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  • The Story of a Soul

    by St. Therese of Lisieux ...
    Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite.Therese of Lisieux was a French nun who became recognized as a saint. Lisieux's autobiography, The Story of a Soul, quickly became a Christian classic after she died at the young age of 24. ... Read more

    $3.24 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Best Catholics in the World

    The Irish, the Church and the End of a Special Relationship

    by Derek Scally ...
    THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2021'A great achievement . . . brilliant, engaging and essential' Colm Tóibín'At once intimate and epic, this is a landmark book' Fintan O'TooleWhen Dubliner Derek Scally goes to Christmas Eve Mass on a visit home from Berlin, he finds more memories than congregants in the church where he was once an altar boy. Not for the first ... ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms

    Winner Indie Book Awards 2023 Non Fiction Book of the Year. The thrilling story of an empire's rise & fall from the best-selling author of GOLDEN MAZE & GHOST EMPIRE.

    by Richard Fidler ...
    A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever seen, established with astonishing speed. A people obsessed with travel, knowledge and adventure.Winner of the Indie Book Awards 2023 Non Fiction Book of the YearShortlisted for the BookPeople Non Fiction Book of the Year 2023When Richard Fidler came across the account of Ibn Fadlan - a tenth ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • Apocalypse Delayed

    The Story of Jehovah's Witnesses, Third Edition

    by M. James Penton ...
    Since 1876, Jehovah’s Witnesses have believed that they are living in the last days of the present world. Charles T. Russell, their founder, advised his followers that members of Christ’s church would be raptured in 1878, and by 1914 Christ would destroy the nations and establish his kingdom on earth. The first prophecy was not fulfilled, but the outbreak of the First World War lent some ... Read more

    $62.99 AUD

  • A History of the Bible

    The Book and Its Faiths

    by Dr John Barton ...
    WINNER OF THE 2019 DUFF COOPER PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'With emotional and psychological insight, Barton unlocks this sleeping giant of our culture. In the process, he has produced a masterpiece.' Sunday TimesThe Bible is the central book of Western culture. For the two faiths which hold it sacred, it is the bedrock of their religion, a singular authority on what to believe and how to live ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail

    by Richard Leigh, Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln ...
    A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enables him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an unprecedented historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, the Knights Templar, ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes

    A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology

    by Cory O'Brien ...
    Get this:Cronus liked to eat babies.Narcissus probably should have just learned to masturbate.Odin got construction discounts with bestiality.Isis had bad taste in jewelry.Ganesh was the very definition of an unplanned pregnancy.And Abraham was totally cool about stabbing his kid in the face.All our lives, we’ve been fed watered-down, PC versions of the classic myths. In reality, mythology is more ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD

  • The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England

    by Dan Jones ...
    Eight generations of the greatest and worst kings and queens that this country has ever seen – from the White Ship to the Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and John of Gaunt – this is the dynasty that invented England as we still know it today – great history to appeal to readers of Ken Follet, Bernard Cornwell, Tom HollandEngland’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD

  • Ancient Egypt: History in an Hour

    by Anthony Holmes ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Learn about the Egyptian gods, mummification and how the Egyptians built the only wonder of the ancient world still standing – the Pyramids of Giza.Exploring the historic rise of Egyptian civilizationand its continued influence on the world today, Ancient Egypt in an Hour is an excellent companion to a mysterious and enthralling period of ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

  • The Reformation: History in an Hour

    by Edward A Gosselin ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The Reformation was a long struggle of ideas between the established Catholic Church and the questioning of faith brought about by the Renaissance in Western Europe. Started by Martin Luther in 1517, religious dissidence spread across Europe throughout the sixteenth century, causing wars, migration and disunity. By 1648 Henry VIII’s desire for ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD

  • A Short History of Christianity

    by Geoffrey Blainey ...
    For 2000 years, Christianity has had a varying but immense influence on world history. Who better, then, than Geoffrey Blainey, author of the best-selling Short History of the World and one of Australia's most accomplished historians, to bring us a history of this world-changing religion.A Short History of Christianity vividly describes many of the significant players in the religion's rise and ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • A History of Christianity

