Watergate - A New History by Garrett M. Graff
$49.99 AUD
Category: History
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky, the first definitive narrative history of Watergate, exploring the full scope of the scandal through the politicians, investigators, journalists, and informants who made it the most influential political event of our modern era.In ...Show more
When Women Ruled the World: Making the Renaissance in Europe by Maureen Quilligan
$31.95 AUD
Category: History
The sixteenth century in Europe was a time of chronic destabilization in which institutions of traditional authority were challenged and religious wars seemed unending. Yet it also witnessed the remarkable flowering of a pacifist culture, cultivated by a cohort of extraordinary women rulers-most notably ...Show more
White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Social & Cultural history
When white people cry foul it is often people of colour who suffer. White tears have a potency that silences racial minorities. White Tears/Brown Scarsblows open the inconvenient truth that when it comes to race, white entitlement is too often masked by victimhood. Never is this more obvious than the de ...Show more
Wine - A Cultural History by John Varriano
$34.99 AUD
Category: History
For oenophiles, casual wine-drinkers, and aesthetes alike, an informative and entertaining history sure to delight even the most sensitive palates. From celebrations of Bacchus in ancient Rome to the Last Supper and casual dinner parties, wine has long been a key component of festivities, ceremonies, a ...Show more
Women's Work - The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber
$31.95 AUD
Category: History
Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing clothing created from spun fibers. In Women's Work, archaeologist-linguist Elizabeth Wayland Barber "weaves the strands of mythology and literature, ethnology and documented history into a rich tapestry" (John Noble Wilford, New York Times Book Re ...Show more
Working It - Sex Workers on the Work of Sex by Janis Luna (Editor); Molly Smith (Foreword by); Matilda Bickers (Editor); peech breshears (Editor)
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
Fiercely intelligent, fantastically transgressive, Working It is an intimate portrait of the lives of sex workers. A polyphonic story of triumph, survival and solidarity this collection showcases the vastly different experiences and interests of those who have traded sex; among them a brothel worker in ...Show more
World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age by DK
$42.99 AUD
Category: History
An essential gift for every history buff, this boldly illustrated book maps out the events that have shaped our world - from the dawn of human civilization to the present day.A comprehensive and accessible guide to the history of human civilisation, World History profiles everything from the emergence o ...Show more
World Politics since 1989 by Jonathan Holslag
$36.95 AUD
Category: History
1989 ushered in a new age of freedom and prosperity. Thirty years later, the golden era is over. What went wrong? How did the age of globalization - of growing connectivity, affluence, and growth - give way? Jonathan Holslag navigates through the calm seas and rip tides of global politics from the Cold ...Show more
Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots - three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men. Sixteenth-century Europe - Renaissance masters paint the ceilings of Florentine churches, kings battle for control of the C ...Show more
and Warwick Warbeck Henry VII and the Tudor Pretenders: Simnel by Nathen Amin
$59.95 AUD
Category: History
On 22 August 1485, Henry Tudor emerged from the Battle of Bosworth victorious, vanquishing the forces of Richard III and, according to Shakespeare over a century later, bringing 'smooth-faced peace, with smiling aplenty and fair prosperous days' to England. Yet, all was not well early in the Tudor reign ...Show more