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
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of S ...Show more
Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt by Chris Naunton
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Where are the tombs of Alexander the Great or Cleopatra? Both rulers were buried in Egypt, but their tombs have never been found despite years of intensive research and excavation. Yet we have tantalizing clues. Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt describes the quest for these and other great 'missing ...Show more
Frederick Douglass - Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
**Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in History** *Winner of the Bancroft, Parkman, Los Angeles Times (biography), Lincoln, Plutarch, and Christopher Awards* Named one of the Best Books of 2018 by The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The ...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
Merton College Library by Julia C. Walworth
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
The Merton library is rightly known for its antiquity, its beautiful medieval and early modern architecture and fittings, and its remarkable collection of manuscripts and rare books. However, a nineteenth-century plan to tear the medieval library down and replace it was only narrowly prevented. This bri ...Show more
Australians at Home: World War II by Michael McKernan
$14.99 AUD
Category: History
The best-selling Australians at Home were the first books to study the Australian home front, during World War I and II, in depth and detail. Michael McKernan has a University Medal and a doctorate from the Australian National University, he lectured in Australian History at the University of New South ...Show more
The Story of Egypt by Joann Fletcher
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of the world's greatest civilisation spans more than 4000 years of history that has shaped the world. It is full of spectacular sites and epic stories, an evolving society rich in heroes and villains, inventors and intellectuals, artisans and pioneers. Now Professor Joann Fletcher pulls togeth ...Show more
A Short History of Drunkenness by Mark Forsyth
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way ...Show more
Final Solution: The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949 by David Cesarani
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
David Cesarani's Final Solution is an intelligent and thought-provoking short history of the Holocaust. Not only does David Cesarani draw together and engage with the latest scholarly research, making extensive use of previously untapped resources such as diaries and letters from within the ghettos and ...Show more