China in One Village: The History of One Town and the Future of theWorld by Liang Hong
$32.99 AUD
Category: World History
After a decade away from her ancestral family village, during which she became a writer and literary scholar in Beijing, Liang Hong started visiting her rural hometown in landlocked Hebei province. What she found was an extended family torn apart by the seismic changes in Chinese society, and a village ...Show more
Civilisations: First Contact / The Cult of Progress by David Olusoga
$34.99 AUD
Category: World History | Series: Civilisations Ser.
Companion to the major new BBC documentary series CIVILISATIONS, presented by Mary Beard, David Olusoga and Simon SchamaOscar Wilde said 'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life.' Was he right? In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link n ...Show more
Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson
$24.99 AUD
Category: World History
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Clanlands - Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish
$22.99 AUD
Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
Now a #1 New York Times Bestseller A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander- Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare.From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of O ...Show more
Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other by Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish
$32.99 AUD
Category: World History
From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motorbikes, join stars of Outlander, Sam and Graham on a road trip with a difference, as two Scotsmen explore a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history, and warfare.Unlikely friends Sam and Graham begin their journey in the heart ...Show more
Classical Mythology Illustrated (Leather Bound) by Helen A. Guerber
$29.95 AUD
Category: World History | Series: Illustrated Classic Editions
The myths of Greece and Rome have provided us with timeless tales of the ancient past, when the world was young and the gods and goddesses shared it with men and women. Classical Mythology provides a complete panoply of these colorful myths, including those that have become familiar references in countl ...Show more
Come Fly the World - The Women of Pan Am at War and Peace by Julia Cooke
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Category: World History
Travel writer Julia Cooke's exhilarating portrait of Pan Am stewardesses in the Mad Men era.
Conquering Jerusalem by Stephen Dando-Collins
$32.99 AUD
Category: World History
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN STEPHEN DANDO-COLLINS PROVIDES UNPARALLELED NEW INSIGHT INTO THE FIRST JEWISH REVOLT Dando-Collins details the conflict from both sides of the 7-year campaign. His examination of the revolt draws upon numerous archaeological and forensic discoveries made in recent yea ...Show more
Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire by Roger Crowley
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Category: World History | Reading Level: near fine
As remarkable as Columbus and the conquistador expeditions, the history of Portuguese exploration is now almost forgotten. But Portugal's navigators cracked the code of the Atlantic winds, launched the expedition of Vasco da Gama to India and beat the Spanish to the spice kingdoms of the East - then set ...Show more
Constantine at the Bridge: How the Battle of the Milvian Bridge Created Christian Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins
$32.99 AUD
Category: World History
"A marvelous book. Constantine at the Bridge is an engaging and beautifully written study of a pivotal moment in Roman and European history." --Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles: Escape from Mussolini's Colditz The AD 312 Battle of the Milvian Bridge, just outside Rome, marked the start of a ...Show more
Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453 by Roger Crowley
$24.99 AUD
Category: World History
In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital of Christian Byzantium. During the siege that followed, a small band of badly organised defenders, outnumbered ten to one, confronted the might of the Ottom ...Show more
Contested Spaces:Historiography of the Arab/Israeli Conflict, 2nd Edition by BICKERTON IAN
$61.95 AUD
Category: World History
This book is intended to cover both the Preliminary and HSC Arab/Israeli components of the new Stage 6 Modern History syllabus in an impartial, clear, student/teacher friendly manner. The text also offers a wide variety of sources balanced with suitable level content.This revised edition includes a deta ...Show more