In the Time of Madness: Indonesia on the edge of chaos by Richard Lloyd Parry
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
In the last years of the twentieth century, Richard Lloyd Parry found himself in the vast island nation of Indonesia, one of the most alluring, mysterious and violent countries in the world. For thirty-two years it had been paralysed by the grip of the dictator and mystic General Suharto. But now the ag ...Show more
Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong by Louisa Lim
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
An award-winning journalist takes to the protest-riven streets of Hong Kong to write this startling landmark account of the island city's complex past and precarious future. The story of Hong Kong has long been obscured by competing myths- to Britain, a 'barren rock' with no appreciable history; to Chin ...Show more
Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
A story of ambition, obsession and alphabetical orderMost of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butcher ...Show more
Index, A History of the by Dennis Duncan
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
A story of ambition, obsession and alphabetical orderMost of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and play. Here we might find Butcher ...Show more
India - A History in Objects by Richard Blurton
$60.00 AUD
Category: History
An authoritative visualhistory of India, one of theworld's oldest and mostvibrant cultures, drawing onSouth Asian art and artifactsfrom prehistory to the present. India: A History in Objects presents a beautiful collection of material culture from South Asia and traces its history through a huge variet ...Show more
India in the Persianate Age - 1000-1765 by Richard M. Eaton
$26.99 AUD
Category: History
The Indian subcontinent might seem a self-contained world. Protected by vast mountains and seas, it has created its own religions, philosophies and social systems. And yet this ancient land experienced prolonged and intense interaction with the peoples and cultures of East and Southeast Asia, Europe, Af ...Show more
Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal People and the Australian Nation by Russell McGregor
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
McGregor offers a holistic interpretation of the complex relationship between Indigenous and settler Australians during the middle four decades of the twentieth century. Combining the perspectives of political, social and cultural history in a coherent narrative, he provides a cogent analysis of how the ...Show more
Inga Clendinnen: Selected Writings by Inga Clendinnen; James Boyce (ed.)
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Inga Clendinnen was one of Australia's greatest writers and thinkers. This selection covers the full scope of her writing, from Tiger's Eye to Aztecs, from Boyer Lectures to essays on all manner of topics. The rich array is introduced by acclaimed historian James Boyce, who traces Clendinnen's life and ...Show more
Inge's War - A Story of Family, Secrets and Survival under Hitler by Svenja O'Donnell
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
'A lyrical, engrossing and essential read' - Sathnam Sanghera'A superbly nuanced reclamation of history and family secrets' - Brian Van Reet, author of SpoilsWhat does it mean to be on the wrong side of history?Svenja's beautiful, aloof grandmother Inge never spoke about the past. All her family knew wa ...Show more
Inglorious Empire - What the British did to India by Shashi Tharoor
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and cause ...Show more
Inside Ukraine: A Portrait of a Country and its People by Bogdan Logvynenko
$47.99 AUD
Category: History
Inside Ukraine is a compelling visual portrait of the real Ukraine, lovingly put together by Ukrainians in the years leading up to the current war. The product of five years and 100,000 kilometers of travel around the country by the volunteers of Ukraïner, an organization that aims to explain Ukraine t ...Show more
Into The Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest by Wade Davis
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
A monumental work of history, biography and adventure - the First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest. For Mallory as for all of his generation, death was but 'a frail barrier that men crossed, smiling and gallant, every day'. As climbers they accepted a degree of risk unimaginable before the war. What ...Show more