Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick by David Frye
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Historian David Frye presents a bold new thesis on how 'civilization' happens-the epic story of history's greatest manmade barriers, from ancient times to the medieval era and into the present.At the dawn of humanity's ascent, there was only bloody conflict: nomadic tribes slashing at each other, and ea ...Show more
Waltzing Matilda: Australia's Accidental Anthem by W Benjamin Lindner
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
War (Letters of Note) by Shaun Usher (Compiled by)
$19.99 AUD
Category: Ideas & Philosophy
A powerful collection of letters on the theme of War, curated by the founder of the Letters of Note website.
War: The Definitive Visual History by David, Saul
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
Follow the epic 5,000-year story of warfare - from the earliest battles to the War on Terror with War - with this guided tour of every major conflict. Combining a clear and compelling historical narrative with a wealth of fascinating eyewitness accounts and photography throughout, this is the ultimate g ...Show more
Watergate - A New History by Garrett M. Graff
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full scope of the scandal through the politicians, investigators, journalists, and informants who made it the most influential political event of our modern era.In ...Show more
Waves Across the South - A New History of Revolution and Empire by Sujit Sivasundaram
$24.73 AUD
Category: History
This is a story of tides and coastlines, winds and waves, islands and beaches. It is also a retelling of indigenous creativity, agency, and resistance in the face of unprecedented globalization and violence. Waves Across the South shifts the narrative of the Age of Revolutions and the origins of the Br ...Show more
We Need To Talk About Xi: What we need to know about the world's most powerful leader by Michael Dillon
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A short, urgent book that sorts the fact from the fiction about Xi Jinping - one of the world's most powerful political leaders - to truly understand how he came to power, his hold on China and why we should care. Meet the most powerful leader in the world. Chinese premier Xi Jinping graces our televisi ...Show more
Weird Women: Volume 2: 1840-1925: Classic Supernatural Fiction by Groundbreaking Female Writers by Lisa Morton
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
Following the success of Weird Women: Volume 1, acclaimed anthologists Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger return with another offering of overlooked masterworks from early female horror writers, including George Eliot, Zora Neale Hurston, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Edith Wharton. Following the succes ...Show more
Welcome to Story Club - Candid True Tales by Australia's Funniest Oversharers by Ben Jenkins; Zoe Norton Lodge
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
A hilarious, no-holds-barred collection of true stories from Story Club, the legendary live show that spawned the hit podcast In this first collection from Story Club, the legendary live show that has become a hit podcast, Club founders and popular Checkout presenters Zoe Norton Lodge and Ben Jenkins h ...Show more
What Is History, Now? by Helen Carr; Suzannah Lipscomb
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Inspired by the influential text WHAT IS HISTORY? authored by Helen Carr's great-grandfather, E.H. Carr, and published on the 60th anniversary of that book, this is a groundbreaking new collection addressing the burning issue of how we interpret history today. What stories are told, and by whom, who sh ...Show more
What Is History, Now? by Suzannah Lipscomb, Helen Carr
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'THE history book for now. This is why and how historians do what they do. And why they need to' Dan Snow 'What is History, Now? demonstrates how our constructs of the past are woven into our modern world and culture, and offers us an illuminating handbook to understanding this dynamic and shape-shifti ...Show more
What the Colonists Never Knew: A History of Aboriginal Sydney by Dennis Foley, Peter Read
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
What the Colonists Never Knew paints a vivid picture of what it was like to grow up Aboriginal in Sydney, alongside the colonists, from 1788 to the present.Dennis, the grandson ofClarice Malinda Lougher, the last practising matriarch of the Gai-mariagal clan, was immersed in cultural knowledge and lore ...Show more