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Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal People by Josephine Flood

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The Original Australians tells the story of Australian Aboriginal history and society from its distant beginnings to the present day. From the wisdom and paintings of the Dreamtime, to the first contacts between Europeans and indigenous Australians, right through to modern times, it offers an insight in ...Show more

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Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492-1900 by Simon Schama

$27.99 AUD

Category: History

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY AND OBSERVER Belonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour. From the Jews' expulsion from Spain in 1492 it tells the stories not just of ...Show more

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Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature by Stuart Kells

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Category: History

From acclaimed author and ardent bibliophile Stuart Kells comes an exploration of the quest to find the personal library of the world's greatest writer Millions of words of scholarship have been expended on the world's most famous author and his work. And yet a critical part of the puzzle, Shakespeare' ...Show more

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One Hundred Years of Dirt by Rick Morton

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Category: History | Series: 100 years of dirt

Violence, treachery and cruelty run through the generational veins of Rick Morton?s family. A horrific accident thrusts his mother and siblings into a world impossible for them to navigate, a life of poverty and drug addiction One Hundred Years of Dirtis an unflinching memoir in which the mother is a he ...Show more

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The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill Gammage

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Category: History

Reveals the complex, country-wide systems of land management used by Aboriginal people in presettlement Australia Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park, with extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands, and abundant wildlife. ...Show more

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Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts

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Category: History

'Undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times A magnificently fresh and unexpected biography of Churchill, by one of Britain's most acclaimed historians Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the t ...Show more

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Not Bad Thanks by Graeme Willingham

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Category: History

Absurd, theatrical and comical, the curiously-named team Not Bad Thanks, born of London seed in 1980, takes 70 seasons to crawl from lowest F Grade in the open-age Victorian Business Houses Basketball Association in Melbourne to play at the A level. The Club grapples with tragedy, authority, an outing, ...Show more

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Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude That Shaped the Western World by Peter Moore

$34.99 AUD

Category: History

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR' Christopher Hart, Sunday Times An inventive biography of one of the most famous ships of all time - an alluring combination of history, adventure and science The Enlightenment was an age of endeavours. Britain was consumed by the impulse for gran ...Show more

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Nelson - The Battle of the Nile by Sam Willis

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The Football Solution: How Richmond's premiership can save Australia by George Megalogenis

$32.99 AUD

Category: History

A sport unlike any other in the world, football has always been Australia's bellwether. But at a time when politics is increasingly conducted like sports - full of one-eyed tribalism, captain's calls and policy dictated by the Newspoll scoreboard - football is the one institution that's more relevant th ...Show more

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The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter Hessler

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Category: History

From the acclaimed author of River Town and Oracle Bones, an intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive change Drawn by a fascination with Egypt's rich history and culture, Peter Hessler moved with his wife and twin daughters to Cairo in 2011. He wante ...Show more

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Short History of Medicine by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

$19.99 AUD

Category: History

Immerse yourself in the history of medicine - a colourful story of skill, serendipity, trial and error, moments of genius, and dogged determination. From traditional chinese medicine to today's sophisticated gene therapies and robotic surgery, A Short History of Medicine combines riveting storytelling ...Show more

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Original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal People by Josephine Flood

$34.99 AUD

Belonging: The Story of the Jews 1492-1900 by Simon Schama

$27.99 AUD

Shakespeare's Library: Unlocking the Greatest Mystery in Literature by Stuart Kells

$34.99 AUD

One Hundred Years of Dirt by Rick Morton

$29.99 AUD

The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill Gammage

$39.99 AUD

Churchill: Walking with Destiny by Andrew Roberts

$69.99 AUD

Not Bad Thanks by Graeme Willingham

$29.99 AUD

Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude That Shaped the Western World by Peter Moore

$34.99 AUD

Nelson - The Battle of the Nile by Sam Willis

$19.99 AUD

The Football Solution: How Richmond's premiership can save Australia by George Megalogenis

$32.99 AUD

The Buried: An Archaeology of the Egyptian Revolution by Peter Hessler

$34.99 AUD

Short History of Medicine by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

$19.99 AUD

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