Mankind: The Story of All of Us by History Channel
39.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
Telling the story of humankind as never before, this book based on a major new History Channel series follows the journey of man's first steps out of Africa through the creation of empires, to the globalized society of the twenty-first century. Focusing on pivotal moments that changed the course of hist ...Show more
Italy : History and Landscape by EUGENE BEER
29.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
With more UNESCO World Heritage Sites than any other country, it seems as if around every corner in Italy lies a beautiful Roman ruin, a breathtaking Renaissance church, or a timeless village view. But it is not just the buildings that are beautiful: Italy's landscapes-high mountains, rolling hills and ...Show more
History of Ancient Britain by Neil Oliver
24.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
Who were the first Britons, and what sort of world did they occupy? In A HISTORY OF ANCIENT BRITAIN Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands and their battle for survival. There has been human habitation in Britain, regular ...Show more
A History of Scotland by Neil Oliver
27.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
The dramatic story of Scotland - by charismatic television historian, Neil Oliver. Scotland is one of the oldest countries in the world with a vivid and diverse past. Yet the stories and figures that dominate Scottish history - tales of failure, submission, thwarted ambition and tragedy - often badly se ...Show more
Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser
27.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
Mary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen after an absence of thirteen years. Her life then entered its best known phase: the early struggles with John K ...Show more
Rome by Robert Hughes
24.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
For almost a thousand years, Rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the world. Hughes vividly recreates the ancient Rome of Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Nero, Caligula, Cicero, Martial and Virgil. With the artistic blossoming of the Renaissance, he casts his unwavering critical eye ov ...Show more
501 Must-know Speeches by Bounty
35.00 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: 501
"501 Must-Read Speeches" explores some of the most famous speeches of our time. Many of these speeches have inspired people to act, some have changed people's perceptions of the world and some have changed the course of events across the globe.
1001 Days That Shaped the World by Michael Wood
49.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
The history of the world through extraordinary moments, decisive encounters, memorable incidents and natural disasters. This book features a detailed and informative account of every event chosen, together with an assessment of the longer term physical, cultural, social or economic impact. Evocative pai ...Show more
Nancy Wake: A Biography of Our Greatest War Heroine by Peter FitzSimons
24.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Reading Level: very good
The number one bestselling biography of our greatest war heroine - over 84,000 copies sold in its first two formats. In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a na ve, young journal ...Show more
Facing the Torturer by Francois Bizot
29.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
In 1971, 30-year-old ethnographer Francois Bizot was captured by the Khmer Rouge and kept prisoner for three months in the Cambodian jungle, accused of being a CIA spy. His captor, Comrade Duch, eventually had him freed. It took Bizot decades to realise he owed his life to a man who, later in the Killin ...Show more