Collection: -History

March 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is finally within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift disillusionment. The final 100 days of the Second World War will prove to be bitterly and bloodily fought, ...

An engrossing account of a pivotal year in Australia's history. This book debunks one of the hardiest clichés in Australian history: that the 1950s was a dull decade, when the nation seemed only interested in a quiet life, a cup of tea, and a weekend drive. The truth is that, by the time the '60...

1968 saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of the western world. Some of these were genuinely revolutionary - around ten million French workers went on strike and the whole state teetered on the brink of collapse. Others were more easily contained, but had profound longer-term implic...

1975 was a year to remember. Jaws and The Rocky Horror Show filled cinemas and Picnic at Hanging Rock and Sunday Too Far Away proved that Australians wanted to see their own stories on the big screen. Australia's favourite television show Countdown provided a soundtrack for suburban life with gla...

This is a visual guide to the 20th century. From global wars to the digital revolution, explore the world-changing events of the 20th century decade-by-decade. All the significant happenings of the last century are featured in a unique graphic style with photographic timelines, eyewitness photogr...

In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues. How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fa...

Chris stayed awake for 24 hours, sunrise to sunrise, to take you on a spectacular photographic journey through Melbourne CBD and inner suburbs. He recounts over 70 personal stories from Humans he met along the way, as well as little know facts about Melbourne...

Here are real-time accounts of these years of turmoil: Calvin Trillin reports on the integration of Southern universities, E. B. White and John Updike wrestle with the enormity of the Kennedy assassination, and Jonathan Schell travels with American troops into the jungles of Vietnam. The murder o...

Abandoned Melbourne presents a collection of photographs of the perennially awarded world's most liveable city rendered empty, abandoned and in lockdown. A cultural melting pot, Melbourne affords its residents a broad range of fine dining and festival both indoors and out. It offers exemplary lif...

One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's remarkable life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on 26 April 1944. He and Captain Billy Moss hatched a daring plan to abduct the general, while ensuring that no reprisals were taken against the Cretan populati...