Forgotten Women - The Women Who Shaped and Were Erased from Our History by Zing Tsjeng
$69.99 AUD
Category: History
Forgotten Women uncovers the lost histories of the influential women who have refused over hundreds of years to accept the hand they've been dealt and, as a result, have formed, shaped and changed the course of our futures Forgotten Women shines a well-deserved spotlight on women of accomplishment i ...Show more
The Other Renaissance: From Copernicus to Shakespeare by Paul Strathern
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
An 'essential book for 2023', as selected by the Irish ExaminerIt is generally accepted that the European Renaissance began in Italy. However, a historical transformation of similar magnitude also took place in northern Europe at the same time. This 'Other Renaissance' was initially centred on the city ...Show more
Russia: A Short History by Abraham Ascher
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
An honest title - one that delivers on the promise. This is about Russia and it is a short history.
Love in a Time of Hate by Florian Illies; Simon Pare (Translator)
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023'1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbles towards war, the great minds of the time have other concerns. Jean-Paul Sartre waits anxiously in a Parisian café for his first date with no-show Simone de Beauvoir. Marlene Dietrich slips from ...Show more
An Ordinary Man - The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford by Richard Norton Smith
$79.99 AUD
Category: History
"Richard Norton Smith had brought a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and storytelling verve to the life of a consequential president--Gerald R. Ford. Ford's is a very American life, and Smith has charted its vicissitudes and import with great grace and illuminating perspective. A marvelous achievement!" -- ...Show more
Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses by Lucy Worsley
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
William Cavendish, courageous, cultured and passionate about women, embodies the popular image of a cavalier. Famously defeated at the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, he went into a long and miserable continental exile before returning to England in triumph on the restoration of King Charles II to the t ...Show more
Walking the Bones of Britain: A 3 Billion Year Journey from the Outer Hebrides to the Thames Estuary by Christopher Somerville
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
Blows the dust off geology to tell the incredibly dramatic story of all the upheavals, volcanic explosions, sea inundations and violent quakes that have shaped our landscape, human history and our everyday lives. Travelling a thousand miles and across three billion years, Christopher Somerville (walkin ...Show more
Lost Cities of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A fascinating tour of cities that have been lost to history, from the Neolithic period up to the late Roman Empire, that offers a fresh new perspective on the roots of urban life. The ruins of ancient Athens, Luxor and Rome are familiar cornerstones of world history, visited by travellers from across th ...Show more
In the Shadow of St Paul's Cathedral - The Churchyard That Shaped London by Margaret Willes
$22.95 AUD
Category: History
The extraordinary story of St. Paul's Churchyard--the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium St. Paul's Cathedral stands at the heart of London, an enduring symbol of the city. Less well known is the neighborhood at its base that hummed with life for ...Show more
Nuclear Minds - Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Ran Zwigenberg (Contribution by)
$57.95 AUD
Category: History
In 1945, Researchers on a Mission to Hiroshima with the United States Strategic Bombing Survey canvassed survivors of the nuclear attack. This marked the beginning of global efforts to tackle the complex ways in which human minds were affected by the advent of the nuclear age. Ran Zwigenberg traces thes ...Show more
Richard III: The Maligned King by ANNETTE CARSON
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
A new and updated edition of this classic work, brought right up to date. In 2012 Annette Carson formed part of the team that discovered King Richard III's mortal remains, verified in 2013 by forensics including DNA matching. In response to the recent upsurge of interest, her 2009 paperback has been upd ...Show more