New Yorker Book of the 50's by The New Yorker Magazine
$70.00 AUD
Category: History
The 1950s are enshrined in the popular imagination as the decade of poodle skirts and "I Like Ike." But this was also a complex time, in which the afterglow of Total Victory firmly gave way to Cold War paranoia. A sense of trepidation grew with the Suez Crisis and the H-bomb tests. At the same time, the ...Show more
Cranky Ladies of History by Tehani Wessely
$29.95 AUD
Category: History
Warriors, pirates, murderers and queens...Throughout history, women from all walks of life have had good reason to be cranky. Some of our most memorable historical figures were outspoken, dramatic, brave, feisty, rebellious and downright ornery. Cranky Ladies of History is a celebration of 22 women who ...Show more
Cranky Ladies of History by Tehani Wessely
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
Warriors, pirates, murderers and queens... Throughout history, women from all walks of life have had good reason to be cranky. Some of our most memorable historical figures were outspoken, dramatic, brave, feisty, rebellious and downright ornery. Cranky Ladies of History is a celebration of 22 women who ...Show more
The Bridge at Andau: The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People by James A. Michener
$30.00 AUD
Category: American
The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping, the classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of ...Show more
Greek Mythology: A Traveller's Guide from Mount Olympus to Troy by David Stuttard
$35.00 AUD
Category: European
The Greek myths have a universal appeal, reaching far beyond the time and physical place in which they were created. But many are firmly rooted in specific settings: Thebes dominates the tragedy of Oedipus; Mycenae broods over the fates of Agamemnon and Electra; Knossos boasts the scene of Theseus' slay ...Show more
Climate Change, Capitalism, and Corporations: Processes of Creative Self-Destruction by Christopher Wright
$49.95 AUD
Category: Political
Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity, a definitive manifestation of the well-worn links between progress and devastation. This book explores the complex relationship that the corporate world has with climate change and examines the central role of corporations in shaping politic ...Show more
Church of Spies - The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler by Mark Riebling
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
A radical reinterpretation of the wartime Pope. Born Eugenio Pacelli, Pope Pius XII is perhaps the most vilified and detested Pope in modern history. Pius XII and the Vatican are thought to have appeased Hitler and betrayed international Jewry by staying silent during the Holocaust. The accusation has f ...Show more
The Last of the President's Men by Bob Woodward
$50.00 AUD
Category: American
Bob Woodward exposes one of the final pieces of the Richard Nixon puzzle in his new book The Last of the President's Men. Woodward reveals the untold story of Alexander Butterfield, the Nixon aide who disclosed the secret White House taping system that changed history and led to Nixon's resignation. In ...Show more
Ancient Rome Social and Historical Documents from the Early Republic to the Death of Augustus by Matthew Dillon
$80.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World Ser.
In this second edition, Ancient Rome presents an extensive range of material, from the early Republic to the death of Augustus, with two new chapters on the Second Triumvirate and Age of Augustus. Dillon and Garland have also included more extensive late Republican and Augustan sources on social develop ...Show more
How Long Will South Africa Survive?The Looming Crisis by R. W. Johnson
$65.00 AUD
Category: Political
In 1977, Johnson's best selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? offered a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects of apartheid. Now, after more than two decades of the ANC in government, he believes the question must be posed again. "The big question about ANC rule," Joh ...Show more
No More Champagne: Churchill and His Money by David Lough
$50.00 AUD
Category: British
The untold story of Winston Churchill's precarious finances - and the most original and surprising book about Churchill to emerge for many years. The popular image of Churchill - grandson of a duke, drinking champagne and smoking a cigar - conjures up a man of wealth and substance. The reality is that B ...Show more