Where Light in Darkness Lies: The Story of the Lighthouse by Veronica Della Dora
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Suspended between sea and sky, battered by the waves and the wind, lighthouses mark the battlelines between the elements. They guard the boundaries between the solid human world and the primordial chaos of the waters; between stability and instability; between the known and the unknown. As such, they ha ...Show more
The Lion House: The Coming of A King by Christopher de Bellaigue
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' TelegraphVenice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear- the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to wage total war - and his sights are set on Rome. With Christendom divided, Suleyman the Magn ...Show more
Belfast - The Story of a City and Its People by Feargal Cochrane
$41.95 AUD
Category: History
A lively and inviting history of Belfast--exploring the highs and lows of a resilient city Modern Belfast is a beautiful city with a vibrant tradition of radicalism, industry, architectural innovation, and cultural achievement. But the city's many qualities are all too frequently overlooked, its image ...Show more
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 19 ...Show more
No Free Parking: The Curious History of London's Monopoly Streets by Nicholas Boys Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A new history of London, framed through its Monopoly streets and the colourful stories behind them.
Blood on the Snow: The Russian Revolution 1914-1924 by Robert Service
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution. For Service, the great unanswered questio ...Show more
Tears over Russia - A Search for Family and the Legacy of Ukraine's Pogroms by Lisa Brahin
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
As a child, I was drawn to an old sepia-toned photograph taken in Russia that stood proudly on my great-grandmother's shelf. The Cabinet Portrait showed her as a stunning young brunette propping up her infant daughter on a four legged stand. It was my first clue that another world preceded mine, and the ...Show more
Out of the Depths A History of Shipwrecks by Alan G. Jamieson
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A highly illustrated voyage through shipwrecks ancient and contemporary. Out of the Depths explores all aspects of shipwrecks across 4,000 years, examining their historical context and significance, and showing how shipwrecks can be time capsules, shedding new light on long-departed societies and civili ...Show more
The Normans - Power, Conquest and Culture in 11th Century Europe by Judith A. Green
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
A bold new history of the rise and expansion of the Norman Dynasty across Europe from Byzantium to England In the eleventh century the climate was improving, population was growing, and people were on the move. The Norman dynasty ranged across Europe, led by men who achieved lasting fame, such as Wi ...Show more
Russia: Myths and Realities by Rodric Braithwaite
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
'Wise and thorough' The Spectator 'Brisk and readable ... very valuable' Financial Times 'He is an engaging guide ... and writes with the same flair demonstrated in his previous bestseller Afgantsy' The Sunday Telegraph 'A scholarly yet highly readable gallop through the last 1000 years of Russian hi ...Show more
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the American Century by Beverley Gage
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
When he became director of the FBI in 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was a dazzling wunderkind buzzing with big ideas for reform. He transformed a failing law-enforcement backwater, riddled with scandal, into a modern machine. He believed in the power of the federal government to do great things for the nation a ...Show more
How Things Fall Apart: What Happened to the Cuban Revolution by Elizabeth Dore
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A powerful account of the decline of the Cuban Revolution, told through the lives of five ordinary Cuban citizens. 'Masterful... Dore uses oral history to tell a history of Cuba from the bottom up' Professor Linda Gordon 'A vital addition to Cuba's rich oral tradition' Will Grant, BBC Cuba Correspondent ...Show more