Scotland: The Global History: 1603 to the Present by Murray Pittock
25.95 AUD
26.95 (3% off)
Category: History
An engaging and authoritative history of Scotland's influence in the world and the world's on Scotland, from the Thirty Years' War to the present day Scotland is one of the oldest nations in the world, yet by some it is hardly counted as a nation at all. Neither a colony of England nor a fully equal ...Show more
Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City by Jane Stevenson
28.50 AUD
29.99 (4% off)
Category: History
An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy.Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating landscape, Siena is as much a magnet for contemporary tourism as Florence. However, its proud republica ...Show more
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons by Catrine Jarman
32.99 AUD
34.99 (5% off)
Category: History
From the brilliant bioarchaeologist and bestselling author of River Kings, a gripping new history of the Anglo-Saxons told through six bone chests, stored for over a thousand years in Winchester Cathedral. A book that unlocks the secrets of the pre-Norman past. In 1642, William Waller and his Parliamen ...Show more
The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict by Andrew Pettegree
52.25 AUD
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Category: History
Propaganda, pulp fiction, spies and censorship: the fascinating and action-packed story of books in wartime 'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable part of life.' David Kyn ...Show more
The Mirrored Door - Break Through the Hidden Barrier That Locks Successful Women in Place by Ellen Connelly Taaffe
32.99 AUD
34.99 (5% off)
Category: Social Issues
Unlock what's blocking your career, and open the door to new opportunity At some point in their careers, many women encounter the mirrored door--the place where, when presented with opportunities, we reflect inward and hesitate, and deem we're not ready or worthy enough to move forward, whether that is ...Show more
The Persian War: A Military History by William Shepherd
47.50 AUD
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Category: History | Series: General Military Ser.
The victory of a few Greek city-states over the world's first superpower was an extraordinary military feat that secured the future of western civilization. All modern accounts of the war as a whole, and of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, the best-known battles, depend on the ancient sources, foremos ...Show more
The Romanovs: The Story of Russia and its Empire 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
25.99 AUD
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Category: History | Reading Level: good
"Epic history on the grandest scale. . . . Game of Thrones seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison."--Financial Times The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined princip ...Show more
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes
32.99 AUD
34.99 (5% off)
Category: Ancient History/Mythology
Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositi ...Show more
The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray
23.99 AUD
24.99 (4% off)
Category: Social Issues | Reading Level: good-very good
SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘The most important book of the year’ Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world’s foremost political writers ‘The anti-Western revisionists have been out in force in recent years. It is high time that we revise them in turn…’ In The War o ...Show more
Unshrinking: How to Fight Fatphobia by Kate Manne
34.99 AUD
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Category: Social Issues
"Size discrimination harms everyone. Acclaimed philosopher Kate Manne shows how to combat it. For as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has wanted to be smaller. She can tell you what she weighed on any significant occasion: her wedding day, the day she became a professor, the day her daughter was bor ...Show more
Vikings by Neil Oliver
23.99 AUD
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Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The Vikings famously took no prisoners, relished cruel retribution, and prided themselves on their blood-thirsty skills as warriors. But their prowess in battle is only a small part of their story, which stretches from their Scandinavian origins to America in the west and as far as Baghdad in the east. ...Show more
Wild Sea - A History of the Southern Ocean by Joy McCann
31.50 AUD
32.99 (4% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Flowing completely around the Earth and unimpeded by any landmass, the wild and elusive Southern Ocean reaches from the seasonally-shifting icy continent of Antarctica to the southern coastlines and islands of Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa. In Wild Sea, Joy McCann interweaves th ...Show more