Story of the World: History for the Classical Child (4 Book bundle PB) by Susan Wise Bauer
135.00 AUD
Category: History & Humanities | Series: Story of the World Ser.
Available in paperback, this four-volume narrative world history tells the story of the entire globe, from the earliest nomadic humans all the way to the Persian Gulf war at the end of the twentieth century.Told in an entertaining, engaging style, The Story of the World uses the stories of women and men ...Show more
Avery Everywhere: A Day with the Vikings (HB) by JACOPO OLIVIERI
25.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
Avery is a little curious child who simply loves history and... can travel in it! Every title is an adventure in history bringing together fiction and non-fiction: follow the "fictional" story of Avery and his friends and learn history with the special in-depth non fiction spreads. Each volume is a grea ...Show more
Avery Everywhere: A Day in the Middle Ages (HB) by JACOPO OLIVIERI
25.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
Avery is a little curious child who simply loves history and... can travel in it! Every title is an adventure in history bringing together fiction and non-fiction: follow the "fictional" story of Avery and his friends and learn history with the special in-depth non fiction spreads. Each volume is a grea ...Show more
Vikings at War (PB) by Kim Hjardar; Vegard Vike
49.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
Vikings at War presents a sumptuous depiction of how the Vikings waged war: their weapons technology, offensive and defensive warfare, military traditions and tactics, their fortifications, ships and command structure. It also portrays the Viking raids and conquest campaigns that brought the Vikings to ...Show more
Kith: The Riddle of the Childscape by Jay Griffiths
22.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
Kith is Jay Griffiths's passionate polemic in defence of childhood. In Kith, Jay Griffiths seeks to discover why we deny our children the freedoms of space, time and the natural world. Visiting communities as far apart as West Papua and the Arctic, as well as the UK, and delving into history, philosophy ...Show more
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich by Harald Jähner
27.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
The internationally bestselling and prize-winning history of German life in the fallout of the Third Reich, filled with eye-opening, shocking and vitally human stories of ruin, repression and revival.***SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021***A 2021 Book of the YearThe Times * Sunday Times * Te ...Show more
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
65.00 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar ( ...Show more
Fear An Alternate History by Robert Peckham
34.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling new insight on world history. It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been dr ...Show more
Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses by Aarathi Prasad
37.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global history, natural history, and future ...Show more
Conspiracy Theories: A Guide to the World's Most Intriguing Mysteries by Jamie King
24.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
Did Michael Jackson fake his own death in a bid to escape financial ruin or was he murdered? Was it aliens that helped to build the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids and what were they trying to cover up? Is the food industry colluding to make us addicted to sugar? You'll discover startling evidence on thes ...Show more
The Panama Canal by Elizabeth Mann
14.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities | Series: Wonders of the World
This is the illustrated story of how a jungle was conquered and the world made smaller! For the French in 1881 and then the Americans in 1903, it all seemed so simple: Panama was less than fifty miles wide. How difficult could it be to build a canal across it? The answer was "tragically difficult". Pana ...Show more
Avery Everywhere: A Day in Ancient Rome (HB) by OLIVIERI, JACOPO
25.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities | Series: Avery Everywhere Ser.
Avery is a curious child who simply loves history! Follow him through time and space to learn everything about the Ancient Romans. With just a blink of his eyes, Avery is able to transport himself to another country and another time in history! Today he is Averius, a boy from Ancient Rome. Join him on ...Show more