Fire Support Bases Vietnam: Australian and Allied Fire Support Base Locations and Main Support Units by Bruce Picken
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Fire Support Bases Vietnam is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken. Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry fie ...Show more
The Submarine - A Cultural History from the Great War to Nuclear Combat by Duncan Redford
$37.99 AUD
Category: History
'Underhand and damned un-English' was the view of submarines in Edwardian Britain. Yet by the 1960s the new nuclear powered submarines were seen by the Royal Navy as being the 'hallmark of a first class navy'. In this book Duncan Redford, a retired Royal Navy submarine officer, explores how - and why - ...Show more
Give Us Back Our Country by David Flint; Jai Martinkovits; Alan Jones (Foreword by)
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
There are few problems today which have not been either caused or made worse by the politicians. The sad fact is that the institutions of our representative democracy - one of the world's oldest - have been compromised. This can be directly attributed to the power brokers in the major parties who are in ...Show more
British Dolls of the 1960s by Susan Brewer
$55.00 AUD
Category: History
This is the first book to be published on the popular area of British dolls of the 1960s which explores what's worth collecting and why and focuses on outside events such as the growth of the pop scene and how dolls were aimed at the newly created 'teenagers', not just children. These toy and pop dolls ...Show more
In Peace and War 1933-1948 - Memoirs of an Exiled Polish Cavalry Officer by Tadeusz Bączkowski; Dariusz Szymczyk (Editor); Barbara Herchenreder (Translator)
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
Captain Bączkowski's extraordinary memoirs, those of a young Polish cavalry officer, covers his life story from childhood to his great wish of becoming a cavalry officer being fulfilled a few years before the outbreak of World War 2. His idyllic life was shattered by the German invasion on 1st September ...Show more
The Franco-Prussian WarThe German Conquest of France in 1870-1871 by Geoffrey Wawro
$50.00 AUD
Category: History
The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 violently changed the course of European History. Alarmed by Bismarck's territorial ambitions and the Prussian army's crushing defeats of Denmark in 1864 and Austria in 1866, French Emperor Napoleon III vowed to bring Prussia to heel. Digging into many European and Ame ...Show more
Pirate Queen of Ireland - The True Story of Grace O'Malley by Anne Chambers; Deidre O'Neill (Illustrator)
$12.95 AUD
Category: History
This is the true story of Grace O'Malley, or Granuaile, who ruled on land and sea in Connaught over 400 years ago.
The Journey to the West, Volume 4 by Anthony C. (EDT) Yu
$66.00 AUD
Category: History
Anthony C. Yu's translation of The Journey to the West, initially published in 1983, introduced English-speaking audiences to the classic Chinese novel in its entirety for the first time. Written in the sixteenth century, The Journey to the West tells the story of the fourteen-year pilgrimage of the mon ...Show more
Killer Caldwell by Jeff Watson
$16.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Hachette Military Collec Ser.
Clive 'Killer' Caldwell was a natural and brilliant pilot, a superb shot, and a born leader. He saw action against the Germans, Italians and Japanese, and remains Australia's greatest ever fighter pilot - this is his definitive biography. Born and brought up in Sydney, it was obvious from an early age ...Show more
Archaeology Hotspot Egypt - Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists by Julian Heath
$63.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
The Archaeology Hotspots series offers reader-friendly and engaging narratives of the archaeology in particular countries. Written by archaeological experts with a general reader in mind, each book in the series focuses on what has been found and by whom, what the controversies and scandals have been, o ...Show more
Reading Robin Hood by Stephen Knight
$49.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture MUP Ser.
Reading Robin Hood explores and explains stories about the mythic outlaw - a figure who always represents the values of natural law and stands up for true justice - from the middle ages to the present.While a few books have described the outlaw myth, usually in its earlier forms, and occasional academic ...Show more
Forgotten People of the Ancient World by Philip Matyszak
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
The ancient world of the Mediterranean and the Near East saw the birth and collapse of great civilizations. While several of these are well known, for all those that have been recorded, many have been unjustly forgotten. Our history is overflowing with different cultures that have all evolved over time, ...Show more