The Borgias - Power and Fortune by Paul Strathern
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici. The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. But the story of t ...Show more
The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World by Catherine Nixey
$20.00 AUD
Category: History
A bold new history of the rise of Christianity, showing how its radical followers ravaged vast swathes of classical culture, plunging the world into an era of dogma and intellectual darkness In Harran, the locals refused to convert. They were dismembered, their limbs hung along the town's main street. ...Show more
Empire of Democracy by Simon Reid-Henry
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
Half a century ago, at the height of the Cold War and amidst a world economic crisis, the Western democracies were forced to undergo a profound transformation. Against what some saw as a full-scale "crisis of democracy" - with race riots, anti-Vietnam marches and a wave of worker discontent sowing crisi ...Show more
Castaway: The extraordinary survival story of Narcisse Pelletier, a young French cabin boy shipwrecked on Cape York in 1858 by Robert Macklin
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The astonishing and unknown story of Narcisse Pelletier - a French cabin boy cast away in 1858 on the Daintree coast of far north Queensland, where he was adopted by the local Aborigines for 17 years - as a full member of the tribe, and had a family. He was then in effect kidnapped and returned to Franc ...Show more
Our Man - Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer
$50.00 AUD
Category: History
GERALDINE BROOKS: "The diplomat Richard Holbrooke isn’t a household name in Australia, nor in the US for that matter. So why read this hefty tome? First, because of Packer’s stunningly original style, which redefines and resets the bar for the genre of biography--“Caro on crack,” as one Amazon reade ...Show more
The Last Stone by Mark Bowden
$33.00 AUD
Category: True Crime
The true story of a cold case, a compulsive liar, and five determined detectives, from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author and "master journalist" (The Wall Street Journal). On March 29, 1975, sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyons, ages ten and twelve, vanished from a shopping mall in suburban Washi ...Show more
Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton
$23.00 AUD
Category: History
In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the islanders of Run to grant a monopoly to England over their nutmeg, a fabulously valuable spice in Europe. This infuriated the Dutch, who were determined to cont ...Show more
Islands of Angry Ghosts: The Story of Batavia, Australia's Bloodiest Mutiny by Hugh Edwards
$15.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Australian Classics Ser.
New edition. In 1629 the Dutch East India merchantman, the Batavia was wrecked off the coast of West Australia while on a voyage to Indonesia. What followed this disaster is a harrowing tale of desertion, betrayal and murder. This updated edition includes new photographs. A replica of the Batavia is in ...Show more
Huckstepp: A Dangerous Life by Mr John Dale
$25.00 AUD
Category: True Crime
A true crime classic, the bestselling Huckstepp investigates the murder of a charismatic woman who has fascinated Australians since she first appeared on national television to accuse NSW detectives of shooting her boyfriend in cold blood. Throughout her short life, Sallie-Anne Huckstepp lived a dangero ...Show more
The Friends of Harry Perkins by Chris Mullin
$25.00 AUD
Category: History
'Harry Perkins was buried on the day that America declared war on China.' The definitive post-Brexit thriller, and long-awaited sequel to the bestselling A Very British Coup. 'Brilliant, chilling and all too plausible.' Alastair Campbell 'Terrific...measured, heart-stopping, moving, clear-eyed'. St ...Show more
A Very British Coup by Chris Mullin
$25.00 AUD
Category: History
Former steel worker Harry Perkins, has, against all the odds, led the Labour Party to a stunning victory at the general election. His manifesto includes the removal of American bases, public control of finance, and the dismantling of the newspaper monopolies. The Establishment is appalled by the prospec ...Show more
Chinese Spies by Roger Faligot
$40.00 AUD
Category: Asian
Chinese Spies is an astounding and unmatched source book on the extraordinary reach of the PRC’s intelligence network. Roger Faligot explains in colourful detail the complex links between the spy agencies, the Party, the Party leaders, Chinese companies and the People’s Liberation Army. At once fascinat ...Show more