History
The Silence Calling
The Silence Calling is a fascinating and often moving account of the work and life of Australians in Antarctica.
The Eighteenth Century
Volume II of the Oxford History of the British Empire examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire.
From Hitler to Trujillo
From Hitler to Trujillo by Alfredo F. Vorshirm is a memoir by a Holocaust survivor.
Motagua Colonial
The Classic era centers of Quirigua and Copan are the eastern most outposts of early Mayan civilization. The Middle Motagua served as the source of Mesoamerica's most precious material, jade, that was so highly valued by ancient peoples.
The War Against Epidemics in Colonial Guatemala 1519-1821
Using colonial tax and census records, scholars think the indigenous population dropped at least 90% in the first 160 years after the European conquest.
On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History
In his 1840 lectures on heroes, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian essayist and social critic, championed the importance of the individual in history.
Long Time, Olden Time
The year is 1977, and Dinny Japaljarri remembers a time when the Northern Territory was a very different place. Twenty five years on, many of the events in this book now survive only in the memories of a generation that has passed, or is passing, away.
The Asianisation of Australia?
Pauline Hanson was not the first person to sensationalise the effects of Australia’s open immigration policy on the racial make-up of Australia.
An Unruly Child
'...This is a provocative re-examination of our legal history appearing at a time when Australians are reconsidering both their past and their future.' The Hon.
Andersonville
A reprint edition of the 1879 title. The years 1864-65 were a season of desperate battles, but in that time many more Union soldiers died of starvation and exposure than were killed by cannon and rifle.