Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh
$35.00 AUD
Category: Asian
When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, The Ibis Trilogy, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity carried in e ...Show more
The City of the Living by Nicola Lagioia
$40.00 AUD
Category: True Crime
The spellbinding literary true crime story of one of the most vicious crimes in recent Italian history. A journey into the darkest corners of Rome and of the human soul. For fans of Truman Capote and Emmanuel Carrere In March 2016, in an apartment on the outskirts of Rome, two "ordinary" young men bruta ...Show more
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell
$37.00 AUD
Category: British
A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of England you'll have ever read. Certainly, the funniest. Because David Mitchell will explain how it is not all n ...Show more
Storytellers: Questions, Answers and the Craft of Journalism by Leigh Sales
$37.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Leigh Sales is one of Australia's most accomplished journalists, having anchored the ABC's flagship 7.30 program for twelve years. She has been a foreign correspondent, hosted Lateline and anchored numerous elections for the ABC. In this book, she turns her interviewing skills onto her own profession, ...Show more
Dethroned: The Downfall of India's Princely States by John Zubrzycki
$35.00 AUD
Category: Asian
The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. The dramatic true story of the betrayal of hundreds of Indian princely states by both the departing British and the new Congress government. In July 1947, India’s ...Show more
Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House by Adrian Tinniswood
$30.00 AUD
Category: British
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
Beauty Is In The Street: Protest and Counterculture in Post-War Europe
$80.00 AUD
Category: Political
An electrifying history of protest and its transformations in post-war Europe In post-war Europe, protest was everywhere. On both sides of the Iron Curtain, from Paris to Prague, Milan to Wroclaw, ordinary people took to the streets, fighting for a better world. Their efforts came to a head most dramati ...Show more
The New World Disorder: How the West Is Destroying Itself by Peter R. Neumann
$37.00 AUD
Category: Political
A coruscating analysis of current international relations, setting out the dangers the world will face if the West does not succeed in reinventing itself. The West is facing an unprecedented crisis. Russia has launched a war of aggression against Ukraine - just months after the USA suffered a foreign po ...Show more
The Children of Athena: Greek writers and thinkers in the Age of Rome, 150 BC-AD 400 by Charles Freeman
$60.00 AUD
Category: History
The remarkable story of how Greek-speaking writers and thinkers sustained and developed the intellectual legacy of Classical Greece under the rule of Rome. In 146 BC, Greece yielded to the military might of the Roman Republic; some sixty years later, when Athens and other Greek city-states rebelled aga ...Show more
In Search of Berlin: The Story of a Reinvented City by John Kampfner
$37.00 AUD
Category: European
No other city has had so many lives, survived so many disasters and has reinvented itself so many times. No other city is like Berlin. Ever since John Kampfner was a young journalist in Communist East Berlin, he hasn't been able to get the city out of his mind. It is a place tortured by its past, obses ...Show more
The Lucky Ones: Stories of Australian refugee journeys by Melinda Ham
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
A moving and meticulously researched book of refugee stories from award-winning journalist Melinda Ham. Following the narratives of new Australians from Iraq, Afghanistan, Poland, Tibet, Vietnam and Zaire, The Lucky Ones is a testament to human resilience and the power of new beginnings. For fans of Th ...Show more
The Britannias: An Island Quest by Alice Albinia
$55.00 AUD
Category: British
The story of Britain told through its islands - a personal journey through an ancient landscape The Britannias tells the story of Britain's islands and how they are woven into its collective cultural psyche. From Neolithic Orkney to modern-day Thanet, Alice Albinia explores the furthest reaches of Brita ...Show more