The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingShort-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book PrizeA Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017,Publishers WeeklyA Best History Book of 2017,The Guardian "Warning: She spares no detail!" --Erik Larson, bestselling author ofDead Wake InThe Butchering Art, ...Show more
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times - A History of Now by Michael Burleigh
32.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Reading Level: good-very good
In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century - first, the 2003 war with Iraq and its chaotic aftermath an ...Show more
Not for the Faint-hearted: A Personal Reflection on Life, Politics and Purpose 1957-2007 by Kevin Rudd
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
In 2007, Kevin Rudd became only the third Labor prime minister since the Second World War, after Whitlam and Hawke, to win government from opposition. In doing so he also defeated, and unseated, John Howard, the longest-serving conservative prime minister since Menzies.So who was the man behind the phen ...Show more
God - A Human History by Reza Aslan
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Reading Level: good-very good
In God, Reza Aslan sheds new light on mankind's relationship with the divine and challenges our perspective on faith and the birth of religion. From the origins of spiritual thought to the concept of an active, engaged, divine presence that underlies all creation, Aslan examines how the idea of god aros ...Show more
John Curtin's War: The Coming of War in the Pacific and Reinventing Australia by John Edwards
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
John Curtin became Australia's Prime Minister eight weeks before Japan launched war in the Pacific.Curtin's struggle for power against Joe Lyons and Bob Menzies, his dramatic use of it when he took office in October 1941, and his determination to be heard in Washington and London as Japan advanced, is a ...Show more
Mythos: A Retelling of the Myths of Ancient Greece by Stephen Fry
32.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Reading Level: good-very good
The Greek myths are amongst the best stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. You'll fall in love with Zeus, marv ...Show more
The Road to Ruin: The bestselling prequel to Plots and Prayers by Niki Savva
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: The\Road to Ruin Trilogy Ser.
'There will be no wrecking, no undermining, and no sniping.'-Tony Abbott, 15 September 2015Abbott's performances in the party-room debates on education and climate change had ranged between woeful and pathetic. He sounded desperate, he was inconsistent, and -?his colleagues thought?-?slightly ridiculous ...Show more
Ship : 5,000 Years of Maritime Adventure by Brian Lavery
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
From the earliest dugout canoes and the boats of the Ancient Egyptians, to the most technologically advanced modern battleships and cruise-liners, this is the ultimate guide to every aspect of the ship, and those who have sailed them.Embark on an epic voyage to find out all about the endeavours of the g ...Show more
Vikings - Raiders from the Sea by CASEMATE PUB & BOOK DIST LLC
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: Casemate Short History Ser.
From the 9th to the 11th century, Viking ships landed on almost every shore in the Western world. Viking ravages united the Spanish kingdoms and stopped Charlemagne and the Franks' advance in Europe. Wherever Viking ships roamed, enormous suffering followed in their wake, but the encounter between cultu ...Show more
The Australian Soldier by Lawrence BROWN
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: Collection 1914-1918
Almost a century has passed since the signing of the armistice on 11 November 1918. Of all the soldiers who went through that hell on earth, photographs, letters, stories and old uniforms kept in attics are all that is left. Thanks to a collection of more than ten thousand documents, the author allows u ...Show more
Killers of the Flower Moon - Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Reading Level: very good
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 'A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injustice' JON KRAKAUER 'A fiercely entertaining mystery story and a wr ...Show more
The Putin Interviews : Oliver Stone Interviews Vladimir Putin by Robert (FRW) Oliver (CON); Scheer Stone
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Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: Showtime Documentary Films
Academy Award winner Oliver Stone was able to secure what journalists, news organizations, and even other world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Putin Interviews are culled from more than a dozen interviews with Putin over a two-year span ...Show more