Fish and Chips - A History by Panikos Panayi
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Deep-fried in facts and cultural insight, a mouth-watering history of this briny staple--complete with salt and vinegar, mushy peas, and tartar sauce. Double-decker buses, bowler hats, and cricket may be synonymous with British culture, but when it comes to their cuisine, nothing comes to mind faster t ...Show more
Hitler: Volume I: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Hitler Biographies Ser.
Selected as a Book of the Year by the New York Times, Times Literary Supplement and The TimesDespite his status as the most despised political figure in history, there have only been four serious biographies of Hitler since the 1930s. Even more surprisingly, his biographers have been more interested in ...Show more
The Case For Colonialism by Bruce Gilley
$39.99 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
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History by Otto English
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and exposing what they were trying to hide. Was Che Guevara really a revolutionary hero? Should Mother Teresa be honoured as a sai ...Show more
Grant by Ron Chernow
$79.98 AUD
Category: History
A #1 New York Times BestsellerA Pulitzer Prize-Winning AuthorWith lucidity, breadth, and meticulousness, Ron Chernow sheds new light on the man whom Walt Whitman described as "nothing heroic . . . and yet the greatest hero." This is America's greatest biographer bringing movingly to life one of our fine ...Show more
Nature Guide Gems by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
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Category: History
Have the world in your hands with these compact, illustrated natural history guidesFrom red beryls to rubies, pick through Nature Guide Gems, a beautiful guide to earth's most precious stones.Part of a new generation of compact natural history guides, Nature Guide Gemsis packed full of stunning images t ...Show more
Counting One's Blessings: The Selected Letters of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother by William Shawcross
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Category: History
One of the revelations of William Shawcross's official biography of the Queen Mother was her private correspondence. Indeed the Sunday Times described her letters as 'wonderful ...brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness.' Queen Elizabeth was a prolific correspondent from her earl ...Show more
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It by Mark Pendergrast
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
From its invention as a cocaine-laced patent medicine in the Gilded Age to its globe-drenching ubiquity as the ultimate symbol of consumer capitalism in the twenty-first century, Coca-Cola's dramatic history unfolds as the ultimate business saga. In this fully revised and expanded edition of "For God, C ...Show more
Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic by Walter Lord
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Category: History
"There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers." (Phillip Franklin, White Star Line Vice-President). On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more ...Show more
100 Letters That Changed the World by Colin Salter
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time. The written word has the power to inspire, astonish and entertain, as this collection of 100 letters that changed history will show. Ordered chronologically, the letters range from ink-inscribed tablets that vividly describe life in th ...Show more
Clementine Churchill - A Life in Pictures by Sonia Purnell; Harriet Walter (Foreword by)
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
Foreword by Harriet Walter. Clementine Churchill: A Life in Pictures is a fully illustrated and abridged edition of Sonia Purnell's acclaimed biography, First Lady, including over 100 stunning and rarely seen photographs. Without Winston Churchill's inspiring leadership Britain could not have survi ...Show more
How to Teach Philosophy To Your Dog by ANTHONY MCGOWAN
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Category: History
We're doing philosophy now, and that means following the argument wherever it leads, like that time you chased a rabbit and ended up with your head stuck in a hole.'Monty was just like any other dog. A scruffy and irascible Maltese terrier, he enjoyed barking at pugs and sniffing at trees. But after yet ...Show more