The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance by Catherine Fletcher
35.00 AUD
Category: History
The Italian Renaissance shaped western culture - but it was far stranger and darker than many of us realise. We revere Leonardo for his art but few now appreciate his ingenious designs for weaponry. We know the Mona Lisa for her smile but not that she was married to a slave-trader. We visit Florence to ...Show more
Instant History by Sandra Lawrence
29.99 AUD
Category: History
Key thinkers, theories, discoveries, and concepts each explained on a single page Instant History pulls together pivotal moments from history into one concise volume. Each page contains a distinct "cheat sheet," which tells you the most important facts in bite-size chunks, so you can feel like an expe ...Show more
The Worst Journey In The World (Vintage Classics) by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
24.99 AUD
Category: History
"The Worst Journey in the World" is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. One of the youngest members of Scott's team, Apsley Cherry-Garrard was later part of the rescue party that found the frozen bodies of Scott and the three men who had accompanied him on the final push to the ...Show more
SOURCES OF JAPANESE TRADITION VOL 2 PART 1 1600-1868 by DE BARY WM THEODORE
94.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Introduction to Asian Civilizations
LOSING TRACK AN INSIDERS STORY OF BRITAINS RAILWAY TRANSFORMATION by NELSON JOHN
30.00 AUD
Category: History
Jews and Power by Ruth R. Wisse
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Jewish Encounters Ser.
Taking in everything from the Kingdom of David to the Oslo Accords, Ruth Wisse offers a radical new way to think about the Jewish relationship to power. Traditional Jews believed that upholding the covenant with God constituted a treaty with the most powerful force in the universe; this later transforme ...Show more
Vanity Fair's Women on Women by Radhika Jones (Editor); David Friend (Editor)
52.99 AUD
Category: History
Looking back at the last thirty-five years of Vanity Fair stories on women, by women, with an introduction by the magazine's editor in chief, Radhika Jones Gail Sheehy on Hillary Clinton. Ingrid Sischy on Nicole Kidman. Jacqueline Woodson on Lena Waithe. Leslie Bennetts on Michelle Obama. And two Ma ...Show more
The American Story - Conversations with Great Historians by David M. Rubenstein; Carla Hayden (Foreword by)
49.99 AUD
Category: History
Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes readers on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with our greatest historians. In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subje ...Show more
A History of the the Tudors in 100 Objects by John Matusiak
39.99 AUD
Category: History
This seminal period of British history is a far-off world in which poverty, violence and superstition went hand-in-hand with opulence, religious virtue and a thriving cultural landscape, at once familiar and alien to the modern reader. John Matusiak sets out to shed new light on the lives and times of t ...Show more
Race of Aces - WWII's Elite Airmen and the Epic Battle to Become the Masters of the Sky by John R. Bruning
39.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
"Brings you into the cockpit of the lethal, fast-paced world of fighter pilots...Fascinating." -- Sara Vladic "Extraordinary...A must-read." -- US Navy Captain Dan Pedersen "A heart-pounding narrative of the courage, sacrifice, and tragedy of America's elite fighter pilots." -- James M. Scott "Vivid ...Show more
She-Merchants, Buccaneers and Gentlewomen - The Lives and Times of British Women in India 1600 - 1900 by Katie Hickman
24.99 AUD
Category: History
'Sharply observed, snappily written and thoroughly researched, She Merchants provides a fabulous panorama of a largely ignored area of social history. Katie Hickman successfully challenges the stereotype of the snobbish, matron-like memsahib by deploying a riveting gallery of powerful and often eccentri ...Show more
Francis I - The Maker of Modern France by Leonie Frieda
24.99 AUD
Category: History
The bestselling author of Catherine de Medici returns to sixteenth-century Europe in this evocative and entertaining biography that recreates a remarkable era of French history and brings to life a great monarch--Francis I--who turned France into a great nation.Catherine de Medici's father-in-law, King ...Show more