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1914-1918 : The History of the First World War by David Stevenson
$60.00 AUD
Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE | Series: Allen Lane History S.
In the summer of 1914 Europe exploded into a frenzy of mass violence. The war that followed had global repercussions, destroying four empires and costing millions of lives. Even the victorious countries were scarred for a generation, and we still today remain within the conflict's shadow. In this major ...Show more
Fateful Choices : Ten decisions that Changed the World 1940-1941 by Ian Kershaw
$20.00 AUD
$59.95 (66% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Allen Lane History S.
The history of the Second World War, with its horrible twists and turns, is so well known that the major events and their outcomes have taken on a sort of inevitability. It has become, in effect, a tragedy with each leader and each country playing an assigned part. Ian Kershaw's extraordinarily thought- ...Show more
Flesh in the Age of Reason by Roy Porter
$25.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Allen Lane History Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In this "readable and humane book" (Los Angeles Times Book Review), the late historian Roy Porter traces the course of man's philosophical journey from the superstitious, spiritually obsessed Dark Ages to our modern perspective, based on reason and grounded in the body. He demonstrates how the explosion ...Show more
Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw
$60.00 AUD
Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE | Series: Allen Lane History S.
This continuation of Ian Kershaw's biography of Adolf Hitler begins with the European successes of Hitler in the aftermath of the occupation of the Rhineland. It culminates with Hitler's suicide nine years later in his Berlin bunker. The author aims to address Hitler's motivation and his impact.
Making Friends with Hitler : Lord Londonderry and Britain's Road to War by Ian Kershaw
$45.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Allen Lane History S. | Reading Level: very good
Ian Kershaw's powerful new book is a revelatory account of Britain's ambiguous relations with Germany before the Second World War.
The Force of Destiny : A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan
$40.00 AUD
$69.95 (42% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Allen Lane History S.
The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This has created an overwhelming sense that Italy is a fundamentally benign and easy going country. "The Force of Destiny", Christopher Duggan's immensely enjoyable new book, lays waste to t ...Show more
The Revolution by Tim Harris
$70.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Allen Lane History S.
To an extraordinary extent everyone in Britain still lives under the shadow of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. It was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only achieved through overwhelming violence. Initiated ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog : Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
$20.00 AUD
$49.95 (59% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Allen Lane History S. | Reading Level: good-very good
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog is a spectacular recreation of three of the greatest and most startling of all human journeys. The Pacific voyages of James Cook explored the ice-bound fringes of the Arctic and Antarctic, sailed across perilous tropical seas, survived hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, dis ...Show more
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