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The Golden Maze: A Biography of Prague (HB) by Richard Fidler
$34.99 AUD
$39.99 (12% off)
Category: History
ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague. In 1989, Richard Fidler was living in London as part of the provocative Australian comedy trio The Doug Anthony All Stars when revolution bro ...Show more
Troy by Stephen Fry
$29.99 AUD
$35.00 (14% off)
Category: History | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: near fine
Following Top Ten bestsellers Mythos and Heroes, this third volume retells the epic tale of Troy The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whol ...Show more
The Freedom Circus by Sue Smethurst
$32.99 AUD
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Category: History
Written by award-winning author and journalist Sue Smethurst, whose husband is Mindla and Michael's grandson, The Freedom Circus is an epic story of courage, hope, humanity, survival and, ultimately, love. When Sue Smethurst first sat down with her grandmother-in-law and asked how she survived the Holoc ...Show more
Queens of Jerusalem - The Women Who Dared to Rule by Katherine Pangonis
$31.50 AUD
$32.99 (4% off)
Category: History
Debut by an exciting young narrative historian - a revisionist history of Medieval Palestine In 1187 Saladin's armies besieged the holy city of Jerusalem. He had previously annihilated Jerusalem's army at the battle of Hattin, and behind the city's high walls a last-ditch defence was being led by an un ...Show more
Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present by Yanis Varoufakis
$28.50 AUD
$29.99 (4% off)
Category: Social Issues
What would a fair and equal society look like? Imagine it is now 2025 and that years earlier, in the wake of the world financial crisis of 2008, a new post-Capitalist society had been born. In this ingenious book, world-famous economist Yanis Varoufakis draws on the greatest thinkers in European cultur ...Show more
Banks by Grantlee Kieza
$34.99 AUD
$39.99 (12% off)
Category: History
Lust, science, adventure - Joseph Banks and his voyages of discovery - the extraordinary life of one of the world's most famous and notorious adventurers. Sir Joseph Banks was a man of passion whose influence spanned the globe. A fearless adventurer, his fascination with beautiful women was only trump ...Show more
Soul of a Woman by Isabel Allende
$21.99 AUD
$22.99 (4% off)
Category: Social Issues
The wise, warm, defiant new book from literary legend Isabel Allende a meditation on power, feminism and what it means to be a woman. 'When I say that I was a feminist in kindergarten, I am not exaggerating.' As a child, Isabel Allende watched her mother, abandoned by her husband, provide for her three ...Show more
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom by Robin Wall Kimmerer
$21.99 AUD
$22.99 (4% off)
Category: History
An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, ...Show more
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
$23.99 AUD
$24.99 (4% off)
Category: Social Issues
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Sapiens shows us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from o ...Show more
The Good Germans by Catrine Clay
$31.50 AUD
$32.99 (4% off)
Category: History
After 1933, as the brutal terror regime took hold, most of the two-thirds of Germans who had never voted for the Nazis - some 40 million people - tried to keep their heads down and protect their families. They moved to the country, or pretended to support the regime to avoid being denounced by neighbour ...Show more
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
$21.99 AUD
$22.99 (4% off)
Category: Social Issues
Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most revered writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness. 'It's as if we made entering gothic cathedrals illegal, or museums, or sunsets!' When LSD was first discovered in the 1940s, it seemed to res ...Show more
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
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$22.99 (4% off)
Category: Social Issues
The inspiration for the film Nomadland starring Frances McDormand.