerald and K ...Show more
The Spymaster of Baghdad by Margaret Coker
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
'Authentic, moving, visceral, chilling, utterly revelatory, truly masterful. A stunning tour de force by an author who has lived every word of it on the ground. A story of our time that absolutely needs to be told' Damien Lewis, author of Zero Six Bravo The Spymaster of Baghdad is the gripping story of ...Show more
Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain by Sathnam Sanghera
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
Britain as we know it is a direct product of our imperial past. And yet, empire is barely taught at school and continues to be a subject of both shame and glorification. Covering everything from our national habits to how we live - from the foundation of the NHS, to the nature of our racism, to our econ ...Show more
Icebound by Andrea Pitzer
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
'An epic tale of exploration, daring and tragedy told by a fine historian - and a wonderful writer' Peter Frankopan, author of the bestselling The Silk Roads. A dramatic and compelling account of survival against the odds from the golden Age of Exploration. Since its beginning, the human story has b ...Show more
Disney's Land - Walt Disney and the Invention of the Amusement Park That Changed the World by Richard Snow
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
A propulsive and "entertaining" (The Wall Street Journal) history chronicling the conception and creation of the iconic Disneyland theme park, as told like never before by popular historian Richard Snow. One day in the early 1950s, Walt Disney stood looking over 240 acres of farmland in Anaheim, Califor ...Show more
The Covent Garden Ladies by Hallie Rubenhold
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
***By the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of THE FIVE*** 'A fascinating expose of the seamy side of eighteenth century life' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Rubenhold's pages practically reek with smelly, pox-ridden Georgian Soho' GUARDIAN ------------------------------------------------------- In 1757, a down-an ...Show more
The Shortest History of England by James Hawes
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
In the internationally acclaimed Shortest History of Germany, James Hawes showed that the whole sweep of a national story can be captured in a short book packed with maps and graphics, throwing striking new light on the present day. Now he does the same for his own country. From the Roman invasion throu ...Show more
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history' Bill Gates 'Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject' New York Times Book Review In 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history. What can the ...Show more
Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, The Tainted Queen: Six Tudor Queens 5 by Alison Weir
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
'This six-book series looks likely to become a landmark in historical fiction' The TimesAlison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times-bestselling Six Tudor Queens series, relates one of the most tragic stories in English history: Katheryn Howard, Henry VIII's fifth queen.'With characteristic ver ...Show more