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A Thousand Miles From Care: A hunt for a brother's killer - a new compelling Australian true crime story about murder & corruption for readers of The Boy in the Dress and Getting Away With Murder

A Thousand Miles From Care: A hunt for a brother's killer - a new compelling Australian true crime story about murder & corruption for readers of The Boy in the Dress and Getting Away With Murder

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A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles From Care tells the 30 year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother's brutal murder in Manly....
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

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Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...
The Radio Hour: the charming and funny new novel of 2024 from bestselling author of The Nurses War, for readers of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY and HIDDEN FIGURES

The Radio Hour: the charming and funny new novel of 2024 from bestselling author of The Nurses War, for readers of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY and HIDDEN FIGURES

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From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the golden years of radio broadcasting in post-war Australia, celebrating the extraordinary unseen women who...
Operation Whisper: The Capture of Soviet Spies Morris and Lona Cohen

Operation Whisper: The Capture of Soviet Spies Morris and Lona Cohen

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Meet Morris and Lona Cohen, an ordinary-seeming couple living on a teacher's salary in a nondescript building on the East Side of New York City. On a hot afternoon in...
DC Through the 80s: The Experiments

DC Through the 80s: The Experiments

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For the first time, DC offers a retrospective of the 1980s, a monumental decade that introduced some of DC's all-time bestselling titles. For the first time, DC offers a retrospective...
Wang Guangyi: Works and Thoughts 1985-2012

Wang Guangyi: Works and Thoughts 1985-2012

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The first monograph conceived for the international market devoted to one of the most important Chinese contemporary artists. Wang Guangyi is considered one of the emblems of new China, because...
Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East

Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East

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'ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING...AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKYIn this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up reporting...
Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance

Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance

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In Courage to Soar, the official autobiography from four-time Olympic gold-winning and record-setting American gymnast Simone Biles, Simone shares how her faith, family, passion, and perseverance has made her one...
Teddy

Teddy

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'Darkly glamorous. Your summer read is sorted' Sunday Times Style'Glamorous, exuberant and propulsive' Daisy Buchanan'Mad Men meets White Lotus' Red'Stylish and twisting' The Times'A wild ride and a heck of...
More Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Legends of Comic Books

More Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Legends of Comic Books

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Spanning the birth of the industry to its first few decades, this book has approximately 100 full-color portraits of the legends of American comic books-publishers, editors, and artists. Its subjects...
The Luftwaffe: A Study in Air Power 1933-1945

The Luftwaffe: A Study in Air Power 1933-1945

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There has not been an in-depth history of the Luftwaffe published for many years and and this scholarly one-volume survey of the history of the Luftwaffe will become the leading...
Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea

Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea

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In the past two decades, there have been major developments in Korean art, as the country has opened up under the influence of globalization. This unprecedented book focuses on the...
Double Agent Victoire: Mathilde Carre and the Interallie Network

Double Agent Victoire: Mathilde Carre and the Interallie Network

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On 28.2.42 there arrived in the U.K. a remarkable woman agent: Mathilde Lucie (or Lily) CARRE.' Her codename was VICTOIRE, although she became better known as 'La Chatte' - the...
The Hidden Perspective: The Military Conversations 1906-1914

The Hidden Perspective: The Military Conversations 1906-1914

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In 1905, British Foreign Secretary Edward Grey agreed to speak secretly with his French counterparts about sending a British expeditionary force to France in the event of a German attack....
Operation Damocles: Israel's Secret War Against Hitler's Scientists, 1951-1967

Operation Damocles: Israel's Secret War Against Hitler's Scientists, 1951-1967

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From 1951 to 1967, Egypt pursued a secret program to build military rockets that could have conceivably posed a threat to neighboring Israel. Because such an ambitious project required Western...
Men Who Gave Us Wings: Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914

Men Who Gave Us Wings: Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914

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Author: Peter ReeseFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 272 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014Why did the British, then the leading nation in science and technology, fall far...
The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities

The Boundaries of Desire: A Century of Good Sex, Bad Laws, and Changing Identities

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Author: Eric BerkowitzFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 304 pagesPublished: Counterpoint, United States, 2015The act of reproduction, and its variants, never change much, but our ideas about the meaning of sex...
Building for Battle: U-Boat Pens of the Atlantic Battle

Building for Battle: U-Boat Pens of the Atlantic Battle

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Author: Philip KaplanFormat: Hardback, 172mm x 246mm, 240 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat...
No God But God

No God But God

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Author: Geneive AbdoFormat: Hardback, 236 pagesPublished: Oxford University Press Inc, United States, 2000In Egypt, a new type of Islamic revival - a hidden revolution - has been quietly taking shape....
Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

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Author: Ian HallFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 304 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Number 31 Squadron RAF will celebrate its centenary in 2015; a pivotal milestone for...
Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft

Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft

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Author: Brian BrinkworthFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014This is the riveting and extraordinary story of Kapitan Herbert Cleff, presented here for...
Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

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Author: Hermann BuschlebFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 128 pagesPublished: Casemate Publishers, United States, 2019First English translation of a Geman account of Operation Crusader. The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged...
The Shadow Man: At the Heart of the Cambridge Spy Circle

The Shadow Man: At the Heart of the Cambridge Spy Circle

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Author: Geoff AndrewsFormat: Hardback, 155mm x 226mm, 553g, 288 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2015James Klugmann appears as a shadowy figure in the legendary history of the Cambridge spies....
Fighters Over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942

Fighters Over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942

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Author: Brian CullFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 900g, 512 pagesPublished: Fonthill Media Ltd, United Kingdom, 2018Brian Cull's definitive `Fighters over Malta: Gladiators and Hurricanes 1940-1942' is a highly detailed account...
Spanish Air Force During World War II: Germany'S Hidden Ally?

