Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
HMS Erebus was one of the great exploring ships, a veteran of groundbreaking expeditions to the ends of the Earth. In 1848, it disappeared in the Arctic, its fate a mystery. In 2014, it was found. This is its story. 'Beyond terrific. I didn't want it to end.' - Bill Bryson Michael Palin - Monty Python ...Show more
Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity by Walter Scheidel
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Princeton Economic History of the Western World Ser.
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this groundbreaking book, Walter Scheidel argues that Rome's dramatic collapse was actually the best thing th ...Show more
Espana: A Brief History of Spain by Giles Tremlett
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles. Spain's position on Europe's south-western corner has exposed it to cultural, political and actual winds blowi ...Show more
Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy by Anne Sebba
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
"I don't think I've ever read a book that has moved me more" ANTHONY HOROWITZ "Masterful, original and painfully gripping" PHILIPPE SANDS "A brilliant and fresh take on a famous case" SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE Ethel Rosenberg's story is America's Dreyfus Affair: a catastrophic failure of humanity and justi ...Show more
Europe: The Enlightening History of a Continent by Jean Baptiste Duroselle
$37.99 AUD
Category: History
A history of the continent uniquely told from a very European viewpointThe first one-volume, complete history of Europe, as told by Europeans themselves, from Homo Erectus to the Celts, to Greek wisdom and Roman grandeur, all of the way to the European phenomenon - the Industrial Revolution.This is the ...Show more
Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
An ambitious, eye-opening, myth-busting and groundbreaking history of the evolution of the female body, by a brilliant new scientist and writer. How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women always the weaker sex? Is sexism useful for evolution? And are our bodies at war with our babies? In Eve, Ca ...Show more
Everything Was Forever, until It Was No More - The Last Soviet Generation by Alexei Yurchak
$72.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: In-Formation Ser.
Soviet socialism was based on paradoxes that were revealed by the peculiar experience of its collapse. To the people who lived in that system the collapse seemed both completely unexpected and completely unsurprising. At the moment of collapse it suddenly became obvious that Soviet life had always seeme ...Show more
Evil Geniuses - The Unmaking of America: a Recent History by Kurt Andersen
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
When did America give up on fairness? The New York Times bestselling author of Fantasyland tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change--and charts a way back to the future. "The one book everyone must re ...Show more
Expeditions Unpacked by Ed Stafford
$13.75 AUD
$55.00 (75% off)
Category: History
"A fascinating and unique look at these celebrated expeditions. Ed Stafford knows all too well how important an explorer's kit can be and this brilliant book gives great insight into the role it plays." --Sir Ranulph Fiennes In this unique and enthralling book, explorer and survivalist Ed Stafford curat ...Show more
Explorers: Amazing Tales of the World's Greatest Adventurers (HB) by Nellie Huang
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Meet famous explorers and adventurers in this exciting non-fiction storybook for children. Venture into steaming jungles in search of lost temples, fight off frostbite in the Arctic, and blast off into space!Great explorers have one thing in common - a desire to leap into the unknown, no matter how dang ...Show more
Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body by Caroline Vout
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
'A gloriously intimate tour of the body in antiquity' Gavin Francis 'A triumph ... an extraordinary book that stopped me in my tracks' Peter Frankopan 'Impressive ... sublime' Jimmy Mulville The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to sit up ...Show more
Faber & Faber - The Untold Story by Toby Faber
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
To celebrate its 90th anniversary, here is the untold story behind one of one of the world's most iconic publishing houses. Faber and Faber is one of the world's greatest independent publishers. Literary superstars like T.S.Eliot, William Golding, Ted Hughes, and Sylvia Plath are synonymous with the nam ...Show more