Enraged - Why Violent Times Need Ancient Greek Myths by Emily Katz Anhalt
$38.00 AUD
Category: History
An examination of remedies for violent rage rediscovered in ancient Greek myths
The Golden Rhinoceros: Histories of the African Middle Ages by François-Xavier Fauvelle
$60.00 AUD
Category: History
A leading historian reconstructs the forgotten history of medieval Africa From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which places like Ghana, N ...Show more
Nervous States: How Feeling Took over the World by William Davies
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
Why do we no longer trust experts, facts and statistics?Why has politics become so fractious and warlike?What caused the populist political upheavals of recent years?How can the history of ideas help us understand our present? In this bold and far-reaching exploration of our new political landscape, Wil ...Show more
Red Flags - Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy by George Magnus
$45.00 AUD
Category: Asian
A trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic rise Under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at home and abroad, but the country also faces serious challenges. In this critical take on China's future, econom ...Show more
Collusion: How Russia Helped Trump Win the White House by Luke Harding
$23.00 AUD
Category: American
#1 New York Times Bestseller "It's a superb piece of work, wonderfully done and essential reading for anyone who cares for his country. Amazing research and brilliantly collated." John Le Carré "Collusion is so essential and ... I wish everyone who is skeptical that Russia has leverage over Trump woul ...Show more
Two Weeks in November The astonishing inside story of the coup that toppled Mugabe by Douglas Rogers
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Combining close political analysis and personal anecdotes, this book tells the incredible story of the three weeks in November 2017 when Mugabe fell from power.
Beautiful Country Burn Again: Trump's Rise to Power and the State of the Country That Voted for Him by Ben Fountain
$25.00 AUD
Category: Political
As Ben Fountain sees it, the United States is facing its third existential crisis. The first was the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War. The second was the Great Depression, the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialised world, which brought about the New Deal. The thi ...Show more
Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us about Old Age and Death by Peter Jones
$30.00 AUD
Category: European
In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were already dealt with by our ancient ancestors two thousand years ago. Romans inhabited a world where man, k ...Show more
Kangaroo Squadron: American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II by Gamble Bruce
$28.00 AUD
Category: Australian
In early 1942, while most of the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single squadron advanced to the far side of the world to face America's new enemy. Based in Australia with poor supplies and no ground support, the pilots and crew ...Show more
Mary Queen Of Scots by Antonia Fraser
$25.00 AUD
Category: British | Series: Women in History Ser.
'Ground-breaking ... One of the greatest international bestsellers of the post-war period' Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph 'Reads like an engrossing novel' Sunday Times An infant queen. A teenage widow. Beautiful, flamboyant Mary Queen of Scots had a formidable intellect but her political sense - formed ...Show more
Norse Myths by Tom Birkett
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
The great Norse Myths are among the most dramatic and unforgettable stories in all human history. These fascinating, fantastical tales have inspired centuries of art, culture and literature, including the storytelling of Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, George RR Martin's Game of Thrones, Wagner's Ring Cycle and M ...Show more