True stories: discovery, historical & scientific books

In an age when a storm was evidence of God's wrath, pioneering meteorologists had to fight against convention and...  Read More >>

The bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14 tells one man's astonishing story, set against the world's longest-lasting...  Read More >>

Mostly Mischief’s ordinary title belies extraordinary voyages made by H.W. Tilman in both Arctic and Antarctic waters,...  Read More >>

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For well over 60 years the Palestinian people, in Israel, the West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza and refugee camps, have...  Read More >>

Illustrated with 180 photographs, artworks and maps, Norse Myths is an exciting, engaging and highly informative...  Read More >>

The author was the most famous traveller of his time. His voyages began in 1271 with a visit to China, after which...  Read More >>

Back in print- The first book to bring together the inventions, innovations, and events that first happened in Boston....  Read More >>

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Aaron Burr - Revolutionary War hero, third vice president of the United States and a controversial figure of the...  Read More >>

First published 50 years before political correctness became an accepted rule, Mischief in Greenland is a treasure...  Read More >>

From one of our master storytellers, author of the bestselling Great Australian Stories, comes another collection...  Read More >>

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A stunning illustrated examination of the famed Erebus expedition, its doomed ship and the thrilling recent search...  Read More >>

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Mischief among the Penguins is H.W. Tilman's account of his voyage to the Southern Ocean island groups of Crozet and...  Read More >>

A true story of battles, blessings, betrayal, and breakthrough Although told in dramatized form, this is a factual...  Read More >>

Humans, Other Beings and the Environment is an ethnographic study of the possibilities for the mutual, symbiotic...  Read More >>

One of the most notorious and bizarre mysteries of the Edwardian age, for readers who loved The Suspicions of Mr....  Read More >>

Andrew Roberts evokes the pity and the horror of the blackest day in the history of the British army.  Read More >>

While many excellent books have been published about the nineteenth century county asylums in England, comparatively...  Read More >>

Who were the pioneers in science education, and what motivated them to do what they did? This book is the second...  Read More >>

Who were the pioneers in science education, and what motivated them to do what they did? This book is the second...  Read More >>

Is there a field of gold lying in the Australian outback, where nuggets are ‘as thick as plums in a pudding’?  Read More >>