The Twelve Apostles by Tim Pat Coogan
9.99 AUD
Category: History
Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Féin proclaims Dáil Éireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins, intelligence chief of the Irish Republican Army, creates an e ...Show more
Kin by Nick Brodie
14.99 AUD
29.99 (50% off)
Category: History
When author and historian Nick Brodie traced his own family tree, he began to see the pattern of European settlement in Australia. As he learnt about the generations of his family, Nick uncovered the social and cultural contexts and historic circumstances that shaped his ancestors: the Irish, the convic ...Show more
Looking After Country with Fire: Aboriginal Burning Knowledge With Uncle Kuu by Victor Steffensen
26.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Looking After Country with Fire is a picture book for 5- to 10-year-olds that demonstrates respect for Indigenous knowledge, following the success of Victor Steffensen's bestselling adult book Fire Country. Mother Nature has a language. If we listen, and read the signs in the land, we can understand it. ...Show more
Turning Point: The Battle for Milne Bay 1942: Japan’s First Land Defeat in World War II by Michael Veitch
24.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
The Battle for Milne Bay - Japan's first defeat on land in the Second World War - was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For the men of the AIF, the militia and the RAAF, it was the turning point in the Pacific, and their finest - though now largely forgott ...Show more
Berlin - Biography of a City by Barney White-Spunner
9.99 AUD
32.99 (69% off)
Category: History
There is a particular frisson about Berlin, a combination of excitement, anticipation, nervousness and the unexpected. Through all its life it has been a city of tensions. Its position, on the frontier of Europe, on the 'Mark', where Christianity met paganism, where the Huns met the Slavs, where Europe ...Show more
Prisoners of History - What Monuments to the Second World War Tell Us about Our History and Ourselves by Keith Lowe
9.99 AUD
24.99 (60% off)
Category: History
A Spectator Book of the Year 2020 A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year 2020 'Inspired ... Lowe's sensitive, disturbing book should be compulsory reading for both statue builders and statue topplers' MAX HASTINGS, SUNDAY TIMES What happens when our values change, ...Show more
The Last Bushrangers by Mike Munro
14.99 AUD
34.99 (57% off)
Category: Australian History
The story of Australia's last bushranging gang - the murderous Kenniffs. Easter Sunday, 1902, deep in the Carnarvon Ranges a police constable and station manager are slain then later incinerated, their remains stuffed into saddlebags. Accused of the ghoulish crime are two members of the bushranging Ken ...Show more
End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris
9.99 AUD
22.99 (56% off)
Category: History
This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world. Sam Harris offers a vivid historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour and sometimes ...Show more
Red Lead: The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway by Roland Perry
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
The legendary Australian ship's cat who survived the sinking of HMAS Perth and the Thai-Burma Railway. Just after midnight on the 1st March 1942, Australia's most celebrated cruiser, HMAS Perth, was sunk by Japanese naval forces in the Sunda Strait off the coast of Java. Of the 681 men aboard, 328 survi ...Show more
Whatever Happened to Ned Kelly's Head? by Eamon Evans
29.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Who stole the priceless Picasso from the NGV? Was Errol Flynn a Nazi spy? Did an Australian kill the infamous Red Baron? If you think Australia's history is straightforward, you're dead wrong. This is a land of the strange, the spooky and the unexplained. From the eerie ball of light that stalked a terr ...Show more
What White People Can Do Next: From Allyship to Coalition by Emma Dabiri
19.99 AUD
Category: Sociology
Stop the denial Abandon guiltInterrogate capitalismWhen it comes to racial justice, how do we transform demonstrations of support into real and meaningful change? Shortly after the death of George Floyd, Emma Dabiri shared a resource on Instagram called 'What White People Can Do Next'. Within days, she ...Show more
Protestants: The Radicals Who Made the Modern World by Alec Ryrie
14.99 AUD
54.99 (72% off)
Category: History
On the 500th anniversary of Luther's rebellion, this spectacular global history traces the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world. Five hundred years ago Protestant Christianity began with one stubborn monk - today, it includes a billion people across the globe. The upheaval Martin Luther trig ...Show more