The World of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman
34.95 AUD
Category: World
A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power, reputatio ...Show more
Transgender Australia: A History Since 1910 by Noah Riseman
40.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Trans and gender diverse people have always been present in Australian life, whether they've lived quiet lives in the country, performed in cabaret shows, worked on the streets or run for parliament. But over the last century there have been remarkable changes in how they have identified and expressed t ...Show more
Saving Lieutenant Kennedy: The heroic story of the Australian who helped rescue JFK by Brett Mason
34.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Series: 1st
The incredible story of an Australian hero who helped save the life of a future president. On a moonless night in August 1943, a US torpedo boat commanded by Lt John F Kennedy, on patrol in Solomon Islands, was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Left clinging to wreckage within sight of Japanese encampment ...Show more
We Are Not Alone - The Extraordinary History of UFOs and Aliens Invading Our Hopes, Fears, and Fantasies by Marc Hartzman
36.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
Do you want to believe? Explore our fascination with UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence through exclusive interviews, archival photos, and strange but true stories from history. After decades of cover-ups and denials, in a June 2021 report, the US government finally admitted what many people al ...Show more
Live. Fight. Survive: An Ex-British Soldier’s Account of Courage, Resistance and Defiance Fighting for Ukraine Against Russia by Shaun Pinner
36.99 AUD
Category: Military
The extraordinary recount of one man's experience in the Ukrainian war and his miraculous escape from Russian imprisonment . . . Shaun Pinner was a retired and decorated British soldier, living a peaceful and happy life in Mariupol with his Ukrainian family. What follows is the true story of his six mon ...Show more
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
49.99 AUD
Category: World
An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind the Congo's cobalt mining operation--and the moral implications that affect us all.Cobalt Red is the searing, first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mi ...Show more
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes
34.99 AUD
Category: World
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositi ...Show more
Blood on the Wattle: Massacres and Maltreatment of Aboriginal Australians since 1788 by Bruce Elder
36.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Studies
Blood on the Wattle draws together most of the information about the massacres of Aboriginal people which has been recorded in books and journals.Blood on the Wattle draws together, in a single volume, most of the information about the massacres of Aboriginal people which has been recorded in books and ...Show more
Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map by Grantlee Kieza
45.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map Fearless, sharp-eyed and handsome, Matthew Flinders was one of the greatest of all maritime adventurers and undertook one of the most important voyages of discovery - to circumnavigate and map the famed Great Southern Land ...Show more
Mirrors of Greatness - Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him by David Reynolds
37.99 AUD
Category: History
'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age' ADAM ZAMOYSKIWinston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be 'great', to gain historical immortality. And he did so through deeds and words: his ...Show more
To the City: Life and Death Along the Ancient Walls of Istanbul by Alexander Christie-Miller
34.99 AUD
Category: World
This is a meditation on the soul of Istanbul, a paean to its resilience and fortitude. Walk with Alexander Christie-Miller and see the danger, beauty and hope. Caught between two seas and two continents, with a contested past and an imperiled future, Istanbul represents the precipitous moment civilizat ...Show more
Visual History of World Military Machines - Inside the World's Most Incredible Combat Machines by Alex Harris (Contribution by); J. J. Molloy (Contribution by); Joshua S. Bettis (Contribution by); Josh Denning (Contribution by)
19.99 AUD
Category: Military
Discover the incredible combat machines that have graced the skies, land, and sea of the world's most famous conflicts. A fascinating account of the history and development of dozens of legendary military vehicles -- from the German Tiger tanks of the Second World War and the nuclear-powered submarine t ...Show more