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  • History, heritage, and colonialism

    Historical consciousness, Britishness, and cultural identity in New Zealand, 1870–1940

    by Kynan Gentry ...
    Series Book 123 - Studies in Imperialism
    History, heritage, and colonialism explores the politics of history-making and interest in preserving the material remnants of the past in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century colonial society, looking at both indigenous pasts and those of European origin.Focusing on New Zealand, but also covering the Australian and Canadian experiences, it explores how different groups and political ... Read more

    $146.99 CAD

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  • The Fatal Shore

    The epic of Australia's founding

    by Robert Hughes ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This incredible true history of the colonization of Australia explores how the convict transportation system created the country we know today."One of the greatest non-fiction books I’ve ever read ... Hughes brings us an entire world." —Los Angeles Times**Digging deep into the dark history of England's infamous efforts to move 160,000 men and women thousands of miles to the ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • A Shorter History of Australia

    by Geoffrey Blainey ...
    A broad, concise and inclusive vision of Australia and Australians by one our most renowned historians.After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well-placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through the events that have created the Australian identity: the mania for spectator sport; the suspicion of the ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Russian Espionage: History of Soviet and Russian Spying

    by Howard Brinkley ...
    If secret agents were truly secret, books such as this could never be written. Fortunately for the curious reader, agents become double agents, spies rat out their handlers, and intelligence officers undergo ideological crises. Spies who jump the wall often do so with sensitive knowledge and documents that become public.The long history of Russian intelligence is a checkered one: sometimes ... Read more

    $8.44 CAD

  • W.E.H. Stanner

    Selected Writings

    by W.E.H. Stanner ...
    One of Australia’s finest essayists, the first to cut through ‘the great Australian silence’ to convey the richness and uniqueness of Aboriginal culture to settler Australians‘The most literate and persuasive of all contributions on Australia’s Indigenous people’ —Marcia LangtonW.E.H. Stanner's words changed Australia. In his 1968 Boyer Lectures he exposed a ‘cult of forgetfulness practised on a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • St. Patrick of Ireland

    A Biography

    by Philip Freeman ...
    Series series A Historical Biography
    "Lively and lucid." —The New York Times Book ReviewThe most authoritative modern biography of the patron saint of Ireland, focusing on the historical Patrick and his times.Ireland’s patron saint has long been shrouded in legend, but the true story of St. Patrick is far more inspiring than the myths. In St. Patrick of Ireland, Philip Freeman brings the historic Patrick and his world vividly to life ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • High Stakes

    The rise of the Waterhouse dynasty

    by Paul Kennedy ...
    'This history of the Waterhouse dynasty is a cut above the field of racing books that burst from the barriers this time of year' - Sydney Morning HeraldDrama, glamour, scandal, success - and very high stakes. The story of Australia's best known horse racing family has it all.When it comes to racing, the name most Australians associate with the racetrack is Waterhouse. This is their compelling ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Terra Australis Incognita

    The Spanish Quest for the mysterious Great South Land

    by Miriam Estensen ...
    In October 1606, the great Spanish navigator Luis Vaes de Torres took two vessels through the waters that divide the land masses of New Guinea and Australia. In a journey of great adventure, courage and hardship, he was the first European to sail through today's Torres Strait and very possibly the first European to sight the east coast of Australia.Terra Australis Incognita focuses new light on ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Warrior Elite

    Australia's special forces Z Force to the SAS intelligence operations to cyber warfare

    by Robert Macklin ...
    A compelling account of Australia's intelligence organisations and special forces - from the early days of the commandos during World War II through to the SAS of today and the cyber wars of the future. From the co-author of SAS Sniper.Warrior Elite is a unique and compelling account of Australia's special forces and intelligence operations - ranging from the early special forces of World War II ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Damned Whores and God's Police

    by Anne Summers ...
    Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God's Police was first published in 1975. That was before the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 and before large numbers of women became visible in employment, in politics and elsewhere across society. It was in this climate that Anne Summers identified 'damned whores' and ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Strategy Six Pack 3 (Illustrated)

    Sea Power, Xerxes, Joan of Arc, Elements of Military Art and Science, Andrew Jackson, Aircrafts and Submarines

    by H. W. Halleck ...
    “The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”- Michael Porter.Strategy Six Pack 3 presents a classic sextet of tactical texts:Sea Power by Cyprian Bridge.Xerxes by Jacob Abbott.Joan of Arc by Edward Shepherd Creasy.Elements of Military Art and Science by H. W. Halleck.Andrew Jackson by William Garrott Brown.Aircraft and Submarines by Wil... ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Letters from the Front

    by Dorothy Gilding ...
    “There were dead men everywhere, and a good number of our cavalry. We passed Fritz artillery with dead horses attached to their limbers. I come across a wounded Fritz. He was just a young boy and our tanks had run over him. A crew of five had a gun mounted in a shell-hole and the tank had flattened it into the ground, killing the rest. He had both his legs broken and had a very pitiful look. I ... Read more

    $4.92 CAD