Stalking Claremont: Inside the hunt for a serial killer by Bret Christian
$27.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
One young woman missing, two found murdered -- the gripping true story of Australia's longest-running homicide investigation ** Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for True Crime 2021**In the early hours of January 27, 1996, after an evening spent celebrating at Club Bayview in the Perth suburb of Claremont, ...Show more
The 7 Deadly Myths: Antisemitism From the Time of Christ to Kanye West (Second Edition, Revised and Supplemented) by Alex Ryvchin
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
This revised and supplemented second edition features some of the author's most probing essays and speeches on antisemitism, published here for the first time. The 7 Deadly Myths traces antisemitism from its earliest origins to the present day and uncovers the dangerous conspiracy theories that have cor ...Show more
The Bookseller of Florence: Vespasiano da Bisticci and the Manuscripts that Illuminated the Renaissance by Ross King
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A gripping story of ancient wisdom, new technology and 'the king of the world's booksellers', set in Renaissance Florence'A marvel of storytelling and a masterclass in the history of the book' WALL STREET JOURNALThe Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - th ...Show more
The Outback Court Reporter by Jamelle Wells
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Outback Court Reporter is a sometimes funny, sometimes tragic look at the comings and goings on inside the country courtrooms dotted across Australia. From the case of the stolen cat flap, to missing lollipops and exploding chocolate milk in a country supermarket, to a custody dispute over a camel - Ja ...Show more
The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict by Andrew Pettegree
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
Propaganda, pulp fiction, spies and censorship: the fascinating and action-packed story of books in wartime 'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable part of life.' David Kyn ...Show more
Innovation : Knowledge and Ingenuity (First Knowledges) by Ian J McNiven, Lynette Russell
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Series: First Knowledges Ser.
'Deeply insightful, sensitive and passionate. An inspiring, meticulous picture of the innovations that have made us the world's oldest living culture.' - Larissa Behrendt'Another fascinating volume in this landmark Australian publishing series.' - Richard FlanaganWhat do you need to know to prosper as a ...Show more
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
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
The Teacher's Pet by Hedley Thomas
$36.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Lynette Dawson (nee Simms) disappeared from Sydney's idyllic northern beaches in 1982 and was never seen again. The Teacher's Pet, the book, tells the extraordinary story of the crime, the podcast investigation, the sexual exploitation of female teenage students, the failure for four decades of the crim ...Show more
The Archipelago of Us: A Search for Our Identity in Australia’s Most Remote Territories by Reneé Pettitt-Schipp
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
A travel narrative, a memoir and a thought-provoking look at Australia's complicated history with Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the asylum seekers detained there.Five years after first living in the Indian Ocean Territories, Renee Pettitt-Schipp finds herself returning, haunted by memories o ...Show more
Silk Roads: A New History of the World: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
The sun is setting on the Western world. Slowly but surely, the direction in which the world spins has reversed- where for the last five centuries the globe turned westwards on its axis, it now turns to the east. For centuries, fame and fortune were to be found in the west - in the New World of the Amer ...Show more
Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins by Gareth Harney
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects- coins. The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through humankind's most universal object- the coin. When Gareth Harney was first handed a Roman coin by his father as a ch ...Show more
With My Little Eye: The incredible true story of a family of spies in the suburbs by Sandra Hogan
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
The very funny true story of three children recruited by their parents to work for ASIO in the 1950s. Hilarious, moving and brilliantly told' - Susan Johnson'It reads like the very best of spy thrillers.' - Matthew Condon'An intimate and compelling look at an ordinary family who happen to be ASIO agen ...Show more