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Checkmate in Berlin by Giles Milton
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
'Brilliantly recapturing the febrile atmosphere of Berlin in the first four years after the Second World War, Giles Milton reminds us what an excellent story-teller he is' - Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with DestinyBerlin was in ruins when Soviet forces fought their way towards the Reich ...Show more
White Birch - A Russian Reflection by Tom Jeffreys
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
'It has been hand-planted by Tsarinas and felled by foresters. It has been celebrated by peasants, worshipped by pagans and painted by artists. It has self-seeded across mountains and rivers and train tracks and steppe and right through the ruined modernity of a nuclear fall-out site. And like all symbo ...Show more
Unwell Women - A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
'We are taught that medicine is the art of solving our body's mysteries. And as a science, we expect medicine to uphold the principles of evidence and impartiality. We want our doctors to listen to us and care for us as people, but we also need their assessments of our pain and fevers, aches and exhaust ...Show more
Radicals: Remembering the Sixties by Meredith Burgmann, Nadia Wheatley
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The Sixties -- an era of protest,free love, civil disobedience, duffel coats, flower power, giant afros and desert boots, all recorded on grainy black and white footage -- marked a turning point for change. A time when radicals found their voices and used them. While the initial trigger for protest was ...Show more
Stalin's Wine Cellar by John Baker; Nick Place
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
In the late 1990s, John Baker was known as a purveyor of quality rare and old wines. Always entrepreneurial and up for adventure, he was the perfect person for an occasional business partner to approach with a mysterious wine list that was foreign to anything John, or his second-in-command, Kevin Hopko, ...Show more
The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Behavior - Discover the True Stories Behind the 64 Most Popular Daily Rituals by Laura Hetherington; Rebecca Pry (Illustrator)
$35.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Illustrated Histories Ser.
The Illustrated Histories of Everyday Behavior tells the extraordinary true stories of the 64 biggest social graces and faux pas--using hilarious and informative illustrations From the time we're born, we're taught to mind our manners: don't put your elbows on the table, make eye contact when you're sp ...Show more
Edda by Snorri Sturluson; Anthony Faulkes (Editor)
$21.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Everyman Ser.
"But the king's heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where heroes sink down..." Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of tradit ...Show more
Crucible of Hell - Okinawa: the Last Great Battle of the Second World War by Saul David
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
'Excellent' Antony Beevor 'Saul David is a brilliant historian ... In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greater prominence and understanding vividly back to life' James Holland From award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of th ...Show more
The Wood Age: How One Material Shaped the Whole of Human History by Rolans Ennos
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Roland Ennos' The Wood Age is a love-letter to the world's most vital and yet most threatened material. It is the story of how wood has shaped our human experience from the earliest foragers to the modern four poster bed. In a journey to appreciate how much wood matters – and has done since prehistor ...Show more
Providence Lost by Paul Lay
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of the rise and fall of Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate (1653-9), England's sole experiment in republican government – and one of the most extraordinary but neglected periods in British history. 'A compelling and wry narrative of one of the most intellectually thrilling eras of British history ...Show more
Empire of Pain - The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The highly-anticipated portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, by the prize-winning, bestselling author of Say Nothing. The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions - Harvard; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Oxford; the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the ...Show more
River Kings by CATRINE. JARMAN
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Follow bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman – and the cutting-edge forensic techniques central to her research – as she uncovers epic stories of the Viking age and follows a small ‘Carnelian’ bead found in a Viking grave in Derbyshire to its origins thousands of miles to the east in Gujarat. Dr Cat Jarman is ...Show more