A History of Britain in Thirty-Six Postage Stamps by Chris West
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Stamps tell a story--and Chris West's book is the unique, fascinating tale of Great Britain told through its stamps.Hailed by The Times of London as "a splendid reminder of the philatelic glories of the past," A History of Britain in 36 Postage Stamps tells the rich, layered, and breathtaking history of ...Show more
Rasputin: The Biography by Douglas Smith
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. The spectre of the lustful Siberian holy man and peasant still casts its eerie shadow over Russia's bloody twentieth century. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his mysteri ...Show more
The Lost World of Byzantium by Jonathan Harris
$58.95 AUD
Category: History
For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world. Jonathan Harris, a leading scholar of Byzantium, eschews the usual run-through of emperors and battles and instead recounts the empire's ex ...Show more
The Aboriginal Story of Burke and Wills: Forgotten Narratives by Ian D Clark
$59.95 AUD
Category: History
This book is the first major study of Aboriginal associations with the Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61. It provides a history of Aboriginal cross cultural exchanges with the expedition, as well as the various relief expeditions. The book offers a reinterpretation of the literature surrounding Burk ...Show more
The Cambridge History of Australia 2 Volume Set by Stuart Macintyre & Alison Bashford
$325.00 AUD
Category: History
The Cambridge History of Australia offers a comprehensive view of Australian history from its pre-European origins to the present day. Over two volumes, this major work of reference tells the nation's social, political and cultural story. Volume 1 examines Australia's indigenous and colonial history thr ...Show more
Brisbane by ,
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
In cemeteries throughout Australia, gravestones hint at our history - tales of early settlement, unsolved murders, love lost, mystery, tragedy, health epidemics, scandal and sacrifice. Grave Tales reveals more than the headstone can ever convey by tracing the tumultuous journeys that lead to these final ...Show more
Pacific Exploration: Voyages of Discovery from Captain Cook to Charles Darwin by Nigel Rigby; Pieter van der Merwe; Glyn Williams
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. Despite his ordinary roots, he rose through the ranks to become a remarkable officer. On May 27, 1768, Cook, then just a Royal Naval lieutenant, took command of HM bark Endeavour. Its voyage of exploration to the Pac ...Show more
Creators, Conquerors, and Citizens - A History of Ancient Greece by Robin Waterfield (Contribution by)
$52.95 AUD
Category: History
"We Greeks are one in blood and one in language; we have temples to the gods and religious rites in common, and a common way of life." HerodotusThroughout the course of ancient Greek civilization, there always existed a sense of shared culture among the many Greek communities scattered throughout the Me ...Show more
A History of Ancient Egypt, Volume 2: From the Great Pyramid to the Fall of the Middle Kingdom by John Romer
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
This definitive, multi-volume history of the world's first known state reveals that much of what we have been taught about Ancient Egypt is the product of narrow-minded visions of the pastDrawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life. In this multi-award-winning history of colonial Tasmania, James Boyce shows how the newcomers were changed by the natural world th ...Show more
Nurses of Australia: The Illustrated Story by Deborah Burrows
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
From the First Nation caregivers who healed, birthed and nursed for millennia to the untrained and ill-equipped convict men and women who cared for the sick in the fledgling colony of New South Wales, nursing has been practised in Australia since the beginning. It would take the arrival of a group of de ...Show more