Newsies vs. the World - How a War, a Newspaper Rivalry, and a Trolley Strike Sparked the Child Labor Riot That Ended up on Broadway by Ashley Varela; Bob McLain (Editor)
$53.99 AUD
Category: History
From Strike to ShowThe newsies' strike of 1899 was the last successful child labor riot of the 19th century, but by the time the history books were scripted and printed, it was little more than a footnote. Newsies vs. The World takes a microscope to the events of the strike and its ongoing legacy in con ...Show more
A 1950s Childhood - From Tin Baths to Bread and Dripping by Paul Feeney
$27.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: History Press Ser.
Do you remember Pathé News? Taking the train to the seaside? The purple stains of iodine on the knees of boys in short trousers? Knitted bathing costumes? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1950. To the young people of today, the 1950s seem like another age. But for those born around then, ...Show more
The Cooper's Wife Is Missing: the Trials of Bridget Cleary by Joan Hoff; Marian Yates
$48.95 AUD
Category: History
In 1895 twenty-six-year-old Bridget Cleary disappeared from her cottage in rural County Tipperary and remained missing for several days. At last her body was discovered, bent, broken, and badly burned in a shallow grave. Within a few days, her unimaginable story came to light: for almost a week before h ...Show more
The Ship Beneath the Ice - The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Over one hundred years after its wreck, Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the depths of the most hostile sea on Earth. The Ship Beneath the Ice is the astonishing story of the ship and its discovery, told by Mensun Bound, the Director of Exploration on the Endurance22 Expedition.'As ...Show more
The Lost Letters of Rose Carey by Julie Bennett
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
A captivating tale of love, glamour and betrayal, inspired by the life of 1920s Australian film icon Annette Kellerman, for readers of Kate Morton and Taylor Jenkins Reid. Blue Mountains, 2023: Working on a documentary at the historic Carrington Hotel, videographer Emma Quinn rescues a box of vintage ...Show more
Traitor King: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor in Exile by Andrew Lownie
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The explosive new book by the bestselling author of The Mountbattens. Traitor King, by Sunday Times bestselling author Andrew Lownie, looks at the years following the abdication of Edward VIII when the former king was kept in exile, feuding with his family over status for his wife, Wallis Simpson, and ...Show more
Serendipity: From Truffles and Champagne to Corn Flakes and Coffee: Stories of Accidental Success by Oscar Farinetti
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A celebration of accidental success in the world of gastronomy Did you know that your morning coffee could be thanks to a herd of energetic goats? Or that a forgotten ingredient is behind the invention of the beloved brownie? Who got the fright of their life discovering corn could pop? And which popula ...Show more
Smuggled: A history of illegal journeys to Australia by Ruth Balint, Julie Kalman
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
‘The sea was rough, waves a few metres, falling on top of us. We were just waiting and hoping and praying that we were going to make it.’ – Taozen, proud Australian, proud HazaraSmuggled offers a previously unseen glimpse into the dangerous and shadowy world of people smuggling. It shares harrowing true ...Show more
Windsor Diaries: A Childhood with the Princesses by Alathea Fitzalan Howard
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
**SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020****A DAILY MAIL CHRISTMAS BOOKS PICK** 'A must if you love The Crown' Good Housekeeping 'For a glimpse into the lives of the young princesses these diaries are riveting' Daily Mail, Christmas Bo ...Show more
Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City Beneath the Mountains by Edmund Richardson
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
'Full, extraordinary, heart-breaking ... utterly brilliant' - William Dalrymple 'Impressive ... Masson has at last found the intrepid biographer he has so long deserved' - John Keay For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 18 ...Show more
The Secret Life of the Savoy - And the d'Oyly Carte Family by Olivia Williams
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
"For The Gondoliers-themed birthday dinner, the hotel obligingly flooded the courtyard to conjure the Grand Canal of Venice. Dinner was served on a silk-lined floating gondola, real swans were swimming in the water, and as a final flourish, a baby elephant borrowed from London Zoo pulled a five-foot hig ...Show more
Creating God: The Birth and Growth of Major Religions by Robin Derricourt
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
What do we really know about how and where religions began, and how they spread? In this bold new book, award-winning author Robin Derricourt takes us on a journey through the birth and growth of several major religions, using history and archaeology to recreate the times, places and societies that witn ...Show more