Princes of the Renaissance by Mary Hollingsworth
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most important and influential patrons. 'Exceptionally sumptuous... This vivid history brings to life the vices and virtues of the feuding ruling families of Italy.' Michael Prodger, The Times 'Full of treasures to be unc ...Show more
Gifts and Books
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
We all know about giving and receiving gifts: they can be touching or puzzling, either strengthening bonds of friendship or becoming a burden. Gifts are an integral part of human societies and this volume explores how, over the centuries, books and writing describe gifts in all their complexity, but als ...Show more
Rebels against Rome: 400 Years of Rebellions against the Rule of Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The Great Roman Empire was no stranger to rebellions, but who were the rebels behind these lost causes, and what fueled their brazen plights? Despite their many differences, the rebels of the Roman Empire had one thing in common: all were Romans, or onetime Roman allies, who attempted to overthrow Roma ...Show more
More Australian Legendary Tales by Katherine Parker
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
More Australian Legendary Tales was first published in 1898. The 23 tales are supplemented by a glossary, collected by Ms Langloh Parker from the original Aboriginal language and are set in a 'no-time' where animal spirits, supernatural beings and humans interact, often alluding to ideas of creation. On ...Show more
The Great Game by Peter HOPKIRK
$26.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Not a Ser.
For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and deserts of Central Asia. Those engaged in this shadowy struggle called it 'The Great Game', a phrase immortalized by Kipling. When play first began the two riva ...Show more
Sparks: China's Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future (HB) by Ian Johnson
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
Using history to challenge Communist Party rule Sparks: China's Underground Historians and their Battle for the Future describes how some of China's best-known writers, filmmakers, and artists have overcome crackdowns and censorship to forge a nationwide movement that challenges the Communist Party on ...Show more
The Curtain and the Wall - A Modern Journey along Europes Cold War Border by Timothy Phillips
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
From the Arctic Circle to the Turkish border, a landmark journey along the old Iron Curtain, tracing the history of the Cold War and meeting the people who live with its legacy.
The Explorers Club - A Visual Journey Through the Past, Present, and Future of Exploration by The Explorers The Explorers Club; Jeff Wilser (Editor)
$64.99 AUD
Category: History
Discover the extraordinary history and thrilling frontiers of exploration with this gorgeously illustrated guide from The Explorers Club, the esteemed home of the world's most prominent explorers. The discovery of the North and South Poles. The summiting of Everest. The moon landing. The (largely unk ...Show more
Treasures of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
A lavishly illustrated book to accompany the New York Public Library's exhibition of the priceless treasures in its archivesInside the walls of its three research library buildings, The New York Public Library is a palace of wonders containing diverse collections of over 46 million objects including rar ...Show more
The Nobel Family by Bengt Jangfeldt; Harry D. Watson (Translator)
$50.00 AUD
Category: History
This absorbing collective biography of the genius Nobel family reveals how the Nobels' business and personal lives were fundamentally intertwined with the histories of Sweden and Russia, as well as the economic and entrepreneurial development of Europe in the long 19th century.The name Nobel is mainly a ...Show more
Chaucer Here and Now by Marion Turner (Editor)
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
The Geoffrey Chaucer of this book is not the Father of English Literature that you think you know. In this wide-ranging collection of essays you will find wartime Chaucer, postcolonial Chaucer, feminist Chaucer, misogynist Chaucer, radical Chaucer and conservative Chaucer, among many other interpretatio ...Show more
Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines by David Unaipon
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
"David Unaipon the man on the $50 note was a most extraordinary person. An early Aboriginal political activist, he was also a scientist, a writer, a preacher and an inventor. In the 1920s, under contract to the University of Adelaide, he was commissioned to collect traditional Aboriginal stories from ar ...Show more