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The Triumph of Empire - The Roman World from Hadrian to Constantine by Michael Kulikowski
24.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: History of the Ancient World Ser.
"A genuinely bracing and innovative history of Rome." --Times Literary Supplement The Triumph of Empire takes us into the political heart of imperial Rome and recounts the extraordinary challenges overcome by a flourishing empire. Roman politics could resemble a blood sport: rivals resorted to assassina ...Show more
The Ultimate History of Video Games Vol. 1 by Steven L. Kent
45.00 AUD
Category: History | Series: Ultimate History of Video Games Ser.
Based on more than 500 first-hand interviews with the creative geniuses and inspired crazies who transformed a back-room novelty into a cultural phenomenon, The Ultimate History of Video Games is the definitive account of the brilliant, quirky, wacky world of electronic entertainment. Readers will disco ...Show more
The Ultimate History of Video Games, Volume 2: Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and the Billion-Dollar Battle to Shape Modern Gaming by Steven L. Kent
39.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Ultimate History of Video Games Ser.
A gripping behind-the-scenes history of video games in the twenty-first centuryIf there is one thing that defines the video game industry, it is survival of the fittest. It's a business where no one can confidently say what people will be buying and playing even a year from now. And as gaming has grown ...Show more
The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist - Three Lives in an Age of Empire by Kate Fullagar
73.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History Ser.
A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them bothThree interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British Empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies. This engaging history brings together ...Show more
Tragedy and Triumph - EARLY TESTIMONIES OF JEWISH SURVIVORS OF WORLD WAR II by Freda Hodge (Translator)
34.95 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: History Ser.
In this collection Freda Hodge retrieves early voices of Holocaust survivors. Men, women and children relate experiences of deportation and ghettoisation, forced labour camps and death camps, death marches and liberation. Such eye-witness accounts collected in the immediate post-war period constitute, a ...Show more
Transformers: a Visual History by Jim Sorenson
70.00 AUD
Category: Film Theatre | Series: Transformers: a Visual History Ser.
Celebrating 35 years of rare and iconic TRANSFORMERS imagery, this deluxe art book will delight fans of all ages One of the world's most popular franchises, Transformers has been delighting fans since 1984. Now, in this deluxe hardcover celebration, Hasbro reveals behind-the-scenes production sketch ...Show more
Tudors - The History of England: Volume II by Peter Ackroyd
22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\History of England Ser. | Reading Level: 16
Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, Tudors recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome, and his relentless pursuit of both the perfect wife and the perfect heir; of how t ...Show more
Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant by Shrabani Basu
24.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: History Press Ser.
The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was esta ...Show more
Victory over Death - The Art of Colin McCahon by Rex Butler; Laurence Simmons
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Category: Art | Series: Art History Ser.
Perhaps at the origin of all thinking about culture lies the question of the afterlife. The artist makes their work hoping that it will live on after their death. The critic reads or looks at the work wondering whether a future audience will engage with it. Victory over Death: The Art of Colin McCahon t ...Show more
World War II: The Definitive Visual History (Volume 1): From the Munich Crisis to the Battle of Kursk 1938-43 by Richard Overy
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Category: History | Series: World War II: the Definitive Visual History Ser.
Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (May 2020) and Victory in Japan Day (August 2020), this first of two volumes is an outstanding concise history of WWII from the Munich Crisis to the Battle of Kursk. This first of two volumes begins in the period when the Axis powe ...Show more
World War II: the Definitive Visual History Vol 2 - From the Invasion of Sicily to VJ Day by Richard Overy
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Category: History | Series: World War II: the Definitive Visual History Ser.
Published to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (May 2020) and Victory in Japan Day (August 2020), this second of two volumes is an outstanding concise history of WWII from the invasion of Sicily to VJ Day. This second volume in the landmark series about WWII examines the Alli ...Show more