My Russia: War or Peace? by Mikhail Shishkin
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putin's autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine?In My Russia: War or Peace? Shishkin traces the roots of Russia ...Show more
N-4 Down - The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia by Mark Piesing
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
"GRIPPING. ... One of the greatest polar rescue efforts ever mounted." --Wall Street Journal The riveting true story of the largest polar rescue mission in history: the desperate race to find the survivors of the glamorous Arctic airship Italia, which crashed near the North Pole in 1928. Triumphantly ...Show more
Nabbing Ned Kelly: The Extraordinary True Story of the Men Who Brought Australia’s Notorious Outlaw to Justice by David Dufty
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
David Dufty goes back to the records to uncover the real story of the police officers who pursued the Kelly Gang. This pacey account of the capture of the Kelly Gang reads like a detective story. He lurched through the smoke, his armour glinting in the moonlight, and started shooting. To the weary men ...Show more
Napoleon: The Man Behind the Myth by Adam Zamoyski
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
'Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read' Sir Antony Beevor, author of StalingradA landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam Zamoyski's portrait of Napoleon is historical biography at ...Show more
Napoleon at Peace: How to End a Revolution by William Doyle
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized revolutionary France: war, religion and monarchy. Doyle sho ...Show more
Napoleon's Australia by Terry Smyth
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
A fascinating insight into French ambition and amity in Australia, bursting with joie de vivre' - David Hunt, bestselling author of GirtIn the northern winter of 1814, a French armada set sail for New South Wales. The armada's mission was the invasion of Sydney, and its inspiration and its fate were int ...Show more
Nature’s Explorers: Adventurers Who Recorded the Wonders of the Natural World by Natural History Museum
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
Nature's Explorers celebrates the individuals who made great personal endeavours to document the natural world. Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries have been chosen to illustrate each essay.From ground-breaking theorists such as Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to evocative ...Show more
Nazi Billionaires - The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties by David de Jong
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Packed with revelations, this history traces the corrupt, bloody money that was hoarded by Nazi families during and after the Second World War – and how that money has translated into wealth and power for well known companies and tycoons today. Three weeks after Hitler seized power in Germany he called ...Show more
Need to Know: World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence by Nicholas Reynolds
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Historian and former CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds, the New York Times bestselling author of Writer, Sailor, Soldier, Spy, uncovers the definitive history of American intelligence during World War II, illuminating its key role in securing victory. The entire vast modern American intelligence system—the ...Show more
Nefertiti's Face: The Creation of an Icon by Joyce Tyldesley
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Who was Nefertiti? We know her name means 'a beautiful woman has come', and that she was the wife of Akhenaten, the pharaoh who ushered in the dramatic Amarna age, and that she bore him six daughters. But after her husband's death, Nefertiti vanishes from view, and much of what we now know about her is ...Show more
Nein!: Standing up to Hitler 1935-1944 by Paddy Ashdown
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
From bestselling and prize-winning author Paddy Ashdown, a revelatory new history of German opposition to Hitler. 'Ashdown has a great gift for narrative history. He unearths little known stories and places them in context with great dexterity. His new book throws fresh and important light on a crucial ...Show more
Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East by Robert Fisk
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
The final work of Robert Fisk, following on from the authoritative and highly acclaimed The Great War for Civilisation, which charted his 30-year career as a reporter in the war zones of the Middle East. An extraordinary chronicle of Fisk's trademark rigorous journalism, historical analysis and eyewitne ...Show more