(Hardback)

The moving story of the unlikely friendship that developed between then 25 year old archaeologist John Henry Phillips and D-Day survivor Patrick Thomas, and their search for the wreck of Patrick's landing-craft command vessel off the coast of France: the final resting place of at least 35 of his shipmates.

(Hardback)

Songs, speeches, and sermons provide a revealing window into the sufferings of slaves a century ago, and this groundbreaking work collects some of the most revealing of such documents from the 1700s through the 1850s.

(Paperback)

'The story of the first all-out struggle in Asia between Communism and the West, vividly told in an exciting and engrossing book' Sunday Express

(Paperback)

30-Second Ancient China unlocks the secrets of its Bronze Age glories and offers summaries of everything.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

On August 24, AD 79, the Roman city of Pompeii was buried by the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The very debris and ash that so suddenly and violently ended life in Pompeii also encased the city in a virtual time capsule. This title takes us back in time to experience life and death in a cosmopolitan city.

(Paperback)

In the First World War, Australian reactions to death were defined by distance, a circumstance that impelled mourners towards communal responses to their loss. It drove them to create and sustain links with the graves that most knew they would never see. This book deals with this topic.

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

This new edition of the most influential book about pirates ever written presents twenty action-packed biographies of the likes of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd along with the celebrated female pirates Mary Reed and Anne Bonny. A classic from 1724 brought back to life with extra material from the Library collections.

(Hardback)

Travelling through time from Ancient Egypt to today, A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues unpicks the past, illuminates the present and offers a new perspective on the future through these controversial symbols of our identity.

(Paperback)

(Paperback, Reprint)

Eric Graham traces the development of the Scottish marine and its institutions during a formative period, when state intervention and warfare at sea in the pursuit of merchantilist goals largely determined the course of events.

(Paperback)

Objects found on the banks of the Thames tell the stories of Londoners through the centuries.

(Paperback, 3rd edition)

Presents aboriginal history. This book includes chapters on: The Assimilation Era 1937-1960s; The Rise of Self determination 1960s-1990s; Mabo, Wik and Reconciliation.

(Paperback)

In 1883 pastoralists began to drive great herds of cattle into Victoria River District of Australia's Northern Territory. They entered a vast tropical land of big rivers, wide plains, and rugged ranges. It was a cattleman's paradise, but also a paradise for the Aboriginal people who had lived there for thousands of years.

(Paperback)

A bestselling 1930s' cookbook by the author's Jewish grandmother was published for decades under a false name after the Nazi takeover of Austria

(Paperback)

Could shattering secrets about the deep past of humanity await discovery in North America

(Paperback)

The surprising tale of the first American Protestant missionaries to proselytise in the Muslim world.

(Paperback)

Cover subtitle: The Australian Inland Mission: a century of service to the outback.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Before women even got the vote, this novel prophesied women presidents, prime ministers and leaders of the opposition. Before the Wright Brothers or Richard Pearse flew, it predicted global air travel.

(Paperback)

The stunning bestseller from one of Britain's most highly regarded military historians.

(Paperback)

This book tells the story of every one of Australia's 25 prime ministers.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)