Best We Forget - The War for White Australia, 1914-18 by Peter Cochrane
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The preparation for a coming war and ultimately the commitment to that war was driven by White Australia's sense of vulnerability in the Pacific, by various nightmare scenarios in which Australia could be left to fend for itself, unaided by Britain, and by the determination to have racial purity at almo ...Show more
Between the Last Oasis and the next Mirage: Writings on Australia by Guy Rundle
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
With sharp wit and a discerning eye, political commentator Guy Rundle enlightens and entertains, drawing back the curtain on the iconic moments in Australian politics of the 2010s From the coal blockade frontline of the Liverpool Plains to Hobart's Cat and Fiddle arcade, from being on the road with last ...Show more
Beyond: How Humankind Thinks About Heaven by Catherine Wolff
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
"Beautifully written, expertly researched and masterfully presented, this tour of how heaven has been understood throughout history is absolutely fascinating." -James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus- A Pilgrimage A smart and thought-provoking cultural history of heaven. What do we think of when we think abo ...Show more
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
The definitive new history of East Germany by a highly acclaimed young historian. In 1990, a country disappeared. When the iron curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the GDR presented a radically diffe ...Show more
Big History: Our Incredible Journey, from Big Bang to Now by DK
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Compact edition of the first fully integrated visual reference on Big History for general readers Discover how we got to where we are, in this multidisciplinary approach to 13.8 billion years of human and cosmic history With the Big Bang as its starting point, Big History places humans in the context of ...Show more
Bigger Than History - Why Archaeology Matters by Brian Fagan; Nadia Durrani
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Why does archaeology matter? How does studying prehistory help us understand climate change? How can archaeological discoveries challenge contemporary assumptions about gender? How has archaeology been used and misused to support political and nationalist agendas - and how can it help build a more diver ...Show more
Birth of Melbourne by Tim Flannery
$26.95 AUD
Category: History
In 1835 John Batman sailed up the Yarra and was astonished by the beauty of the land. It was a temperate Kakadu, teeming with wildlife and with soils rich enough to spawn pastoral empires. With the discovery of gold, the city was transformed almost overnight into 'marvellous Melbourne'. And yet, as Tim ...Show more
Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe by Rachel Chrastil
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph 'Fresh and compelling ... a tour-de-force' David A. Bell Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had devastated its opponents, captured Napoleon III and wrecked all assumptions about Europe's pecking o ...Show more
Biting the Clouds: A Badtjala Perspective on the Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 by Fiona Foley
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
The power of history written down can be both lethal and deceptive, and that has long-lasting effects, both for those writing and those being written about.In this groundbreaking work of Indigenous scholarship, nationally renowned visual artist Fiona Foley addresses the inherent silences, errors and inj ...Show more
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation by Kris Manjapra
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
A revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic worldTo fully understand why the shadow of slavery haunts us today, we must confront the flawed way that it ended. We celebrate abolition - in Haiti after the revolution, in the British Empire in 1833, in the United Stat ...Show more
Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation by Kris Manjapra
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic worldTo fully understand why the shadow of slavery haunts us today, we must confront the flawed way that it ended. We celebrate abolition - in Haiti after the revolution, in the British Empire in 1833, in the United Stat ...Show more
Black Snake: The Real Story of Ned Kelly by Leo Kennedy
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Leo Kennedy is the great grandson of Sergeant Michael Kennedy and was raised in the shadow of his great grandfather's murder. Leo is a member of the Blue Ribbon Foundation, which supports police families and honours the memory of police killed in the line of duty. He lives with his family in Melbourne, ...Show more