Secret Maps

By

Tom Harper .Nick Dykes. Magdalena Peszko.

How they Conceal and Reveal the World  For those people who love maps Secret Maps is the most interesting collection. It is unique in that it claims the 150 rare...
Documentary, History, Non Fiction
Convicts, Crimes and Tragic Times

By

Tony Matthews.

Dark Days of Old Australia  Historian and author Tony Matthews’s latest meticulously researched book “Convicts, Crimes and Tragic Times Dark Days of Old Australia” not only gives the reader insight...
History, Non Fiction
The Little Book of Trolls

By

Carolyne Larrington

Carolyne Larrington is an Emeritus Professor of Medieval European literature at Oxford University. She has published a book of Dragons in this series now followed by The Little Book of...
History, Non Fiction
The Little Book of Dragons

By

Carolyne Larrington

What an absolute delight The Little Book of Dragons and is an absolute delight for all those older children and adults who have always had a soft spot for a...
History, Literature, Non Fiction
The Queen’s Atlas: Saxton’s Elizabethan Masterpiece

By

David Fletcher

The Queen’s Atlas is a book of great beauty. The maps are wonderfully reproduced in colour, and the many documents and pictures all contribute to an extraordinary historical story about...
History, Non Fiction, Science
No Heil Hitler

By

Paul Cieslar and Jeff Steel

A True Story of Faith, Courage, and Defiance in Nazi-Occupied Poland Award winning authors Paul Cieslar and Jeff Steel’s fascinating book ‘No Heil Hitler!’ is not only an inspirational memoir...
Documentary, History, Non Fiction
Code of Silence: How Australian Women Helped Win the War”

By

Diana Thorpe

Australian men’s war time service has generally been well documented; however, this is not the case of the dedicated women, who were entrusted with the complex work of decoding and...
Documentary, History, Non Fiction
Miracula

By

Paul Chrystal

Weird and Wonderful Stories of Ancient Greece and Rome Paul Chrystal has an astonishing knowledge of little-known ancient texts that were often boring and long winded. He has taken the...
History, Non Fiction
Australian Heroes of World War II

By

Mark Johnston.

Remarkable stories of battlefield courage Mark Johnston is a leading authority on the Australian Army in World War 2. He is a Historian and head of History at Scotch college...
History, Non Fiction
War After Ukraine

By

Christopher K Pike

Making Sense of War War After Ukraine draws to a finale the three book series on making Sense of War from Christopher K Pike in which he details the How,...
Documentary, History, Non Fiction
The Art of the Scribe

By

Patricia Lovett.

In this beautiful coffee table book, The Art of the Scribe Patricia Lovett has combined the practical art of calligraphy while looking at ancient manuscripts to show some of the...
History, Non Fiction
Intrepid Women: Adventures in Anthropology

By

Edited Julia Nicholson,

Editor of the book Intrepid Women, Adventures in Anthropology Julia Nicholson, has chosen six women who have exceeded in their desires to understand and document their anthropological fieldwork. Their work...
History, Non Fiction