Rebel Folklore by DK
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
Meet 50 fascinating folktale characters and discover how these flawed heroes and relatable villains of ancient stories remain relevant todayRebel Folklore gathers 50 fascinating folktale characters from around the world, showing readers why we should care about the rebels and misfits of ancient stories. ...Show more
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
'The book is a masterpiece' The Spectator'A gripping narrative history of one of the most complex episodes in modern Russian history' Sunday Times'Antony Beevor's Russia is a masterpiece of history' Daily TelegraphBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse o ...Show more
Still Life With Bones: Field Notes on Forensics and Loss by Alexa Hagerty
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice. "Exhumation can divide brothers and r ...Show more
The Good Country - The Djadja Wurrung, the Settlers and the Protectors by Bain Attwood
$26.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: Australian History Ser.
Beyond the generalisations of national and colonial history, what can we know about how Aboriginal nations interacted with the British settlers who invaded their country, the men appointed by the imperial and colonial governments to protect them, and each other?In The Good Country Bain Attwood makes a m ...Show more
The Holocaust: An Unfinished History by Dan Stone
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
An authoritative, revelatory new history of the Holocaust, from one of the leading scholars of his generationThe Holocaust is much-discussed, much-memorialized and much-portrayed. But there are major aspects of its history that have been overlooked.Spanning the entirety of the Holocaust and across the w ...Show more
The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England by Janina Ramirez
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Skulduggery, power struggles and politics. A fascinating re-examination of Anglo-Saxon England told through the secret lives of the saints.From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Femina'Ramirez blasts a powerful spotlight into the so-called Dark Ages' - Dan SnowSkulduggery, power struggles and polit ...Show more
The Race to the Future by Kassia St Clair
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
An Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a conman and various journalists battle over steep mountain ranges and across the arid vastness of the Gobi Desert. The contestants need teams of helpers to drag their primitive cars up narrow gorges, lift them over rough terrain and float th ...Show more
The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
'Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past', George Orwell wrote in Nineteen Eighty-Four. In this glorious work of history, Orlando Figes argues that the maxim is truer for Russia than for any other country in the world. The Story of Russia begins in the firs ...Show more
Treasures of Ukraine: A Nation’s Cultural Heritage by Thames and Hudson; Victoria Burlaka (Contribution by); Andrey Kurkov (Foreword by); Andriy Puchkov (Contribution by); Christian Raffensperger (Contribution by); Diana Klochko (Contribution by); Maksym Yaremenko (Contribution by); Alisa Lozhkina (Contribution by); Myroslava M. Mudrak (Contribution by); Oleksandr Soloviev (Contribution by)
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A celebration of Ukraine's rich cultural heritage, drawing on over 100 of the country's most important works of art and architectural monuments from prehistory to the present.
Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse by Cassandra Pybus
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Cassandra Pybus's ancestors told a story of an old Aboriginal woman who would wander across their farm on Bruny Island, in south-east Tasmania, in the 1850s and 1860s. As a child, Cassandra didn't know this woman was Truganini, and that Truganini was walking over the country of her clan, the Nuenonne. F ...Show more
Ukraine The Forging of a Nation by Yaroslav Hrytsak
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
UKRAINE The Forging of a Nation offers readers a chance to understand more about Ukraine's remarkable past, examining the crucial moments of Ukrainian and global history of the past 1000 years. In this compelling history, learn how the emergence of medieval states, the discovery of America, the industr ...Show more
Vital Organs by Suzie Edge
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The remarkable stories of the world's most famous body parts.Louis XIV's rear end inspired the British National Anthem. Queen Victoria's armpit led the development of antiseptics. Robert Jenkin's ear started a war. All too often, historical figures feel distant and abstract; more myth and legend than r ...Show more