The Renaissance: A Short History by Paul Johnson
$27.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Modern Library Chronicles
The Renaissance holds an undying place in our imagination, its great heroes still our own, from Michelangelo and Leonardo to Dante and Chaucer. This period of profound evolution in European thought is credited with transforming the West from medieval to modern and producing the most astonishing outpouri ...Show more
A History of the Jews by JOHNSON PAUL
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Category: History
A brilliant and comprehensive one-volume survey covering 4,000 years of Jewish history and the impact of Jewish genius and imagination on the world. "An absorbing, provocative, well-written, often moving book."-- "Christian Science Monitor" "An extraordinary amount of useful information." "--New York Re ...Show more
The Renaissance by Paul Johnson
$21.95 AUD
Category: History
A fresh appreciation of the intellectual liberation and artistic triumphs of the Italian Renaissance. Paul Johnson tells the story, in turn, of Renaissance literature, sculpture, building and painting.
Birth Of The Modern, The: World Society 1815-1830 by Johnson Paul
$32.95 AUD
Category: History
Creators by Paul Johnson
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Category: History
In his book INTELLECTUALS (1988) Paul Johnson asked whether intellectuals were morally fit to give advice to humanity (no, was the usual answer). In contrast, this book is about the creative and heroic side of outstanding individuals. There are many themes but no typical creator. Courage is always requi ...Show more
A History of the American People by Paul Johnson
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
Readable and provocative and written with Paul Johnson's customary vigorous, direct and colourful style, A History of the American People charts the sweep and drama of America's history through its politics and economics, its art and literature and science, its society and manners and, not least, its co ...Show more
Westminster Abbey by Richard Jenkyns
$26.95 AUD
Category: History
In terms of those functions, the Abbey is the most complex church in existence - perhaps the most complex of all buildings. It has been abbey, pilgrimage church, cathedral; and it is now a collegiate church and royal peculiar. The foundation document of modern Presbyterianism was written within its wall ...Show more
Nemesis by Chalmers Johnson
$47.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: American Empire Project
The long-awaited final volume of Chalmers Johnson's bestselling "Blowback" trilogy confronts the overreaching of the American empire and the threat it poses to the republic In his prophetic book "Blowback," Chalmers Johnson linked the CIA's clandestine activities abroad to disaster at home. In The Sorr ...Show more
Edge of Empire : Conquest and collecting in the East 1750-1850 by Maya Jasanoff
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Talented historian Maya Jasonoff offers an alternative history of the British Empire. It is not about conquest - but rather a collection of startling and fascinating personal accounts of cross-cultural exchange from those who found themselves on the edges of Empire. A Palladian mansion filled with weste ...Show more
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by Jenkins Philip
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Category: History | Series: Palgrave Essential Histories Ser.
This established introductory text provides an authoritative account of the course of American history, discussing political, social, economic and cultural developments. In this revised new edition, Jenkins offers updated material on the economic crisis and gay rights, and new material on sport, technol ...Show more
Thatcher and Sons by Simon Jenkins
$59.95 AUD
Category: History
The history of Britain in the last thirty years, under both Conservative and Labour governments, has been dominated by one figure - Margaret Thatcher. Her election marked a decisive break with the past and her premiership transformed not just her country, but the nature of democratic leadership. In his ...Show more
The Middle Class by Lawrence James
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
This is the enthralling story of the great powerhouse of British history - the middle class.The death of feudalism, the advancement of democracy, the spread of literacy, the industrial and sexual revolutions, the development of mass media - the middle class is never far away, drawing up petitions, pushi ...Show more