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The Very Secret Sex Lives of Medieval Women - An Inside Look at Women and Sex in Medieval Times by Rosalie Gilbert
$32.99 AUD
Category: World History
What Was Sex Like for a Medieval Woman? An inside look at sexual practices in medieval times. Were medieval women slaves to their husband's desires, jealously secured in a chastity belt in his absence? Was sex a duty or could it be a pleasure? Did a woman have a say about her own female sexuality, body ...Show more
Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled it by Tilar J. Mazzeo
$26.99 AUD
Category: World History
Veuve Clicquot champagne epitomizes glamour and style, with tribute paid everywhere from Lord Byron to Casablanca. But who was this young widow - the 'Veuve' - Clicquot, whose champagne sparkled at the courts of France, Britain, and Russia, and how did she rise to celebrity and fortune? Newly widowed, s ...Show more
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall
$22.99 AUD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, to follow world events you need to understand people, ideas and movements - but if you don't know geography, you'll never have the full picture. If you've ever wondered why Putin is so obses ...Show more
When Chairmen Were Patriots by Elizabeth Fysh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Fergus McMaster started with nothing and with his brothers built a sprawling pastoral empire in western Queensland. Following his return from World War I, a chance meeting outside Cloncurry with Lieutenant Paul McGinness took him on a new path. With Lieutenant Hudson Fysh, the three men followed the ...Show more
STORIES OF THE SOUTHSIDE VOL 2 by ROBERTS, BERYL
$17.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Brisbane: The Aboriginal Presence 1824 - 1860 by Raymond Evans
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian History
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (PB) by Simon Winchester
$34.99 AUD
Category: World History
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back. The ownership of land has always been complicated, opaque, and more than a little anarchic when viewed from the outside. In this book, ...Show more
Bjelke Blues by Edwina Shaw
$25.00 AUD
Category: Queensland History
Anthology of short stories by various writers, telling some of the serious, silly, and surreal aspects of life in Queensland during the politically turbulent 1960s-80s.
Failures of Command: The death of Private Robert Poate by Hugh Poate
$34.99 AUD
Category: Post WW2 Military History
On 29 August 2012 Private Robert Poate, Lance Corporal Rick Milosevic and Sapper James Martin were killed during an insider, or green on blue, attack in Afghanistan. Their killer was supposed to be their ally but was a Taliban sleeper in the ranks of the Afghan National Army. Information provided to the ...Show more
The Most Dangerous Man in Australia? by Barbara Winter
$32.95 AUD
Category: Australian History
Who was "the most dangerous man in Australia" in the years before World War II? Was it the geologist who obtained nickel and molybdenite to prolong the life of Krupp guns and help "our dear F hrer" to win the next war? Or perhaps the journalist who took Japanese money in return for persuading politician ...Show more
Women of Brisbane - Judy Watson by Judy Watson; Louise Martin-Chew (Editor)
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian History
This publication records the history of Kingsford Smith Drive, Hamilton, Brisbane through exploring a public artwork that documents the stories of Brisbane's women and includes a history of this place, Indigenous and non-Indigenous. It is a rarely detailed exploration of the inspiration, history and mot ...Show more