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
Cinderella Boys The Forgotten RAF Force That Won the Battle of the Atlantic by Leo McKinstry
$34.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who rescued Britain from Hitler's U-boats and made Allied victory possible.In early 1943 Britain was engaged in an epic struggle for survival. As the deadly wolf packs of German U-boats roamed the Atlantic, supply lines and shipping losses fell victim to the c ...Show more
How Migration Really Works: A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics by Hein de Haas
$35.00 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
An authoritative and myth-busting analysis that tells us why we're wrong about migration Global migration is not at an all-time high. The climate emergency will not lead to mass migration. Border restrictions have actually produced more migration. These statements might sound like they completely contra ...Show more
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A Caro
$79.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by 'the greatest political biographer of our times? (Sunday Times) - chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time and by the Modern Library as one of the 100 ...Show more
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
$24.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
Shots rang out in Savannah's grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. John Berendt's sharply observed, ...Show more
Gaffs: Why No One Can Get a House, and What We Can Do about It by Rory Hearne
$24.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
The book that has been waiting to be written - how Ireland's housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it.Millennials are the first generation in Ireland to be worse off than their parents. Trapped in a game of rental roulette, stuck living at h ...Show more
The British Are Coming: the War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson
$32.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
‘To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing … A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about [America's] origins as a people and a nation. It is difficult to imagine any reader putting this beguiling book down without a smile and a tear.' New York Times In June 1773 ...Show more
The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici by Christopher Hibbert
$39.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of enormous wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its often bloody political scene was dominated by rich mercantile families, the most famous of which were the Medici. This enthralling book charts the family's hu ...Show more
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins
$35.00 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2022**'This book is dynamite' - ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the MindA searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.Sprawling across a quarter of the world's land mass and cl ...Show more
Imperial Island - A History of Empire in Modern Britain by Charlotte Lydia Riley
$35.00 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
'Incisive, important, and incredibly timely' CAROLINE ELKINS, author of Legacy of ViolenceThis riveting new history tells the story of Britain's journey from imperial power to a nation divided.After the Second World War, Britain's overseas empire disintegrated. But over the next seventy years, empire ca ...Show more
A History of Britain in Just a Minute by Gyles Brandreth
$32.99 AUD
Category: World History/Politics
The story of us - without hesitation, repetition or deviation.What does Rumpelstiltskin have to do with the princes in the tower? What is so special about the year 1776? How many Harry Potters does it take to screw in a lightbulb?Join national treasure and Just a Minute regular Gyles Brandreth on a hila ...Show more