Unforgettable Ancient Sites - Mysterious Sites, Temple Complexes, Ancient Architecture by M. J. Howard
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Category: History
Unforgettable Ancient Sites includes mysterious megalithic sites that appear to have been built using geometric principles far in advance of their time, pyramids that once ran with sacrificial blood, vast temple complexes, lost cities and stunning works of ancient architecture, these sites all have one ...Show more
The Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943 by James Holland
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Category: History
The astonishing story of one of the most brutal and hard-fought battles of the Second World War told by one of most acclaimed and insightful historians
100 Books That Changed The World by Colin Salter, Scott Christianson
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Category: History
A chronological survey of the world's most influential books. Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to have changed the way we see and think? In 100 Books that Changed the World, authors Scott Christianson and Colin Salter brin ...Show more
100 Letters That Changed the World by Colin Salter
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Category: History
A collection of the most inspiring and powerful letters of all time. The written word has the power to inspire, astonish and entertain, as this collection of 100 letters that changed history will show. Ordered chronologically, the letters range from ink-inscribed tablets that vividly describe life in t ...Show more
Setting Sail - Ten Thousand Years of Seafaring Adventure by Luc Cuyvers
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Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Setting Sail tells the 10,000-year story of mankind's quest to cross the world's oceans. It is a remarkable saga that moves from island to island, between nations, and eventually across continents as various peoples share skills and technologies that advance their sailing skills. The book accompanies a ...Show more
Christianity the First 400 Years by L. Johnson
$26.00 AUD
Category: History
Christians, today, will tell you Christianity is a living institution that changes to meet the needs of its followers. There were powerful people and circumstances down through the centuries that served to influence certain changes in doctrines and ceremonies. This book is the first in a series of books ...Show more
The Spy in Moscow Station - A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War Threat by Eric Haseltine; Michael V. Hayden (Foreword by)
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$49.99 (60% off)
Category: History
This program is read by the author.The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow--before more American assets are rounded up and killed.Foreword by Gen. Michael V. Hayden (Retd.), Former Director of NSA & CIA.In the late 1970s, the National Security Agen ...Show more
The Great Windships - How Sailing Ships Made the Modern World by Brian Stafford
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Category: History
The great merchant sailing ships were the original apparatus of globalisation. They brought the East and West together, carrying goods back and forth to the benefit of both, and turning world's oceans into marine highways. Along them would travel all manner of goods in unheard of volumes - gold, silver, ...Show more
Wakefield Then and Now by Michael J. Rochford
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The escaping bear who'd had enough of being a Victorian showpiece; tragedy narrowly averted over the skies of Wakefield when an aeronaut lost control of his balloon in 1827; secret passages and hidden relics; and dark tales of determined apparitions and boggarts are among many enchanting stories told wi ...Show more
The Anarchy: The Rise and Fall of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
$29.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India - A book of beauty' Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by English merchants who collected ...Show more
The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
'Stunningly written... This is a wonderful book.' SUNDAY TIMES 'An extraordinary, cadenced journey into music, exile and landscape.' EDMUND DE WAAL Siberia's story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land ...Show more