Cursed Objects - Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items by J. W. Ocker
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Beware . . . this book is cursed These strange but true stories of the world's most infamous items will appeal to true believers as well as history buffs, horror fans, and anyone who loves a good spine-tingling tale. They're lurking in museums, graveyards, and private homes. Their often tragic and alway ...Show more
Curzon: Imperial Statesman by David Gilmour
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
'A fast-moving, entertaining and finely written story' Simon Schama 'Masterly ... a remarkable portrait of a brilliant complex and tragic genius' William Dalrymple, Los Angeles Times George Nathaniel Curzon's controversial life in public service stretched from the high noon of the British Empire to the ...Show more
Dancing Bears: True Stories about Longing for the Old Days by Witold Szablowski; Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator)
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
'One of the truest and most beautiful things I've read.' Tim Flannery I used to bottle-feed my father's two bears. When my son was born, they were kept together. There were plenty of times when I got it wrong--the baby drank from the bear's bottle, and the bear from his. So when they fired me from the ...Show more
Dancing Under the Southern Skies by Valerie Lawson
$60.00 AUD
Category: History
With its vivid narrative, Valerie Lawson's Dancing Under the Southern Skies goes far beyond what audiences see on stage to reveal what has been behind the red velvet curtain. The lives of the dancers who toured to Australia, among them Anna Pavlova and Margot Fonteyn, and of those who stayed and of thos ...Show more
Darkness Falling: The Strange Death of the Weimar Republic, 1930-33 by Peter Walther
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
'Gripping and all too timely' James Hawes 'A brilliant mix of detailed research and vivid storytelling' Julia Boyd 'History at its very best - and a fabulous translation, too' Graham Hurley In March 1930, after the collapse of the coalition that had ruled Germany since 1928, President Hindenburg aske ...Show more
Darling Winston by David Lough
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
Between 1881, when Churchill was just six, and 1921, the year of his mother's death, Winston Churchill and Jennie Jerome were prolific and energetic correspondents. Their exchange of letters has never before been published as a volume of correspondence, and many of these intimate letters - between two h ...Show more
Dat's Love by Leonora Brito
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A brilliant collection of short stories from Leonora Brito exploring race, identity, and love Leonora Brito was a writer of exceptional stories. In Dat's Love, she soaks up the sights, sounds and colours of Cardiff to boldly explore race and history. With each electric story, Brito introduces a unique ...Show more
Daughters of Durga: Dowries, Gender Violence and Family in Australia by Manjula Datta O'Connor
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
An incisive investigation of domestic violence in South Asian communities, and the resilience of women in the face of adversityIn the early 2010s a spate of domestic violence-related murders in the Victorian Indian community compelled psychiatrist Manjula Datta O'Connor to investigate the causes of patr ...Show more
Daughters of Kobani by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolution centered on women's rights. But that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of: Ko ...Show more
Deal with the Devil by Grace Tobin
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
What Mark and Faye Leveson have endured to discover the truth about the mysterious death of their son Matt is unfathomable. For the ten years after Matt?s disappearance in September 2007, they tirelessly searched bushland for his body and doggedly pursued the man they believed responsible, Michael Atkin ...Show more
Debt: The First 5,000 Years,Updated and Expanded by David Graeber
$47.99 AUD
Category: History
The classic work on debt, now is a special tenth anniversary edition Before there was money, there was debt. Every economics textbook says the same thing- Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems-to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem ...Show more
Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia by Billy Griffiths
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Soon after Billy Griffiths joins his first archaeological dig as camp manager and cook, he is hooked. Equipped with a historian's inquiring mind, he embarks on a journey through time, seeking to understand the extraordinary deep history of the Australian continent. Deep Time Dreaming is the passionate ...Show more