The Gunpowder Plot Deceit by Martyn R. Beardsley
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
Most people think they know the story of the Gunpowder Plot, and of how a bloody catastrophe was averted at the eleventh hour when Guy Fawkes was caught lurking in the shadows beneath the Houses of Parliament.But what if it wasn't like that at all? How was it that a group of prominent, disaffected Catho ...Show more
Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War - Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages by Mark Hughes
$38.99 AUD
Category: History
Thousands of books have been written about the Civil War, but few cover the story of the soldiers and sailors who wore the gray uniform and fought for the Confederacy. That alone makes Confederate Soldiers in the American Civil War a compelling title worthy of attention. The author uses a format similar ...Show more
War and Peace by Pierre Hazan; Jacques Berchtold; Nicolas Ducimetiere
$79.99 AUD
Category: History
-Published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the creation of the League of Nations in 1919 -With a preface by Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations -Accompanies an exhibition at the Fondation Martin Bodmer, Geneva, in partnership with the United Nations Organization in Gene ...Show more
The Scar That Binds - American Culture and the Vietnam War by Keith Beattie
$62.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Open Access Lib and HC Ser.
At the height of the Vietnam War, American society was so severely fragmented that it seemed that Americans may never again share common concerns. The media and other commentators represented the impact of the war through a variety of rhetorical devices, most notably the emotionally charged metaphor of ...Show more
The Tudors and Europe by John Matusiak
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1517, a certain Dr Beale, rector of St Mary Spitall in London, had roused the capital's mob by laying the blame for an increase in poverty squarely upon the shoulders of grasping foreigners. 'God has given England to Englishmen,' he fumed, and 'as birds would defend their nest, so ought Englishmen to ...Show more
Hitler's Terror Weapons - From Doodlebug to Nuclear Warheads by Geoffrey Brooks
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
This is the story of the Terror Weapons developed by Hitler and Nazi Germany that were intended to be unleashed with devastating effect on the rest of the World. The book charts the development of the V rockets and their successes against allied targets. It then goes on to look at the even more sinister ...Show more
Visions for a Post Covid World - Defining a Radically New Normal by Joe Gray
$37.99 AUD
Category: History
A Week in September: A story of enduring love from the Burma Railway by Peter Rees
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Through a precious cache of WWII letters, a story of war is revealed. But also, most movingly, a story of love, resilience and survival, from award-winning and bestselling writer, Peter Rees. Doug Heywood was a grown man when he discovered, in a shoe box hidden in a wardrobe, a time capsule of sorts - ...Show more
Life So Full of Promise: Further Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation by Ross McMullin
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Acclaimed historian and biographer Ross McMullin has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in this sequel to Farewell, Dear People, the winner of multiple awards, including the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History. Life So Full of Promise, his second multi-biography about Aust ...Show more
SAS: Rogue Heroes by Ben MacIntyre
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan that was radical and entirely against the rules- a small undercover unit that would inflict mayhem behind enemy lines. So began the most celebrated and mysterio ...Show more
The Nature of Honour by David McBride
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Son, father, soldier, lawyer, adventurer, crusader - tells the colourful and fascinating life story of David McBride. Son of the renowned Sydney obstetrician, Dr William McBride, who raised the alarm on the anti-nausea drug thalidomide in the 1960s and was later struck off the medical register for falsi ...Show more