Populus: Living and Dying in the Wealth, Smoke and Din of Ancient Rome by Guy de la Bedoyere
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient world Living in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly recorded by Rome's historians, philosophers, and poets who were acutely aware of the seething and voluptuous nature of a city that ruled the known world. Through ...Show more
The Curtain and the Wall - A Modern Journey along Europes Cold War Border by Timothy Phillips
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
From the Arctic Circle to the Turkish border, a landmark journey along the old Iron Curtain, tracing the history of the Cold War and meeting the people who live with its legacy.
The Book of Japanese Folklore: An Encyclopedia of the Spirits, Monsters, and Yokai of Japanese Myth: The Stories of the Mischievous Kappa, Trickster Kitsune, Horrendous Oni, and More by Thersa Matsuura
$32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: World Mythology and Folklore Ser.
Discover everything you’ve ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Japanese folklore including how they have found their way into every corner of our pop culture from the creator of the podcast Uncanny Japan. Welcome to The Book of Japanese Folklore: a fascinating journey th ...Show more
Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins by Gareth Harney
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through humankind's most universal object- the coin. When Gareth Harney was first handed a Roman coin by his father as a child, he became entranced by its beauty, its permanence, and its unique power to connect us with the ...Show more
Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries' TelegraphWhat was it really like to rule and be ruled ...Show more
Historical Figures 6 Copy Mixed Pack by Various
$170.94 AUD
Category: History
"Pack contains: 1 x 9780008116095 Napoleon 1 x 9780062984227 Cleopatra 1 x 9780007197903 Shakespeare 1 x 9780063236790 I Have A Dream 1 x 9780008284435 Young Alexander 1 x 9780008274986 The Splendid and the Vile 50.0% SOR"
Endgame 1944 - How Stalin Won the War by Jonathan Dimbleby
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
June 1944- In Operation Bagration, more than two million Red Army soldiers, facing 500,000 German soldiers, finally avenged their defeat in Operation Barbarossa in 1941. In the following three weeks, Army Group Centre lost 28 of its 32 divisions.The same month saw the Allies triumph on the beaches of No ...Show more
The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour; Luke Leafgren (Translator)
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
A Palestinian prisoner's memoir of thirty years' captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts him This is the story of a wall that somehow chose me as the witness of what it said and didNasser Abu Srour grew up in a refugee camp in the West Bank, on the outskirts of Bethlehem. As ...Show more
The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms (HB) by Richard Fidler
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever seen, established with astonishing speed. A people obsessed with travel, knowledge and adventure. When Richard Fidler came across the account of Ibn Fadlan - a tenth-century Arab diplomat who travelled a ...Show more
Putin's Wars and NATO's Flaws: Why Russia Invaded Ukraine by PAUL MOORCRAFT
$75.00 AUD
Category: History
This book explores why there is a major war again in Europe. Putin's actions need to be understood if not forgiven. With the Ukraine conflict increasingly seen as a proxy war of NATO versus Russia, how likely is the fighting to spread?The author, a highly respected journalist and political commentator, ...Show more
Loss of the Titanic by Beesley Lawrence
$44.95 AUD
Category: History
Originally published in 1912, and long out of print in the UK, this new edition has been reset and newly illustrated with over 100 contemporary photos and illustrations. New introduction by Lawrence Beesley's grandson, New York Times journalist Nicholas Wade. Includes artefacts and photographs of in pos ...Show more
The Rest is History (The Official Book from the Makers of the Hit Podcast) by Tom Holland; Dominic Sandbrook
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Make room Herodotus, stand down Bede, pipe down Pepys . . . There's a new history book in town. From the chart-topping podcast The Rest is History, a whistle-stop tour through the past from Alexander the Great to Tolkein, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland ...Show more