20th Century History

The book titled Living Stones: St Swithun's Pymble 1901-2001: St Swithun's Pymble by the author Marcia Cameron. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

The World War One Diaries, Letters and Sketches of Harold Stephens and W 'Billy' O'Neil. Over 90 years ago two friends from the farming community of Cowra, New South Wales...

Mather's designs eschew ethnic reference to establish a family of coolly considered dining environments. John Welsh discusses Mather's three London-based restaurants -- ZenW3, Zen Central and Now & Zen --...

Sean O' Casey's Irish plays, among them "Juno and the Paycock", arguably place him amongst the great playwrights of the 20th century. This book explores the myth of O'Casey's slum...

Frances Burke was Australia's most influential and celebrated textile designer of the 20th century. From the late 1930s to 1970, her designs achieved a prominence unparalleled in Australia before or...

Ten-year-old Jan Senbergs landed with his family in Melbourne in 1950, driven by tragic and violent events in the closing months of World War II from his native Latvia. His...

Much of the Gothic Revival's modern appeal derives from furnishings, liturgical metalwork and other arts and crafts, all of which are illustrated in this book.

A funny, intimate memoir by Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood , which recounts her experiences on Gilmore Girls - the first and second time -...

A delightful novella from the internationally bestselling author of A Woman of Substance Thirty-three-year-old Bill Fitzgerald is an acclaimed American television foreign correspondent. War-weary and exhausted after a long stint...

Through conversation, essays, photos, and drawings, this book documents and explores Francis Alys' new project Seven Walks. Over the past five years, Francis Alys has been walking the streets of...

An engrossing portrait of #1 bestseller Yanis Varoufakis's political awakening, told through the extraordinary history of his family and the tumultuous twentieth century in Europe A captivating portrait of number-one...

The author presents a survey of over 30 Swedish designers, from glass and textile designers to ceramic artists and furniture makers, which provides an insight into Scandanavian design philosophies. The...

Insightful, gossip-filled memoir from legendary British fashion designer renowned for colourful, intricate designs who dressed everyone from rockstars to royalty. 'A vivid and compelling picture of the broader fashion landscape...

The latest novel by twice Booker-shortlisted author Chigozie Obioma FROM THE TWICE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and the New American Voices...

For the first time in red spine, Werner Herzog's legendary document of his most infamous act- the filming of his masterpiece, Fitzcarraldo A fever-dream journal documenting the making of cinema's...

Isaac Bell returns for another white-knuckled mission in a new installment of the thrilling series Summer, 1914. At a private meeting on Woodrow Wilson's presidential yacht, the President addresses the...

A dazzling tale of love, courage and sisterhood, spanning 40 years of tumult in Berlin, perfect for fans of Cabaret and The Whalebone Theatre. Berlin, 1926. After the death of...

"New Art Two" continues the pattern established by its popular predecessor presenting profiles of important contemporary artists in Australia - whether newly arrived, emerging or increasingly recognized. This volume presents...

Why did thousands of nineteenth-century artists leave the established urban centers of culture to live and work in the countryside? By 1900, there were over eighty rural artists' communities across...

Established in 1895, the Venice Biennale is one of the world's most important critical forums for contemporary visual art. Thousands of the world's leading curators, collectors, gallery directors and critics...

Among all the forms of national memory and commemoration, it falls to the artists to paint a war. When war is as traumatic as the Great War, the artists' burden...

Joseph Johnston was an Ulster Protestant Liberal, in favour of Home Rule by Britain. He published this book in 1913 to persuade the majority of Ulstermen that the dangers they...

Conjuring up the atmosphere of the 1950s, this text is full of period classics, from designer creations to chainstore kitsch, from objects worth thousands of pounds to neglected treasures for...

First published in 1974, Into the Hollow Mountains was a landmark book featuring black-and-white images taken by Robert Ashton around the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, alongside original writing from local...

Discover one family's dark secrets in the evocative new novel from the author of Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy pick The Glass House Notting Hill, London. One May...

Fortuny was also a celebrated designer of interior furnishings, theatre sets and costumes. Fortuny belongs in the pantheon of Art Nouveau and the Gilded Age, with Tiffany, Galle, the Pre-Raphaelites,...

Despite our culture's proclaimed respect for scientific reason, we live in a society that is no less bedazzled-and bedevilled-by myth than those of our remote ancestors. Roland Barthes first examined...

Painting is enjoying a remarkable creative renaissance in the 21st century. Many of the world's leading artists now work in this most enduring and seductive of media. 100 Painters of...

This book traces the origins and growth of modern art, assessing the intrinsic qualities of individual works and describing the social forces in play. It covers various areas including works...

This volume of the "Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia" covers social, economic and political changes that have taken place since 1800. With over 2400 alphabetically arranged entries, and maps and diagrams integrated...

This work is intended for general readers of military history titles, especially works in this series and Guns and Brooches . Veterans and descendants of the WRAAC. Also military historians...

Beautifully repackaged reissue of Penelope Lively's classic memoir The only child of divorced parents, Penelope Lively was often sent to stay at her grandparents' country house Golsoncott. Years later, as...

One afternoon in 1975, a young photographer named Hugh Holland drove up Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Los Angeles and encountered skateboarders carving up the drainage ditches along the side of...

Contemporary British art has been reaching wider audiences in recent years at home and abroad, with the nation-wide interest attracted by the Turner Prize and the increased profile of young...

One of the Great Modern Masters series of monographs on 20th-century artists, this volume offers an introduction to Paul Klee, reproducing major works from all periods of his career. At...

This extraordinary, visual journey documents Nelson Mandela's 27 years in prison on Robben Island and contains previously unpublished images, documents, and diary and letter excerpts, as well as some original...

Few sports can match the vitality, extravagance and spectacle of a motor race - a celebration of speed, individual achievement and technical excellence; a triumph of commercialism, a slice of...

This is the story of a woman who played a significant role in the avant-garde of Paris in the 1920s. A working woman, wife and mother, Sonia Delauney was married...

In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had...