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History Smashers: Salem Witch Trials by Kate Messner; Falynn Koch (Illustrator)
15.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: History Smashers Ser.
Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about the Salem Witch Trials in the hit History Smashers nonfiction series. Perfect for fans of the I Survived books and Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales. In 1692, a few paranoid Puritans accused their neighbors of being witches sending the town flying off th ...Show more
History Uncovered: Dinosaurs - An Exciting Look at the Age of Dinosaurs by Dennis Schatz
24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: History Uncovered Ser.
Travel back in time to the age of dinosaurs with History Uncovered: Dinosaurs! Learn about different time periods, including Jurassic and Cretaceous, and the most exciting dinosaurs that lived during each one, including Tyrannosaurus rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, and more! Discover what dinosaurs ate, ...Show more
History of the Paris Commune of 1871 by Prosper Olivier Lissagaray
35.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Verso World History Series
In 1871, the working class of Paris, incensed by their lack of political power and tired of beingexploited, seized control of the capital. This book is the outstanding history of the Commune, theheroic battles fought in its defence, and the bloody massacre that ended the uprising. Its author,Lissagaray, ...Show more
History's Mysteries - Curious Clues, Cold Cases, and Puzzles from the Past by Kitson Jazynka; National Geographic Kids Staff
24.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: History Ser.
Why were the Easter Island heads erected? What really happened to the Maya? Who stole the Irish Crown Jewels? The first book in this exciting new series will cover history's heavy-hitting, head-scratching mysteries, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke, the Bermuda Triangle, the Oak Island Money Pit, St ...Show more
Imperial Tragedy: From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568 by Michael Kulikowski
59.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the definitive split, the Vandal sack of Rome, and the ...Show more
Imperial Tragedy: From Constantine's Empire to the Destruction of Roman Italy AD 363-568 by Michael Kulikowski
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser.
For centuries, Rome was one of the world's largest imperial powers, its influence spread across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle-East, its military force successfully fighting off attacks by the Parthians, Germans, Persians and Goths. Then came the definitive split, the Vandal sack of Rome, and the ...Show more
Imperial Triumph: The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine by Michael Kulikowski
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Profile History of the Ancient World Ser.
Imperial Triumph presents the history of Rome at the height of its imperial power. Beginning with the reign of Hadrian in Rome and ending with the death of Julian the Apostate on campaign in Persia, it offers an intimate account of the twists and often deadly turns of imperial politics in which successi ...Show more
Innovation: The History of England Volume VI by Peter Ackroyd
26.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\History of England Ser.
'Ackroyd makes history accessible to the layman' - Ian Thomson, IndependentInnovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the twentieth century, when his great-granddaught ...Show more
Kristallnacht : Prelude to Destruction by Martin Gilbert
27.99 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: Making History Ser.
One of our most eminent historians presents a powerful look at the buildup to and aftermath of one of the most decisive moments of the Second World War -- Kristallnacht -- not only for the Jewish population suddenly identified as a group to be destroyed, but also in terms of the international response i ...Show more
LISE MEITNER A LIFE IN PHYSICS by Ruth Lewin Sime
60.95 AUD
Category: Science & Natural History | Series: California Studies in the History of Science Ser.
Lise Meitner (1878-1968) was a pioneer of nuclear physics and co-discoverer, with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, of nuclear fission. Braving the sexism of the scientific world, she joined the prestigious Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry and became a prominent member of the international physics c ...Show more
Mallee Country: Land, People, History by Richard Broome, Charles Fahey, Andrea Gaynor, Katie Holmes
39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Series: Australian History Ser.
Mallee Country tells the powerful history of mallee lands and people across southern Australia from Deep Time to the present. Carefully shaped and managed by Aboriginal people for over 50,000 years, mallee country was dramatically transformed by settlers, first with sheep and rabbits, then by flattening ...Show more
Mary Queen Of Scots by Antonia Fraser
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Women in History Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'Ground-breaking ... One of the greatest international bestsellers of the post-war period' Andrew Roberts, Daily Telegraph 'Reads like an engrossing novel' Sunday Times An infant queen. A teenage widow. Beautiful, flamboyant Mary Queen of Scots had a formidable intellect but her political sense - formed ...Show more