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A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson describes himself as a reluctant traveller: but even when he stays safely in his own study at home, he can't contain his curiosity about the world around him. A Short History of Nearly Everything is his quest to find out everything ...
ISBN: 9780552997041
Binding: Paperback Book
$19.95
The Men Who Came Out of the Ground
by Paul Cleary & Paul Cleary
By February 1942 the Japanese had invaded the Dutch East Indies as part of their push south. All that stood in the way of their moving significant resources to take part in the main fighting in Papua New Guinea was a force of 700 Australian ...
ISBN: 9780733628184
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.99
by Anna Funder
In the former East there was one agent of the Stasi, the secret police, for every six citizens. What did it do to people to be so watched? And what sort of people were they, all those watchers? In her internationally acclaimed debut, Anna Funder ...
ISBN: 9781877008917
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.95
The Life of Billy Sing
by John Hamilton
The Anzac battlefield on Gallipoli was made for snipers. Scrub, cliffs, spurs and hills meant that both Anzac and Turkish positions often overlooked one another. The unwary or unlucky were prey to snipers on both sides, and the sudden crack of a ...
ISBN: 9780330425094
Binding: Paperback Book
$24.99
How Britain Made the Modern World
by Niall Ferguson
Shows how a gang of buccaneers and gold-diggers from a rainy island in the North Atlantic came to build the most powerful empire in all history, how it ended, and how - for better or worse - it made our world what it is today.
ISBN: 9780141037318
Binding: Paperback Book
$9.95
The Limits of Ideology
by Scott Newton
Globalization - the development of a world without economic frontiers - has become an increasingly popular subject for economists, social scientists and political commentators. The conventional wisdom is that this new international economy is the ...
ISBN: 9780340761373
Binding: Hardback Book
$200.00
by John Howard
John Howard's autobiography, Lazarus Rising, is the biggest-selling political memoir Australia has seen. In it he talks about his love for his family, his rollercoaster ride to the Lodge and how - as prime minister - he responded to issues like ...
ISBN: 9780732289966
Binding: Paperback Book
$35.00
by Thomas W. Gallant
"Modern Greece" traces the rich and varied history of Greece and the Greeks over the last two centuries. It addresses topics drawn from social history and anthropology - such as urbanization, class formation, economic development, modernization, ...
ISBN: 9780340763360
Binding: Hardback Book
$180.00
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey
The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
by Lady Almina
Lady Fiona Carnarvon became the chatelaine of Highclere Castle - the setting of the hit series Downton Abbey - eight years ago. In that time she's become fascinated by the rich history of Highclere, and by the extraordinary people who lived there ...
ISBN: 9781444730838
Binding: Paperback Book