    The First Three Thousand Years

    by Diarmaid MacCulloch ...
    Diarmaid MacCulloch's epic, acclaimed history A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years follows the story of Christianity around the globe, from ancient Palestine to contemporary China.How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book, now the most comprehensive and up to date single volume work in English ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • The Popes

    A History

    by Viscount John Julius Norwich ...
    John Julius Norwich expertly examines the history of the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line down the centuries from St Peter to the presentOf the 280-odd holders of the supreme office, some have unquestionably been saints; others have wallowed in unspeakable immorality. One was said to have been a woman, her sex being revealed only when she improvidently gave birth ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Born Bad

    Original Sin and the Making of the Western World

    by James Boyce ...
    Original sin is the Western world’s creation story.According to the doctrine of original sin, humans are born bad and only God’s grace can bring salvation. In this captivating book, acclaimed historian James Boyce shows how these ideas have shaped the Western view of human nature right up to the present. The legacy of original sin takes many forms, including the distinctive discontent of Western ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • China: A History

    by John Keay ...
    Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume.Despite the recent rise of China to a position of dominance on the world economic stage, Chinese history remains an elusive subject. Yet it is this vast narrative of appalling loss, superhuman endeavour and incredible invention that has made China the superpower it is today. From the dawn of legend to the ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Henry VIII’s Wives: History in an Hour

    by Julie Wheeler ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In his ambition to provide a male heir to the throne, Henry VIII married six times. Divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, caused England’s break from the Catholic church in Rome. He went on to divorce Anne of Cleves and behead Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard for infidelities. Jane Seymour died and Catherine Parr survived Henry ... Read more

    $6.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of God

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    The idea of a single devine being - God, Yahweh, Allah - has existed for over 4,000 years. But the history of God is also the history of human struggle. While Judaism, Islam and Christianity proclaim the goodness of God, organised religion has too often been the catalyst for violence and ineradicable prejudice.In this fascinating, extensive and original account of the evolution of belief, Karen ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Jezebel

    The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen

    by Lesley Hazleton ...
    There is no woman with a worse reputation than Jezebel, the ancient queen who corrupted a nation and met one of the most gruesome fates in the Bible. Her name alone speaks of sexual decadence and promiscuity. But what if this version of her story, handed down to us through the ages, is merely the one her enemies wanted us to believe? What if Jezebel, far from being a conniving harlot, was, in fact ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD

  • The Story of the Jews

    Finding the Words (1000 BCE – 1492)

    by Simon Schama CBE ...
    It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds.It spans the millennia and the continents – from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • The Darkening Age

    The Christian Destruction of the Classical World

    by Catherine Nixey ...
    The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion comprehensively and deliberately extinguished the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to 'one true faith'.Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek and mild, going to their martyr's deaths singing hymns of love and praise, the truth, as Catherine Nixey ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Reformation

    Europe's House Divided 1490-1700

    by Diarmaid MacCulloch ...
    The Reformation was the seismic event in European history over the past 1000 years, and one which tore the medieval world apart. Not just European religion, but thought, culture, society, state systems, personal relations - everything - was turned upside down. Just about everything which followed in European history can be traced back in some way to the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Lies Have Ruined the World

    by Dennis Richard Proux ...
    Every statement that a person makes is either true or falsethat is, a lie. In his comprehensive study, Lies Have Ruined the World, author Dennis Proux seeks to expose the dishonesty, myths, and fabrications provided by powerful influences in the most important areas of our lives, including religious institutions, government, and our legal system.Proux feels that all humans yearn to be free to ... Read more

    $2.99 AUD

  • The Case for God

    What religion really means

    by Karen Armstrong ...
    There is widespread confusion about the nature of religious truth. For the first time in history, a significantly large number of people want nothing to do with God. Militant atheists preach a gospel of godlessness with the zeal of missionaries and find an eager audience.Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, Karen Armstrong shows that meaning of words such as ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • Britain BC: Life in Britain and Ireland Before the Romans (Text Only)

    by Francis Pryor ...
    An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new archaeological finds.British history is traditionally regarded as having started with the Roman Conquest. But this is to ignore half a million years of prehistory that still exert a profound influence. Here Francis Pryor examines the great ceremonial landscapes of Ancient Britain ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD