Yiddish Civilisation : The rise and fall of a forgotten nation by Paul Kriwaczek
$26.95 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: good
A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on historyIn the 13th-century Yiddish language and culture began to spread from the Rhineland and Bavaria slowly east into Austria, Bohemia and Moravia, then to Poland and Lithuania and finally to western Russi ...Show more
All Under Heaven by R. Kruger
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
A one-volume narrative history of China, from the earliest inhabitants to the twentieth century, for a popular readership. China is a country with an ancient and highly sophisticated civilization of which the Chinese have been justly proud.When the countries of Europe were struggling to move beyond ...Show more
Bamboo Palace: Discovering the Lost Dynasty of Laos by Christopher Kremmer
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In the dying days of the Vietnam War, a royal family is rounded up and flown by helicopter to a remote prison camp. Behind the bamboo curtain erected by victorious communist guerillas, the tragic final days of an Asian king and his dynasty will play out. Bestselling author of The Carpet Wars, Christophe ...Show more
The City : A Global History by Joel Kotkin
$23.95 AUD
Category: History
Cities are mankind's greatest creation. They represent the most eloquent expression of our species' ingenuity, beliefs and ideals. From Babylon and Rome to London, New York and Tokyo, Joel Kotkin examines the evolution of urban life over the millennia in order to establish what made - and makes - a city ...Show more
Journey to a Revolution: A Personal Memoir and History of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 by Michael Korda
$27.99 AUD
Category: History
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was not just an extraordinary and dramatic event--perhaps the most dramatic single event of the Cold War--but, as we can now see fifty years later, a major turning point in history. Here is an eyewitness account, in the tradition of George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. ...Show more
Our Longest Days : A people's history of the Second World War by The Writers of Mass Observation (ed Sandra Koa Wing)
$26.95 AUD
Category: History
A powerful, detailed and warming story of the Second World War - told through the previously unheard voices of those (such as Nella Last) who described the home front for the 'Mass Observation' project.Jerry is certainly not getting any change out of us'.For six years the people of Britain endured bombs ...Show more
The Judgement of Paris : The Revolutionary Decade that gave the World Impressionism by Ross King
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. The darling of the 'Salon' - that all important public art exhibition held biannually in Paris - he painted historical subjects in meticulous detail and sold his works for astronomical sums to collectors who i ...Show more
Gallipoli - Untold Stories from war correspondant Charles Bean and front-line Anzacs by Jonathan King; Michael Bowers
$39.95 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
"Nothing can alter what happened now: Anzac stood and still stands for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, resourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance that will never admit defeat." - World War I correspondent Charles Bean. The Gallipoli campaign of 1915 was a series of deadly batt ...Show more
West Papua and Indonesia Since Suharto by Peter King
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
In the 1950s the Dutch promised the people of West Papua (the western half of New Guinea) self-determination and eventual independence. But in 1963 Indonesia took control of the territory with the blessing of the US, the UN and Australia. In a tragic clash between two very different cultures over the ne ...Show more