Historical Encyclopaedia of Western Australia by Jenny Gregory and Jan Gothard
$89.95 AUD
Category: History
"This Encyclopedia is a unique synthesis of knowledge about Western Australia.Comprising hundreds of original articles commissioned exclusively for this volume and complemented by fine graphics, the Encyclopedia will serve for decades to come as the first point of reference for those interested in any a ...Show more
British Sports Cars by Hartmut Lehbrink
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
In a very particular way British sports cars reflect British society, with its class structure and contradictions. There are the aristocrats such as the Bentley 4-1/2 litre supercharged model or the Aston Martin Vanquish. At the other end of the wheel-based social scale are the purveyors of sporty mobil ...Show more
Sinners Saints & Settlers - Journey by REID Richard
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
From the arrival of the First Fleet to the present, Irish immigrants and their descendants have been at the centre of Australian life. Sinners, Saints and Settlers takes the reader on a journey through the Irish experience in Australia, visiting locations right across the nation where the Irish story un ...Show more
Transport: An Australian History by Robert Lee
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Trains, planes, boats and cars. What did Australians do before the invention of modern transport? Aborigines travelled by foot and used canoes made from large sheets of bark stripped from eucalyptus trees, but with European settlement new ideas and technologies emerged for crossing our vast and challeng ...Show more
Newton and the Counterfeiter by Thomas Levenson
$19.99 AUD
$24.99 (20% off)
Category: British
Already famous throughout Europe for his theories of planetary motion and gravity, Isaac Newton decided to take on the job of running the Royal Mint. And there, Newton became drawn into a battle with William Chaloner, the most skilful of counterfeiters, a man who not only got away with faking His Majest ...Show more
Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals by Geoffrey Blainey
$26.95 AUD
Category: Australian
Two ships set out in search of a missing continent- the St Jean-Baptiste,a French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville, and the Endeavour, a small British naval vessel captained by James Cook. Distinguished historian Geoffrey Blainey tells the story of these rival ships and the men who sailed the ...Show more
The Times Complete History of the World by Richard Overy
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
The ultimate work of historical reference
D-Day The Battle for Normandy by Antony Beevor
$24.99 AUD
Category: Military | Reading Level: very good
"As near as possible to experiencing what it was like to be there...It is almost impossible for a reader not to get caught up in the excitement". (Giles Foden, "Guardian"). The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking ...Show more
One False Move by Robert Macklin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military
It is a story of sheer courage and skill - incredible bravery combined with the precision of a surgeon - as these men defused deadly mines, often dropped in residential areas. The detonators were frequently booby trapped by the Nazis, and these Australians and their British colleagues came to recognise ...Show more
Five Billion Sold: The Amazing Facts Behind the Fiction by Di Buckley
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
You take them to bed, to the beach and even on vacation - but how well do you really know your favourite authors? Five Billion Sold tells the remarkable true stories of 30 of the world's bestselling authors.
History Year by Year by Dorling Kindersley
$59.95 AUD
Category: History
Relive history as it happened - year by year. From the origins of our earliest African ancestors right up until the present day, "History Year by Year" covers the history of cultures and nations around the world in amazing visual detail. Discover the events, individuals, cultures, inventions and ideas t ...Show more
MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 by Keith Jeffery
$29.99 AUD
Category: British | Reading Level: From
A groundbreaking book, this unprecedented study is the authoritative account of the best-known intelligence organisation in the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of espionage, the two world wars, modern British government and the conduct of international relations in the fi ...Show more