Real-Life Disasters (PB) by Susan Martineau
19.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities | Series: Real Life
Why do disasters happen and can they ever be predicted or prevented? From natural mega-eruptions to terrifying man-made catastrophes, read what the expert investigators have to say about these lethal real-life disasters. Even if you want to, you will not be able to look away. Just try! From the team beh ...Show more
Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses by Aarathi Prasad
37.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global history, natural history, and future ...Show more
Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World by Toby Walsh
34.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
A prescient analysis of what makes artificial intelligence so ... artificial Artificially intelligent machines are set to play an increasingly important role in our lives. They will take the dirty tasks of life off our hands, as well as the dull, the difficult and the dangerous - which is a good thing. ...Show more
882-1/2 Amazing Answers to Your Questions about the Titanic (HB) by Hugh Brewster; Laurie Coulter
24.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
The one illustrated book that tells the complete, heart-stopping story of the legendary ship. "A fantastic book... The 882-1/2 answers in this book truly are amazing -- both for the scope of information they cover as well as for the depth of details given."-- CM Magazine "For all trivia lovers this is ...Show more
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary Beard
65.00 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like? In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now, she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar ( ...Show more
Fear An Alternate History by Robert Peckham
34.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling new insight on world history. It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been dr ...Show more
Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth by Noa Tishby
32.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A "fascinating and very moving" (Aaron Sorkin, award-winning screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network) chronological timeline spanning from Biblical times to today that explores one of the most interesting countries in the world--Israel.Israel. The small strip of arid land is 5,700 miles awa ...Show more
What's Inside?: Fascinating Structures Around the World (HB) by Giles Laroche (Illustrator)
27.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
With intricate cut-paper collages that reveal the insides of some of the world's most fascinating structures, this book shows how the purpose of these buildings greatly influenced their designs, locations, and materials used in construction. Full color.
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind: The Life Of William Dampier by Diana Preston, Michael Preston
24.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
"William Dampier, (1651 -1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless had a passion for exploration and scientific research. mong many extraordinary achievements Dampier mapped the winds and ...Show more
The Nonconformist Revolution - Religious Dissent, Innovation and Rebellion (PB) by Amanda J. Thomas
49.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
The Nonconformism Revolution explores the evolution of dissenting thought and how Nonconformity shaped the transformation of England from a rural to an urban, industrialized society. The foundations for the Industrial Revolution were in place from the late Middle Ages when the early development of manuf ...Show more
History of Just about Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World by Elizabeth MacLeod
29.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
From Buddha and Muhammad to King and Mandela, from the discovery of fire to the invention of the World Wide Web, and from Romeo and Juliet to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this is a thorough and thoroughly entertaining compendium of important people and events.
Explorapedia by .
29.99 AUD
Category: History & Humanities
Get ready to travel across the world and back into history, to meet some of the world’s greatest explorers in this big fun, fully illustrated reference book. Learn about the lives of Amelia Earhart and Charles Darwin, and explore themed spreads that investigate everything from the First Journeys out of ...Show more