Once upon a Big Idea: The Story of Inventions by James Carter
$12.00 AUD
$24.99 (51% off)
Category: History
Telescopes and clocks and trains- all big ideas from human brains! From bridges and boats to medicines and mobile phones, this book takes readers on a journey of discovery through all the amazing inventions human beings have come up with. Learn how rocks and stones helped create the pyramids and how ...Show more
I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 (The Graphic Novel) by Lauren Tarshis
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Category: History
A day that forever changed the nation ... The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his uncle Benny, his dad’s best friend at the firehouse where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas’s parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has ...Show more
I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived Graphic Novel #3) by Lauren Tarshis
$29.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: I Survived Graphic Novels
A beautifully rendered graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by lvaro Sarraseca. In a Jewish ghetto, Max Rosen and his sister, Zena, struggle to live after their father is taken away by the Nazis. With barel ...Show more
Life below the City by Ute Fuhr (Illustrator); Raoul Sautai (Illustrator)
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Category: History | Series: My First Discovery Paperbacks Ser.
Walking through a city, you'll see lots of buildings and statues - but to discover the hidden world below the streets, you'll need your 'magic' torch and your sense of adventure! Explore the cellar beneath the house, the pipes below the pavements, and the car parks and underground trains that run under ...Show more
Why the World Isn't Fair - Unstoppable Us, Volume 2 (PB) by Yuval Noah Harari
$32.99 AUD
Category: History
From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes the next volume in the incredible story of the human race, for younger readers. Something really strange happened 10,000 years ago, and it changed everything. Why did millions of people agree to obey a few leaders? Where did kings and kingdo ...Show more
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (The Graphic Novel) by Lauren Tarshis
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Category: History | Series: I Survived
A thrilling graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis’s best-selling I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Haus Studio. George Calder must be the luckiest kid alive—he and his little sister, Phoebe, are sailing with their aunt on the Titanic, the grea ...Show more
Strangers on Country by David Hartley, Kirsty Murray
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
Age range 8+ Giom, Anco and Duramboi are the names of just three young shipwreck survivors and convict escapees who were given refuge by Indigenous communities during the nineteenth century. No one knows exactly how many received sustenance from the local people, but there are some documented accounts ...Show more
A Day to Remember by Jackie French
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Category: History
Anzac Day is the day when we remember and honour Anzac traditions down the ages, from the first faltering march of wounded veterans in 1916 to the ever increasing numbers of their descendants who march today. Containing reference to the many places the Anzacs have fought, and the various ways in which t ...Show more
The Gallipoli Story by Patrick Carlyon
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Category: History
The men were huddled in lifeboats. Some prayed that their legs would work. Some smiled to show they weren't scared. They peered into the darkness ahead and saw nothing. Then, the dark shape of a man standing on a hill. A shout from the shore. A single shot rang out and a bullet hissed overhead. The Ga ...Show more
Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, from the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers.* We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world? The answer to that is one o ...Show more
Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World, from the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
$29.99 AUD
Category: History
From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes an incredible new story of the human race, for younger readers. We humans aren't strong like lions, we don't swim as well as dolphins, and we definitely don't have wings! So how did we end up ruling the world? The answer to that is one of th ...Show more
A Story to Tell by Laurel Nannup (Illustrator)
$24.95 AUD
Category: History
In A Story to Tell, Laurel Nannup brings to life a childhood in a large Aboriginal family. While her stories include time spent at the Wandering Mission, their main focus is on memories of family life-picnics, roaming through the bush, sharing campfire tales, and events such as buying a new dress and fi ...Show more