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Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
32.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Great Lives | Reading Level: near fine
The riveting life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated than Alexander ...Show more
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
27.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Great Lives
Secondhand. Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in American history are more controversial. In this masterful work, C ...Show more
Anne Frank (Little Guides to Great Lives) by Isabel Thomas
16.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives
Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis' persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world. Meet one of history's most inspiring figures in this beautifully-illustrated gu ...Show more
Biographic Degas by Katie Greenwood
19.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Great Lives in Graphic Form | Reading Level: very good
The Biographic senes presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. Many people know that Edgar ...Show more
Catherine The Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie
27.99 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Great Lives Ser.
The extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became one of the most powerful women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination. For thirty-four years, the government, foreign policy, cultural development and welfar ...Show more
Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography by John J. Collins; Daren Magee (Other)
32.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Lives of Great Religious Bks.
Unraveling the controversies surrounding the Dead Sea ScrollsSince they were first discovered in the caves at Qumran in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have aroused more fascination--and controversy--than perhaps any other archaeological find. They appear to have been hidden in the Judean desert by the Essen ...Show more
Josephus's the Jewish War - A Biography by Martin Goodman
54.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Lives of Great Religious Bks.
An essential introduction to Josephus's momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which was crushed in 70 CE with the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple. Martin Goodman describes the life of this book, from its com ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives: Anne Frank by Isabel Thomas
12.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Anne Frank was an ordinary girl living in extraordinary times. Forced to go into hiding to escape the Nazis persecution of Jews in World War II, Anne kept a diary that would become one of the most famous books in the world. Meet one of history s most inspiring figures in this beautifully-illustrated gui ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives: Frida Kahlo by Isabel Thomas
16.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives
Frida Kahlo was a colourful Mexican artist who endured great pain and hardship, but used her bright, vivid brushstrokes to express her emotions and reveal her true personality. She created over 50 self-portraits, and is considered to be one of the most influential and inspirational artists of the twenti ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives: Frida Kahlo by Isabel Thomas
12.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Frida Kahlo was a colourful Mexican artist who endured great pain and hardship, but used her bright, vivid brushstrokes to express her emotions and reveal her true personality. She created over 50 self-portraits, and is considered to be one of the most influential and inspirational artists of the twenti ...Show more
Little Guides to Great Lives: Leonardo Da Vinci by Isabel Thomas
12.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Little Guides to Great Lives Ser.
Most famous as the painter who created the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci is also one of history s greatest geniuses he was a mathematician, architect, astronomer, scientist and musician...and he even invented the helicopter!From artists to aviators and scientists to revolutionaries, Little Guides to Grea ...Show more