Ten Caesars - Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Bestselling classical historian Barry Strauss delivers "an exceptionally accessible history of the Roman Empire...much of Ten Caesars reads like a script for Game of Thrones" (The Wall Street Journal)--a summation of three and a half centuries of the Roman Empire as seen through the lives of ten of the ...Show more
The Art of Science by Fornasiero
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
It was one of the most lavishly equipped scientific expeditions ever to leave Europe. At the dawn of the nineteenth century, French navigator Nicolas Baudin led two ships carrying 22 scientists and more than 230 officers and crew on a three-and-a-half-year voyage to the 'Southern Lands', charting coasts ...Show more
The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter: William Buckley, John Batman and the Theft of Kulin Country by Adam Courtenay
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
By the bestselling author of The Ship That Never WasJust after Christmas 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Phillip area), to take his chances in the wilderness. A few months later, the local Aboriginal people found the six-foot-five ...Show more
Almost a French Australia by Noelene Bloomfield
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
History of French exploration in Australia and surrounding region in pre-colonial times. Profiles of explorers and historical context of their voyages.
The Language of Butterflies by Wendy Williams
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
An enthralling look at one of the world's most beautiful and resilient animals, and the role they play in our ecosystem Butterflies are beloved across the globe, adorning gardens, parks and zoos. Their feats are staggering - monarchs migrate thousands of kilometres each year. They are smarter than we th ...Show more
The Golden Maze - A biography of Prague by Richard Fidler
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague. In 1989, Richard Fidler was living in London as part of the provocative Australian comedy trio The Doug Anthony All Stars when revolution br ...Show more
Merpeople - A Human History by Vaughn Scribner
$54.99 AUD
Category: History
People have been fascinated by merpeople and merfolk since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer's Odyssey to Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and the film Splash, myths, stories, and legends of half-human, half-fish creatures abound. In modern times "mermaiding" has gained popularity amon ...Show more
AWW Icons: The Women of Hollywood by Are Media
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
When the Golden Age of Hollywood was in its heyday, The Australian Women's Weekly was there too, reporting in real time on the faces, places and events of this glorious era. While the most iconic women of Hollywood may no longer be with us, their appeal has never dimmed. From Audrey to Marilyn, Garbo to ...Show more
Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights (The Sunday Times Bestseller) by Helen Lewis
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
** A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week**** A Sunday Times bestseller**'All the history you need to understand why you're so furious, angry and still hopeful about being a woman now' Caitlin MoranWell-behaved women don't make history- difficult women do.Feminism's success is down to complicated, contradictory ...Show more
Alexandria: The Quest for the Lost City Beneath the Mountains by Edmund Richardson
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
'Full, extraordinary, heart-breaking ... utterly brilliant' - William Dalrymple 'Impressive ... Masson has at last found the intrepid biographer he has so long deserved' - John Keay For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 18 ...Show more
The Dictator's Muse by Nigel Farndale
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Set against the backdrop of the Berlin Olympics and the political turmoil of 1930s London, The Dictator's Muse is a novel about misdirected love, buried guilt, and how the truths and lies of the past reveal themselves. Kim Newlands is an English athlete 'sponsored' by the Blackshirts and devoted to his ...Show more