Work: The First 1,000 Years by Andrea Komlosy; Loren Balhorn (Translator); Jacob Watson (Translator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
By the end of the nineteenth century, the general Western conception of work had been reduced to simply gainful employment. But this limited perspective contrasted sharply with the personal experience of most people in the world whether in colonies, developing countries or in the industrializing world. ...Show more
World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Learn everything you need to know about the first war to shake the world and change the course of history.World War I- The Definitive Visual Guide takes you from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Treaty of Versailles, through beautifully illustrated and easy to understand timelines. R ...Show more
World War II Map by Map by DK
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Trace the epic history of World War 2 across the globe with more than 70 detailed maps. Includes a foreword by Peter Snow, broadcaster and historian. In this stunning visual history book, purpose-made maps tell the story of the Second World War from the rise of the Axis powers to the dropping of the ato ...Show more
Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * A sweeping and captivatingly told history of clothing and the stuff it is made of--an unparalleled deep-dive into how everyday garments have transformed our lives, our societies, and our planet. "We learn that, if we were a bit more curious about our clothes, they w ...Show more
Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation by Leon McCarron
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
For thousands of years, the Tigris has acted as a lung exhaling life into Mesopotamia. Its cycles of flooding created seasons of plenty and seasons of scarcity. Water was once everywhere, from the northern mountains to the southern marshlands. But it is now beginning to falter, becoming clogged and erra ...Show more
Yes Yes Yes: Australia’s Journey to Marriage Equality by Shirleene Robinson, Alex Greenwich
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Yes Yes Yes, written by two advocates intimately involved in the struggle for marriage equality, reveals the untold story of how a grassroots movement won hearts and minds and transformed a country. From its tentative origins in 2004, through to a groundswell of public support, everyday people contribut ...Show more
Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja by Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
This stunning book is a biography and a generous sharing of Yorna's Culture and traditional beliefs. Explore the meaning of Country, Lalai ('Creation'), Wandjina, Woongudd (the 'Snake'), in the author's Country in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Full of extraordinary images of the landscape, ...Show more
You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World by Clare Wright
$49.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Democracy Trilogy Ser.
For the ten years from 1902, when Australia's suffrage campaigners won the vote for white women, the world looked to this trailblazing young democracy for inspiration. Clare Wright's epic new history tells the story of that victory--and of Australia's role in the subsequent international struggle--thro ...Show more
Young Bloomsbury: the generation that reimagined love, freedom and self-expression by Nino Strachey
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Surprisingly little has been written about second-generation Bloomsbury who tantalised the original 'Bloomsburies' at Gordon Square parties with their captivating looks and provocative ideas. Young Bloomsbury introduces us to an extraordinarily colourful cast of characters, including novelist and music ...Show more
Young Hitler - The making of the fuhrer by Paul Ham
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
WHEN ADOLF HITLER went to war in 1914, aged 25, he lived through what he would later call the 'most stupendous experience of my life'. Twice decorated for bravery, the future dictator thrilled to battle, relished violence and was willing to give everything for his beloved Fatherland.He heard of Germany' ...Show more
Æthelflæd - A Ladybird Expert Book by Tom Holland
$5.00 AUD
$19.99 (74% off)
Category: History | Series: The\Ladybird Expert Ser.
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, thelfl d is an accessible, authoritative, and enlightening introduction to the most influential woman that English history forgot.Today, few remember thelfl d. The daughter, sister and aunt of great kings, she was a ruler as remarkable as any of them. She planted ...Show more
Four Wheels and a Board: The Smithsonian History of Skateboarding by Betsy Gordon, Jane Rogers
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
A bold look at the creative, controversial, and vibrant history of skateboarding, and the amazing skaters who continually reinvent itSkateboarding isn't just a recreational activity, but a professional sport, lifestyle, art form, and cultural phenomenon. The striking book Four Wheels and a Board capture ...Show more