History
Discover the best books on history, the history novel including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
-
World War II: InfographicsWorld War II: Infographics tells the story of the great conflict through graphic design. The mass of data available about World War II has never been as large as it is now, yet it has become extraordinarily complicated to interpret it in a meaningful...
- $59.66 AUD
- $59.66 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
World War 1 & 2 History for Kids: Courageous Tales, Stories & Fascinating Facts to Inspire & Educate Children about WW1 & WW2: (2 books in 1)World War 1 & 2 History for Kids is a special "Two Books In One Collection"Prepare for an epic journey through the dramatic events of World War 1 & 2 Included in this Captivating "2 Book Collection" are: World War 1 History For Kids...
- $38.77 AUD
- $38.77 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Witch c'Oxol: An Ancient Legend and Other Mayan FolktalesThe wonderful tales offered in this bilingual collection provide readers with a new set of living stories that give insight into the current traditional ways and daily habits of Guatemala's Tz'utujil Maya people--traditions that are fast disappearing. Anthropologist James D. Sexton and Maya storyteller...
- $49.62 AUD
- $49.62 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Why We Celebrate Groundhog Day: Everything to Know about Your Favorite HolidayCelebrate Groundhog Day with this fun introduction for kids ages 6 to 9!Groundhog Day celebrates the coming of spring with a tradition that says if a certain groundhog comes out of his burrow and does not see his shadow, then winter is almost over....
- $23.85 AUD
- $23.85 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Why New Orleans MattersMore than a decade after Hurricane Katrina, revisit Tom Piazza's award-winning appraisal of a city in crisis--with a new afterword placing the story of New Orleans in the context of the ongoing threat to America's coastal populations.In the years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the...
- $31.80 AUD
- $31.80 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Why Does Augustine Matter?In Why Does Augustine Matter? renowned theologian and former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams offers a profound meditation on St. Augustine of Hippo's enduring relevance, exploring how Augustine's insights on memory, identity, desire, and divine grace speak powerfully to our contemporary struggles. Drawing from...
- $28.26 AUD
- $28.26 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Where Nobody Knows Your Name: Life in the Minor Leagues of BaseballNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the acclaimed bestselling author comes a riveting journey through the world of minor-league baseball "Terrific...Reading this book will make you fall in love with baseball all over again."--The Denver Post Minor league baseball is quintessentially American: small towns, small stadiums,...
- $29.83 AUD
- $29.83 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Where Custer Fell: Photographs of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Then and NowThe Battle of the Little Bighorn has long held an eminent position among the chronicles of the mythic West. None of the men who rode with Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer to his "Last Stand" survived to tell the tale, but this stunning photography...
- $44.67 AUD
- $44.67 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century EnglandA "delightful reader's companion" (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Brontës, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England. For anyone who has...
- $31.31 AUD
- $31.31 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
What Is To Be Done?This is Lenin's seminal text on social revolution and how to achieve it, published some 16 years before Russia's October 1917 Revolution. His plan to overturn the Czar's ruthless autocratic regime proposes the establishment of a cadre of "professional revolutionaries" with the necessary skills...
- $21.85 AUD
- $21.85 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
West Virginia Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat StuffA guide to the offbeat people, places, and events that make West Virginia even stranger than readers might think! Author: Rick SteelhammerPublisher: Globe Pequot PublishingPublished: 01/19/2010Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60dISBN: 9780762743810About the AuthorRick Steelhammer is a staff writer for...
- $25.39 AUD
- $25.39 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles"In this incredibly timely book, Les Standiford chronicles William Mulholland's heroic drive to bring water to Los Angeles and thus to create the city we know today. It's a powerful--and beautifully told--story of hubris, ingenuity, and, ultimately, deepest tragedy."--Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead...
- $31.80 AUD
- $31.80 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the RevolutionBy the award-winning author of Dog Company: a historic account of a Revolutionary War unit's "tactical acumen and human drama . . . combat writing at its best" (The Wall Street Journal).In August 1776, little over a month after the Continental Congress had formally...
- $26.85 AUD
- $26.85 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its MakersThe Miami estate of Vizcaya, like its palatial contemporaries Biltmore and San Simeon, represents an achievement of the Gilded Age, when country houses and their gardens were a conspicuous measure of personal wealth and power. In Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers, a...
- $82.04 AUD
- $82.04 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS PlunkettIn the bestselling tradition of Indianapolis and In Harm's Way comes a "captivating...gripping" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) account of the USS Plunkett--a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, later made...
- $28.32 AUD
- $28.32 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Unseen Scotland: The Hidden Places, History and Folklore of the Wild IsleFor centuries people have been beguiled and inspired by the imposing cloud-scattered mountains and tranquil lochs of Scotland's landscape. Aside from its breath-taking beauty, this country is steeped in a rich and violent history, alongside tales of fearless giants and mischievous fairies. In Unseen...
- $53.68 AUD
- $53.68 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Unbreakable: The Spies Who Cracked the Nazis' Secret CodeUnbreakable is the edge-of-your seat true story of the codebreakers, spies, and navy fighters who helped defeat the Nazis and turned the tide of World War II--perfect for fans of The Imitation Game, Alan Gratz, and Jennifer Nielsen. "A thrilling adventure of intrigue and...
- $19.38 AUD
- $19.38 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Trapped Under the Sea: One Engineering Marvel, Five Men, and a Disaster Ten Miles Into the DarknessThe harrowing story of five men who were sent into a dark, airless, miles-long tunnel, hundreds of feet below the ocean, to do a nearly impossible job--with deadly results A quarter-century ago, Boston had the dirtiest harbor in America. The city had been dumping...
- $35.01 AUD
- $35.01 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Tractor Wars: John Deere, Henry Ford, International Harvester, and the Birth of Modern Agriculture"Mr. Dahlstrom...has written a superb history of the tractor and this long-forgotten period of capitalism in U.S. agriculture. We now know the whole story of when farming, business and the free-market economy diverged, divided and conquered." --Wall Street Journal Discover the untold story of...
- $29.83 AUD
- $29.83 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
This Isn't Happening: Radiohead's Kid A and the Beginning of the 21st CenturyTHE MAKING AND MEANING OF RADIOHEAD'S GROUNDBREAKING, CONTROVERSIAL, EPOCHDEFINING ALBUM, KID A. In 1999, as the end of an old century loomed, five musicians entered a recording studio in Paris without a deadline. Their band was widely recognized as the best and most forward-thinking...
- $26.83 AUD
- $26.83 AUD
- Unit price
- per
