In the Shadow of Shari'ah - Islam, Islamic Law and Democracy in Pakistan by Matthew Nelson
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History
Recent events in Pakistan, and more widely in the Islamic world, have sparked an unprecedented level of interest in the relationship between Islam and democracy. Studies of Islamic law (Shari'ah) lie at the heart of this trend, but carefully researched studies of Islamic law as it actuallyunfolds "on th ...Show more
The Forgotten Ones - Women and Children under Nippon by Shirley Fenton Huie
$6.95 AUD
Category: General History
The Proudest Day - India's Long Road to Independence by Anthony Read; David Fisher
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History
"At midnight on 14 August 1947, Britain finally granted independence to the peoples of India. Throughout the world, the end of the colonial era was in sight. India was the first great domino to fall, setting off a train of events that was so spread across Asia and Africa, culminat-ing in the collapse of ...Show more
Xanadu by John Man
$6.50 AUD
Category: General History
Marco Polo's journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences, known simply as "The Travels", uncovered an entirely new world of emperors and concubines, great buildings - 'stately pleasure ...Show more
All under Heaven - A Complete History of China by Rayne Kruger
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History
A one-volume narrative history of China, from the earliest inhabitants to the twentieth century, for a popular readership China is a country with an ancient and highly sophisticated civilization of which the Chinese have been justly proud.When the countries of Europe were struggling to move beyond mud h ...Show more
Aztecs by Brenda Ralph Lewis
$4.95 AUD
Category: General History | Series: Sutton Pocket Histories Ser.
The Aztec empire centred on Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) embraced nearly all the peoples of central America during the 15th and early 16th centuries. Renowned for their architecture, agriculture, jewellry and textiles, the Aztecs also developed a form of pictographic writing and a complex calendar ...Show more