Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments by Paul Roberts
$59.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
Rome wasn't built in a day, but over several centuries and under many different emperors. This story of continual creation and renewal lies at the heart of Ancient Rome in Fifty Monuments. Rome's history has been explored by countless classicists, historians, poets, and authors, but rarely has its histo ...Show more
Scotland's Forgotten Past - A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced and Misunderstood by Alistair Moffat
$29.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history.Scotland's history is full of famous kings, queens, saints and warriors. But what about its lesser-known places, people and events? In this collection of half-forgotten tales, Alistair ...Show more
The School That Escaped the Nazis by Deborah Cadbury
$24.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
*JEWISH CHRONICAL CRITICS' CHOICE: NON-FICTION OF THE YEAR 2022*'A devastatingly affecting book. . . Bunce Court! I keep saying the name to myself because it encapsulates all that is gentle and comically charming about wartime England' The Times'Emotionally compelling' Observer'All the violence I had ex ...Show more
Empires of the Steppes: The Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilisation by Kenneth W. Harl
$39.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics | Reading Level: near fine
The barbarian nomads of the Eurasian steppes have played a decisive role in world history, but their achievements have gone largely unnoticed. These nomadic tribes have produced some of the world’s greatest conquerors: Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan and Tamerlane, among others. And, as Kenneth W. Harl ill ...Show more
The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan by Mitchell Zuckoff
$35.00 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
The incredible, true story of a breathtaking rescue in the frenzied final hours of the US evacuation of Afghanistan - and how a brave Afghan mother and a compassionate American officer engineered a daring escape.When the US began its withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the Afghan army instantly collapsed, ...Show more
The Parthenon Marbles Dispute: Heritage, Law, Politics by Alexander Herman
$39.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics | Series: The\Art Law Library
Why are we still arguing over the Parthenon Marbles? This book offers a fresh take on the history of those famous pieces of ancient sculpture removed from the Acropolis in Athens by Lord Elgin's men in the early 19th century. It explains how they became the cause célèbre of the larger debates around cul ...Show more
The Abraham Lincoln Book of Quotes - A Collection of Speeches, Quotations, Essays and Advice from the Sixteenth President of the United States by Travis Hellstrom
$35.00 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
Abraham Lincoln's words have been a source of wisdom and inspiration for so many people in all walks of life. From his rousing Gettysburg Address to his personal letters to his wife, there is always something new to learn about the man and, in turn, about ourselves. The Abraham Lincoln Book of Quotes co ...Show more
Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World - A History by William Alexander
$32.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
Survivor of the overnight vaporization of an ancient civilization and the excesses of the Renaissance, the tomato has persisted through countless trials, holding on long enough to become the most popular vegetable in the world. Now grown on every continent, the tomato seems poised for its next act, tran ...Show more
The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray
$29.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics | Reading Level: good-very good
SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘The most important book of the year’ Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world’s foremost political writers ‘The anti-Western revisionists have been out in force in recent years. It is high time that we revise them in turn…’ In The War o ...Show more
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk by Buddy Levy
$34.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
<b>The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it.</b> In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine <i>Karluk</i> departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the wo ...Show more
To the Ends of the Earth: How the Greatest Maps Were Made by Philip Parker
$49.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
This lavishly illustrated book provides a unique insight into the evolution of mapmaking and the science behind it, from the stone age to the digital age. Britain's leading cartographic author takes us on a historical journey through how the greatest maps were created. Exploring key cartographers a ...Show more