Chronicles of the Vikings: Records, Memorials and Myths by R. I. Page
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
There have been many books about the Vikings, but few that see them from their own point of view. Most accounts rely heavily on the records of prejudiced observers (who saw the Vikings only as savage raiders) or the archaeological record, which tells us much about their material culture but little about ...Show more
Redback One: The True Story of an Australian SAS Hero by Robert Macklin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Hachette Military Collection
The command came: 'Stop those vehicles!' It was like a red rag to a bull. Instantly streams of 7.62mm tracer and 50mm calibre machine gun rounds arced across the night sky and smashed into the bus and truck. Elite SAS Patrol Commander Stuart 'Nev' Bonner takes us inside the extraordinary and dangerous w ...Show more
Winston Churchill - Soldier by Douglas S. Russell
$42.95 AUD
$49.99 (14% off)
Category: Military
Considering he has been and will remain to be one of the most studied personalities of the 20th century, relatively little has been written about the miltary service and war experiences of Winston Churchill - even his own writings give scant coverage of this important part of his life, despite his own a ...Show more
Firearms: An Illustrated History by DORLING KINDERSLEY
$49.99 AUD
Category: Military
This is the definitive visual guide to the history of firearms and guns. The Illustrated History of Firearms charts the evolution and history of the gun, from the pistol, flintlock musket and rifle to the shotgun, machine gun and revolver. This book features over 300 firearms and guns spanning centuries ...Show more
Kaiten: Japan's Secret Manned Suicide Submarine and the First American Ship It Sank in WWII by Michael Mair
$32.99 AUD
Category: Military
In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor in Ulithi Harbor, deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS" Mississinewa" erupted in a ball of flames. Japan's secret weapon, the "Kaiten"--a manned suicide submarine--had succeeded in its first mission. The "Kaiten" was so secret that even Japane ...Show more
Menzies at War by Anne Henderson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian
In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office as PM and despair that his life at the top had come to so little. Many followers of Australian political history, including Liberal party supporters, forget that Rob ...Show more
Undaunted : From Clearance Diver to Mercenary by Hugh O'Brien
$34.99 AUD
Category: Military
'Diving was a boys-own adventure, a jump into the unknown, full of devil-may-care attitudes. It welcomed you with one hand and cast you asunder with the other. It was a hideous bitch goddess and it drank the blood of the unprepared.' After an ordinary childhood, Hugh 'Obi' O'Brien's life has been surpri ...Show more
Vikings: A Dark History of The Vikings by Martin J. Dougherty
$29.99 AUD
Category: European
Marauders or explorers? Raiders or Traders? We think we know who the Vikings were, but do we really? A thousand years after their demise, traces of Viking civilisation can be found as far apart as North America and the Middle East. They traded walruses with Inuits and sold slaves in Constantinople. They ...Show more
The Concise Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone; Peter Kuznick
$22.99 AUD
Category: American | Reading Level: very good
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick examine the dark side of American history from the beginning of the twentieth century right up to the Obama administration. Looking at American intervention in foreign conflicts in Latin American, Asia and the Middle East, including taking ...Show more
The Search for HMAS Sydney : An Australian Story by Ted Graham et al
$69.99 AUD
Category: Australian
In November 1941 HMAS Sydney, the pride of Australia's wartime fleet, and its crew of 645 disappeared without a trace off the Western Australian coast. All that was known was Sydney had come under fire from the German raider HSK Kormoran, which also sank. After numerous unsuccessful searches from the mi ...Show more
Stealing Athena by Karen Essex
$32.99 AUD
Category: European
Stealing Athena is the story of two women, separated by centuries but united by their association with some of the world's greatest and most controversial works of art. Aspasia, a philosopher and courtesan to visionary politician Pericles during Athens's Golden Age, defies societal restrictions to becom ...Show more
Eyewitness by Garrie Hutchinson
$34.95 AUD
Category: Military
In Eyewitness, Garrie Hutchinson has selected the cream of writing from Australia's wars. Many of our finest writer-reporters are featured - C.E.W. Bean, Alan Moorehead, Paul McGeough, Kenneth Slessor, Ray Parkin, Osmar White, John Martinkus, Peter Ryan and more. The settings range from the beach at Anz ...Show more