This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions in the late eighteenth century, through to the modern day. By presenting the perspectives of…

Relax into the heady mix of central European style and Mediterranean easy living that is modern Croatia. Cadogan’s expert author describes the very best of the country’s spectacular coastal villages…

This book examines the influence of historical and popular figures on the way Australians see themselves in the 21st century. Investigating whether colonial figures such as convicts and bushrangers still…

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists…

Buddhism is widely known to advocate a stance of total pacifism towards all sentient beings, and because of this, it is often thought that Buddhist doctrine would stipulate that non-violent…

This book takes a different look at Australia’s all-time sporting hero, Sir Donald Bradman.

This comprehensive and engaging analysis of a wide range of Antarctic fiction - from lost-race romances to espionage thrillers to travellers’ tales to horror fantasies - is essential reading for…

Michael Bennett offers the first global history of the spread of vaccination during the Napoleonic Wars, focusing on the experience of smallpox, the hopes invested in vaccination by doctors and…