The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World by Arthur Herman
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Arthur Herman argues that Scotland's turbulent history, from William Wallace to the Presbyterian Lords of the Covenant, laid the foundations for 'the Scottish miracle'. Within one hundred years, the nation that began the eighteenth century dominated by the harsh and repressive Scottish Kirk had evolved ...Show more
Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Daniken
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
All over the world there are fantastic ruins and objects which cannot yet be explained by conventional theories. Erich von Daniken's book, which has sold 11 million English language copies, comes up with some controversial explanations.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
It was Hitler's boast that the Third Reich would last a thousand years. Instead it lasted only twelve. But into its short life was packed the most cataclysmic series of events that Western civilisation has ever known. William Shirer is one of the very few historians to have gained full access to the ...Show more
Return of a King : The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
A towering history of the first Afghan War by bestselling historian William Dalrymple. In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Led by lancers in scarlet cloaks and plumed shakos, nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passe ...Show more
Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever (HB) by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
$39.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Bill o'Reilly's Killing Ser.
The anchor of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history - how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of incredibly bloody battles. President Abraham Lincoln's generous terms for Robert ...Show more
Myths & Legends: An illustrated guide to their origins and meanings by .
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Discover the world's greatest myths and legends - from Greek mythology to Norse mythology - in this comprehensive guide. What did Japanese mythology say about the beginning of the Universe? How did Oedipus become the classic tragic hero in Greek mythology? Who brought about the origin of death in Maori ...Show more
I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Introducing the Martin Luther King Jr Library With a New Foreword A beautiful collectible edition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's legendary speech at the March on Washington, part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before ...Show more
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
This is the critically acclaimed, best-selling account of the forgotten story of one of history's most brutal massacres. In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers were systematically raped, tortured, and mur ...Show more
How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator by Theodore Papakostas
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
An enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a spectacularly iconoclastic take on the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeology Two strangers meet in a trapped elevator. One is an archaeologist, the other isn’t. A simple question, ‘What do you do?’, becomes the springboard for a dialogue tha ...Show more
The Rest is History (The Official Book from the Makers of the Hit Podcast) by Tom Holland; Dominic Sandbrook
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys . . . There's a new history book in town. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past from Alexander the Great to Tolkein, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland ...Show more
The Wager by David Grann
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on ...Show more