From Third World to First : the Singapore Story : 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew
14.95 AUD
Category: History
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth ...Show more
To Catch a King - Charles II's Great Escape by Charles Spencer
9.99 AUD
22.99 (56% off)
Category: History
How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside his palace of Whitehall and Britain became a republic. When his eldest son, Charles, returned in 1651 to fight for his throne, he was crushed by the mi ...Show more
Congo by David Van Reybrouck
14.99 AUD
Category: History
Epic yet eminently readable, penetrating and profoundly moving, 'Congo' traces the fate of one of the world's most devastated countries, second only to war-torn Somalia: the Democratic Republic of Congo. With a span of several hundred years and an enormous cast of characters, 'Congo' chronicles the most ...Show more
Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes
9.99 AUD
24.99 (60% off)
Category: History
'Nominally a history of the hot air balloon, 'Falling Upwards' is really a history of hope and fantasy - and the quixotic characters who disobeyed that most fundamental laws of physics and gave humans flight' New Republic, Best Books of 2013 CHOSEN AS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR IN ** Guardian ** New Statesm ...Show more
Spies in the Family : An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War by Eva Dillon
9.99 AUD
26.99 (62% off)
Category: History
Now in paperback, a riveting true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer--the astonishing true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War In the summer of 1975, seventeen-year-old Eva Dillon was living in New Delhi when her ...Show more
Kosciuszko by Nick Brodie
14.99 AUD
29.99 (50% off)
Category: Australian History
Australia's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, is a dangerous place. Evan Hayes was an ordinary Australian battler. Hardworking, likable. Laurie Seaman was a world-wise American. Adventurous, affluent. When this athletic pair of cross-country skiers disappeared into the wilds of Kosciuszko they left a ...Show more
To the Edges of the Earth: 1909, the Race for the Three Poles, and the Climax of the Age of Exploration by Edward J. Larson
9.99 AUD
32.99 (69% off)
Category: History
NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNER From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a "suspenseful" (WSJ) entwined narrative of the most adventurous year of all time: in 1909 three daring expeditions-led by Ernest Shackleton, Robert Peary, and the dashing Duke of the Abruzzi-simultaneously raced to the top, ...Show more
The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower
9.99 AUD
24.99 (60% off)
Category: History
A remarkable history with elements of both In the President's Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staff of the White House, from the Kennedys to the Obamas. America's First Families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true charact ...Show more
Islamophobia - And the Politics of Empire by Deepa Kumar
29.99 AUD
Category: History
In response to the events of 9/11, the Bush administration launched a war on terror, ushering in an era of anti-Muslim racism, or Islamophobia. However, 9/11 did not create the image of the "Muslim enemy." This book examines the historic relationship between anti-Muslim racism and the agenda of empire ...Show more
Strange Antics - A History of Seduction by Clement Knox
9.99 AUD
34.99 (71% off)
Category: History
What makes a bad choice irresistible? In brilliantly original history, Clement Knox offers new insight into the art - and history, legality, politics and literature - of seduction. If sex has generally been agreed a private matter, seduction has always been of intense public interest. Whether the stuff ...Show more
Stalin's Wine Cellar by John Baker
34.99 AUD
Category: History
In the late 1990s, John Baker was known as a purveyor of quality rare and old wines. Always entrepreneurial and up for adventure, John was the perfect person for an occasional business partner, Andrew Simon, to approach with a mysterious wine list that was foreign to anything John, or his second-in-comm ...Show more
Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter by Dan Jones
9.99 AUD
19.99 (50% off)
Category: History | Series: The\Landmark Library
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Plantagenets comes a beautifully produced account of the signing, impact, and legacy of a document that became one of the most influential statements in the history of democracyOn a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgru ...Show more