King Edward VIII by Philip Ziegler
$6.50 AUD
Category: General History
The authorised life story of the king who gave up his throne for love, by one of our most distinguished biographers.In this masterly authorized biography, Philip Ziegler reveals the complex personality of Edward VIII, the only British monarch to have voluntarily renounced the throne.With unique access t ...Show more
Understanding Gandhi - Gandhians in Conversation with Fred J Blum by Jayshree Mehta; Usha Thakkar
$7.95 AUD
Category: General History
Understanding Gandhi is a collection of interviews of six of Mahatma Gandhi′s closest associates-J.B. Kriplani, Raihana Tyabji, Dada Dharmadhikari, Sushila Nayar, Jhaver Patel and Sucheta Kripalani. The interviewees reflect on Gandhi′s ideas in the light of changes that took place in India after Indepen ...Show more
More What If?: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been? by Robert Cowley
$6.95 AUD
Category: General History
More What If?, the sequel to the acclaimed What If? examines history's most fascinating what-might have-beens. More of the world's leading historians, including Geoffrey Parker, Theodore K Rabb, Cecilia Holland and Caleb Carr postulate on what might so easily have been. Concentrating on the crucial ...Show more
The Immanent Utopia - From Marxism on the State to the State of Marxism by Axel Van den Berg
$14.95 AUD
Category: General History
In recent years there has been a spectacular growth of Marxist literature on politics and the state in capitalist society. This literature has been widely hailed as cumulative proof of Marxism's ability to produce a successful theory of the political "superstructure," and as confirmation of the health a ...Show more
Daily Life of the Aztecs by Jacques Soustelle
$6.95 AUD
Category: General History
Tireless speech-makers and lovers of verse, the ancient Aztecs were also prodigious record keepers, using a pictographic system to keep records of their history, geography, and rituals. Many of these accounts were destroyed after the Spanish conquest; but fortunately, a few survived, including those ke ...Show more
Qasr Al Hosn: The History of the Rulers of Abu Dhabi 1793-1966
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History