History
Larrikins in Khaki
Tim Bowden
Format: Paperback
From recruitment and training and the battlegrounds of Palestine, North Africa, Thailand, Burma and beyond, here are the highly individual stories of Australia's World War II Diggers told in their own voices - warts and all.
Age of Conquests
Angelos Chaniotis
Format: Paperback
Five hundred years of power, politics and culture in the Hellenistic period and the Roman East.
Monash and Chauvel
Roland Perry
Format: Paperback
Monash and Chauvel: How Australia's two greatest generals changed the course of world history tells the story of the emergence and dominance of these brilliant Australian soldiers, who commanded the two most effective armies in defeating the Germans and the Turks in the Great War.
Ghost Riders
Mark Felton
Format: Paperback
GIs and Germans join forces in a thrilling true adventure story from the last days of the Second World War.
Imperial Twilight
Stephen R. Platt
Format: Paperback
The definitive history of the Opium War between Britain and China in the nineteenth century, shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize.
The Borgias
Paul Strathern
The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history, by the author of The Medici.
The Original Australians
Josephine Flood
Format: Paperback
Everything you'd like to know about Aboriginal Australia past and present, presented in an accessible, authoritative and straightforward style. An updated edition of a national bestseller.
The Spy in Moscow Station
Eric Haseltine, foreword by Michael V. Hayden
A gripping, real life cold war story.
The Origin of Empire
David Potter
Capturing the pivotal moment when Rome transformed from a republic to a world empire, spanning over three hundred action-packed years.
Defending the Rock
Nicholas Rankin
Format: Paperback
This thrilling new history reveals how a lone outpost of the British Empire, riddled with secret tunnels, fought off attacks by land, sea and air to help win the war.
