The Diggers of Kapyong: The story of the Aussies who changed the course of the Korean War by Tom Gilling
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The gripping account of Australia in the Korean War and how 3RAR battalion held back an entire Chinese army division to prevent Seoul being overrun We charged and we began to get shot down . . . there were so many bullets coming that it was like walking, running into a very stiff breeze. Most of the sec ...Show more
The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse: From the Australian Bush to the Battle of Beersheba - An Epic Story of Courage, Resilience and Derring-Do by Peter FitzSimons
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened ...Show more
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar ( ...Show more
An American Dreamer: Life in a Divided Country by David Finkel
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
An immersive account of a man navigating the startling changes underway in contemporary America, from the Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Award-winning author of The Good Soldiers and Thank You for Your Service. Brent Cummings, an Iraq war veteran, has come home feeling he survived one war only to find him ...Show more
The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In this Tenth Anniversary Edition of The Life You Can Save, Peter Singer brings his landmark book up to date. In addition to restating his compelling arguments about how we should respond to extreme poverty, he examines the progress we are making and recounts how the first edition transformed the lives ...Show more
Queen Elizabeth II: Pocket Giants by Victoria Arbiter
$17.99 AUD
Category: History
Why is Queen Elizabeth II a pocket GIANT?Because she is the longest-reigning monarch in British history.Because her rule has spanned twelve British prime ministers, twelve US presidents and seven popes.Because she heads a Commonwealth of over 2 billion citizens.Because she is the oldest serving monarch ...Show more
A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja by Joost R. Hiltermann
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
In March 1988, during the Iran-Iraq war, thousands were killed in a chemical attack in a remote town in Iraqi Kurdistan. In the aftermath of the horror, confusion reigned over who had carried it out, each side accusing the other in the ongoing bloodbath of the Iran-Iraq war. As the fog lifted, the respo ...Show more
Signs of Life : Why Brands Matter by Stephen Bayley
$56.99 AUD
Category: History
Nietzsche said all of life is a question of taste. And he was right. But nowadays all of life is also a question of branding. A brand is not something concocted by graphic designers and marketing consultants: it is "the intangible aspects of an intangible thing", as Massimo Vignelli (who re-branded the ...Show more
Valor in Vietnam - Chronicles of Honor, Courage and Sacrifice: 1963 - 1977 by Allen B. Clark; Dave R. Palmer (Foreword by)
$37.99 AUD
Category: History
2014 Military Writers Society Bronze Award Winner in the History Category Every war continues to dwell in the lives it touched, in the lives of those living through that time, and in those absorbed by its historical significance. The Vietnam War lives on famously and infamously dependent on political po ...Show more
Ancient Greeks in 100 Facts by Chrystal Paul
$28.50 AUD
Category: History
Ancient Greece was never just one nation: it was a disparate collection of independent city states, often embroiled in war, with separate governments, their own armies and distinct politics, economies and societies. However, together these vibrant and diverse peoples made one of the greatest civilisatio ...Show more
COTSWOLD ARTS & CRAFTS ARCHITECTURE by GORDON CATHERINE
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Between 1890 and 1930, Arts and Crafts architecture proliferated within the Cotswolds. The range and quality of the buildings was exceptional, as the region provided the perfect environment for the Movement's ideals and principles to flourish. Arts and Crafts architects relished the robust vernacular pr ...Show more
King and Saint - The Life of Edward the Confessor by Peter Rex
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Often depicted as a virginal, pious simpleton, Edward was in fact a devious, wily king who struggled to control his violent temper. As a young man in 1016 he fought against the Danish king Canute's invasion of England; as an ageing, childless monarch he cunningly played off his potential rivals and succ ...Show more