The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell
$23.99 AUD
Category: History
'Compulsive reading ...rich, strange, beautiful' Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk 'A strange, new and captivating look at a magical realm ...Lavishly entertaining' Independent 'Enthralling ...a literary feast' Stylist The world had forgotten Mr Crowe and his mysterious gifts. Until he killed th ...Show more
Uplink-Downlink - A History of the Deep Space Network, 1957-1997 by Douglas J. Mudgway
$51.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\NASA History Ser.
From the very beginning of its association with NASA in 1958, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory UPL) received its fair share of public recognition for its successes and failures in pursuing the exploration of deep space. It started with the Explorers, the first American satellites to orbit Earth. Later ther ...Show more
Wings of Gold - The Story of Australian Pilots and Observers Who Trained with the UnitedStates Navy 1966-1968 by Jack McCaffrie and Jed Hart Trevor Rieck
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Flying from an aircraft carrier is one of the most difficult things to do in all of aviation. This is the story of a group of young Australians who joined the Royal Australian Navy to take up that challenge in the mid-1960s. Their story is unique because, unlike those who went before them and those who ...Show more
Ancient Egypt and the Golden Pharaoh - Explore One of the World's Greatest Civilisations by Alice Barnes-Brown
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1922 a magnificent discovery captured the attention of the world. As Howard Carter slowly unveiled the opulence of Tutankhamun's newly located tomb, people from every corner of the world were enthralled. Egyptomania gripped the world. The rituals and beliefs of a highly advanced society were once aga ...Show more
Kill or Cure (Grisly History of Medicine) by John Farndon
$15.99 AUD
Category: History
Kill or Cure takes a good look at surgeons and healers, covering early surgical practices and operations including a very famous patient Louis X!V and his successful albeit excruciating operation in his bottom region! Through to the start of early anaesthesia...what a relief that must have been!
The Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain by Stephen Bungay
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Stephen Bungay's magisterial history is acclaimed as the account of the Battle of Britain. Unrivalled for its synthesis of all previous historical accounts, for the quality of its strategic analysis and its truly compulsive narrative, this is a book ultimately distinguished by its conclusions - that it ...Show more
Gallipoli by Julian Thompson
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
From 25th April 1915 to 9th January 1916, troops from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Turkey engaged in a bitter struggle for the Gallipoli peninsula. The Allied forces wanted to forge a passage through the Dardanelles in order to create a sea route to Russia and capture the Ottoman capital of Consta ...Show more
Napoleon Bonaparte by Alan Schom
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
A definitive biography of Bonaparte from his birth in Corsica to his death in exile on St Helena, this book examines all aspects of Bonaparte's spectacular rise to power and his dizzying fall. It offers close examination of battlefield victories, personal torments, military genius, Bonaparte's titanic e ...Show more
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia by Theodore Ayrault Dodge; George Nafziger (Foreword by)
$57.99 AUD
Category: History
Widely regarded as one of America's greatest historians, Dodge's work on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 is without parallel for scholarship or psychological sophistication. Beginning with Napoleon's doomed march on Russia, Dodge examines Napoleon's state of mind and the factors behind his decisio ...Show more
Just the Job: How Trades got their Names by TULLOCH, ALEXANDER
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
Highly original and enjoyable examination of the etymology behind a selection of trades and professions, unearthing intriguing nuggets of historical information along the way. Includes explanations of common surnames; obsolete jobs such as pardoner or telegraph boy; and roles for the modern era, such as ...Show more
Town - Prints and Drawings of Britain Before 1800 by Bernard Nurse
$69.99 AUD
Category: History
Many provincial towns in Britain grew dramatically in size and importance in the eighteenth century. Ports such as Glasgow and Liverpool greatly expanded, while industrial centers such as Birmingham and Manchester flourished. Market towns outside London developed as commercial centers or as specialty de ...Show more
Men of the Jungle by Ion Idriess; Tom Thompson (Created by, Editor, (various roles))
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
There were three of us - Norman, Charlie, and I. Norman and Charlie had a touch of colored blood; their father was the famous pioneer Robert Baird, who had opened up China Camp when he and Christy Palmerston brought the first cattle over land.Of Norman and Charlie the author says that their life was liv ...Show more