Law's Strangest Cases - Extraordinary but True Tales from over Five Centuries of Legal History by Peter Seddon
$19.99 AUD
Category: History
A rollicking collection of barely believable stories from five centuries of legal history - you'll be gripped by these tales of murder, intrigue, crime, punishment and the pursuit of justice. Meet the only dead parrot ever to give evidence in a court of law, the doctor with the worst bedside manner of a ...Show more
Females on the Fatal Shore : Australia's Brave Pioneers by Susanna De Vries
$19.95 AUD
Category: History
This is the story of the lives of 11 significant women who sailed to the colonies in Australia's founding years. Letters and portraits help bring these women to life and describe the dangers and deprivations of pioneering in the 6 colonies that would unite at Federation to form one nation - Australia. T ...Show more
Platypus by Ann Moyal
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
249 pages, colour plates When the first specimen of a platypus arrived in England in 1799 it was greeted with astonishment and disbelief. What was this strange creature from the new colony of Australia? It defied rational explanation, with its webbed feet and duck's beak attached to what seemed to be a ...Show more
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed, Ireland became 'the isle of saints and scholars' that enabled the classical and religious heritage to be saved. In his comp ...Show more
Ivory Vikings by Nancy Marie Brown
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with th ...Show more
The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria by Max Adams
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A stunning recreation of the life and times of Oswald of Northumbria: Christian warlord, founder of Lindisfarne monastery, and the first great English monarchOswald Whiteblade lived one of the most influential and colorful lives in early English history. Before his death in battle against the pagans of ...Show more
Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals by Geoffrey Blainey
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
Two ships set out in search of a missing continent- the St Jean-Baptiste,a French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville, and the Endeavour, a small British naval vessel captained by James Cook. Distinguished historian Geoffrey Blainey tells the story of these rival ships and the men who sailed the ...Show more
Quid Pro Quo: What the Romans Really Gave the English Language by Peter Jones
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
In this original and highly accessible book, Peter Jones takes the reader on a fascinating journey along the highways and byways of Roman life and culture, telling the amazing stories behind the original Latin meanings and uses of hundreds of our everyday words. Taking in every aspect of the ancient wor ...Show more
Australia 1901 - 2001: A Narrative History by Andrew Tink
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
'So tightly packed were the crowds lining Sydney's streets on 1 January 1901 that they resembled a dense well-tended hedge. Early morning showers had followed a thunderstorm the previous evening and many carried umbrellas as they waited for the procession. Planning for this New Year's Day had been going ...Show more
Those Wild Rabbits: How They Shaped Australia by Bruce Munday
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
A century ago Australia was home to 10 billion rabbits, thriving in their adopted home. Storyteller Bruce Munday finds the rabbit saga irresistible - the naive hopes of the early settlers, the frustration, environmental damage, cost to agriculture, dreams shattered, and the lessons learned and ignored. ...Show more
The Story of Australia's People - Volume 2 by Geoffrey Blainey
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
An accomplishment of both great sweep and impressive detail, Geoffrey Blainey's ambitious account of this country, The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Rise of a New Australia, takes us from the gold rush to the present day. It marks the culmination of a lifelong study by one of Australia's mos ...Show more