The Spanish Labyrinth - An Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War by Gerald Brenan
25.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Canto Classics Ser.
Gerald Brenan's The Spanish Labyrinth has become the classic account of the background to the Spanish Civil War. Written during and immediately after the Civil War, this book has all the vividness of the author's experience. It represents a struggle to see the issues in Spanish politics objectively, whi ...Show more
Hitler Downfall 1939-45 Volume II by Volker ULLRICH
49.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Hitler Biographies
In the summer of 1939 Hitler was at the zenith of his power. The Nazis had consolidated their authority over the German people, and in a series of foreign-policy coups, the F hrer had restored Germany to the status of a major Continental power. He now embarked on realising his lifelong ambition- to prov ...Show more
Bloody Okinawa - The Last Great Battle of World War II by Joseph Wheelan
45.00 AUD
Category: Warfare
A stirring narrative of World War II's final major battle--the Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign--the last of its kind. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, more than 184,000 US troops began landing on the only Japanese home soil invaded during the Pacific war. Just 350 miles ...Show more
Mutual Admiration Society - How Dorothy L. Sayers and Her Oxford Circle Remade the World for Women by Mo Moulton
22.99 AUD
Category: History
'An enjoyable anthem to friendship' - Hephzibah Anderson, Observer 'Hugely enjoyable . . . Modern-day readers can thank the ambitious, complicated, funny, brave women of the Mutual Admiration Society' - Anna Carey, Sunday Business Post 'A tribute to that precious but still unsung thing: the loving bon ...Show more
Battle of Britain - The Pilots and Planes That Made History by Simon Pearson; Ed Gorman
32.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
In Battle of Britain: The Pilots and the Planes That Made History, Ed Gorman and Simon Pearson paint a vivid picture of the men and their machines as the battle for air superiority over Britain is played out across the skies of Europe, from western Ireland to the German capital. They tell remarkable sto ...Show more
Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds by Peter FitzSimons
35.00 AUD
Category: History
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plan ...Show more
The Invention of Surgery by David Schneider
34.99 AUD
Category: History
A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by the discipline's most dynamic, pioneering doctors.Written by an author with plenty of experience holding a scalpel, Dr. David Schneider's THE INVENTION OF S ...Show more
The Ratline - Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands
34.99 AUD
Category: History
As Governor of Galicia, SS Brigadesführer Otto Freiherr von Wächter presided over an authority on whose territory hundreds of thousands of Jews and Poles were killed, including the family of the author's grandfather. By the time the war ended in May 1945, he was indicted for 'mass murder'. Hunted by the ...Show more
A History of the Samurai - Legendary Warriors of Japan by Jonathan Lopez-Vera
29.99 AUD
Category: History
A History of the Samurai tells the complete story of Japan's legendary warrior class from beginning to end--an epic tale of intrigue, bloodshed and bravery that is central to an understanding of the Japanese character and of Japanese history. It describes in detail the core Samurai philosophy of Bushido ...Show more
Egypt - History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization (PB) by Giorgio Ferrero
54.99 AUD
Category: History
For centuries, we have been fascinated with the iconic architecture, mystical religious beliefs, and once-thriving societies of the ancient Egyptians. Starting with a detailed chronology and ending with a comprehensive glossary of terms and bibliography, this meticulously researched resource explores th ...Show more
Battle for Crete by John Hall Spencer
44.99 AUD
Category: Warfare
Battle for Crete is a fine account of the political and military prelude to the evacuation of British, Australian and New Zealand forces from Greece to Crete in April 1941, and of the subsequent German offensive against Crete, the first airborne assault in history on a defended island. During two year's ...Show more