Wizards of Oz: How Oliphant and Florey helped win the war and shape the modern world by Brett Mason
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
Two Australian scientists played a vital yet largely unknown role in the Allied victory in the Second World War. Almost eight decades later, Wizards of Oz finally tells their story. In this fast-paced and compelling book, Brett Mason reveals how two childhood friends from Adelaide – physicist Mark Oliph ...Show more
Women, Equality, Power: Selected Speeches from a Life of Leadership by Helen Clark
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
A fascinating insight into Helen Clark's career, throughout which she has consistently worked for equality and parity, most particularly for women.
Women Who Dared: Pioneers Who Broke All the Rules by Jeremy Scott
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
In 1870 a mesmerising psychic named Victoria Woodhull shattered tradition by running for the White House. Had she won the ensuing spectacle would surely have rivalled even that of our own era. Abhorring such flamboyance, Mary Wollstonecraft inspired a revolution of thought with her pen as she issued wom ...Show more
Women in the Middle Ages by Joseph Gies; Frances Gies
$26.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Medieval Life Ser.
Reissued for the first time in decades, this ambitious work of Medieval scholarship by bestselling historians Frances and Joseph Gies traces the stories and fates of women in Medieval Europe over the course of a millennium. Medieval history is often written as a series of battles and territorial shifts. ...Show more
Women of the Foreign Office - Britain's First Female Ambassadors by Elizabeth Warburton; Richard Warburton
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
Seemingly starting with the Suffragettes in the early 20th century, the advancement of women's rights in the UK has been nonstop in the succeeding decades. Proponents of the cause have aimed for equality across all sectors: personal and civil rights, employment rights, equal pay--and yet Britain's first ...Show more
Women to the Front by Heather Sheard; Ruth Lee
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager to contribute their skills and expertise to the war effort. For the military establishment, however, the notion of women doctors serving on the battlefield was unthinkable. Undau ...Show more
Wonderful Women of the World by Laurie Halse Anderson
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
Not all heroes wear capes Wonder Woman has been an inspiration for decades, and while not everyone would choose her star-spangled outfit for themselves, her compassion and fairness are worthy of emulation. We'll be presenting tales of the real-world heroes who take up Diana's mantle and work in the fi ...Show more
Wonders in the Deep: Extraordinary Shipwreck Discoveries from Spanish Gold to Shackleton's Bible by Mensun Bound, Mark Frary
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
An awe-inspiring deep-dive into the treasures found on the sea floor and what they reveal about our past. In Wonders in the Deep Mensun Bound, the renowned archaeologist who was Director of Exploration on the team that discovered Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance, argues that the history of the world i ...Show more
Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work, from the origins of life on Earth to our ever-more automated present. 'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' Yuval Noah Harari' 'One of those few books that will turn your customary ways o ...Show more
World Beneath Their Feet - The British, the Americans, the Nazis and the Mountaineering Race to Summit the Himalayas by Scott Ellsworth
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Worst Miltary Leaders in History by John M. Jennings (Editor); Chuck Steele (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Spanning countries and centuries, a "how-not-to" guide to leadership that reveals the most maladroit military commanders in history. For this book, fifteen distinguished historians were given a deceptively simple task: identify their choice for the worst military leader in history and then explain w ...Show more
Written in History: Letters That Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
Outstanding selection of great letters from ancient times to the 21st century, touching on power, love, art, sex, faith, and war. Written in History: Letters that Changed the World celebrates the great letters of world history, and cultural and personal life. Bestselling, prizewinning historian Simon Se ...Show more