Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle For Global Justice by Geoffrey Robertson
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Category: New Non Fiction
A freshly updated version of the definitive book on human rights law, now with a new chapter on war crimes in Ukraine In a newly updated edition of Crimes Against Humanity, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why we must hold political and military leaders accountable for genocide, torture and mass murder. H ...Show more
The Forever War by Nick Bryant
$39.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the American experiment is failing. Division, mistrust and misinformation are now its defining characteristics. The storming of the Capitol, the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the increasing spotlight on Second Amendment rights rai ...Show more
Downfall: Prigozhin and Putin, and the new fight for the future of Russia
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Category: New Non Fiction
The compelling, first-to-market story of the rise, fall and death of the Wagner Group's Evgeny Prigozhin, and what this tells us about the chaotic new direction of late Putinism, by the acclaimed author of A Short History of Russia. Evgeny Prigozhin emerged as one of the most dangerous warlords in the w ...Show more
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany by Harald Jähner
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Category: New Non Fiction
Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Harald J hner (Aftermath- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich) presents a staggering new assessment of the short life of the Weimar Republic between the wars in Germany. Germany, 1918- a country in flux. The First World War is lost, traditional values are shaken to ...Show more
Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins by Gareth Harney
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Category: New Non Fiction
The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through humankind's most universal object- the coin. When Gareth Harney was first handed a Roman coin by his father as a child, he became entranced by its beauty, its permanence, and its unique power to connect us with the ...Show more
Made in China - When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade by Elizabeth O'Brien Ingleson
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Category: New Non Fiction
The surprising story of how Cold War foes found common cause in transforming China's economy into a source of cheap labor, creating the economic interdependence that characterizes our world today. For centuries, the vastness of the Chinese market tempted foreign companies in search of customers. But in ...Show more
Churchill's Challenges, 1918-1940 by JOHN HARTE
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Category: New Non Fiction
Why do bad things happen to good people? The current battle between superstitious and prejudiced forces from the past, against more enlightened modern ones, began when Winston Churchill was appointed colonial secretary in 1920\. With the defeat of the shadowy Turkish Empire in 1918 by the Allies, he was ...Show more
Napoleon's Library: The Emperor, His Books and Their Influence on the Napoleonic Era by LOUIS SARKOZY
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Category: New Non Fiction
Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he remained between leading his armies and ruling over a vast empire an indefatigable reader who even carried libraries into battle. Bonaparte's love of the written word, birthed in ...Show more
Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House by Adrian Tinniswood
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Category: New Non Fiction
From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend- a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with aristocratic values. From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend- a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the Engl ...Show more
Very Bad People - The Inside Story of the Fight Against the World's Network of Corruption by Patrick Alley
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Category: New Non Fiction
The gripping and untold story of how Global Witness have uncovered a worldwide network of highly organized criminality, kleptocracy and corruption and exposed the people behind it. Arms trafficking, offshore accounts and luxury property deals. Super-yachts, private jets and super-car collections. Blood ...Show more
Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up by Mary Beard
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Non Fiction | Series: Sather Classical Lectures
"Superbly acute and unashamedly complex."-The Telegraph "Rich and provocative."-Times Literary Supplement "An engaging exploration."-The New Yorker "The phenomenal Ms. Beard has written another cracking book, one of her best."-The Independent What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, fil ...Show more