(Hardback)

The Last Days of Budapest tells the powerful story of one of the least-known but most important episodes of the Second World War: life and death in the Hungarian capital from autumn 1944 to early 1945, a gripping story of spies, fanaticism, genocide and military disaster.

The gripping story of the Levellers, the radical movement at the heart of the English Revolution

(Hardback, ANZ Only)

The ANZAC experience through the eyes of the ordinary men that were there: raw authentic accounts from infantrymen not historians.

(Paperback)

In THE MAKING OF MODERN AUSTRALIA, bestselling writer William McInnes brings together stories from regular Australians to create a personal view of our country since WWII.

(Paperback)

The Mediterranean has been for millennia one of the global cockpits of human endeavour. This book provides interpretive synthesis for a generation on the rise of the Mediterranean world from its beginning, before the emergence of our own species, up to the threshold of Classical times.

(Hardback)

The Making of the Modern English State traces the changes in politics and religion over the two hundred years that helped to form a new English identity. It is both an up-to-date narrative of the growth of the English state and a guide to recent historiography.

(Paperback)

The gripping story of a small force of Australian Special Forces commandos that launched relentless hit and run raids on far superior Japanese forces in East Timor for most of 1942. Now part of the HACHETTE MILITARY COLLECTION.

The heroics of a small team of Australian Special Forces commandos in Timor who tied down a far superior Japanese force for most of the critical year of 1942

(Paperback)

A profusely illustrated historical survey of a fascinating region, now available in a new format.

(Hardback)

Evokes the world of Renaissance medicine to tell the tale of surgeon Leonardo Fioravanti.

(Paperback)

Victoria was the first Australian colony to open a steam railway, in 1854. Railway history both reflected and made Victorian history as a whole, especially during the boom and bust of the 1880s and 1890s. This book tells the story of the early railways opened in the wake of the gold rush to Ballarat and Bendigo.

(Paperback)

This book is an up-to-date analysis and review of the trends and events which marked the slow and uncertain progress of Britain towards representative parliamentary democracy from 1830 to 1918.

(Paperback)

The renowned Pan-Africanist and socialist analyses the Russian Revolution

(, 2nd edition)

A.W. Purdue provides one of the most concise yet comprehensive assessments of the entire course of World War II, covering both the European and the Asian Pacific conflicts. The second edition of this established text has been thoroughly revised and updated in the light of recent research and current debates.

(Paperback)

The Secret War is the latest salvo in the History Wars that sees historians, politicians and writers arguing over the extent of Indigenous deaths in frontier clashes. It is an authoritative and groundbreaking contribution to Australia's white settlement history. Australian author.

(Hardback)

How were the ancient wonders of the world built This text examines spectacular feats of engineering and celebrates the achievements of the builders who worked without the aid of modern technology. It includes 70 wonders, from the Great Wall of China to Inca bridges.

Shakespeare's working life, from about 1590 to 1615, was not only a period of rich activity on the London stage, but also one of prolific writing and publishing about food. This book explores the plays alongside contemporary recipes to offer insight into daily life and gastronomy in Shakespeare's London.

(Paperback)

The amazing tale and unfortunate life of James Porter - Australian convict, pirate and master mariner.

(Paperback)

This introduction to England's past by Christopher Hibbert goes from the first encounter with England's Neolithic inhabitants, through the entire course of the country's political, economic and cultural history, to an expression of faith in the qualities of the English today.

(Paperback)

Is there any tale more thrilling than a shipwreck

(Paperback)

Discovered in 2007 and acquired by the British Museum and York Museums Trust, the Vale of York hoard was buried in the late 920s in the reign of the West Saxon king Athelstan, in what is now North Yorkshire. This book describes the individual items in the Vale of York treasure and explores the historical context of the burial of this hoard.

(Hardback)

Discover the epic naval story of the war that threatened to undo our nation in 1812.