Free to Obey - How the Nazis Invented Modern Management by Johann Chapoutot; Steven Rendall (Translator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: World History
"What if the rules of modern management were written during the Third Reich? ""A brilliant, stereotype defying study.""-Les Temps"
Freedom's Forge by Herman Arthur
$45.00 AUD
Category: World History
SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States could pick up the phone and ask the president of General Motors to resign his position and take the reins of a great national enterprise. And the ...Show more
From Dawn to Decadence by Jacques Barzun
$42.99 AUD
Category: World History | Reading Level: very good
Showcases the triumphs and defeats of five hundred years of Western cultural history, highlighting the contributions of women and arguing that decadance is required in order to spark creativity in the next era.
From Third World to First : the Singapore Story : 1965-2000 by Lee Kuan Yew
$35.00 AUD
Category: World History
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth ...Show more
Galileo: And the Science Deniers by Mario Livio
$29.99 AUD
Category: World History
An "intriguing and accessible" (Publishers Weekly) interpretation of the life of Galileo Galilei, one of history's greatest and most fascinating scientists, that sheds new light on his discoveries and how he was challenged by science deniers. "We really need this story now, because we're living through ...Show more
Ghost Empire (Audio CD; unabridged; 12 CDs) by Richard Fidler (Read by)
$49.95 AUD
Category: World History
"A brilliant reconstruction of the saga of power, glory, and invasion that is the one-thousand year story of Constantinople. A truly marvelous book." --Simon Winchester Ghost Empire is a rare treasure--an utterly captivating blend of the historical and the contemporary, narrated by a master storyteller ...Show more
Gifts and Books by Perkins, Nicholas
$59.99 AUD
Category: World History
We all know about giving and receiving gifts: they can be touching or puzzling, either strengthening bonds of friendship or becoming a burden. Gifts are an integral part of human societies and this volume explores how, over the centuries, books and writing describe gifts in all their complexity, but als ...Show more
Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara
$34.99 AUD
Category: World History
This is the forgotten history of women making, serving and drinking alcohol. Drink has always been at the centre of social rituals and cultures worldwide--and women have been at the heart of its production and consumption. So when did drinking become gendered? How have patriarchies tried to erase and ex ...Show more
Glossy: The Inside Story of Vogue by Nina-Sophia Miralles
$32.99 AUD
Category: World History
Glossy is a story of more than a magazine. It is a story of passion and power, dizzying fortune and out-of-this-world fashion, of ingenuity and opportunism, frivolity and malice. This is the definitive story of Vogue. Vogue magazine started, like so many great things do, in the spare room of someone's ...Show more
God Save the Queen: The Strange Persistence of Monarchies by Dennis Altman
$27.99 AUD
Category: World History
An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies.An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies.When he was deposed in Egypt in 1952, King Farouk predicted that there would be ...Show more
God: an Anatomy by Francesca Stavrakopoulou
$26.99 AUD
Category: World History
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON PRIZE 2022'Rivetingly fresh and stunning' - Sunday Times'One of the most remarkable historians and communicators working today' - Dan SnowThree thousand years ago, in the Southwest Asian lands we now call Israel and Palestine, a group of people worshipped a complex pantheon o ...Show more
Great Speeches in Minutes by Quercus; Jacob F. Field
$26.99 AUD
Category: World History | Series: In Minutes Ser.
'I have a dream', 'Government of the people, by the people, for the people', 'This was their finest hour', 'Tear down this wall', 'Give me liberty, or give me death', 'Free at last!'. They are the great words of history, inspiring war and peace, outrage and justice, rebellion and freedom. Great Speeches ...Show more