The Castle on Sunset - Love, Fame, Death and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy
$23.99 AUD
Category: History
For nearly ninety years, Hollywood's brightest stars have favoured the Chateau Marmont as a home away from home. Filled with deep secrets but hidden in plain sight, its evolution parallels the growth of Hollywood itself. Perched above the Sunset Strip like a fairy-tale castle, the Chateau seems to come ...Show more
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Today by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biography
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A searing indictment of racial injustice in America - inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin - to help us understand the present moment, and imagine a new future into being 'Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refu ...Show more
The Deepest Map - The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans by Laura Trethewey
$65.00 AUD
Category: History
Five oceans cover approximately seventy per cent of the earth, yet we know little of what lies beneath them. Now, the race is on to completely map the oceans' floor. Scientists, investors, militaries, and private explorers are competing in this epic venture to obtain an accurate reading of this vast ter ...Show more
Pyongyang : A journey in North korea by Guy Delisle
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Famously referred to as an 'Axis-of-Evil' country, North Korea remains one of the most secretive and mysterious nations in the world today. A series of manmade and natural catastrophes have also left it one of the poorest. When the fortress-like country recently opened the door a crack to foreign invest ...Show more
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: very good
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. ...Show more
Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 1: The Birth of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The first volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's global phenomenon and smash Sunday Times #1 bestseller, with gorgeous full-colour illustrations and a beautiful package - the perfect gift for the curious beings in your life. One hundred thousand years ago, at least six different species ...Show more
Traitor King - The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor by Andrew Lownie
$14.99 AUD
$22.99 (34% off)
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
The explosive new book by the bestselling author of The Mountbattens.
Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
From renowned author Paul Theroux comes the fascinating, atmospheric tale of George Orwell's years in Burma. 'There is a short period in everyone's life when his character is fixed forever.' - George Orwell Before George Orwell was Orwell - the pen name he took on becoming a writer - he was Eric Blair ...Show more
The Golden Maze - A biography of Prague by Richard Fidler
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague. In 1989, Richard Fidler was living in London as part of the provocative Australian comedy trio The Doug Anthony All Stars when revolution br ...Show more
Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage by Nathalia Holt
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA - women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace).
The Story of Australia's People Vol. II: The Rise and Rise of a New Australia by Geoffrey Blainey
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Australia is indeed made up of many peoples, and together their story is one of high drama, courage and resilience. When the first Europeans crossed the world to settle the vast southern continent that became known as Australia, it was almost unknown. Over time it revealed itself to be a land of reward, ...Show more
A Brilliant Life : My Mother's Inspiring Story of Surviving the Holocaust by Rachelle Unreich
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
As her mother, Mira, nears the end of her life, journalist Rachelle Unreich wants to find out more about how Mira survived four concentration camps, including Auschwitz. There was a mystery to her survival, it seemed - which perhaps had something to do with the strange things that always happened around ...Show more