Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present. 'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' Yuval Noah Harari' 'One of those few books that will turn your customary ways o ...Show more
World Beneath Their Feet - The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas by Scott Ellsworth
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Worst Miltary Leaders in History by John M. Jennings (Editor); Chuck Steele (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Spanning countries and centuries, a "how-not-to" guide to leadership that reveals the most maladroit military commanders in history. For this book, fifteen distinguished historians were given a deceptively simple task: identify their choice for the worst military leader in history and then explain w ...Show more
Written in History: Letters That Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Outstanding selection of great letters from ancient times to the 21st century, touching on power, love, art, sex, faith, and war. Written in History: Letters that Changed the World celebrates the great letters of world history, and cultural and personal life. Bestselling, prizewinning historian Simon Se ...Show more
X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis by Leah Garrett
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
During WW2, a group of Jewish refugees (intellectuals, writers, artists and athletes - most from Germany and Austria) escaped to Britain and were interned as 'enemy aliens'. In 1942, they were selected and trained to form a special unit of commandoes who would be sent back into Europe to play a signific ...Show more
X Troop - The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis by Leah Garrett
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
'This is Inglorious Basterds - but much better. Because it is the real story of clandestine Jewish fighters wreaking havoc against the Nazi war machine' Norman Ohler, author of Blitzed June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across the entire European continent. In desperation, Winston Churc ...Show more
YOUNG MONGOLS by Menard, Aubrey
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
In 1990, Mongolia's youth-led revolution threw off the Soviet yoke, ushering in multi-party democracy. Thirty years later, the country's youth are still leading Mongolia's democratic development. This powerful, inclusive book introduces readers to modern Mongolia through the stories of young leaders fig ...Show more
Yasuke by Kelley Armstrong; Geoffrey Girard; Thomas Lockley
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
WARRIOR. SAMURAI. LEGEND. The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society. The man who came to be known as Yasuke arrived in Japan in the 16th century, an indentured mercenary arriving upon one of the Por ...Show more
Yasuke: The True Story of a Legendary African Samurai by Thomas Lockley; Geoffrey Girard
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
You Call it Desert - We Used to Live There. by Pat Lowe; Jimmy Pike
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
This rare glimpse of life in the Great Sandy Desert exploresthe resourcefulness and ingenuity of the Walmajarri people, Australia s desert dwellers. A vibrant blend of personal recollection, history, Aboriginal art, and Australian indigenous studies, this survey will shed light on the lives of a scarcel ...Show more
You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World by Clare Wright
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Democracy Trilogy Ser.
For the ten years from 1902, when Australia's suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Clare Wright's epic new history tells the story of that victory--and of Australia's role in the subsequent international struggle--throu ...Show more
You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War by Elizabeth Becker
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The never-before-told story of three women who courageously reported from the frontlines of the Vietnam War. One spent twenty-three days in captivity. Another jumped off planes to get the perfect aerial shot. The other reported from war-torn slums and villages. Catherine Leroy, Frankie Fitzgerald and Ka ...Show more