Saga Land: The Island Stories at the Edge of the World by Richard Fidler, Kari Gislason
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
A new friendship. An unforgettable journey. A beautiful and bloody history. This is Iceland as you've never read it before ... Broadcaster Richard Fidler and author Kári Gíslason are good friends. They share a deep attachment to the sagas of Iceland - the true stories of the first Viking families who se ...Show more
How Political Correctness is Destroying Education by KEVIN. DONNELLY
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
There¿s no doubt that political correctness has undermined and weakened Australia¿s education system and made it almost impossible for teachers and schools to fulfil their roles as key guardians of our children¿s education and the nation¿s future. Dr Kevin Donnelly follows his highly acclaimed and bests ...Show more
Forgotten Warriors: A History of Women on the Front Line by Sarah Percy
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
From Boudicca to Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women. Tracing the long history of female fighters, Forgotten Warriors puts the record straight, exploring how war became an all-male space, and getting to the bottom of why women were allowed to be astronauts a full thi ...Show more
An Incredible Race of People : A Passionate History of Australia by Bob Katter, Jr
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
"In 1988, Queensland politician Bob Katter Jnr was, at short notice, called upon to officiate and entertain the King and Queen of Spain. At dinner the three discussed Australian white settlement and our forebears, prompting Queen Sofia to remark, 'What an incredible race of people you are.' Today Bob Ka ...Show more
The Perfect Horse by Elizabeth Letts
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the remarkable story of the heroic rescue of priceless horses in the closing days of World War II In the chaotic last days of the war, a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonis ...Show more
The Mind of the Islamic State: Milestones Along the Road by Robert Manne
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
"'A deep dive into how the ideologues behind Salafi jihadism shaped the global menace that we now know as Islamic State. If you want to understand how it all began, this is an essential read.' - Martin Chulov, Middle East correspondent for theGuardian, winner of the 2015 Orwell Prize for journalism So o ...Show more
Trillion Dollar Baby: How Tiny Norway Beat the Oil Giants and Won a Lasting Fortune by Paul Cleary
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
For most of its history, Norway eked out a marginal existence from fishing, forestry and shipping. But things changed in 1969, when the country found one of the world's biggest offshore oilfields. As the revenue started to flow, Norway began to create the world's best system for developing mineral resou ...Show more
Machiavelli: A Portrait by Christopher Celenza
$49.95 AUD
Category: History
Machiavellian used to describe the ruthless cunning of the power-obsessed and the pitiless is never meant as a compliment. But the man whose"name became shorthand for all that is ugly in politics was more engaging and nuanced than his reputation suggests. Christopher S. Celenza s Machiavelli: A Portrait ...Show more
Australian Light Horse: The campaign in the Middle East, 1916-1918 by Phillip Bradley
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Throughout history, mounted troops have been known as elite men of arms and the Australian Light Horse is a part of that legendary tradition. Part cavalry and part infantry and often recognised by the emu feathers in their slouch hats, the light horsemen were described by the official historian, H.S. Gu ...Show more
The Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The Irish-American story, with all its twists and triumphs, is told through the improbable life of one man. A dashing young orator during the Great Famine of the 1840s, in which a million of his Irish countrymen died, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was ba ...Show more
Iraq: People, History, Politics, 2nd Edition by STANSFIELD GARETH
$37.95 AUD
Category: History