The War with the Ottoman Empire: Volume II - The Centen...
The war with the Ottoman Empire was a war not only between g...
A Peace to End All Peace, 20th Anniversary Edition - Th...
Published with a new afterword from the author the classic, ...
Valour and Violets - South Australia in the Great War
Close to 35,000 South Australians enlisted for service overs...
Reporting the First World War: Charles Repington, The T...
Reporting the First World War: Charles Repington, The Times ...
Catholicism and the Great War: Religion and Everyday Li...
Catholicism and the Great War: Religion and Everyday Life in...
Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural Hi...
Shifting Views: Selected Essays on the Architectural History...
The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War
The Broken Years: Australian Soldiers in the Great War - Uni...
Imagining the Byzantine Past: The Perception of History...
Imagining the Byzantine Past: The Perception of History in t...
Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of C...
Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea,...
The War With The Ottoman Empire: Volume II - The Centenary Histor
Carving a History: a Guide to the Great Court
This comprehensive guide to the sandstone centrepiece of The University of Queensland’s St Lucia campus – the Great Court – navigates the reader effortlessly through the site’s iconic carvings and their history.Carving a History: a Guide to the Great Court is a major update and restructure of the existing publication A Guide to the Great Court; first produced by UQ's Media and ...
The Better Angels of Our Nature - A History of Violence and Humanity
‘The most inspiring book I’ve ever read’ Bill Gates, 2017 ’A brilliant, mind-altering book … Everyone should read this astonishing book’ Guardian ’Will change the way you see the world’ Daily Mail Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize 2012 Wasn’t the twentieth century the most violent in history? In his extraordinary, epic book Steven Pinker shows us that this is wrong, telling...
Hunter Killer - The War with China: The Battle for the Central Pacific
World War with China explodes in Hunter Killer, David Poyer’s dramatic new thriller. The United States stands nearly alone in its determination to fight, rather than give into the expansionist demands of the aggressive new “People’s Empire.” The naval and air forces of the Associated Powers – China, Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea – have used advanced technology and tactical nuclear weapons...
The War of the Worlds
’No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s…’So begins H. G. Wells’ classic novel in which Martian lifeforms take over planet Earth. As the Martians emerge, they construct giant killing machines – armed with heatrays – that are impervious to attack. Advancing upon London they...
Under the Southern Cross - The Heroics and Heartbreak of the Ashes in Australia
The enigmatic trophy that bears Test cricket’s historic soul is also one of international sport’s most emblematic. Over 140 years, the tiny terracotta Ashes urn has witnessed the rise of champions and heroes, villains and the vilified. Beyond the lush surrounds of Lord’s, Edgbaston, Old Trafford and The Oval lies a continent apart, where ‘history’ is replaced by ‘yarns’, and polite silence...
Asterix: Omnibus 8 - Asterix and the Great Crossing, Obelix and Co, Asterix in Belgium
In this special collectors’ edition, books 22 to 24 are brought together in one fabulous volume. In ASTERIX AND THE GREAT CROSSING, a storm blows Asterix and Obelix off course. Luckily they land on the shores of a Roman colony – or is it? Teepees, totems, gobbling birds: it’s not what they’re used to. Julius Caesar sends Caius Preposterus, graduate of the Latin School of Economics, to corru...
Frankie Fish and the Great Wall of Chaos
From AustraliaÂ’s favourite comedian and childrenÂ’s author Peter Helliar comes the second book in his best-selling Frankie Fish series! A hilarious time-travel adventure about mega-mischief, misbehaving grandparents, and one very naughty dogÂ… Pranksters Frankie Fish and Drew Bird have got hold of GrandadÂ’s time machine, but itÂ’s no laughing matter. Grandad and Nanna have disappeared to 17th ce...
A History of the Crusades II - The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100-1187
The second volume of Steven RuncimanÂ’s classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades Â’There was magic about. Saladin himself was troubled by terrible dreamsÂ…Â’ Steven RuncimanÂ’s unrivalled history of the Crusades is a classic of learning and vivid, compelling storytelling, which brilliantly brings to life the personalities, battles, massacres, triumphs and follies of ...
The Vampire Diaries: Volume 1: The Awakening & The Struggle - Books 1 & 2
A phenomenally popular vampire romance sequence – now showing on ITV2 – from the best selling author of Night World, L. J. Smith. The Awakening: Elena Gilbert is used to getting what she wants and she wants mysterious new boy, Stefan. But Stefan is hiding a deadly secret – a secret that will change Elena’s life for ever … The Struggle: Elena is torn between her boyfriend, Stefan, and his br...
