The Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan, His Heirs and the Founding of Modern China by John Man
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The untold story of the world's greatest empire and the creation of modern China. Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals: a leader of genius, driven by an inspiring vision for peaceful world rule. Believing he was divinely protected, Genghis united warring clans to create a nation and then an empire ...Show more
The Case For Colonialism by Bruce Gilley
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
"For the last hundred years, Western colonialism has had a bad name." So began Professor Bruce Gilley's watershed academic article "The Case for Colonialism" of 2017. The article sparked a global furor. Critics and defenders of Gilley's argument battled it out in the court of public opinion. The Times o ...Show more
Silk Roads: A New History of the World: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed- where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the west - in the New World of the Amer ...Show more
Eleanor of Aquitaine By the Wrath of God, Queen of England by Alison Weir
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor managed to defy convention as she exercised power i ...Show more
The Seventies: The Personal, the Political and the Making of Modern Australia by Michelle Arrow
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1970 homosexuality was illegal, God Save the Queen was our national anthem and women pretended to be married to accessthe pill. By the end of the decade conscription was scrapped, tertiary education was free, access to abortion had improved, the White Australia policy was abolished and a woman read t ...Show more
Complete World of Greek Mythology by Richard Buxton
$55.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Complete Ser.
The most authoritative illustrated guide to the world of Greek mythology. From the first millennium BC onwards, Greek myths have been repeated in an inexhaustible series of variations and reinterpretations. Nowadays they can be found in film, television and computer games. This book combines a retelling ...Show more
Zealot - Life & Times of Jesus of Nazareth by Reza Aslan
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A #1 New York Times BestsellerTwo thousand years ago, an itinerant Jewish preacher walked across the Galilee gathering followers to establish the "Kingdom of God." He was tortured and executed as a state criminal. Within decades, his followers would call him God. Sifting through centuries of mythmaking, ...Show more
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: Popular Penguins by Simon Winchester
$14.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Simon Winchester'sThe Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extraordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is the tale of James Murray, the compiler of the first Oxford English Dictionary, and his most valued helper- ...Show more
Traitors and Spies by John Fahey
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The history of Australia's intelligence operations in the early 20th century reveals the dark underside of Australian politics, including early infiltration by Russian agents, persecution of innocent civilians, and corruption, right up to the prime minister's office. Dozens of Russian anarchists, social ...Show more
The Shortest History of Democracy by John Keane
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In an age of fake news and half-truths, the radical potential of democracy is more important than ever, as this nimble, illuminating history by a celebrated political theorist reveals.From its beginnings in Syria-Mesopotamia - and not Athens - to its role in fomenting revolutionary fervour in France and ...Show more
Exploring the World: Two Centuries of Remarkable Adventurers and Their Journeys by Alexander Maitland
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
For nearly two hundred years the Society has been awarding gold medals to those individuals who have contributed most to our geographical knowledge. Winners of the Founder's and Patron's medals now number around three hundred individuals, and the roll-call of names is a veritable Who's Who of exploratio ...Show more
Spymaster - The Man Who Saved MI6 by Helen Fry
$22.95 AUD
Category: History
The dramatic story of a man who stood at the center of British intelligence operations, the ultimate spymaster of World War Two: Thomas Kendrick Thomas Kendrick (1881-1972) was central to the British Secret Service from its beginnings through to the Second World War. Under the guise of "British Passport ...Show more