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  • In Plain Sight

    A fascinating investigation into UFOs and alien encounters from an award-winning journalist, fully updated and revised new edition for 2023

    An award-winning journalist investigates a story largely ignored by mainstream media but right there, in front of our eyes ...Are we not alone? The moment we have an answer might have arrived.Award-winning investigative journalist Ross Coulthart has been intrigued by UFOs since mysterious glowing lights were reported near New Zealand's Kaikoura mountains when he was a teenager. The 1978 sighting ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD $3.99 AUD

  • Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

    From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back.In 1889, thousands of hopeful people raced southward from the Kansas state line and westward from the Arkansas boundary to stake claims on the thousands of acres of unclaimed pastures and meadows. Across the twentieth century, water ... Read more

    $3.99 AUD

  • Warrior King

    THE BRAND-NEW COURTNEY SERIES EPIC FOR 2024

    The new Courtney Series epicA BATTLE FOR HONOUR AGAINST A POWERFUL NEW ENEMYSouth Africa, 1820When Ann Waite discovers a battered longboat washed ashore in Algoa Bay, she is stunned to find two survivors: a badly scarred sailor and a little boy. As the man walks away into the morning mist alone, refusing to take the child - Harry - with him, Ann is left with no choice but to raise the boy as her ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

  • Francis Birtles

    by Warren Brown ...
    This is the colourful story of Francis Birtles, a fascinating individual who led a life of incredible adventure and exploration in Australia and throughout the world.A narrative account of the life and times of one of Australia's most extraordinary adventurers - a man who crossed Australia more than 70 times in the early part of the 20th century - by bicycle and car.In 1927 he acheived the ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • Impossible City

    Paris in the Twenty-First Century

    by Simon Kuper ...
    A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A Waterstones Best History Book of 2024 Pick'Kuper is a shrewd observer [in] this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday TimesFrom the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naïf getting to understand a complex, glittering, beautiful and often cruel city.</s... ... Read more

    $27.99 AUD $18.99 AUD

  • River of Darkness

    Francisco Orellana and the Deadly First Voyage through the Amazon

    by Buddy Levy ...
    The acclaimed author of Labyrinth of Ice charts the legendary sixteenth-century adventurer’s death-defying navigation of the Amazon River.In 1541, Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro and his lieutenant Francisco Orellana searched for La Canela, South America’s rumored Land of Cinnamon, and the fabled El Dorado, “the golden man.” Quickly, the enormous expedition of mercenaries, enslaved natives, ... Read more

    $25.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Woman of No Importance

    The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII's Most Dangerous Spy

    by Sonia Purnell ...
    'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR IIAn astounding story of heroism, spycraft, resistance and personal triumph over shocking adversity.'A rousing tale of derring-do' THE TIMES * 'Riveting' MICK HERRON * 'Superb' IRISH TIMESTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn September ... ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Tripped

    Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age

    by Norman Ohler ...
    AS FEATURED ON THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE'Entertaining' The Times'Utterly fascinating and illuminating' Sinclair McKay'Fascinating... An astonishing read, with remarkably vivid protagonists' Harald Jähner'Ohler weaves a masterful tapestry of history in this revealing and fresh account' David de JongBerlin, 1945. Following the fall of the Third Reich, drug use ... ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD $8.99 AUD

  • Team of Rivals

    The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

    In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows how he saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions, making them help achieve his vision for peace. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • The End of the End of History

    Politics in the Twenty-First Century

    'It's been a long time since a text was so useful in helping me think through our present moment and my role within it. The End of The End of History is a clear, powerful and panoramic analysis of our world at the dawn of the 2020s.' Vincent Bevins, author, The Jakarta MethodThe “End of History” is over. The idea that Western liberal democracy was the “final form of human government” has been ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD

  • For All the Tea in China

    Espionage, Empire and the Secret Formula for the World's Favourite Drink

    by Sarah Rose ...
    Robert Fortune was a Scottish gardener, botanist, plant hunter - and industrial spy. In 1848, the East India Company engaged him to make a clandestine trip into the interior of China - territory forbidden to foreigners - to steal the closely guarded secrets of tea.For centuries, China had been the world's sole tea manufacturer. Britain purchased this fuel for its Empire by trading opium to the ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD

