How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler by Peter Pomerantsev
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. FROM THE AUTHOR OF NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE 'Elegant, effortlessly readable . . . essential readi ...Show more
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History by Otto English
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and exposing what they were trying to hide. Was Che Guevara really a revolutionary hero? Should Mother Teresa be honoured as a sai ...Show more
Hotbed: Bohemian New York and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism by JOANNA SCUTTS
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The dazzling story of the early feminists who blazed a trail for the movement's most radical ideas. New York City, 1912: at a restaurant in downtown Greenwich Village, a group of women gathered, all with a plan to change the world. This was the first meeting of 'Heterodoxy', a secret social club. Its me ...Show more
The Story of the World in 100 Moments by Neil Oliver
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
We reveal ourselves not through what we display but through what we conceal and discard; a rusty trowel, a crooked needle, the hilt of a sword, these are the objects that furnish our lives. Priceless is not just about obvious treasure, gold and jewels, but also those unexpected, unintended glimpses of t ...Show more
Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS and HUDSON FYSH by Grantlee Kieza
$40.00 AUD
$45.00 (11% off)
Category: History
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map Fearless, sharp-eyed and handsome, Matthew Flinders was one of the greatest of all maritime adventurers and undertook one of the most important voyages of discovery - to circumnavigate and map the famed Great Southern Land ...Show more
Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland - A Life in Geopolitics by Henrik Meinander
$57.99 AUD
Category: History
Field marshal and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim (1867-1951) was the most acclaimed and the most hated Finn of the twentieth century. After three decades of loyal and distinguished service in the Russian Tsarist army, he returned to his homeland in 1917 to defend its new independence. This iconic figure le ...Show more
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots - three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men. Sixteenth-century Europe - Renaissance masters paint the ceilings of Florentine churches, kings battle for control of the C ...Show more
Voyage Through Time by Richard Chadwick
$425.00 AUD
Category: History
The Masis Collection is one of the most comprehensive privately owned assemblages of pocket watches in the world. Focusing on the watch as a work of art, it encompasses over four hundred years of the watchmaker's, enameller's, and goldsmith's craft. Featuring some of the earliest surviving portable time ...Show more
The Invention of China by Bill Hayton
$26.95 AUD
Category: History
A provocative account showing that "China"-and its 5,000 years of unified history-is a national myth, created only a century ago with a political agenda that persists to this day. China's current leadership lays claim to a 5,000-year-old civilization, but "China" as a unified country and people, Bill Ha ...Show more
The Age of the Ship of the Line - British and French Navies 1650-1815 by Jonathan R. Dull
$75.00 AUD
Category: History
In the series of wars that raged between France and Britain from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries,seapower was of absolute vital importance. Not only was each nation's navy a key to victory, but was a prerequisite for imperial dominance. These ongoing struggles for overseas colonies and comme ...Show more
Bullies and Saints: an Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History by John Dickson
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Is religion a pernicious force in the world Does it poison everything Would we be better off without religion in general and Christianity in particular Many skeptics certainly think so. John Dickson has spent much of the last ten years reflecting on these difficult questions and on why so many doubters ...Show more
Temple of Science - The Pre-Raphaelites and Oxford University Museum of Natural History by John Holmes
$69.99 AUD
Category: History
Built between 1855 and 1860, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History is the extraordinary result of close collaboration between artists and scientists. The architect Benjamin Woodward consulted with two groups on the design and decoration of the building: a panel of Oxford scientists and dons, a ...Show more