When Chairmen Were Patriots by Elizabeth Fysh
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Fergus McMaster started with nothing and with his brothers built a sprawling pastoral empire in western Queensland. Following his return from World War I, a chance meeting outside Cloncurry with Lieutenant Paul McGinness took him on a new path. With Lieutenant Hudson Fysh, the three men followed the ...Show more
The Story of Greece and Rome by Tony Spawforth
$20.95 AUD
Category: History
The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia from the late Bronze Age to the seventh century The magnificent civilization created by the ancient Greeks and Romans is the greatest legacy of the classical world. However, narratives ...Show more
1000 Flags - Banners and Ensigns by Elisabeth Dumont Le Cornec
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
A guide to the world's flags, their history and design. Did you know that the flag of the United States has been modified 32 times? And that the Jolly Roger is still flown today? Every flag raised through time has a remarkable history tied to the identity and history of whoever is flying it. 1000 Flags ...Show more
A Village in the Third Reich: How ordinary lives were transformed by the rise of Fascism by Julia Boyd, Angelika Patel
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Oberstdorf is a beautiful village high up in the Bavarian Alps, a place where for hundreds of years ordinary people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere. Yet even here, in the farthest corner of Germany, National Socialism sought to control not only people's lives but also their minds. ...Show more
King: The Life of Martin Luther King by Jonathan Eig
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The compelling story of Martin Luther King's life and achievements has become simplified and domesticated in a way that fails to do full justice to his radical vision and importance. Now, in King, we get the most comprehensive and complete portrait ever written about this iconic figure.The first major ...Show more
Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag by Dr Orlando Figes
$12.95 AUD
Category: History
A heroic love story and an unprecedented inside view of one of Stalin's most notorious labor camps, based on a remarkable cache of letters smuggled in and out of the Gulag"I went to get the letters for our friends, and couldn't help but feel a little envious, I didn't expect anything for myself. And sud ...Show more
Hanns and Rudolf - The True Story of the German Jew Who Tracked down and Caught the Kommandant of Auschwitz by Thomas Harding
$16.95 AUD
Category: History
WINNER OF THE WINGATE PRIZE The "compelling," untold story of the man who brought one of Nazi Germany's most notorious war criminals to justice--"fascinates and shocks" (The Washington Post). May 1945. In the aftermath of the Second World War, the first British War Crimes Investigation Team is assembled ...Show more
Roots by Alex Haley
$19.95 AUD
Category: History
Tracing his ancestry through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and in torment and anguish brought to the slave ma ...Show more
Recollections - Nathaniel Hailes' Adventurous Life in Colonial South Australia by Allan Peters (Editor)
$19.95 AUD
Category: History
Nathaniel Hailes was a wry chronicler of early colonial South Australia. He arrived in Adelaide from England in 1839 and throughout his colourful career witnessed many strange and wonderful happenings.
Magna Carta by David Carpenter
$19.98 AUD
Category: History
With a new commentary by David Carpenter "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his eq ...Show more