Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled by Kate Fullagar
$55.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
The first dual biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history – the colonised and coloniser – and a bold and innovative new portrait of both. Bennelong and Phillip were leaders of their two sides in the first encounters between Britain and Indigenous Aus ...Show more
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
New York Times bestselling author Natalie Haynes returns to the world of ancient Greek myth in this scintillating follow-up to Pandora's Jar. Few writers today have reshaped our view of the ancient Greek myths more than revered bestselling author Natalie Haynes. Divine Might is a female-centered look ...Show more
Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law by Alecia Simmonds
$45.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
Award-winning author Alecia Simmonds uncovers a hidden history of love and heartbreak in the archives of law Until well into the twentieth century, heartbroken men and women in Australia had a legal redress for their suffering- jilted lovers could claim compensation for 'breach of promise to marry'. Hu ...Show more
The Furies: Three Women and Their Violent Fight for Justice by Elizabeth Flock
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
A stunning narrative investigation into three real-life women who used violence to fight back against their oppressors The Furies tells the stories of three unforgettable women who chose to use lethal force to gain power, safety, and freedom when the institutions meant to protect them - government, poli ...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: Australian 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
Yeah, Nah!: A celebration of life and the words that make us who we are by William McInnes
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Join bestselling Australian storyteller William McInnes as he reflects on Australia's way of life and gives us his own take on our colourful and colloquial way with words. Whether we are bunging it on or behaving like a drongo, Australians have a turn of phrase for every situation that helps us. Our lin ...Show more
Delizia: The Epic History of Italians and Their Food by John Dickie
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
'If only we could all write as brilliantly on Italy and its food as John Dickie does. He may well know Italy and Italians better than they know themselves' Stanley Tucci The new edition of the much-loved classic, with a fresh chapter that brings the surprising and moreish tale of the Italian way of eat ...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
Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story by Keren Blankfeld
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history's most notorious death camp, between t ...Show more
Men at War: Australia, Syria, Java 1940-1942 by James Mitchell
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Men at War takes an intimate look at the Australian 2/2nd Pioneer Battalion, which was formed in Victoria in 1940 as Australia entered the Second World War. In 1941 and 1942 the battalion fought two short and costly campaigns. The first, against the Vichy French in Syria, was victorious and won them f ...Show more
The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Salvation of Philosophy by Wolfram Eilenberger
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
An enthralling intellectual adventure, starring the four women who created new ways of thinking from the ruins of totalitarianism and war, by the acclaimed author of Time of the Magicians The year is 1933. Hannah Arendt escapes Berlin, seeking refuge among the stateless gathering in Paris. Simone de Be ...Show more
Time of Our Lives: Celebrating Older Women by Maggie Kirkman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Cultural Studies
Time of Our Lives presents the extraordinary lives of ordinary women in their seventies, eighties and nineties, challenging the stereotype of the helpless old woman who is nothing more than a burden. The first collection of its kind in Australia, it demonstrates the rich lives led by 20 women of diverse ...Show more