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| 1491 by Mann, Charles C. . It was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small, roaming bands of indigenous people. The author brings together the research, and the results of his own travels throughout North and South America. |
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| A Brief History of Mutiny by Woodman, Richard . Perhaps even more than the waves and weather, sea officers of the past feared the ever-present risk of mutiny. Functioning as a microcosm of dissent in our society at large, the steep hierarchy and deep social divisions between the crew and their commanders, the misery and monotony of very hard work and little sleep, and the constant threat of death from shipwreck, disease, or the enemy often led to an anarchic breakdown of any semblance of stability or order at sea. |
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| A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Standage, Tom . Reprint. Originally published: 2005., An offbeat history of the world traces the story of humankind from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century from the perspective of six different drinks--beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola--describing their pervasive influence during pivotal eras of world history, from humankind's adoption of agriculture to the advent of globalization. |
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| Africa in the World by Burt, Ben . The history of Africa is most simply defined by its relationships with other parts of the world. These relationships have shaped Africa itself and determined its place in the modern world. |
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Anatomy of Courage, The by MORAN JOHN .
Fear, and man's attempt to master it, is of eternal interest and just as
significant today as when Moran, as a young medical officer, went to the
trenches in 1914 to research the subject scientifically. He asked why a man can
appear to be as brave as a lion one day and break the next and, crucially, "what
can be done to delay or prevent the using up of courage? |
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| Assassins by Bartlett, W.B. . The 'Assassins' are one of most spectacular legends of medieval history. This book traces the origins of the sect out of the schisms within the early Islamic religion and examines the impact of Hasan-i Sabbah, its founder, and Sinan - the legendary 'Old Man of the Mountain'. It discovers how the myths surrounding the assassins have developed. |
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| Australian Riverboats by Christopher, Peter . Paddlesteamers and riverboats were vital to the opening up and development of Australia. While ocean-going ships brought people to Australia, it was the river system and river trade that opened up the whole southeast corner of the continent. |
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| BITTER OCEAN by WHITE DAVID F, . Between 1939 and 1945, more than 36,000 Allied sailors and navy airmen and 36,000 merchant seamen lost their lives in perhaps the least-known major battle of World War II, the Battle of the Atlantic. All the tanks, planes, bombs, and other vital supplies that the U.S. used to fight in Europe -- as well as the American troops themselves -- crossed the Atlantic aboard ship, a journey made perilous by the German U-boats that prowled the seas. In Bitter Ocean author and maritime journalist David Fairbank White gives us a masterful, authoritative account of how these American, Canadian, and British air and sea forces fought the Germans and prevailed -- at a terrible cost. |
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| Brief History of Medicine by Strathern, Paul . The foundations for the scientific study of the body and modern Western medicine as we know it started with William Harvey's discovery of the circulatory system in the early 17th century. But its roots stretch back into Ancient Greece, when medicine first departed from the divine and the mystical and moved toward observation and logic. Real progress was a long time coming, held back by the taboo around dissection - only external symptoms could be used for diagnosis - as well as superstition and mysticism (illness was the work of demons and pixies and curable only by penitence). |
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| Exploring the World of the Celts by James, Simon . An illustrated guide to Celtic history and culture, it charts their way of life from farming to feasting, their wars, their gods, and their superb craftsmanship in metal, wood and stone. Also highlighted is their life under Roman rule, particularly in Gaul and Britain, and the continuing traditions in Ireland after AD 400. |
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| Fatal Shore, The by Hughes, Robert . 01 In 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonize Australia... An epic description of the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian Britain into a horrific penal system which was to be the precursor to the Gulag and was the origin of Australia. The Fatal Shore is the prize-winning, scholarly, brilliantly entertaining narrative that has given its true history to Australia. 196(Ht mm) 133(Wdt mm) |
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| Is History Fiction? by Docker, John, Curthoys, Ann . Explores in fresh ways the question - what is history? This work takes the reader on a journey that starts with the Greeks and travels through the centuries of history that are framed by Marxism, postmodernism, and feminism. Paperback , 235 x 155mm. , Paperback , 234 x 153mm. |
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| Leviathan: the Unauthorised Biography by Birmingham, John . 'To peer deeply into this ghost city, the one lying beneath the surface, is to understand that Sydney has a soul and that it is a very dark place indeed.' Beneath the shining harbour, amid the towers of global greed and deep inside the bad-drugs madness of the suburban wastelands, lies Sydney's shadow history. Terrifying tsunamis, corpse-robbing morgue staff, killer cops, neo-Nazis, power junkies and bumbling SWOS teams electrify this epic tale of a city with a cold vacuum for a moral core. |
