History

An intimate portrait of an extraordinary company which rapidly grew from modest beginnings into a market leader at a time of unprecedented change in Australian society. In Gideon Haigh's lively...

Despite our enduring fascination with Bligh, Christian and the Bounty, few Australians or New Zealanders are aware of the naval mutinies within their national histories. Since 1916 there have been...

A professional military historian analyzes the most spectacular cock-ups in military history caused by everything from incompetent generals to interfering politicians, hopeless planning and misplaced confidence. This graphic account has...

In an age of fake news and half-truths, the radical potential of democracy is more important than ever, as this nimble, illuminating history by a celebrated political theorist reveals. From...

A NEW YORKER AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Sophisticated, rich and skilful . . . highlights the extraordinary place these women carved out for themselves against the...

By the time of the emperors, the Romans had created the world's first global empire stretching from Morocco in the West to Iraq in the East, and from Britain in...

Mistresses and wives, mothers and daughters - Antonia Fraser brilliantly explores the relationships which existed between The Sun King and the women in his life. This includes not only Louis...

FROM THE HEART introduces us to a new pantheon of heroes - men and women of the five hundred Indian nations that have been eradicated over the past five hundred...

At War at Sea is a fascinating account of the most important naval conflicts of the twentieth century. The book begins with a gripping account of one of the most...

The prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account. On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder...

Written by eminent classical scholar Michael Grant. The Ancient Mediterranean is a wonderfully revealing, unusually comprehensive history of all the peoples who lived around the Mediterranean from about 15,000 B.C....

Examining the Roman world from an unusual and illuminating angle, this volume explores the central period of the Roman empire from Julius Caesar to Marcus Aurelius. Martin Goodman focuses on...

This, the third volume to appear in the New Oxford History of England, covers the period from the repeal of the Corn Laws to the dramatic failure of Gladstone's first...

Curry serves up a delectable history of Indian cuisine, ranging from the imperial kitchen of the Mughal invader Babur to the smoky cookhouse of the British Raj. In this fascinating...

The "Scottish Nation" examines the social, political, religious and economic factors that have shaped modern Scotland. Drawing on the latest research, Devine places Scotland firmly within an international context and...

A new addition to Penguin's best-selling series of historical atlases. This new historical atlas - richly illustrated with photographs, artwork recreations and full-colour maps - explores the world's earliest civilisations...

The author brings to life the Zuytdorp story, the Dutch East India ship which disappeared in 1712 enroute from Cape Town to Batavia. It covers the disappearance, the discovery of...

Essential reading for historians and enthusiasts of WW2. First complete history of a hitherto overlooked subject. Previously successful, and reprinted, in hardback. The 'Liberty' ships were the most numerous type...

**A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'He had the dream again last night... He taps the gloves of his unbeaten Polish opponent. There are rumours that the loser will be sent to...

The Vietnam conflict was an event that bitterly divided Australian society. While many people supported the government's military response to the perceived threat posed by expasionist communism, many others violently...

Carol Baxter has written a work that captures the reader This is largely because of her skill as a narrative historian, her capacity to tell a good story.' - Gregory...

The French countryside is as beloved by the many millions of tourists who visit it each year as it is of French people themselves. But it has not always looked...

First as a doe-eyed ingenue with 'As Tears Go By', then as a gravel-voiced phoenix rising from the ashes of the 1960s with a landmark punk album, Broken English ,...

In Chain Letters, each chapter is a mini-detective story, either a search for the identity behind a particular account, or an attempt to piece a convict life together from scattered...

Secondhand British Heritage & Illustrated Travel Bargain Book Box SP4065 Twelve illustrated volumes of British landscape, history, and heritage — historic houses, National Trust properties, aerial surveys, literary landmarks, and...

Secondhand World History & Archaeology Bargain Book Box SP4064 Nine substantial illustrated volumes spanning ancient civilisations, medieval history, and world cultures. The atlases — Greek world, Viking world, Mesopotamia, medieval...

Secondhand Music Non-Fiction Bargain Book Box SP4063 Fourteen books for the serious music lover — New Grove reference volumes, conductor memoirs, orchestral history, and the story of music from Schubert...

Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4073 Eighteen ex-library books covering Tobruk, Kokoda, air power, the Pacific, the Somme, bomb disposal and military intelligence — a wide-ranging collection across both...

Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4074 Eighteen ex-library books covering the Dambusters, the Royal Navy, the RAF's bombing campaign, D-Day, Beersheba, Darwin, the Burma-Thailand railway and more — with...

This mility battalion was Sydney based and trained near Wollongong. It was called on to play a part in the New Guinea War, and in the Ramu Valley , helped...

In May 1968, Mike Towers was conscripted into the Australian Army and found himself sent to Vietnam without volunteering and against regulations. The next 24 months irrevocably changed his life....

Delta Four exposes the inner workings of a rifle company - how its soldiers trained for war, and how they operated and fought in the war zone. It examines the...

The story begins in September 1965 when a small cadre of professional soldiers assembled at Puckapunyal in Victoria. Their task: to create, from a mixed bunch of conscripts and regulars,...

The book titled Action Stations Overseas: Britain's Military Airfields Abroad by the author Tony Fairbairn. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In 1941, the British people had their backs to the wall in their lone fight against the might of Hitler's Germany. America was neutral, at least until the bombing of...

The concise, easy-to-use guide to tracing your family tree, from the hit BBC series that sparked the nation's interest in our family histories. Do you know where you came from?...

Highly Commended in the 2022 NSW Premier's History Awards Some generations are born unlucky. Australians who survived the horrors of the Great War and the Spanish flu epidemic that followed...

A National Book Award winner The New York Times bestselling history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. "An engrossing and relentless intellectual history...

The Commandos were Britain's first-ever special forces, formed in 1940 using volunteers from all three services. After the war, Commando units of the Royal Marines engaged in virtually every military...

The book titled The Australian War Classics Collection. by the author Lawson Glassop. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Barbarians: a Private's Story by the author Peter Pinney. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.