The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international ...Show more
The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson
$22.99 AUD
Category: True Crime | Series: history of the Americas
"The Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and its amazing 'White City' was one of the most spectacular the world has ever seen. This is the incredible story of its realization, and of the two men whose fates it linked, and architect and a serial killer. The architect was Daniel H. Burnham, the chief builder of ...Show more
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Fawcett was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilization, like El Dorado. Obsessed with its discovery, he christened it the City of Z. In 1925, Fawcett headed into the wilderness wit ...Show more
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory: A Memoir by Corey White
$22.99 AUD
Category: Biography
Corey White was a golden child. He knew this because his father would hit his mother and his sisters but not him. And his mother adored him so much she let him drop out of primary school. After losing his father to jail and his mother to heroin, though, he became a target for cruelty and dysfunction in ...Show more
Uncanny Valley - a Memoir by Anna Wiener
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography
A January 2020 IndieNext Pick. One of Vogue's 22 Books to Read This Winter. "A definitive document of a world in transition: I won't be alone in returning to Uncanny Valley for clarity and consolation for many years to come." --Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion The pres ...Show more