Humanities
Humanities
From the very beginning, Caesar's story makes dazzling reading. In his late teens he narrowly avoided execution for opposing the military dictator Sulla. He was decorated for valour in battle, captured and held to ransom by pirates, and almost bankrupted himself by staging games for the masses.
As ..
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By: DK
Magnificent imagery coupled with contextual and extensive information on dinosaurs and much more
"Visitors to a natural history museum could not explore the number of examples contained here" - Booklist
Fascinating and authoritative, this book is an unprecedented survey of millions of years of..
$65.00
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By: Roland Perry
The extraordinary story of Stan Savige - from Gallipoli marksman to WWII General and the founder of Legacy 'Stan Savige had been on Gallipoli for just two weeks, in the trenches firing at Turks less than 20 metres away. But Sniper's Ridge was a different proposition. Killing took on another dimensio..
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By: Grantlee Kieza
A lively and engaging portrait of a towering and complex figure of Australian colonial history.
Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Australia's destiny, transforming the harsh, foreboding penal colony of New Holland into an agricultural powerhouse and ultimately a prosperous society. He ..
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By: Grantlee Kieza
The extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wings
By the critically acclaimed author of bestselling biographies of John Monash, Banjo Paterson, Joseph Banks, Lachlan Macquarie and Henry Lawson, this is a fascinating, livel..
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By: Grantlee Kieza
The extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the map, now with a foreword from Flinders' great-great-great-grand-daughters on the 250th anniversary of his birth
In 1810, Matthew Flinders made his final voyage home to his beloved wife, Ann, his body ravaged by the de..
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'There have been many books written about the events of Bloody Sunday, however, none has wrenched the reader as violently back to those CS gas-choked streets, dumping them right in the heart of the screaming, running, shooting and crying, as Julieann Campbell's On Bloody Sunday. A powerful chronicle..
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By: A. C. Grayling
From the bestselling philosopher, a gripping history of science, thought, life on earth and the human mind - and what we might know in the future
In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring know..
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By: Sim Kern
Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, Genocide Bad dismantles Zionist propaganda and maps a course towards collective liberation in ten unapologetic essays.
Part activist memoir, part crash course in Jewish and Palestinian history, Genocide Bad dismantles Zion..
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The riveting true story of how Ireland came to be, told through eyewitness accounts from a thousand years of struggle
"A fascinating mixture of mythology and actual historical events. . . . Lovers of Irish and medieval literature will relish this book."-Booklist
For the first thousand years of..
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By: Grantlee Kieza
The astonishing life of Ned Kelly's mother
While we know much about the iconic outlaw Ned Kelly, his mother Ellen Kelly has been largely overlooked by Australian writers and historians -- until now, with this vivid and compelling portrait by Grantlee Kieza, one of Australia's most popular biographe..
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