SAS Great Escapes by Damien Lewis
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
SAS Great Escapes tells the story of seven of the most dramatic and daring escapes executed during WWII by what is arguably the world's most famous military fighting force - the SAS.With each story comes a nail-biting, rollercoaster ride in classic Damien Lewis style - readers join individual escapees a ...Show more
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
$24.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: good
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"The best true spy story I have ever read."--JOHN LE CARR The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War. I ...Show more
Larrimah: A missing man, an eyeless croc and an outback town of 11 people who mostly hate each other by Caroline Graham, Kylie Stevenson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian History | Reading Level: very good
A dying town, a missing man. One of Australia's greatest mysteries - two whodunnits, twisted together. Larrimah: hot, barren, a speck of dust in the centre of the nothingness of outback Australia. Where you might find a death adder in the bar and a spider or ten in the toaster. Maybe it's stupid to writ ...Show more
The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive by Philippe Sands
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Hypnotic, shocking and unputdownable' JOHN LE CARRÉ'Remarkable' THE SUNDAY TIMES'Breathtaking, gripping, shattering' ELIF SHAFAK'A taut and finely crafted factual thriller' OBSERVER'A triumph of research and brilliant storytelling' ANTONY BEEVOR'Extraordinary' EVENING STANDAR ...Show more
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths | Reading Level: very good
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. ...Show more