The House of Fragile Things - Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by James McAuley
$24.95 AUD
Category: European
A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction "The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. McAuley lays bare. . . . [He] tells this haunting saga in eloquent detail. As French anti-Semitism rise ...Show more
Paris 1924 by Nicholas Whitlam
$33.00 AUD
Category: History
What was it like to visit Paris a century ago, in 1924, when it was the most exciting city in the world? Where were the best places to eat? Where was the nightlife? Who might you expect to meet? And what were the fabled 'Chariots of Fire' Olympics really like? What has changed... and indeed, what is sti ...Show more
Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy by Ben Macintyre
$25.00 AUD
Category: War
In a quiet English village in 1942, an elegant housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted wife and mother-of-three, the woman known to her neighbours as Mrs Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity.However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her rati ...Show more
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World - and Globalization Began by Valerie Hansen
$22.99 AUD
Category: History
When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1000, when for the first time new trade routes linked the entire globe, so an object could in theory circumnavigate the world. T ...Show more
Enemies and Neighbours - Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017 by Ian Black
$25.00 AUD
Category: Middle East
ECONOMIST, SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES AND GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017 'Comprehensive and compelling ... A nuanced, landmark study that has deservedly won plaudits from both Palestinian and Israeli historians' Justin Marozzi, The Times A century after Britain's Balfour Declaration promised a Jewis ...Show more
Woolloomooloo by Louis Nowra
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
It was no wonder I was glad to be down in Woolloomooloo. The Old Fitzroy reminded me of how Kings Cross used to be. Told in his vivid and entertaining style, Louis Nowra writes Woolloomooloo’s biography, drink in hand, from the vantage point of the Old Fitzroy Hotel, the cosy, eccentric and wonderful p ...Show more
Growing Up Indian in Australia by Aarti Betigeri
$33.00 AUD
Category: Australian
'To be Indian growing up in Australia is to tread the narrow line between here and there, to constantly code-switch and navigate between filling the needs and aspirations of your family, your community - and yourself.' Indian-Australian' is not a one-size-fits-all descriptor. Given the depth and richne ...Show more
Liberty: The Evolution of an Idea by John Bew (Text by); Adrian Bradshaw (Text by); Alexander McCall Smith (Text by)
$40.00 AUD
Category: European | Series: Essay Ser.
Liberty is indispensable to flourishing societies the world over. Its story contains multitudes - humanity's eternal struggle with fate, our ancestors' long quest to establish freedom of thought and freedom of religion, the rise of democratic liberties in society at large and the modern fight against au ...Show more
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany by Harald Jähner
$37.00 AUD
Category: European
Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Harald J hner (Aftermath- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich) presents a staggering new assessment of the short life of the Weimar Republic between the wars in Germany. Germany, 1918- a country in flux. The First World War is lost, traditional values are shaken to ...Show more
Churchill's Wit: The Definitive Collection by Richard M. Langworth
$30.00 AUD
Category: British
The ultimate guide to the wonderful wit of our nation's greatest leader Charismatic, erudite and often controversial Winton Churchill was one of the most inspiring leaders of the 20th century, and one of its greatest wits. His much-celebrated sense of fun and mischief has led to many of his jokes and ri ...Show more
Tokyo Noir: In and out of Japan's underworld by Jake Adelstein
$37.00 AUD
Category: True Crime
A darkly comic sequel to Tokyo Vicethat is equal parts history lesson, true-crime exposé, and memoir. It's 2008, and it's been a while since Jake Adelstein was the only gaijincrime reporter for the Yomiuri Shimbun. The global economy is in shambles, Jake is off the police beat but still chain-smoking c ...Show more
The Trial of Vladimir Putin by Geoffrey Robertson QC
$35.00 AUD
Category: Political
There have been dozens of books about the Russian President since he launched his illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Some have examined the historical aspects of the conflict, others have analysed its military and geopolitical importance. However, none so far have looked purely at the legal c ...Show more