The Story of Scandinavia: From the Vikings to Social Democracy by Stein Ringen
39.99 AUD
Category: History
In The Story of Scandinavia, political scholar Stein Ringen chronicles more than 1,200 years of drama, economic rise and fall, crises, kings and queens, war, peace, language and culture. Scandinavian history has been one of dramatic discontinuities of collapse and restarts, from the Viking Age to the A ...Show more
Europe: The Enlightening History of a Continent by Jean Baptiste Duroselle
37.99 AUD
Category: History
A history of the continent uniquely told from a very European viewpointThe first one-volume, complete history of Europe, as told by Europeans themselves, from Homo Erectus to the Celts, to Greek wisdom and Roman grandeur, all of the way to the European phenomenon - the Industrial Revolution.This is the ...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
Dethroned: The Downfall of India's Princely States by John Zubrzycki
34.99 AUD
Category: History
The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July 1947, India’s ...Show more
A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty
32.95 AUD
Category: History
A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Public Books Best Book of the Year "A profound and optimistic call to action and reflection. For Piketty, the arc of history is long, but it does bend toward equality. There is nothing automatic about it, however: as citizens, we must be ready to fight f ...Show more
Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi by Sarah Clegg
24.99 AUD
Category: History
The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women and then won back again. Creatures like Lilith, the seductive first wife of Adam, and mermaids, who lured sailors to their death, are familiar figures in the genre of monstrous temptresses who use their charms to entice men to their doom. But ...Show more
Fake Heroes - Ten False Icons and How They Altered the Course of History by Otto English
24.99 AUD
Category: History
From the author of bestseller Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars in history.'A brilliant book.'James O'BrienWhether it's virtuous leaders in just wars, martyrs sacrificing all for a cause, or innovators changing the world for the better, down the ...Show more
Let the Bastards Come: The Battle for Kapyong Korea, 23 – 25 April 1951 by David W. Cameron
32.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Anzac Day 2024 represents the 73rd anniversary of the critical battle of Kapyong (23 to 25 April 1951) This book for the first time tells the full story of the Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and American units involved. Fewer than 1,000 Australian and Canadian infantrymen, supported by New Zealand ar ...Show more
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins
34.99 AUD
Category: History
From a Bronze Age ship built during the age of Queen Nefertiti and filled with ancient treasures, a Viking warship made for King Cnut himself, Henry VIII's spectacular Mary Rose and the golden age of the Tudor court, to the exploration of the Arctic, the tragic story of HMS Terror and tales of bravery a ...Show more
Nuts and Bolts - Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way) by Roma Agrawal
24.99 AUD
Category: History
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2023* *AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 START THE WEEK, OFF AIR WITH FI AND JANE AND 99% INVISIBLE* 'Delightful' TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL TIMES 'Appeals to the nerdy side of just about all of us... a great book to give' JANE GARVEY 'A splendid book: clearly writte ...Show more
Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won The War by Jonathan Dimbleby
36.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
June 1944- In Operation Bagration, more than two million Red Army soldiers, facing 500,000 German soldiers, finally avenged their defeat in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. In the following three weeks, Army Group Centre lost 28 of its 32 divisions.The same month saw the Allies triumph on the beaches of No ...Show more
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell
26.99 AUD
Category: History
"This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of England you'll have ever read. Certainly, the funniest. Because David Mitchell will explain how it is not all names, dates or ungraspable historical headwinds, but instead show how it's really just a bunch of random stuff that happened with a fe ...Show more