Country of My Skull by Antjie Krog
$19.95 AUD
Category: History
The full account of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission which for two years recorded the picture of the gross human rights violations committed under apartheid between 1960 and 1993. "Her accounts are so powerful, her resilience, humour and compassion so engaging...to have written this b ...Show more
Charles Kingsford Smith and those Magnificent Men by Peter Fitzsimons
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: good-very good
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith is one of Australia's most beloved heroes. In an action-packed life, the indomitable 'Smithy' went from fighting as a soldier among the carnage of Gallipoli and the Western Front, to taking to the skies against the likes of the Red Baron - for which he won the Military Cross ...Show more
The Gun That Changed the World by Mikhail Kalashnikov
$35.95 AUD
Category: Military
The Russian word that is most frequently spoken throughout the world isn't Lenin, gulag or perestroika, it's 'Kalashnikov'. The reason for this is simple: there are 80 million Kalashnikovs in circulation on five continents. Once invented, the AK-47 assault rifle became the most widely used weapon in the ...Show more
The Story of England by Michael Wood
$49.95 AUD
Category: British
The village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. It has a church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial - and many centuries of recorded history. In the thirteenth century the village was bought by William de Merton, who later founded Merton College, O ...Show more
We Came by Sea: Celebrating Western Australia's Migrant Welcome Walls by PETERS, NONJA
$60.00 AUD
Category: Australian
The Words That Made Australia - How a Nation Came to Know Itself by Manne Robert
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian | Reading Level: good
This is not a book of documents, snippets or worthy speeches. Instead it presents the original essays and the moments of insight that told us what Australia is and could be. These are the essential statements - from historians, reporters, novelists, mavericks and visionaries - that take us from federati ...Show more
View from the Wings: 60 Years in British Aviation by Colin Cruddas
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian
A View From The Wings
The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis by QUIGLEY, CARROLL
$19.95 AUD
Category: History
"The Evolution of Civilizations" is a comprehensive and perceptive look at the factors behind the rise and fall of civilisations. Quigley defines a civilisation as "a producing society with an instrument of expansion". A civilisation's decline is not inevitable but occurs when its instrument of expansio ...Show more