Infamy: The Crimes of Ancient Rome by Jerry Toner
24.99 AUD
Category: History
A journey to the dark side of Roman nature - like Horrible Histories for grown-ups.
Active Measures - The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid
34.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
This startling history of secret psychological operations traces the century-long rise of organised deception from the Russian Revolution to contemporary internet troll farms.
At Close Range - Life and Death in an Artillery Regiment, 1939-45 by Peter Hart
49.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
A British Band of Brothers: a thrilling account of the Second World War, told through the eyes of a regiment who fought at battles from Tobruk to the D-Day Landings.
Salmon: A Fish by Mark Kurlansky
39.99 AUD
Category: History
Most of what we do on land ends up impacting the ocean, but never is that clearer than when we look at salmon. Centuries of our greatest assaults on nature, from overfishing to dams, from hatcheries to fish farms, from industrial pollution to the ravages of climate change, can be seen in their harrowing ...Show more
The Regency Revolution - Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the Making of the Modern World by Robert Morrison
22.99 AUD
Category: History
'Superb' The Economist'Elegant, entertaining and frequently surprising' New York TimesThe fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain - an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the emergence of the modern world.The Regency began on 5 February 1811 when the Prince of Wales replaced hi ...Show more
How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs by Elizabeth Thompson
39.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of a pivotal moment in modern world history, when representative democracy became a political option for Arabs - and how the West denied the opportunity.
The Great Imperial Hangover - How Empires Have Shaped the World by Samir Puri
34.99 AUD
Category: History
'An excellent read.' -- Robert D. Kaplan. For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn't mean we don't feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial Hangover examines how the world's imperial legacies are still shaping the thorniest issues we face tod ...Show more
Masters of the Battlefield by Julian Thompson
49.99 AUD
Category: Warfare | Series: Y Ser.
Masters of the Battlefield examines the lives and tactics of 28 of the world's greatest military leaders, from Julius Caesar to Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf.Arranged chronologically, each general is represented by a double-page spread containing a biography, a list of his most important dates and battles ...Show more
Pathfinders by Michael Bennett
34.99 AUD
Category: History
There are few Aboriginal icons in White Australia history.From the explorer to the pioneer, the swagman to the drover's wife, with a few bushrangers for good measure, Europeans play all the leading roles. A rare exception is the redoubtable tracker. With skills passed down over millennia, trackers could ...Show more
The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command by Andrew Gordon
29.99 AUD
Category: History
This book is the winner of the Longman's History Today Book of the Year Award and the inaugural Westminster Medal for Military Literature. More than a century had gone by since the Battle of Trafalgar. Generation after generation of British naval captains had been dreaming ever since of a 'new' Trafalga ...Show more
Chastise (The Dambusters Story 1943) by Max Hastings
24.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation Chastise, the overnight destruction of the Möhne and Eder dams in north-west Germany by the RAF's 617 Squadron, was an epic that has passed into Britain's national le ...Show more
Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab
19.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
'The best account yet of the SAS in action.' " (Sunday Times) In January 1991, eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy McNab, they were to sever the underground communication link betwee ...Show more