Broken Nation - Australians in the Great War
Winner of the 2014 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Australian History.‘If you read only one book about Australia’s experience of World War I . make it Broken Nation, an account that joins the history of the war to the home front, and that details the barbarism of the battlefields as well as the desolation, despair, and bitter divisions that devastated the communities left behind.’ – Maril...
The SACCONEJOLYs and the Great Cat-Nap
Hello, Friends! Welcome to the world of the Friendliest Friends – six Maltese puppies on a mission to be the Best. Dogs. Ever! Inspired by the real-life SACCONEJOLY family, this children’s picture book is packed full of fun, adventure and mischief. Emilia wants something that only a girl with six dogs would want – a cat! Her six dogs make it their mission to help, and they attempt to cat-nap...
The End of Money - The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution
Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering… These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true stories from the short history of cryptocurrencies – digital currencies conceived by computer hackers and cryptographers that represent a completely new sort of financial transaction that could soon become mainstream. The most famous – or infamous – cryptocurr...
A History of the Crusades III - The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
The third volume of Steven RuncimanÂ’s classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades Â’The whole tale is one of faith and folly, courage and greed, hope and disillusionÂ’ Steven RuncimanÂ’s triumphant three-volume A History of the Crusades remains an unsurpassed account of the events that changed the world and continue to resonate today. This final volume of the trilogy be...
The Fender Telecaster - The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar That Changed the World
An in-depth history and celebration of over six decades of the Tele, now available in paperback.The Fender Telecaster is a working-class hero and the ultimate blue-collar guitar. It wasnÂ’t meant to be elegant, pretty, or sophisticated. Designed to be a utilitarian musical instrument, it has lived up to that destiny. In the hands of players from Muddy Waters to James Burton, Bruce Springsteen to J...
Australia and the War in the Air - Volume I - The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War
The first book in a new series that will explore Australia’s role in the Great War.From the earliest days of the Great War, Australians volunteered to fight in the air – warfare’s newest arena, and one that would transform the nature of military operations. In the squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps and with Britain’s flying services, Australian airmen fought in campaigns that spanned the...
The Glass Universe - The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars
`A biographical orrery – intricate, complex and fascinating’ The Observer#1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobelreturns with a captivating, little-known true storyof women in science In the mid-nineteenth century, the Harvard College Observatory began employing women as calculators, or “human computers,” to interpret the observations their male counterparts made via telescope each nig...
Girt - The Unauthorised History Of Australia
Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia . . . In this hilarious history, David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia’s past, from megafauna to Macquarie – the cock-ups and curiosities, the forgotten eccentrics and Eureka moments that have made us who we are. Girt introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of ‘felony of sock’, and Trim the c...
In the Woods - Dublin Murder Squad: 1. Winner of the Edgar, Anthony, Barry, Macavity and the IVCA Clarion awards
When he was twelve years old, Adam Ryan went playing in the woods with his two best friends. He never saw them again. Their bodies were never found, and Adam himself was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree and his shoes filled with blood. He had no memory of what had happened. Twenty years on, Rob Ryan – the child who came back – is a detective in the Dublin police force. HeÂ...
Powerhouse : America; China; and the Great Battery War
A Soul of the New Machine for our time—a gripping account of invention; commerce; and duplicity in the age of technologyA worldwide race is on to perfect the next engine of economic growth; the advanced lithium-ion battery. It will power the electric car; relieve global warming; and catapult the winner into a new era of economic and political mastery. Can the United States win?Steve LeVine wa...
The New Spymasters - Inside Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror
NUMBER ONE EVENING STANDARD BESTSELLERBOOK OF THE YEAR – DAILY TELEGRAPH ’Exceptional. A blueprint for productive, sophisticated espionage in the age of Islamist terror’ Daily Telegraph Spying has changed. In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, spooks are expected to uncover plots buried in mountains of data. Yet this makes the need for trained field operatives who can verify fac...
The Rising of the Shield Hero Volume 09
“I will see to your punishment. Come at me!” Yomogi, a female samurai, attacks Naofumi and his team. The Shield Hero, Naofumi, finds himself separated from his companions-and reduced to level one! With the help of Kizuna, one of the holy heroes from the new world, he is able to reunite with his friends. Naofumi prepares to battle their enemy Kyo, but then Yomogi attacks, declaring she is acting ...