The Graves are Walking by John Kelly
32.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
The Irish famine that began in 1845 was one of the nineteenth century's greatest disasters. By its end, the island's population of eight million had shrunk by a third through starvation, disease and emigration. This is a brilliant, compassionate retelling of that awful story for a new generation - the f ...Show more
King: The Life of Martin Luther King by Jonathan Eig
49.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
The compelling story of Martin Luther King's life and achievements has become simplified and domesticated in a way that fails to do full justice to his radical vision and importance. Now, in King, we get the most comprehensive and complete portrait ever written about this iconic figure.The first major ...Show more
Europe: The Enlightening History of a Continent by Jean Baptiste Duroselle
37.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & 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
Queen of Codes: The Secret Life of Emily Anderson, Britain's Greatest Female Code Breaker by Jackie Ui Chionna
34.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
When the history of British codebreaking is told, the story is often a men-only preserve (for example, of the top fourteen listed actors in Bletchley Park-set The Imitation Game, only one is a woman). That perception completely ignores the fact that the vast majority of codebreakers were in fact women. ...Show more
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Dr
147.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
One hundred thousand years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations, and ...Show more
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan
39.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
Most people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts. In The Earth Transformed, ground-breaking historian Peter Frankopan reconnects us with our ancestors who, like us, worshipped, exploited ...Show more
Freezing Order: Vladimir Putin, Russian Money Laundering and Murder - A True Story by Bill Browder
24.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Reading Level: good-very good
‘More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly, heart-poundingly thrilling than any fiction I have read for years, but it is all true’ Stephen Fry ‘Mind-blowing...Browder's battle for justice is at times terrifying, at times deeply touching’ Catherine Belton ‘A jaw-dr ...Show more
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Ireland Since 1958 by Fintan O'Toole
24.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
The #1 Irish Times bestseller. WINNER of the An Post Irish Book Awards. 'A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece' Marian Keyes 'Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent' Colm Tóibín, Guardian 'With the pace and twists of an enthralling novel and the edge of a fine sword' Diarmaid Ferriter ...Show more
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: Modern Library | Reading Level: very good
One of the greatest biographies of our time by Edmund Morris the author of Dutch: A memoir of Ronald Reagan.
Bulldozed: Scott Morrison's Fall and Anthony Albanese's Rise by Niki Savva
35.00 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: The\Road to Ruin Trilogy Ser.
‘The gripping inside story of how Scott Morrison went from miracle man to roadkill. Savva portrays a fatally flawed leader who trashed his government, his party, and his legacy.’—Laurie Oakes Between 2013 and 2022, Tony Abbott begat Malcolm Turnbull, who begat Scott Morrison. For nine long years, Austra ...Show more
Victory: The Inside Story of Labor's Return to Power by Peter van Onselen, Wayne Errington
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
The inside story of Labor's return to power. Anthony Albanese's 2022 election victory was the most consequential in decades. As well as ending a 'lost decade' of conservative rule and bringing Labor into Federal power for the first time since 2013, it ushered in a new force in politics. The victory of t ...Show more
The Viking Great Army and the Making of England by Dawn Hadley, Julian Richards
24.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
The hidden story of a little-known but transformative period in the formation of England as a nation. The Viking Great Army that swept through England between AD 865 and 878 altered the course of British history. Since the late 8th century, Viking raids on the British Isles had been a regular feature of ...Show more