In Search of the Red Slave - Shipwreck and Captivity in Madagascar by Mike Parker Pearson; Karen Godden
$19.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Pirates, shipwreck and slavery - these are the key themes in this story of a young Englishman who spent 14 years of his life in captivity in Madagascar. This tale has been more or less lost to sight for centuries, for, although the shipwrecked sailor in question, Robert Drury, wrote a book about his adv ...Show more
Captain Cook and the Pacific: Art, Exploration and Empire by John Mcaleer; Nigel Rigby
$49.99 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Britain`s Soldiers (BOYD) Ser.
British Royal Navy Captain James Cook's voyages of exploration across and around the Pacific Ocean were a marvel of maritime achievement, and provided the first accurate map of the Pacific. The expeditions answered key scientific, economic, and geographic questions, and inspired some of the most influen ...Show more
English for Everyone Everyday English: Learn and Practise Over 1,500 Words and Phrases by DK
$37.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Take your speaking skills to the next level with this easy-to-use, visual guide to conversational English.Tired of textbook English? Keen to converse like a local? Need some help getting there? Then this book is for you! With more than 1,500 of the most useful words and phrases, English for Everyone- Ev ...Show more
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Histories by Diarmuid Hester
$28.99 AUD
Category: Reference
At the turn of the century, in the shade of Cambridge's cloisters, a young E. M. Forster conceals his passion for other men, even as he daydreams about the sun-warmed bodies of ancient Greece. Under the dazzling lights of interwar Paris, Josephine Baker dances her way to fame and fortune and discovers s ...Show more
Signs & Symbols of the World: Over 1,001 Visual Signs Explained by D.R. McElroy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Reference
This informative and engaging illustrated reference provides the stories behind 1,001 signs and symbols, from ancient hieroglyphs to modern-day political and subculture symbols.What in the world does Ω mean? And what about its meaning might have led my coffee date to tattoo it on his entire forearm? Whe ...Show more
Atlas of Forgotten Places: Journeys to Abandoned and Deserted Destinations Around the Globe by Travis Elborough
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Category: Reference
Explore the places that time forgot. These abandoned, mysterious, sleeping monuments around the world have been relegated to the margins of history.
Gothic: An Illustrated History by Roger Luckhurst
$49.99 AUD
Category: Reference
Over the centuries the Gothic has been revived and rewritten to reflect the anxieties of each era. It encompasses the weird, the feared and the uncanny; haunted places and people; and monsters that act as mirrors to ourselves and society. In this lavishly illustrated volume Roger Luckhurst explores how ...Show more
The Passion of Mademoiselle S. by Jean-Yves Berthault
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Category: Reference
Paris, 1928: two lovers are conducting a secret and deeply erotic affair. Charles is a married man with a respectable office job when he embarks on a journey of wild sexual discovery with Simone, whose voracious appetite for the erotic is not confined to the bedroom, but is poured into the illicit lett ...Show more
The Rocket Man: And Other Extraordinary Characters from the History of Flight by David Darling
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Category: Reference
The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history - ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond - astronomer David Darling tells the stories of the true life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements and ...Show more
Atlas of Shipwreck and Fortunes of the Sea by Karin Doering-Froger; Cyril Hofstein
$65.00 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Atlas Ser.
This new title in this bestselling series relates 37 stories of shipwrecks, great discoveries, mysteries, and disappearances still thrilling adventure seekers. From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, from the Baltic Sea to the Caribbean, the Antarctic, and the Indian Ocean; from ancient history to ...Show more
Atlas of Lost Paradises by Karin Doering-Froger; Gilles Lapouge
$65.00 AUD
Category: Reference | Series: Atlas Ser.
Thoroughly documented, a worldwide selection of places representing many attempts made by mankind through the ages to re-create a paradise on Earth. "Paradises got off to a bad start early on. The one the Bible had arranged had to rapidly close its pearly gates when its first two occupants, Adam and Ev ...Show more
Endurance: 100 Tales of Survival, Adventure and Exploration by Levison Wood
$44.99 AUD
Category: Reference
100 of the most astonishing stories of human survival, adventure and exploration, chosen by Levison Wood. We are always captivated by tales of courage and bravery, of world-firsts and death-defying experiences. In this anthology, explorer and bestselling author Levison Wood has gathered 100 of the most ...Show more