Jack of Hearts QX11594: Longlisted for the Stella Prize 2023 by Jackie Huggins, Ngaire Jarro
$27.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
‘It has been over 100 years since our father was born, 80 years since Father enlisted in the AIF, and over 60 years since he died. How do we go beyond what we knew from our Mother’s stories of him? The past, present and future need to be spoken about and shared.’ — Jackie HugginsBorn an only child in No ...Show more
James Hardy Vaux's 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and Other Impolite terms as Used by the Convicts of the British Colonies of Australia by Simon Barnard
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
In the early 1800s magistrates in the Australian colonies were often frustrated by the language used by reoffending convicts to disguise their criminal activities and intensions. Convict clerk James Hardy Vaux came up with a useful idea: a dictionary of slang and other terms used by convicts. And so, in ...Show more
Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present by Christopher Harding
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
Japan Storyis a fascinating, surprising account of Japan's culture, from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid 19th century to the present, through the eyes of people who always had their doubts about modernity - who greeted it not with the confidence and grasping ambition of Japan's familiar moder ...Show more
Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present by Christopher Harding
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Japan Story is a fascinating, surprising account of Japan's culture, from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid 19th century to the present, through the eyes of people who always had their doubts about modernity - who greeted it not with the confidence and grasping ambition of Japan's familiar mode ...Show more
Jerusalem: The Biography A History of the Middle East by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of Jerusalem is the story of the world. Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilisations. How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the 'centre of the world ...Show more
John Curtin's War: The Coming of War in the Pacific and Reinventing Australia by John Edwards
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
John Curtin became Australia's Prime Minister eight weeks before Japan launched war in the Pacific.Curtin's struggle for power against Joe Lyons and Bob Menzies, his dramatic use of it when he took office in October 1941, and his determination to be heard in Washington and London as Japan advanced, is a ...Show more
John Curtin's War Volume II - Triumph and Decline by John Edwards
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The first volume of John Curtin?s War was recognized as 'a landmark in Australian political biography? (The Australian) and 'remarkable? (AFR). That book ends with the fall of Singapore and a fundamental realignment of Australia?s place in the world- 'The Americans were coming. So were the Japanese.? Th ...Show more
King Richard - Nixon and Watergate: An American Tragedy by Michael Dobbs
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
From an acclaimed British author, a sharply focused, riveting account -- told from inside the White House -- of the crucial days, hours, and moments when the Watergate conspiracy consumed, and ultimately toppled, a president. In January 1973, Richard Nixon had just been inaugurated after winning re-elec ...Show more
King and Emperor: A New Life of Charlemagne by Janet L. Nelson
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
'A remarkable book: the dramatic story of a truly extraordinary man ... brilliant' Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves A major new biography of one of the most extraordinary of all rulers, and the father of present-day Europe Charles, king of the Franks, is one of the most remarkable figures ever to rule ...Show more
King and Emperor - A New Life of Charlemagne by Janet L. Nelson
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Charles, king of the Franks, is one of the most remarkable figures ever to rule a European super-state. That is why he is so often called 'Charles the Great'- by the French 'Charlemagne', and by the Germans 'Karl der Grosse'. His strength of character was felt to be remarkable from early in his long rei ...Show more
King of the World: The Life of Louis XIV by Philip Mansel
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Louis XIV dominated his age. He extended France's frontiers into Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies overseas. The stupendous palace he built at Versailles became the envy of monarchs all over Europe. In his palaces, Louis encouraged dancing, hunting, music and gambling. He loved conversat ...Show more
King of the World - The Life of Louis XIV by Philip Mansel
$69.99 AUD
Category: History
Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre, dominated his age. In the second half of the seventeenth century, he extended France's frontiers into the Netherlands and Germany, and established colonies in America, Africa and India. Louisiana, which once occupied a third of the territory of the present-day Unit ...Show more