Discovery: Discovering the past

Explores in fresh ways the question 'what is history?', this work takes the reader on a journey that starts with the Greeks and travels through the centuries of history that are framed by Marxism, postmodernism, and feminism.

History is often hijacked through suppression, manipulation, and, sometimes, even outright deception. MacMillan's book is packed full of examples of the abuses of history. In response, she urges us to treat the past with care and respect.

At a time of deep scepticism about our ability to learn anything from the past, even to recapture any serious sense of past cultures and ways of life, Evans shows us why history is both possible and necessary.

Novel based on the story of the notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly (1855-80), presented in the form of a diary kept by Kelly for his daughter.

David Copperfield was Dickens's favourite child and in the book Dickens revealed a lot of himself, particularly his early life.

Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, little six-year-old Peekay learns that small can beat big. Armed with this knowledge, he resolves to take on the injustices of his country, and sets his heart on becoming the welterweight champion of the world.