Be a Scribe! Working for a Better Life in Ancient Egypt by Michael Hoffen, Christian Casey, Jen Thum
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
AN IMMERSIVE STORY OF ANCIENT LIFE IN EGYPT This is an extraordinary translation of a papyrus dating from ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom era by Michael Hoffen, the 16-year-old author of Be a Scribe! with the help of co-authors Dr. Christian Casey and Dr. Jen Thum. Michael Hoffen became fascinated by th ...Show more
The Great Windships - How Sailing Ships Made the Modern World by Brian Stafford
$88.00 AUD
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
Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World's Most Vulnerable Places by Christopher Pollon
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
A fascinating investigation into a wild industry and the global race to exploit our world's dwindling natural resources. The stakes couldn't be higher- How can we mine the metals we need without replicating the environmental and human rights abuses of the past? A global race is on to exploit the last bo ...Show more
The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy by Bill Hayes
$34.00 AUD
Category: History
"Hayes's history of the illustrated medical text "Gray's Anatomy" coincides with the hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of its first publication. Fascinated by the fact that little was known about the famous book's genesis, Hayes combed through nineteenth-century letters and medical-school records, learni ...Show more
Moon Man - The True Story of a Filmmaker on the CIA Hit List by Bart Sibrel
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Hidden Histories - 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class by Tim Rayborn
$30.00 AUD
Category: History
We all know what was written in the history books. There are some stories we've heard a hundred times--but often our understanding of these events and people is narrow. Have you ever wondered about the lesser known details that influenced major events and figures behind-the-scenes This hilarious compe ...Show more
This Day in History - A 365-Day Tour of History's Most Fascinating, Important and Strange Facts and Figures by Cider Mill Press
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
From the Ides of March to the 40-minute war and the Great Molasses Flood, discover what extraordinary events took place from January 1 to December 31 with This Day in History. Have you ever wondered what happened on your birthday hundreds of years ago? This Day in History is perfect for history buffs a ...Show more
Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World Made in H. M. Bark Endeavour, 1768-71 by Cook; William J. L. Sir Wharton
$90.00 AUD
Category: History
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, l ...Show more
Captain Cook's Journal during his First Voyage round the World, made in H.M. Bark Endeavour, 1768–71 by James Cook
$76.00 AUD
Category: History
Famed for his exploration of the Pacific and Australasia, James Cook (1728-79) was also an excellent surveyor and a meticulous keeper of records. The journal entries presented here cover Cook's first voyage around the world aboard the Endeavour, during which he mapped New Zealand and claimed the eastern ...Show more
The Lost Boys by BYRNES
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
In the First World War of 1914-1918, thousands of boys across Australia and New Zealand lied about their age, forged a parent's signature and left to fight on the other side of the world. Though some were as young as thirteen, they soon found they could die as well as any man. Like Peter Pan's lost boys ...Show more
The Year My Family Unravelled by Cynthia Dearborn
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
A superbly written and surprising memoir about hope, redemption, self-worth, and the tangled and often contradictory impulses of love. Cynthia Dearborn is struggling to convince her father, who has vascular dementia, to move into an aged care facility. He won't budge. Further complicating matters is th ...Show more