Winner of the 1919 Pulitzer Prize.

Henry Adams was the grandson of the American President John Quincy Adams and great-grandson of President and Founding Father John Adams. In early old age he began recording his personal struggle to come to terms with his view of the coming twentieth century.

The personal account of a field ambulance commander. It’s full of humour and sympathy for both sides. The Australian love of swimming and the beach makes an appearance, even though the beach was in the line of fire of Turkish positions.

1888 Best Seller.

A utopian novel. Julian West falls into an hypnotic trance near the end of the 19th Century and awakens more than 100 years later (right around now) to find America transformed into a socialist utopia. Bellamy uses the conceit to explore his ideas of how to improve society.

A political analysis of the causes and justifications of the war against the Ottoman Empire and the eventual ill fated Gallipoli landings of the ANZACs. Full of historical background, for example the apparent origin of the phrase "Young Turk" from a new Ottoman regime just before WWI. Presented for it's historical interest, the views of the author are his own.

This is one of the most colorful and fascinating autobiographies and what a wild, wild ride it is. Benvenuto Cellini the untameable goldsmith, sculptor, musician, artilleryman, sharpshooter, wheedler, and brute gives us the story of his life in his own words. Although esteemed for his art, when push came to shove he could as effectively dispatch an enemy with his words as with his sword. Cellini lived as the Italian renaissance was peaking where he was able to create masterpieces for his patrons - kings, popes, and leaders of sometimes waring Italian city-states.