History

Geoffrey Bolton was the most versatile and widely travelled of his generation of Australian historians. As a scholar, teacher and commentator he enriched understanding of the country's regional mosaic, some...

The Nile, stretching for a distance of 4,163 miles, is the longest river in the world. The ancient Greeks were obsessed by the provenance of so much water, feeding a...

The book titled Caesar against the Celts by the author Ramon Jimenez. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Shortlisted, Historical + Critical Studies Award Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 1995

The book titled History of the Anglo-Saxons by the author Sir Francis Palgrave. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This collection of original essays focuses upon Roman Italy where, with over 400 cities, urbanization was at the very centre of Italian civilization. Informed by an awareness of the social...

The first paperback edition of Simon Schama's acclaimed and bestselling Power of Art. * 'Great art has dreadful manners...' Simon Schama observes at the start of his epic exploration of...

**WINNER OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITION CATEGORY, EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2020** 'A real page-turner ... a warning about what happens when the rich and powerful dress up their avarice...

A comprehensive history of the roads and streets of metropolitan Melbourne. This book reveals how one of the world's great cities grew and developed.

A critically acclaimed historian of France and French culture identifies the moment in modern history when informality and comfort first became priorities, causing a sudden transformation in the worlds of...

A SPECTATOR AND SCOTSMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'So well researched, pacily written and sympathetic to the Auld Cause that it almost makes one a Jacobite' Andrew Roberts, Spectator 'Enthralling...

Since it first aired in 2011, Game of Thrones galloped up the ratings to become the most watched show in HBO's history. It is no secret that creator George R.R....

The World War One Diaries, Letters and Sketches of Harold Stephens and W 'Billy' O'Neil. Over 90 years ago two friends from the farming community of Cowra, New South Wales...

The book titled St Michael's Church: Formerly Collins Street Independent Church, by the author Christopher Wood. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Follow Me!: History of Israel's Military Elite by the author Samuel M. Katz. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

One of the "Culural Atlas" series, this is an illustrated history of the Viking Age - Europe's dominant culture for over 300 years from the late 8th century. Centred on...

Through translations of their surviving writings, the Vikings speak directly to the modern reader in this book, revealing much of their everyday feelings and concerns. The Vikings are shown as...

Pompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an...

Volume two reveals the extraordinary diversity of ancient Roman religion. A comprehensive sourcebook, it presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world - from the...

Although they pursue divergent lines of analysis, these essays by historians and art historians reveal their mutual appreciation of art as historic evidence shaped by imagination as well as tradition...

White people are not literally or symbolically white; nor are they uniquely virtuous and pure. Racial imagery and racial representation are central to the organisation of the contemporary world but,...

One of the few survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising, Holocaust scholar Gutman draws on dairies, personal letters, and underground press reports in this compelling, authoratative account of a...

A major new narrative account of one of history's greatest and most epic mysteries: the strange death of the Roman Empire. In AD 378 the Roman Empire had been the...

A detailed study of Tudor textiles, highlighting their extravagant beauty and their impact on the royal court, fashion, and taste At the Tudor Court, textiles were ubiquitous in decor and...

George Orwell once described Britain as the most class-ridden society under the sun, and it is still widely believed that British society is obsessed with class, to a greater degree...

Three great revolutions rocked the world around 1800. The first two - the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution - have inspired the greatest volume of literature. But the third...

The sites of lost or abandoned cities present a unique and exciting aspect in archeology. They provide a tangiable link with ancestors, illuminating how and where they chose to live...

The book titled A Day of Battle: Mars-la-Tour, 16 August 1870 by the author David Ascoli. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Through a lively blend of memoirs, reminiscences, and modern day adventure, John Baxter (author of The Perfect Meal and Immoveable Feast ) takes us into the heart of Paris during...

A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in...

Prize-winning author Adam Nicolson tells the story he was born to write - the real story of England. It is the gentry that has made England what it was and,...

A compelling exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinker The Performer explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics and everyday...

Silk Silver Opium not only tells the fascinating stories of silk and tea, porcelain, silver and opium, missionaries, mercenaries and trade, but also what became inevitable - war and humiliation....

The story of the voyage that changed human understanding forever. In 1831, Charles Darwin set out on an expedition to South America, brought along as a gentleman companion for Captain...

An adventurous, dazzling and original continent-sized history that brings South America's epic past and fascinating present to life Stretching from the edge of Antarctica to the shores of the Caribbean,...

Multi-million copy bestselling author Terry Deary shows you the history of the world through the eyes of Mr and Mrs Peasant (and their good friend Monsieur Guillotine...). A globetrotting, laugh-out-loud...

Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere was one of the great traveller-naturalists of the 18th century. He is most famous for his account of his voyage to the South Seas with Bruny...

A revelatory exploration of how today's right-wing authoritarianism emerged not in opposition to neoliberalism, but from within it After the end of the Cold War, neoliberalism, with its belief in...

A radical retelling of human history through collapse, and what it means for our uncertain future A radical retelling of human history through collapse - from the dawn of our...

A unique, startling book that gives a rich and detailed sense of life in an African port some 360 years ago In 1665 Crispina Peres, the most powerful trader in...

A startling exploration of slavery in the Islamic world from the 7th century to the present Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, complex and controversial history. Captives and...

The story of the ancient world's most spectacular library, and the civilization that created it When a team of Victorian archaeologists dug into a grassy hill in Iraq, they chanced...

A sweeping, dramatic history of capitalism as seen through the eyes of its fiercest critics At a time when we are faced with fundamental questions about the sustainability and morality...