Ordinary Men by Christopher R Browning
$23.00 AUD
Category: History
In 1942 a unit of ordinary, middle-aged, German reserve policemen were ordered to liquidate a Jewish village. Most of them had never fired a shot at a human being before, yet they killed with little hesitation and eventually went on to slaughter tens of thousands in cold blood. How could this transforma ...Show more
The Sea Journal: Seafarers' Sketchbooks by Huw Lewis-Jones
$60.00 AUD
Category: European
The sea has been an endless source of fascination, at once both alluring and mysterious, a place of wonder and terror. The Sea Journal contains first-hand records by a great range of travellers of their encounters with strange creatures and new lands, full of dangers and delights, pleasures and perils. ...Show more
The Caesar of Paris - Napoleon Bonapart, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped an Empire by Susan Jaques
$54.95 AUD
Category: British
Napoleon is one of history's most fascinating figures. But his complex relationship with Rome--both with antiquity and his contemporary conflicts with the Pope and Holy See--have undergone little examination. In The Caesar of Paris, Susan Jaques reveals how Napoleon's dueling fascination and rivalry i ...Show more
Let Me Finish by Chris Christie
$33.00 AUD
Category: Political
The famously candid two-term governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie was the first major official to endorse Trump for president. Christie quickly became one of Trump's most trusted advisors, tapped with running Trump's transition team and nearly being named vice president. Within days of Trump's surpris ...Show more
The Yao - The Mien and Mun Yao in China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand by Jess G. Pourret
$120.00 AUD
Category: Asian
The Yao, a non Chinese minority moved most likely from the Yang Tse Basin many centuries ago to the Southern Chinese provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. Possibly around the 13th century they pushed onwards to northern Vietnam then Laos and finally Thailand. Perhaps nine o ...Show more
Dangerous Hero: Corbyn's Ruthless Plot for Power by Tom Bower
$32.99 AUD
Category: Political
'The book every voter must read' Mail on Sunday A gripping expose of the man, his politics and what Corbyn in Downing Street could mean for Britain After four unremarkable decades in politics, Jeremy Corbyn stands on the brink of power. Until his surprise election as leader of the Labour Party in 2015, ...Show more
Promise Me You'll Shoot Yourself: The Mass Suicide of Ordinary Germans In 1945 by Florian Huber
$33.00 AUD
Category: War
In 1945, as the army retreated, the German people were surrendered to the enemy with no means of defence. A wave of suicides rolled across the country as thousands chose death-for themselves and their children-rather than face the defeat of the Third Reich and what they feared might follow. Drawing on e ...Show more
A History of the Middle East by Peter Mansfield; Nicolas Pelham
$35.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
The definitive history of the Middle East, now updated in its fifth edition 'The best overall survey of the politics, regional rivalries and economics of the contemporary Arab world' Washington Post Over the centuries the Middle East has confounded the dreams of conquerors and peacemakers alike. This no ...Show more
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze
$27.00 AUD
Category: Political
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BOOKS OF THE YEARA NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOK "An intelligent explanation of the mechanisms that produced the crisis and the response to it...One of the great strengths of Tooze's book is to demonstrate the deeply intertwined nature o ...Show more
How to Build an Aircraft Carrier: The Incredible Story of the Men and Women Who Brought Britain's Biggest Warship to Life by Chris Terrill
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
65,000 tons. 280 metres long. A flight deck the size of sixty tennis courts. A giant piece of Sovereign British territory that's home to up to 50 Aircraft. HMS Queen Elizabeth in the biggest ship in the Royal Navy's history and one of the most ambitious and exacting engineering projects ever undertaken ...Show more
The Australian War Memorial: A Century on from the Vision by Steve Gower
$60.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Speaking My Mind by WARREN MUNDINE
$30.00 AUD
Category: Australian
After undergoing heart surgery in 2012 and facing his own mortality, Warren Mundine didn't feel he had time to pussyfoot around anymore. He realised he mightn't get another chance to say what he thought. By that time in his life he had already delivered dozens of speeches and written numerous newspaper ...Show more