World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age by DK
$42.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
An essential gift for every history buff, this boldly illustrated book maps out the events that have shaped our world - from the dawn of human civilization to the present day.A comprehensive and accessible guide to the history of human civilisation, World History profiles everything from the emergence o ...Show more
The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$29.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 950,000 years ago. From here, Montefiore takes us on ...Show more
Classical Mythology A to Z: An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places by Annette Giesecke
$49.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
An encyclopedic A-to-Z guide, this beautifully designed and illustrated volume offers hundreds of rich and fascinating definitions of 700 major and minor characters, creatures, and places of classical mythology. Classical Mythology A-to-Z is a comprehensive and engrossing guide to Greek and Roman mythol ...Show more
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by Tom Holland
$34.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
The third in the epic trilogy narrating the history of the Roman Empire from renowned historian Tom Holland. Pax is the third in a trilogy of books narrating the history of the Roman Empire. The series that began with Rubicon, and continued with Dynasty, now arrives at the period which marks the apogee ...Show more
Alexandria: The City that Changed the World by Islam Issa
$49.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
A city drawn in sand. Inspired by the tales of Homer and his own ambitions of empire, Alexander the Great sketched the idea of a city onto the sparsely populated Egyptian coastline. He did not live to see Alexandria built, but his vision of a sparkling metropolis that celebrated learning and diversity w ...Show more
Flinders: The fascinating life, loves & great adventures of the man who put Australia on the map from the award winning author of BANJO, BANKS and HUDSON FYSH by Grantlee Kieza
$45.00 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map Fearless, sharp-eyed and handsome, Matthew Flinders was one of the greatest of all maritime adventurers and undertook one of the most important voyages of discovery - to circumnavigate and map the famed Great Southern Land ...Show more
Travellers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism Through the Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd
$22.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY | Reading Level: very good
Secondhand. "Compelling" - Daily Telegraph "Fascinating" - The Spectator The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of Natio ...Show more
Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind by Tom Holland
$26.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition ...Show more
The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan
$22.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes an updated, timely, and visionary book about the dramatic and profound changes our world is undergoing right now--as seen from the perspective of the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Today they lead to Beijing." So argues P ...Show more
Red Notice by Bill Browder
$24.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY | Reading Level: very good
I have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did it. When my enemies read this book, they will know that you know. In November 2009, the young lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death by eight poli ...Show more
Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 1: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$39.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash Sunday Times #1 bestseller, with gorgeous full-colour illustrations and a beautiful package - the perfect gift for the curious beings in your life. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species ...Show more
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris
$22.99 AUD
Category: MILITARY/HISTORY
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'[A] clever, lively ... splendid new book'DAN JONES, SUNDAY TIMES'A big gold bar of delight'SPECTATORSixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and establis ...Show more