1864: The Forgotten War That Shaped Modern Europe by Tom Buk-Swienty
$19.99 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
The Battle of Dybbol, 1864. Prussian troops lay siege to an outpost in the far south of Denmark. The conflict is over control of the Duchy of Schleswig, recently annexed by Denmark to the alarm of its largely German-speaking inhabitants. Danish troops make a valiant attempt to hold out but are overrun b ...Show more
Across the Seas: Australia's Response to Refugees: A History by Klaus Neumann; Arnold Zable (Foreword by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Today, Australia's response to asylum-seeking 'boat people' is a hot-button issue that feeds the political news cycle. But the daily reports and political promises lack the historical context that would allow for informed debate. Have we ever taken our fair share of refugees? Have our past responses bee ...Show more
The Lost Relations: Fortunes of My Family in Australia's Golden Age by Graeme Davison
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
Through the lives of two generations of his forebears, one of Australia's most respected historians tells the story of English free settlers arriving in the mid-19th century: the miners, millers, storekeepers, free selectors and railwaymen who built the Australia we know today.
Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans by David Barrie
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
In the tradition of Dava Sobel's 'Longitude' comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery - an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer, and map the world. Th ...Show more
Lost Gold of the Dark Ages: War, Treasure, and the Mystery of the Saxons by Caroline Alexander
$65.00 AUD
Category: American
Australia's Boldest Experiment : War and Reconstruction in the 1940s by Stuart Macintyre
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
A major new account of the 1940s in Australia. In this landmark book, Stuart Macintyre explains how a country traumatised by World War I, hammered by the Depression and overstretched by World War II became a prosperous, successful and growing society by the 1950s. An extraordinary group of individuals, ...Show more
The Collector's Cabinet: Tales, Facts and Fictions from the World of Antiques by Marc Allum
$21.99 AUD
Category: History
Explore the wonderful world of antiques and collectables with Antiques Roadshow regular, Marc Allum. Go in search of stolen masterpieces, learn the secrets of the forgers, track down Napoleon's toothbrush and meet the garden gnome insured for GBP1 million. Eclectic, eccentric and brimming with remarkabl ...Show more
Fracture: Life and Culture in the West 1918-1938 by Philipp Blom
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A sweeping and vibrant history of Europe and America during the inter-war years, by the acclaimed author of The Vertigo Years.
How Paris Became Paris - The Invention of the Modern City by Joan Dejean
$29.99 AUD
Category: European | Reading Level: very good
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we know today.Thoug ...Show more
War Letters of General Monash by John Monash
$45.00 AUD
Category: Military
Monash in his own words . . . Long before this letter can possibly reach you, great events which will stir the whole world and go down in history will have happened, to the eternal glory of Australia and all who have participated. -John Monash, 24 April 1915 These extraordinary, intimate letters from ...Show more
After the Flood : What the Dambusters Did Next by John Nichol
$29.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: very good
Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol sets out on a personal journey to discover what happened to 617 Squadron after the flood. The role RAF 617 Squadron in the destruction of the dams at the heart of the industrial Ruhr has been celebrated in book, magazine and film for more tha ...Show more
Savage Shore: Extraordinary Stories of Survival and Tragedy from the Early Voyages of Discovery to Australia by Graham Seal
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Remarkable stories from the dangerous early voyages to Australia - long before Captain Cook claimed it for the English - reveal a very different history than the triumphal British version we learnt at school.