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LONG MARCH by Shuyun, Sun . The Long March is Communist China’s founding myth, the heroic tale that every Chinese child learns in school. Seventy years after the historical march took place, Sun Shuyun set out to retrace the Marchers’ steps and unexpectedly discovered the true history behind the legend. The Long March is the stunning narrative of her extraordinary expedition. The facts are these: in 1934, in the midst of a brutal civil war, the Communist party and its 200,000 soldiers were forced from their bases by Chiang Kaishek and his Nationalist troops. After that, truth and legend begin to blur: led by Mao Zedong, the Communists set off on a strategic retreat to the distant barren north of China, thousands of miles away. Only one in five Marchers reached their destination, where, the legend goes, they gathered strength and returned to launch the new China in the heat of revolution. |
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Malleus Maleficarum by Maxwell-Stuart Peter . The Malleus Maleficarum is one of the best-known treatises dealing with the problem of what to do with witches. It was written in 1487 by a Dominican inquisitor, Heinrich Institoris, following his failure to prosecute a number of women for witchcraft, it is in many ways a highly personal document, full of frustration at official complacency in the face of a spiritual threat, as well as being a practical guide for law-officers who have to deal with a cunning, dangerous enemy. Combining theological discussion, illustrative anecdotes, and useful advice for those involved in suppressing witchcraft, its influence on witchcraft studies has been extensive. |
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| Marco Polo by Brown, Robin . Gets to the truth of Marco Polo's claims. Covering his early life, his extraordinary twenty-four-year Asian epic and his reception in Italy on his return, this book places the intrepid Venetian in context, historically and geographically. Paperback , 198 x 127mm. |
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| Pathfinders by Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe . Tells the story of human exploration. From the migratory wanderings that scattered human societies across the planet to the great voyages of discovery that started linking them up again, and to the conquering of the final geographical frontiers in the twentieth century, this book presents the factors that motivated the pathfinders of the world. Hardback , 246 x 189mm. |
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| Revolution in Hungary by Lessing, Erich, Gyorgy, Konrad, Kejto, Francois, Bauquet, Nicholas . On 23 October, 1956, the Hungarian Revolution began. It lasted until 4 November, when the Soviet tanks rolled in. Up to 50,000 Hungarians and 7,000 Soviets were killed. This work presents a duotone from the author who found himself in the thick of the action, documented the cruelly short-lived revolt and its aftermath in a series of photographs. |
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| Stalin by Sebag-Montefiore, Simon . Montefiore (The Prince of Princes: The Life of Potemkin) is more interested in life at the top than at the bottom, and includes hundreds of pages on Stalin's purges of top Communists, while devoting much less space to the forced collectivization of Soviet peasants that led to millions of deaths. |
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| The History of England by Austen, Jane, Dickens, Charles . Two unknown pieces by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens with an introduction by historian David Starkey. Two of the greatest ever novelists both wrote histories of England. This book brings these pieces together for the first time. Calling herself a 'partial, prejudiced and ignorant historian', Jane Austen launches into her satirical history of England. With breathtaking spead and a lack of dates, she wields her trademark wit. Dickens' gory and dramatic history is full of villains and heroes, he sketches the lives of Elizabeth I, James and Charles I with typical flamboyant twists and turns. |
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The Penguin History of New Zealand by King, Michael . We have so many customers buy this book and say "I saw this book and realised I know nothing about the Kiwi's history" (or words to that effect) and then they return and recommend this book as truly excellent! New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind and the first to introduce a full democracy. This title tells the country's story and reveals how an insulated and dependent British colony transformed itself into an independent nation. |
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| The Scottish Nation by Devine, T.M. . Examines the social, political, religious and economic factors that have shaped modern Scotland. Drawing on research, this work places Scotland within an international context. It talks about Scotland's history, from the high politics of the devolved parliament to the everyday effects of huge and growing levels of social inequality. Paperback |
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Unintended Consequences : The by Hagan Kenneth J & Bickerton Ia . Robert J. McMahon : "This provocative, intelligent, gem of a book could not be more timely. The authors challenge conventional wisdom about the consequences of America's wars, from the struggle for independence to the war in Iaq, by marshalling persuasive evidence and by presenting their findings in clear, accessible, and lively prose. Highly recommended for general readers and specialists alike."--Robert J. McMahon, R |
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| Welsh Wars of Independence by Moore, David . Independent Wales was defined in the centuries after the Romans withdrew from Britain in AD 410. The wars of Welsh independence encompassed centuries of raids, expeditions, battles and sieges, but they were more than a series of military encounters: they were a political process. Paperback , 235 x 156mm. |
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