Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein
9.99 AUD
Category: History
* Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year * Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize * 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year * A New York Times Notable Book * A Washington Post Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of 2017 * A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2017 * An Economist Best Book of ...Show more
The Golden Atlas: The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps by Edward Brooke-Hitching
19.99 AUD
Category: History
'A fabulous book, good enough to eat with a spoon! Marvellous.' John Lloyd, creator of QI The Golden Atlas is a spectacular visual history of exploration and cartography, a treasure chest of adventures from the chronicles of global discovery, illustrated with a selection of the most beautiful maps ever ...Show more
Faeryland: The Secret World of the Hidden Ones by John Matthews
14.99 AUD
Category: History
From the author of the bestselling book Pirates and our own How To See Faeries (with Brian Froud) comes a wonderful interactive book about Faeries. The book includes faeries of the British Isles as well as those of Scandinavia, Germany, North America and even the Asian, Arab and African worlds. The book ...Show more
Norse Myths by Jake Jackson (Editor)
22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
The Vikings and their norse gods fought a constant battle with nature. Their landscape, with its stark mountains and long nights created a particularly rough mythology, with profound contrasts and unforgettable heroes: Odin, Thor and Loki are just some of the familiar characters that maintain an influen ...Show more
Treasures of the New-York Historical Society by Louise Mirrer
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Tiny Folio
Founded in 1804, the New-York Historical Society is New York City's oldest museum, with a rich history of scholarship, research, and illuminating exhibitions. The museum collection of the New-York Historical Society comprises more than 1.6 million works of art, featuring an impressive collection of Tiff ...Show more
Tinderbox : The Past and Future of Pakistan by M. J. Akbar
9.99 AUD
Category: History
An historical whodunnit tracing a thousand years of conflict, here could be no better guide to the greatest political faultline of our times: the relationship between India and Pakistan. Tinderbox - It's defined as a small container holding flint, firesteel and tinder, used together to help kindle a fir ...Show more
The Printer and the Preacher: Ben Franklin, George Whitefield, and the Surprising Friendship that Invented America by PETERSEN, RANDY
9.99 AUD
44.99 (77% off)
Category: History
They were the most famous men in America. They came from separate countries, followed different philosophies, and led dissimilar lives. But they were fast friends. No two people did more to shape America in the mid-1700s.Benjamin Franklin was the American prototype: hard-working, inventive, practical, f ...Show more
The Grand Alliance: The Second World War Volume 3 by Sir Winston S. Churchill
29.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The Second World War S.
Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is ...Show more
Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden
9.99 AUD
Category: History
As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious. What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of ...Show more
From Third World to First : the Singapore Story : 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew
14.95 AUD
Category: History
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth ...Show more