  • November 1942

    An Intimate History of the Turning Point of the Second World War

    by Peter Englund ...
    Translated by Peter Graves ...
    ***A Telegraph History Book of the Year, 2023*'An astonishing achievement'** ANTONY BEEVOR‘A remarkably moving and humane book’ WILLIAM BOYDAn intimate history of the most important month of the Second World War as experienced by those who lived through it, completely based on their diaries, letters and memoirs.At the beginning of November 1942, it looked as if the Axis powers could win the war; ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD $18.99 AUD

  • The Ship That Never Was

    The Greatest Escape Story Of Australian Colonial History

    The greatest escape story of Australian colonial history by the son of Australia’s best-loved storytellerIn 1823, cockney sailor and chancer James Porter was convicted of stealing a stack of beaver furs and transported halfway around the world to Van Diemen's Land. After several escape attempts from the notorious penal colony, Porter, who told authorities he was a 'beer-machine maker', was sent to ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD $3.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Australian Code Breakers

    Our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich

    by James Phelps ...
    The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich.On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian Captain J.T. Richardson boarded a German merchant vessel fleeing Melbourne's Port Phillip and audaciously seized a top-secret naval codebook. The fledgling Australian Navy had an opportunity to immediately change the ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

  • A History of the Modern Australian University

    In 1857 all of the Arts students at the University of Sydney could fit into a single photograph. Now there are more than one million university students in Australia. After World War II, Australian universities became less elite but more important, growing from six small institutions educating less than 0.2 per cent of the population to a system enrolling over a quarter of high school graduates. ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD

  • Say Nothing: A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYSoon to be an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century' Nick HornbyFrom the author of Empire of Pain – a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating reperc... ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The Doctor of Hiroshima

    His heart-breaking and inspiring true life story

    With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little baby? To conceal the fear and terror in my heart I left her, trying to put up a cheerful front. But no one could conceal from her the ominous import of the dark spots that had appeared on her chest.***The Doctor of Hiroshima***is the ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD $12.99 AUD

  • Disunited Nations

    The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World

    by Peter Zeihan ...
    Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push France, Turkey, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to the top of international concerns?Most countries and companies are not prepared for the world Peter Zeihan says we’re already living in. For decades, America’s allies have depended on its might for their economic ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD $9.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar

    by Max Hastings ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERA Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year'Reads like a thriller… I couldn't put Max Hastings's new book down' DAILY MAIL'Hastings is a master of drama, a writer intimately familiar with the mind of the soldier' THE TIMESOperation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most su... ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD $4.99 AUD

  • A Dangerous Game

    International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in 1950s London.‘A gripping story of revenge, guilt and redemption, sweetened by love.’ Daisy Wood, author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris‘A truly brilliant read—I couldn’t put it down!’ Suzanne Kelman, author of The Bookseller of ParisLondon, 1952. Seven years after the chaotic aftermath of World War II, London ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD

  • The Twins of Auschwitz

    The inspiring true story of a young girl surviving Mengele's hell

    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe Nazis spared their lives because they were twins.In the summer of 1944, Eva Mozes Kor and her family arrived at Auschwitz.Within thirty minutes, they were separated. Her parents and two older sisters were taken to the gas chambers, while Eva and her twin, Miriam, were herded into the care of the man who became known as the Angel of Death: Dr. Josef Mengele. They were ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

  • Kairos

    Winner of the International Booker Prize

    Translated by Michael Hofmann ...
    WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEBerlin. 11 July 1986. They meet by chance on a bus. She is a young student, he is older and married. Theirs is an intense and sudden attraction, fuelled by a shared passion for music and art, and heightened by the secrecy they must maintain. But when she strays for a single night he cannot forgive her and a dangerous crack forms between them, opening up a ... Read more

    $18.99 AUD

  • Autocracy, Inc

    The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

    ****A Sunday Times Bestseller****An Economist Best Book of the Year**The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world**All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD

  • Gaza Unveiled: Unravelling the Israel-Palestine Conflict - Understanding the Historical Roots, Ongoing Challenges, and the Path to Peace in the Middle East

    "Gaza Unveiled" offers a comprehensive understanding of this complex conflict. Ideal for history enthusiasts, students of international relations, and those seeking insights into the Middle East's path to peace.This Book Will:Explore the roots and evolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict.Understand the historical origins and religious claims to the land.Trace key events like the Balfour ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or Free with Kobo Plus