Australiens & Oceaniens historia

THE WASHINGTON POST'S TOP TEN NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR - WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE - SHORTLISTED FOR PRIX F MINA ETRANGER - LONGLISTED FOR PRIX M DICIS - An exquisite, …

'Of all the books about the ground war in the Pacific, (With the Old Breed) is the closest to a masterpiece.'- The New York Review of Books'One of the most arresting documents in …

Krig och kärlek är huvudingredienser i denna populärhistoriska skildring av emigrationen till Australien, Nya Zeeland och Stilla havet. Brott och straff är två andra återkommande …

I sin nittonde populärhistoriska bok tar författaren K-G Olin oss medsig till Australien, Nya Zeeland och Stilla havet där en helt ny världväntar emigranter, sjömän och …

Landing on the beach at Peleliu in 1944 as twenty-year-old new recruit to the US Marines, Eugene Sledge can only try desperately to survive. This memoir tells the cruelty, bravery …

Presents author's journey, from boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, all the way to the raging battles in the Pacific, where some of the war's fiercest fighting took place. …

It was the greatest feat of engineering in nineteenth century Australia, but it very nearly collapsed in the face of monumental obstacles.The year was 1870, and letters took six …

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "When one house dies, a second lives." - Maori proverb By …

'A roaring tale ... remains as vivid and exciting today as it was on publication in 1697' GuardianThe pirate and adventurer William Dampier circumnavigated the globe three times, …

Japanese gods, too numerous to count, are known collectively as yaoyorozu-no-kamigami--the eight million. They are the cast of a vast, complex mythology that encompasses two …