The Only Woman by Immy Humes
$12.99 AUD
$39.95 (67% off)
Category: History
The first book to identify the phenomenon of lone women making their way into a man's world, shown through 100 group portraits each featuring only one woman An original approach to gender equality, this striking pictorial statement brings to light the compelling and undeniable phenomenon of 'the only w ...Show more
The Christmas Book by TRIGG DAVID
$19.99 AUD
$69.95 (71% off)
Category: History
A visual celebration of Christmas, from religious beginnings to festive cultural touchstones - a book to treasure This book is a unique and groundbreaking visual celebration of Christmas, a joyous religious and cultural occasion observed by billions of people around the world. The origins of Christmas a ...Show more
Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy by Caroline Kennedy
$85.95 AUD
Category: History
During his presidency, John F. Kennedy recorded over 260 hours of meetings and telephone conversations. The taping system remained a closely held secret, even from his top aides. Now Listening In gives readers a behind-the-curtain glimpse of one of America's most famous and revered presidencies. The Ken ...Show more
Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice by Gillen D’Arcy Wood
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Princeton ANZ Paperbacks Ser.
A gripping history of the polar continent, from the great discoveries of the nineteenth century to modern scientific breakthroughsAntarctica, the ice kingdom hosting the South Pole, looms large in the human imagination. The secrets of this vast frozen desert have long tempted explorers, but its brutal c ...Show more
Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life by Jane Jacobs
$29.95 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: From 2 To 12
In this eye-opening work of economic theory, Jane Jacobs argues that it is cities not nations that are the drivers of wealth. Challenging centuries of economic orthodoxy, in Cities and the Wealth of Nations the beloved author contends that healthy cities are constantly evolving to replace imported goods ...Show more
Asperger's Children - The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna by Edith Sheffer
$43.95 AUD
Category: History
Hans Asperger, the pioneer of autism and Asperger syndrome in Nazi Vienna, has been celebrated for his compassionate defense of children with disabilities. But in this groundbreaking book, prize-winning historian Edith Sheffer exposes that Asperger was not only involved in the racial policies of Hitler' ...Show more
Mescaline - A Global History of the First Psychedelic by Mike Jay
$44.99 AUD
Category: History
A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, after which the word "psychedelic" was coined to describ ...Show more
The Maisky Diaries : The Wartime Revelations of Stalin's Ambassador in London by Ivan Maisky
$26.95 AUD
Category: History
The terror and purges of Stalin's Russia in the 1930s discouraged Soviet officials from leaving documentary records let alone keeping personal diaries. A remarkable exception is the unique diary assiduously kept by Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador to London between 1932 and 1943. This selection from M ...Show more
Civil Wars - A History in Ideas by David Armitage
$44.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
A highly original history of the least understood and most intractable form of organised human aggression, from ancient Rome to our present conflict-ridden world We think we know civil war when we see it. Yet ideas of what it is, and isn't, have a long and contested history. Defining the term is acutely ...Show more
THE JAPANESE ON TRIAL ALLIED WAR CRIMES OPERATIONS IN THE EAST 1945 1951 by PICCIGALLO PHILIP R.
$82.95 AUD
Category: History
This comprehensive treatment of post-World War II Allied war crimes trials in the Far East is a significant contribution to a neglected subject. While the Nuremberg and, to a lesser degree, Tokyo tribunals have received considerable attention, this is the first full-length assessment of the entire Far E ...Show more
More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy by Philip Coggan
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
More tracks the development of the world economy, starting with the first obsidian blades that made their way from what is now Turkey to the Iran-Iraq border 7000 years before Christ, and ending with the Sino-American trade war that we are in right now. Taking history in great strides, More illustrates ...Show more
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. "Compelling" - Daily Telegraph "Fascinating" - The Spectator The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of Natio ...Show more