American Prometheus: the Triumph and Tragedy of J Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
32.99 AUD
Category: History
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific ...Show more
War and Punishment by Mikhail Zygar
34.99 AUD
Category: History
As soon as the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began, prominent independent Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar took action. He circulated a petition that was signed first by hundreds of his cultural and journalistic contacts and then by thousands of others. That brave act led to a new law in Russia crimi ...Show more
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland
34.99 AUD
Category: History
The third in the epic trilogy narrating the history of the Roman Empire from renowned historian Tom Holland. Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with Dynasty, now arrives at the period which marks the apogee ...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
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
39.99 AUD
Category: History
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots - three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men. Sixteenth-century Europe - Renaissance masters paint the ceilings of Florentine churches, kings battle for control of the C ...Show more
Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses by Aarathi Prasad
37.99 AUD
Category: History
In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global history, natural history, and future ...Show more
The Atlas of Atlases: Exploring the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them by Philip Parker
49.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Liber Historica Ser.
A lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them. This beautiful book is a lavishly illustrated look at the most important atlases in history and the cartographers who made them. Atlases are books that changed the course of history. Pored over by ...Show more
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
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Category: History
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The best true spy story I have ever read."--JOHN LE CARR The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. I ...Show more
How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler by Peter Pomerantsev
34.99 AUD
Category: History
From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. FROM THE AUTHOR OF NOTHING IS TRUE AND EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE 'Elegant, effortlessly readable . . . essential readi ...Show more
Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba by Teresa Aranguren (Edited by) , Sandra Barrilaro (Edited by) , Mohammed El-Kurd (Foreword by)
69.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a testament to the vibrancy of Palestinian society prior to occupation. This book tells the story, in both English and Arabic, of a land full of people-people with families, hopes, dreams, and a deep conn ...Show more
The Last of Its Kind - The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction by Gísli Pálsson
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Category: History
How an iconic bird's final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were killed in Iceland in 1844. Gísli Pál ...Show more
The English Soul: Faith of a Nation by Peter Ackroyd
39.99 AUD
Category: History
From celebrated historian and writer Peter Ackroyd, a magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the centuries. This book portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity, as it has developed over the last fourteen hundred years. During this time, Christianity has been the predominant ...Show more