A Wild History - Life and Death on the Victoria River Frontier by Darrell Lewis
26.80 AUD
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Category: History
In 1883, pastoralists began to drive great herds of cattle into the Northern Territory's Victoria River District. They entered a vast tropical land of big rivers, wide plains and rugged ranges. It was a cattleman's paradise, but also a paradise for the Aboriginal peoples who had lived there for thousand ...Show more
The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition by Robert Graves
32.99 AUD
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology
*The definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek myths*'Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. Presently, when Daedalus looked over his shoulder, he could no longer see Ica ...Show more
Ghost Empire by Richard Fidler
32.99 AUD
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Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
"A brilliant reconstruction of the saga of power, glory, and invasion that is the one-thousand year story of Constantinople. A truly marvelous book." --Simon Winchester Ghost Empire is a rare treasure--an utterly captivating blend of the historical and the contemporary, narrated by a master storyteller. ...Show more
The Earth Transformed: An Untold History by Peter Frankopan
34.99 AUD
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Category: History
Most people can name the influential leaders and major battles of the past. Few can name the most destructive storms, the worst winters, the most devastating droughts. In The Earth Transformed, ground-breaking historian Peter Frankopan reconnects us with our ancestors who, like us, worshipped, exploited ...Show more
Future Stories: A user's guide to the future by David Christian
23.99 AUD
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Category: social issues
Big History professor and bestselling author of Origin Story tells you everything you need to know about the future in this ambitious, interdisciplinary book, taking in history, philosophy, theology, physics, biology, chemistry and, of course, futurology...Every second of our lives - whether we're looki ...Show more
Truth-Telling: History, sovereignty and the Uluru Statement by Henry Reynolds
32.99 AUD
34.99 (5% off)
Category: History
If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles. What if the sovereignty of the First Nations was recognised by European international law in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? What if the audacious British annexation of a whole conti ...Show more
Alexandria: The City that Changed the World by Islam Issa
45.00 AUD
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Category: 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
Greek Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters by J. K. JACKSON
28.50 AUD
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology | Series: Flame Tree Collector's Editions Ser.
Gorgeous Collector's Edition. From the birth of Zeus, to Prometheus, Pandora and Helen of Troy, Odysseus and Jason and the Argonauts, the myths of the Greeks and, later, the Romans, are passionate and powerfully told. The Gods are jealous of each other's powers, subject to mighty outbursts of love and a ...Show more
Southeast Asia: An Introductory History by Milton Osborne
32.99 AUD
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Category: History
A lively and easy-to-read guide to Southeast Asian history written by one of the world's pre-eminent historians of the area. Southeast Asia: An introductory historywas first published in 1979 and immediately filled a need for travellers and students interested in one of the most dynamic and diverse regi ...Show more
The Wager by David Grann
32.99 AUD
34.99 (5% off)
Category: History
From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on ...Show more
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
61.75 AUD
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology
Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar ( ...Show more
Young Elizabeth Princess Prisoner Queen by Nicola Tallis
31.50 AUD
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Category: History
Elizabeth I is renowned for the hugely successful reign that has led her to be considered one of the most celebrated monarchs in English history. But what of the trials she faced in her tumultuous early life? Her status as a princess didn’t last long – when she was less than three years old, her mother, ...Show more