Library of History Vol V by Diodorus Siculus; C. H. Oldfather
$41.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Loeb Classical Library
Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80-20 BCE, wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BCE); history to 54 BCE. Of this we have complete ...Show more
Library of History Vol VI by Diodorus Siculus; C. H. Oldfather
$41.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Loeb Classical Library
Diodorus Siculus, Greek historian of Agyrium in Sicily, ca. 80-20 BCE, wrote forty books of world history, called Library of History, in three parts: mythical history of peoples, non-Greek and Greek, to the Trojan War; history to Alexander's death (323 BCE); history to 54 BCE. Of this we have complete ...Show more
Life As Told by a Sapiens to a Neanderthal by Juan José Millás, Juan Luis Arsuaga
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Prehistory is all around us. We just need to know where to look. Juan Jose Millas has always felt like he doesn't quite fit into human society. Sometimes he wonders if he is even a Homo sapiens at all, or something simpler. Perhaps he is a Neanderthal who somehow survived? So he turns to Juan Luis Arsua ...Show more
Lion City: Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia by Jeevan Vasagar
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Lion City tells the extraordinary story of Singapore - the world's most successful city state.In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent - and f ...Show more
Living With the Gods - On Beliefs and Peoples by Neil MacGregor
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
A panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs over 40,000 years from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany, following the new BBC Radio 4 documentary and British Museum exhibition. One of the central facts of human existence is that every society shares a s ...Show more
London Clay: Journeys in the Deep City by Tom Chivers
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
'Tom Chivers, with the forensic eye of an investigator, the soul of a poet, is an engaging presence; a guide we would do well to follow.' Iain Sinclair, author of The Last LondonWhat secrets lie beneath a city?Tom Chivers follows hidden pathways, explores lost islands and uncovers the geological mysteri ...Show more
Lost Letters from Vienna: Revelations of Exile by Sue Course
$32.95 AUD
Category: History
In 1977, Sue Course discovered a box of airmail letters in the dark recesses of a cupboard, written in German. Her German was rusty, but she could see that most were from her parents and grandparents and were written from the time of the Nazi invasion of Vienna in 1938. The letters revealed a gripping t ...Show more
Lost Music of the Holocaust: Bringing the music of the camps to the ears of the world at last by Francesco Lotoro
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
For more than thirty years Francesco Lotoro, an Italian pianist and composer has been on an odyssey to recover music written by the inmates of Adolf Hitler's concentration camps and the gulags of Stalin's Soviet Union. Between 1933, the year of the opening of the Dachau Lager in Germany, to Stalin's de ...Show more
Lost Realms - A History of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings by Thomas Williams
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
From the author of Viking Britain, this history travels back to the dark ages to show how warring kingdoms forged medieval Britain and the country as we know it today - and how easily things could have taken a radically different path. When history looks back at the time after functioning Roman governme ...Show more
Loud and Proud by Tea Uglow
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Loud and Proud is an inspirational collection of speeches from the LGBTQ+ community that have changed our world, and the conversation. "Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start." --Jason Collins, first openly gay athlete in US pro sportsA sister volume to So Here I Am ...Show more
Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia by Bruce Pascoe, Vicky Shukuroglou
$49.99 AUD
Category: New Australian Non-Fiction
Loving Country is a book that inspires ultimate respect for Mother Earth and the role of her custodians. While readers are encouraged to discover the sacred country of Australia in an open-minded and sensitive manner, the intention of this book is to foster communication and understanding between all pe ...Show more