Accidental Presidents - Eight Men Who Changed America by Jared Cohen
$43.00 AUD
Category: American
The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation and world.Eight men have su ...Show more
Princes at War: The British Royal Family's Private Battle in the SecondWorld War: The British Royal Family's Private Battle in the Second World War by Deborah Cadbury
$22.00 AUD
Category: British
In 1936, the monarchy faced the greatest threats to its survival in the modern era - the crisis of abdication and the menace of Nazism. The fate of the country rested in the hands of George V's sorely unequipped sons: Edward VIII abandoned his throne to marry divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson; ...Show more
The Great Empires of Asia by Jim Masselos; Jonathan Fenby
$20.00 AUD
Category: Asian
Asian empires led the world economically, scientifically and culturally for hundreds of years, and posed a constant challenge to the countries of Europe. How and why did those empires gain such power, and lose it? What legacies did they leave? This major book brings together a team of distinguished his ...Show more
The Knowledge Solution: Australian History: What Place Does History Have in a Post-Truth World? by Anna Clark
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
Does history provide us with cautionary tales or does it highlight the contested nature of our understanding of the past?Colonisation, nationalism, racism. Fighting on foreign shores, violence on our own country. Workers' rights, land booms, cultural wars. What can we learn from these reoccurring events ...Show more
Tour de Force by Roman Quaedvlieg
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
From his first day in uniform as a policeman during the dying days of 'the Moonlight State' on the mean streets of Fortitude Valley, to undercover with bikies and gangs; working alongside colleagues solid and dubious until he reached the nation's corridors of power, Roman Quaedvlieg has seen it all. Foc ...Show more
Fake: A Startling True Story of Love in a World of Liars, Cheats, Narcissists, Fantasists and Phonies by Stephanie Wood
$35.00 AUD
Category: True Crime
Women the world over are brought up to hope, even expect, to find the man of their dreams, marry and live happily ever after. When Stephanie Wood meets a sweet man who owns a farm and property, she embarks on an exhilarating romance with him. He seems compassionate, truthful and loving. He talks about t ...Show more
The French Revolution and What Went Wrong by Stephen Clarke
$23.00 AUD
Category: European
An entertaining and eye-opening look at the French Revolution, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde.The French Revolution and What Went Wrong looks back at the French Revolution and how it's surrounded in a myth. In 1789, almost no one in France wanted t ...Show more
An Impeccable Spy - Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent by Owen Matthews
$50.00 AUD
Category: History
The thrilling true story of Richard Sorge-the Soviet intelligence operative John le Carr called "the spy to end spies." Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. Born to a German mother and a Russian father, Sorge became a fanatical communist-and the Soviet Union's ...Show more
Atlas Obscura - An Explorers Guide To the World's Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer; Ella Morton; Dylan Thuras
$45.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Atlas Obscura Ser.
From the founders of Atlas Obscura.com, the online destination for wonder and curiosity -- with over five million active monthly users -- comes a book like no other, featuring over 600 lushly illustrated entries on wondrous, curious, eccentric and bizarre locales: from the bone museums of Italy to the s ...Show more
The Chief - The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts by Joan Biskupic
$55.00 AUD
Category: American
An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so farJohn Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything but, pointing t ...Show more
Surviving the Fatherland - A True Coming-Of-Age Love Story Set in WWII Germany by Annette Oppenlander
$36.00 AUD
Category: History
Spanning thirteen years from 1940 to 1953 and set against the epic panorama of WWII, author Annette Oppenlander's SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND is a sweeping saga of family, love, and betrayal that illuminates an intimate part of history seldom seen: the children's war. SURVIVING THE FATHERLAND tells the tr ...Show more
Thomas Cromwell: A Life (PB) by Diarmaid MacCulloch
$27.00 AUD
Category: History
That decade was one of the most momentous in English history- it saw a religious break with the Pope, unprecedented use of parliament, the dissolution of all monasteries, and the coming of the Protestantism which decisively shaped the future of this country. Cromwell was central to all this, but establi ...Show more