Spanish Air Force During World War II: Germany'S Hidden Ally?

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Author: Eduardo MartinezFormat: Hardback, 178mm x 254mm, 184 pagesPublished: Kagero Oficyna Wydawnicza, Poland, 2019Continuing with the study of the lesser known Air Forces that fought in the skies of Europe...
The United States Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909

The United States Navy in the Pacific, 1897-1909

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Author: William R. BraistedFormat: Paperback, 156mm x 234mm, 295 pagesPublished: Naval Institute Press, United States, 2008Professor William R. Braisted tells the story of the twelve important years during which the...
Queen Elizabeth II: A Celebration of Her Life and Reign in Pictures

Queen Elizabeth II: A Celebration of Her Life and Reign in Pictures

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Author: David SoudenFormat: Hardback, 198mm x 252mm, 970g, 240 pagesPublished: Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom, 2022A lavish photographic tribute to the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II, as seen through...
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties

Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties

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Author: Mike DavisFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 235mm, 1074g, 800 pagesPublished: Verso Books, United Kingdom, 2020Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an...
Children of Marx and Coca-Cola: Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema

Children of Marx and Coca-Cola: Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema

$94.00 AUD$75.20 AUD
Author: Xiaoping LinFormat: Hardback, 670g, 320 pagesPublished: University of Hawai'i Press, United States, 2009Children of Marx and Coca-Cola affords a deep study of Chinese avant-garde art and independent cinema from...
Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

Goldstar Century: 31 Squadron RAF 1915-2015

$80.00 AUD$64.00 AUD
Author: Ian HallFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 304 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Number 31 Squadron RAF will celebrate its centenary in 2015; a pivotal milestone for...
Men Who Gave Us Wings: Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914

Men Who Gave Us Wings: Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914

$75.00 AUD$60.00 AUD
Author: Peter ReeseFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 272 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014Why did the British, then the leading nation in science and technology, fall far...
Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

Operation Crusader: Tank Warfare in the Desert, Tobruk 1941

$57.99 AUD$46.39 AUD
Author: Hermann BuschlebFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 228mm, 128 pagesPublished: Casemate Publishers, United States, 2019First English translation of a Geman account of Operation Crusader. The port of Tobruk, Libya, was besieged...
Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft

Secrets of a German POW: The Capture and Interrogation of Hauptmann Herbert Cleft

$57.99 AUD$46.39 AUD
Author: Brian BrinkworthFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 256 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014This is the riveting and extraordinary story of Kapitan Herbert Cleff, presented here for...
Legacies in Steel: Personalized and Historical German Military Edged Weapons 1800-1990

Legacies in Steel: Personalized and Historical German Military Edged Weapons 1800-1990

$375.00 AUD$300.00 AUD
Author: Hermann HampeFormat: Hardback, 254mm x 318mm, 612 pagesPublished: Casemate Publishers, United States, 2019A sumptuous collection of nearly 100 German military edged weapons, predominantly swords and daggers, are displayed in...
The Shadow Man: At the Heart of the Cambridge Spy Circle

The Shadow Man: At the Heart of the Cambridge Spy Circle

$90.00 AUD$72.00 AUD
Author: Geoff AndrewsFormat: Hardback, 155mm x 226mm, 553g, 288 pagesPublished: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom, 2015James Klugmann appears as a shadowy figure in the legendary history of the Cambridge spies....
The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany

The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in Nazi Germany

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Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English

Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English

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Author: Jonathan Ree Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 768 An ambitious new history of philosophy in English that broadens the canon to include many lesser-known figures "[This] lively chronicle of...
On Tuesdays I'm a Buddhist: Expeditions in an in-between world where therapy ends and stories begin

On Tuesdays I'm a Buddhist: Expeditions in an in-between world where therapy ends and stories begin

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Author: Michael Harding Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 One day in the summer of 2016, Michael Harding's wife brought an unusual gift home from Warsaw. All of a sudden,...
Towards the Light: The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West

Towards the Light: The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights That Made the Modern West

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Australian Women at War

Australian Women at War

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Morris West: A Writer and a Spirituality

Morris West: A Writer and a Spirituality

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Ethel Rosenberg: The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother

Ethel Rosenberg: The Short Life and Great Betrayal of an American Wife and Mother

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Author: Anne Sebba Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 'A heart-piercingly brilliant book about a woman whose personal life put her in the cross-hairs of history' HADLEY FREEMAN 'Totally riveting....
Making it Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now

Making it Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now

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Author: Linda Nochlin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A selection of key essays by one of the most influential voices in art history, including seven previously unpublished pieces. This...
This is Tomorrow: Twentieth-century Britain and its Artists

This is Tomorrow: Twentieth-century Britain and its Artists

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Author: Michael Bird Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A compelling and lively history that examines the lives of British artists from the late-19th century to today. In This is...
Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol

Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years with Andy Warhol

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Kuhn vs.Popper: Prophets of the End of Science

Kuhn vs.Popper: Prophets of the End of Science

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The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English

The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English

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Glass: The life and art of Klaus Moje

Glass: The life and art of Klaus Moje

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Author: Nola Anderson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'It is always based on what I see, what is touching me.' For more than fifty years, Klaus Moje devoted his...