Shakespeare's Sisters: Four Women Who Wrote the Renaissance by Ramie Targoff
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
This remarkable work about women writers in the English Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft long before there was any possibility of 'a room of one's own'. In an innovative and engaging narrative of eve ...Show more
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022 by Frank Trentmann
$85.00 AUD
Category: History
A startling new history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to todayIn 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people stood condemned by history, responsible for a horrifying genocide and a war of extermination. But by 2015 Germany looked to many to be ...Show more
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History by Otto English
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
From the author of Fake History, Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and exposing what they were trying to hide. Was Che Guevara really a revolutionary hero? Should Mother Teresa be honoured as a sai ...Show more
The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway by Brendan Simms, Steven McGregor
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
A vivid new history of the Battle of Midway that transforms our understanding of the iconic turning point of the Second World War. The stunning and decisive battle of Midway was perhaps the most crucial naval battle in the Pacific theater during World War II. Walter Lord explained away the US victory a ...Show more
The Road to Wigan Pier - New Annotated Edition by George Orwell
$14.99 AUD
Category: History
In January 1936, the thirty-two-year-old George Orwell left his home in London and travelled to the industrial north of England with the intention of experiencing first-hand the conditions in which the working-class poor were compelled to live their lives. During his two-month expedition he visited Manc ...Show more
Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition to Mussolini, Carlo Levi entered a world cut off from history and the state, hedged in by custom and sorrow, without comfort or solace, where, eternally patient, the peasants lived in an age-old stillness and in the presence of death - for ...Show more
Hercules by Scott Bateman
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Pre-order the story of the legendary Hercules plane, told through the lens of 47 squadron
The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis by Richard Whatmore
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
A landmark study of the Enlightenment from an eminent historian The Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment in human history when ideals such as freedom, progress, natural rights and constitutional government prevailed. In this radical re-evaluation, historian Richard Whatm ...Show more
The Diary Keepers - World War II Written by the People Who Lived Through It by Nina Siegal
$38.99 AUD
Category: History
A riveting look at the story of World War II and the Holocaust through the diaries of Dutch citizens, firsthand accounts of ordinary people living through extraordinary times Based on select writings from a collection of more than two thousand Dutch diaries written during World War II in order to record ...Show more
Battleships of World War I & World War II by E V Martindale
$41.99 AUD
Category: History
For centuries, battleships provided overwhelming firepower at sea. They were not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. The rise of the aircraft carrier following the Japanese aerial strike on Pearl Harbor in 1941 highlighted the vulnerabilities o ...Show more
Young Queens by Leah Redmond Chang
$31.99 AUD
Category: History
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots - three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men. 'Alluring, gripping, real: an astonishing insight into the lives of three queens' ALICE ROBERTS 'Takes us into the hearts an ...Show more
In Search of Berlin - The Story of a Reinvented City by John Kampfner
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A masterful portrait of one of the world's greatest cities... A must-read' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Such a delightful read' KATJA HOYER, The Times 'Berlin may well be Europe's most enigmatic city and John Kampfner is the ideal guide.' JONATHAN FREEDLAND, Sunday Time ...Show more