Ice Bound: The Australian Story of Antarctica by Joy McCann
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Australians have long been tempted by the lure of the ice to the south, and our Antarctic stories are filled with mystery, exploration, adventure, ground-breaking science, tragedy, and triumph.The Antarctic region was taking shape in the Australian imagination long before humans ventured into the high s ...Show more
Icy Graves - Exploration and Death in the Antarctic by Stephen Haddelsey
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Ever since Captain Cook first sailed into the Great Southern Ocean in 1773, mankind has sought to push back the boundaries of Antarctic exploration. The first expeditions tried simply to chart Antarctica's coastline, but then the Sixth International Geographical Congress of 1895 posed a greater challeng ...Show more
Images of the Past - A Century of Man-Made Disasters by Nigel Blundell
$44.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Images of the Past Ser.
This book is a catalog of disaster - literally. Within its pages are the major man-made calamities that shocked the world throughout the twentieth century.It was a period during which the power and scale of industrialization changed the planet, an unforeseen consequence being the creation of more human- ...Show more
Imagining England’s Past: Inspiration, Enchantment, Obsession by Susan Owens
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Imagining England's Past takes a long look at the country's invented histories, from the glamorous to the disturbing, from the eighth century to the present day.England has long built its sense of self on visions of its past. What does it mean for medieval writers to summon King Arthur from the post-Rom ...Show more
Immunization: How Vaccines Became Controversial by Stuart S. Blume
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
Vaccines have helped mankind to tackle the dire threat of infectious disease for more than a hundred years. They have become key tools of public health and scientists are charged with developing them as quickly as possible to combat the emergence of new diseases such as Zika, SARS, and Ebola. But why ar ...Show more
Imperial China: The Definitive Visual History by DK
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
From the clans and legends of prehistory to the last Qing emperor, this book brings China's imperial history to life through its pivotal events, political forces, and powerful people, in a stunning collaboration between British and Chinese publishing houses. Covering more than 5,000 years of history and ...Show more
Imperial Mud - The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A post-colonial history of the destruction of the Fens of eastern England. **WINNER OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITION CATEGORY, EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2020** 'A real page-turner ... a warning about what happens when the rich and powerful dress up their avarice as "progress" - a lesson we could do with lear ...Show more
Imperial Mud - The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A post-colonial history of the destruction of the Fens of eastern England. A population of proud indigenous people fight for generations to preserve their homelands against an expanding empire - an invasion justified as being necessary for 'progress'.After centuries of resistance, their culture and com ...Show more
Imperial Tragedy: From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568 by Michael Kulikowski
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser.
For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the definitive split, the Vandal sack of Rome, and the ...Show more
Imperium by Ryszard Kapuscinski
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Granta Editions
Imperium is a classic of reportage and a literary masterwork by one of the great writers and witnesses of the twentieth century. It is the story of an empire: the constellation of states that was submerged under a single identity for most of the century-the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. From the ...Show more
In Living Memory by Chrissie Goldrick (Editor-In-Chief)
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
The story of Australia in the middle decades of the 20th century – from 1930 to 1980 – is one of dramatic contrast; of dark days and light – of economic struggle, anxiety, war and sacrifice, giving way from the 1950s onwards to prosperity, plenty and confidence.Australian Geographic’s In Living Memory s ...Show more
In Search of Berlin: The Story of a Reinvented City by John Kampfner
$36.99 AUD
Category: History
No other city has had so many lives, survived so many disasters and has reinvented itself so many times. No other city is like Berlin. Ever since John Kampfner was a young journalist in Communist East Berlin, he hasn't been able to get the city out of his mind. It is a place tortured by its past, obses ...Show more