Mawson's Forgotten Men: The 1911-1913 Antarctic Diary of Charles Turnbull Harrisson by Heather Rossiter
$49.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
Tasmanian-born Charles Turnbull Harrisson (1867-1914) was one of the members of Douglas Mawson's legendary Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14. Harrisson joined the expedition as a biologist and artist, a part of the Western Party based on Queen Mary Land and led by Frank Wild. He was also a gi ...Show more
The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
Australians are generally uncomfortable in the global spotlight - outside of sports stadiums. But after seeing us negotiate the Asian financial crisis, the tech wreck and the Global Financial Crisis that bred the Great Recession, the world is now turning to us, the 'miracle economy', for guidance. This ...Show more
Panic by David Marr
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
Australians see themselves as a relaxed and tolerant bunch. But scratch the surface and you'll uncover an extraordinary level of panic about politics, art, sexuality, drugs, boat people, protest, religion and terror. Through it all, David Marr has stood tall to question the hubris, ignorance and decepti ...Show more
PEOPLE PARLIAMENT AND POLITICS by JONA WALTER
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
An Incredible Race of People by Bob Katter, Jr
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
"In 1988, Queensland politician Bob Katter Jnr was, at short notice, called upon to officiate and entertain the King and Queen of Spain. At dinner the three discussed Australian white settlement and our forebears, prompting Queen Sofia to remark, 'What an incredible race of people you are.' Today Bob Ka ...Show more
Hiroshima Nagasaki by Paul Ham
$55.00 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
"Nobody is more disturbed," said President Truman, three days after the destruction of Nagasaki in 1945, "over the use of the atomic bombs than I am, but I was greatly disturbed over the unwarranted attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor and their murder of our prisoners of war. The only language (the J ...Show more
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945 by Max Hastings
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
[This is Part 2 of a 2-part audiobook Cassette Library Edition.] World War II involved tens of millions of soldiers and cost sixty million lives--an average of twenty-seven thousand a day. For thirty-five years, Max Hastings has researched and written about different aspects of the war. Now, for the fir ...Show more
Monash: The Outsider Who Won a War by Roland Perry
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
Australian general Sir John Monash changed the way wars were fought and won. When the British and German high commands of the First World War failed to gain ascendency after fours years of slaughter never before seen in human history, Monash used innovative techniques and modern technology to plan and w ...Show more
Charles Darwin - An Australian Selection by Pulman, Felicity
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History / Politics/Current Affairs
Charles Darwin found much in Australia to challenge and inform his thinking. This book explores the impact that Darwins short visit to Australia in 1836 had on the man himself and on the emerging nation. Now, more than 170 years later, Darwin continues to infl uence Australian attitudes to life and livi ...Show more