The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution by David Runciman
36.99 AUD
Category: History
What is the history of ideas - and how has it shaped our world today? In this bold new follow-up to Confronting Leviathan, David Runciman unmasks modern politics and reveals the great men and women of ideas behind it. What can Samuel Butler's ideas teach us about the oddity of how we choose to organise ...Show more
Refugees and Rebels - Indonesian Exiles in Wartime Australia by Jan Lingard
35.00 AUD
Category: World
In accounts of wartime Australia the influx of over 5,000 Indonesian men, women and children has been largely overlooked. These people were military personnel, merchant sailors, civilians and even political prisoners of the Dutch, all evacuees from the Japanese-occupied Netherlands East Indies. They arr ...Show more
Hell-Bent: Australia's leap into the Great War by Douglas Newton
32.99 AUD
Category: Military
Most histories of Australia's Great War rush their readers into the trenches. This history is very different. For the first time, it examines events closely, even hour-by-hour, in both Britain and Australia during the last days of peace in July-August 1914. London's choice for war was a very close-run t ...Show more
1956: The Year Australia Welcomed the World by Nick Richardson
35.00 AUD
Category: History
An engrossing account of a pivotal year in Australia's history.This book debunks one of the hardiest cliches in Australian history- that the 1950s was a dull decade, when the nation seemed only interested in a quiet life, a cup of tea, and a weekend drive. The truth is that, by the time the '60s came ar ...Show more
Oscar vs the Grand Old Dude Named York by Ross Curnow
17.99 AUD
Category: History
A hilarious, fast-paced tale about a boy, a necklace, his crush and how the booby traps set by his maniacal neighbour save the day. The perfect book for fans of David Walliams and L. Pinchon's Tom Gates series, who are moving onto the next readership level. Oscar’s life has become a mystery. He has no i ...Show more
Flinders by Grantlee Kieza
35.99 AUD
Category: History
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map In 1810, Matthew Flinders made his final voyage home to his beloved wife, Ann, his body ravaged by the deprivations of years of imprisonment by the French. Four years later, at the age of just 40, he would be dead - a pre ...Show more
Buckham's Bombers: The Australian airmen who hunted Hitler's deadliest battleship by Mark Baker
34.99 AUD
Category: History
The untold story of one of the finest Australian air crews in World War II, and one of the most dangerous missions of the war in Europe. Bruce Buckham was captain of one of the finest Lancaster crews in Bomber Command in World War II. The Australians were famous for their exploits in the air and infamo ...Show more
Forged in Fire: An Australian commando's story of life and death on the frontline. by Scott Ryder
36.99 AUD
Category: Military
Forged in Fire takes us inside the secretive world of the Australian commandos. Frankly written, with self-deprecating humour, Forged in Fire reveals the qualities of strength and mental resilience that characterise special forces operators.
1974 - Scenes from a Year of Crisis by Nick Rennison
24.99 AUD
Category: History
From the Watergate scandal, deposition of Haile Selassie and the expulsion of Solzhenitsyn from the Soviet Union, to ABBA's landmark victory at the Eurovision Song Contest and the production of the very first Volkswagen Golf--a concise, entertaining survey of an important year in 20th-century history, p ...Show more
Indian Philosophy, Indian Revolution - On Caste and Politics by Divya Dwivedi; Shaj Mohan; Mael Montevil (Editor)
59.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs & Politics
In their brave and challenging book, grounded in political science and the Continental philosophical tradition, Divya Dwivedi and Shaj Mohan engage with the resurgence of upper-caste supremacism in India and its justification via the legacy of 'the Aryan doctrine' and Hindu nationalism. Their essays wer ...Show more
The Rest is History: The official book from the makers of the hit podcast by Tom; Sand Goalhanger; Holland Podcasts
24.99 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 Tolkien, the Wars of the Roses to Watergate. The nation's favourite historians Tom Holland a ...Show more
Neither King nor Saint - A Man and His Daughter's Search for Peace by Helen Topor
39.99 AUD
Category: Historical Biography
After my mother died, I brought home a tub of photos and documents she had collected. It was a Pandora's box. When I finally opened it, I discovered a photo of my father. I peered into his face, feeling the tide of many questions rushing into me. Why did you change so much? I wanted to ask. Why did you ...Show more