A History of the World by Andrew Marr
32.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
From the earliest civilizations to the twenty-first century, this is a global journey through human history, tieing-in with a major BBC television series. Andrew Marr, author of two best-selling histories of Great Britain now turns his attention to the world as a whole. "A Short History of the World" ta ...Show more
The History of England Volume II: Tudors by Peter Ackroyd
32.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: A History of England | Reading Level: good
This is the second volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful history of England: the Tudors. Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with ...Show more
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE BRITISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION by GRIFFIN E.
37.00 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain by MORGAN KENNETH O
36.95 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
This beautifully illustrated volume tells the story of Britain and its people over two thousand years, from the coming of the Roman legions to the present day. Encompassing political, social, economic, and cultural developments throughout the British Isles, the dramatic narrative is taken up in turn by ...Show more
The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution by Richard Beeman
14.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: Penguin Civic Classics | Reading Level: near fine
In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and--above all--essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of "The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution," draws together the great t ...Show more
Columbus: The Four Voyages, 1492-1504 (American Remainders) by Laurence Bergreen
24.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
He knew nothing of celestial navigation or of the existence of the Pacific Ocean. He was a self-promoting and ambitious entrepreneur. His maps were a hybrid of fantasy and delusion. When he did make land, he enslaved the populace he found, encouraged genocide, and polluted relations between people. He e ...Show more
Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History by John Steinbeck
19.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Series: Penguin Classics
A STANDOUT in the Steinbeck canon, "Cup of Gold" is edgy and adventurous, brash and distrustful of society, and sure to add a new dimension to the common perception of this all-American writer. Steinbeck's first novel and sole work of historical fiction contains themes that resonate throughout the autho ...Show more
Mark of the Lion: the Story of Charles Upham VC & Bar by Kenneth Sandford
24.95 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Reading Level: very good
Charles Upham was the great New Zealand war hero. He was one of the few people in history to have won the Victoria Cross twice, setting new standards of personal heroism during World War II. A quietly spoken sheep farmer back home in Canterbury, at the front in Crete and North Africa he destroyed enemy ...Show more
A Short History of the Twentieth Century by Geoffrey Blainey
29.95 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
Takes us on an incredible global journey through a tempestuous hundred years and brings to vivid life many of the events that marked the 20th century: two world wars, the rise and fall of communist states, the worst economic slump, the decline of European monarchies ane empires, the ascent of the first ...Show more
What Caesar Did for My Salad: The Secret Meanings of Our Favourite Dishes by Albert Jack
19.99 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
Did you know that the Cornish pasty was invented to protect tin miners from arsenic poisoning, or that the word 'salary' comes from Roman soldiers being paid their wages in salt? Why do we eat goose (or turkey) at Christmas? Is the Scotch egg actually from Scotland and what did some retired crusaders ha ...Show more
India: A Portrait by Patrick French
22.95 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY
One of this century's greatest surprises has been the economic and social revolution in India. What is the real nature of this rapid change, and where are its roots? "India" takes the reader on an extraordinary journey, geographically from the remote Buddhist north to the tropical far south and socially ...Show more
The Rule of Law by Tom Bingham
24.95 AUD
Category: POLITICS & HISTORY | Reading Level: very good
'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain's former senior law l ...Show more