World War II: The Definitive Visual History (Volume 1): From the Munich Crisis to the Battle of Kursk 1938-43 by Richard Overy
$39.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: World War II: the Definitive Visual History Ser.
Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (May 2020) and Victory in Japan Day (August 2020), this first of two volumes is an outstanding concise history of WWII from the Munich Crisis to the Battle of Kursk. This first of two volumes begins in the period when the Axis powe ...Show more
World War II for Dummies by Keith D. Dickson
$35.95 AUD
Category: Military
Investigate the factors that led to war Examine key turning points, including D-Day and Hiroshima Get to know the opposing forces -- the Allies and the Axis Explore the greatest war in history World War II was the most destructive conflict of the 20th century. How did it happen -- and why? Packed with ...Show more
World War II: the Definitive Visual History Vol 2 - From the Invasion of Sicily to VJ Day by Richard Overy
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Category: Military | Series: World War II: the Definitive Visual History Ser.
Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (May 2020) and Victory in Japan Day (August 2020), this second of two volumes is an outstanding concise history of WWII from the invasion of Sicily to VJ Day. This second volume in the landmark series about WWII examines the Alli ...Show more
Worlds in Collision by Immanuel Velikovsky
$40.99 AUD
Category: History
With this book Immanuel Velikovsky first presented the revolutionary results of his 10-year-long interdisciplinary research to the public, founded modern catastrophism - based on eyewitness reports by our ancestors - shook the doctrine of uniformity of geology as well as Darwin's theory of evolution, pu ...Show more
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
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Category: Essays
Staring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways her life has changed since the days she could work a full 11 hour shift on 4 hours of sleep, change her shoes and put mascara on in the back of a moving cab and go from drinks to dinner to the club without a second thoug ...Show more
Writing True Stories: The complete guide to writing autobiography, memoir, personal essay, biography, travel and creative nonfiction by Patti Miller
$34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
This book provides practical guidance and inspiration on a vast array of writing topics, including how to access memories, find a narrative voice, build a vivid world on the page, create structure, use research-and face the difficulties of truth-telling. The author first introduces and helps the reader ...Show more
Written in Stone: A Story of Rock and of Ourselves by Rachel De Moravia
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Category: History
Stone: timeless, fascinating - and an essential part of human history. From Bernini's marble to Hepworth's abstracts, from cave dwellings to skyscrapers, from dividing walls to linking bridges, from collected pebbles to precious gems, this is an erudite, engaging and constantly surprising history of st ...Show more
Wrong Way: How Privatisation and Economic Reform Backfired by Damien Cahill
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Category: Current Affairs
Since the 1980s, waves of neoliberal 'economic reform' have transformed Australia. Privatisation, deregulation, marketisation and the contracting out of government services: for three decades now, there has been widespread agreement among policymakers on the desirability of these strategies. But the be ...Show more
X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries by Michael Scott
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Category: History
'If you love Indiana Jones, this is the real thing. Michael Scott celebrates the fusion of scholarship and adventure in a book full of both.' DAN SNOWUncovering the physical remains of our past is a quintessential human itch; the pursuit of every society from the ancients through to today. But the stori ...Show more
X Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis by Leah Garrett
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Category: History
During WW2, a group of Jewish refugees (intellectuals, writers, artists and athletes - most from Germany and Austria) escaped to Britain and were interned as 'enemy aliens'. In 1942, they were selected and trained to form a special unit of commandoes who would be sent back into Europe to play a signific ...Show more
X Troop - The Secret Jewish Commandos Who Helped Defeat the Nazis by Leah Garrett
$22.99 AUD
Category: Military
'This is Inglorious Basterds - but much better. Because it is the real story of clandestine Jewish fighters wreaking havoc against the Nazi war machine' Norman Ohler, author of Blitzed June 1942. The shadow of the Third Reich has fallen across the entire European continent. In desperation, Winston Churc ...Show more
X, Y & Z: The Real Story of How Enigma Was Broken by DERMOT TURING
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Category: History
The untold story of the events which drove to the Enigma code-breaking, and the men who made it possible. Everyone 'knows' that the Enigma was broken at Bletchley Park, but what led up to that, and what became of the Polish mathematicians who laid the basis for the code-breaking, is shrouded in myth and ...Show more