20th Century History

In the heyday of Empire just before the First World War, Lord Cromer was second only to Lord Curzon in fame and public esteem. In the days when Cairo and...

Questions the manner in which, since the 18th century, a supposed English cultural centre has controlled the way we read. The author interrogates the Anglocentricity of the subject "English literature",...

Streeton's letters express his interests and anxieties about his work, show his development from a romantic youth to a weary old man, and provide an insight into Australian society and...

This book is intended for students of art history; Australian art; aboriginal art.

Instant New York Times Bestseller A searing, vital investigation of the Republican Party's dangerous campaign to rewrite recent history in real time, from the Emmy Award-winning Rachel Maddow Show producer...

'Bursts with complexity, drama and warmth... A timely, timeless novel' Catherine Newman, author of Sandwich 'Uplifting ... A warm tale of friendship' Platinum Book of the Month 'A powerful tale,...

The third volume of Diana Cooper's witty, gossipy and brilliant autobiography - the perfect evocation of glittering high society in the aftermath of the Second World War This last volume...

Originally published in 1954, this book presents a concise explanation of the way in which production and prices are determined in the Western world. The text was written with two...

This dazzling volume shines new light on the songs, styles, and enduring pop culture impact of the 1970s musical genre that emerged from Black and Latin queer culture to take...

Douglas MacArthur was arguably the last American public figure to be worshipped unreservedly as a national hero, the last military figure to conjure up the romantic stirrings once evoked by...

'I would be most unhappy to think that any part of this memoir should be cut on grounds of 'decency', for those bits are essential...' So begins the lively true...

Maureen O'Hara was born for Technicolour. Her fiery red hair and piercing green eyes made the screen crackle with electricity. Her bold Irish bearing cast her as the prototypical strong,...

The book titled Ian Burn: Minimal - Conceptual Work: Minimal Conceptual Work by the author Mel et al Rasmden. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

*One of The Village Voice 's Favourite Books for 2012* This collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Ai Weiwei's thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and...

Among German crimes of the Second World War, the Nazi massacre of 642 men, women, and children at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944, is one of the most notorious. On...

The American experience in Vietnam divided us as a nation and eroded our confidence in both the morality and the effectiveness of our foreign policy. Yet our understanding of this...

The book titled The Wilder Shores of Love by the author Lesley Blanch. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This is the fascinating autobiography of a society heiress who became the bohemian doyenne of the art world. Written in her own words it is the frank and outspoken story...

On February 6, 1945, Robert Brasillach was executed for treason by a French firing squad. He was a writer of some distinction-a prolific novelist and a keen literary critic. He...

Why did the most advanced civilization in the world lose its power and fall under the domination of others? This book examines how Middle Easterners responded to Western challenges in...

A biography of the 20th-century's most famous woman writer - winner of the 1984 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography.

After living abroad for 20 years, Henry James returned to his native America and travelled down the East Coast from Boston to Florida. This a journal describing his feelings on...

After 1944, Hitler's notorious book was not widely available until the hardback edition of this version appeared in 1969. This paperback edition is intended primarily for students of 20th century...

'A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger ... moving and memorable' Rose Tremain 'Harrowing, poignant and ambitious ... a definite for book clubs' Nina Bhadreshwar What...

Greta Garbo's uniquely photogenic beauty belies her great talent as an actress, as her performances in "Queen Christina" and "Camille" prove. A hint of a Garbo smile, touch, or glance...

Governments throughout Australia have been confronted with a daunting array of problems in the 1980s and 1990s. These include severe constraints on public enterprise, a crisis in the state banking...

'A gem. Brief, authoritative and fair in its judgements - an intensely readable introduction to this most complex and fascinating man' - Graham Farmelo, award-winning author of The Strangest Man...

A stand-out new family novel from the critically acclaimed, Booker-prize shortlisted author of A Spool of Blue Thread The major new novel from the beloved prize-winning author -- a brilliantly...

This is part of an eight-volume series providing short biographies of men and women from Roman to Victorian times. Each entry places the subject in the context of their age...

Nobody captured the landscape and faces of the American people the way John Ford did, in films such as The Searchers, Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence. He...

From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything , this is a cinematic, behind-the-scenes account of a crucial moment which takes us inside the mind of one of the...

The book titled Goldwyn: A Biography by the author A. Scott Berg. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The author has spent the last twelve months in Moscow, interviewing wherever he went, and everywhere finding people eager to exercise their new freedom to speak without fear. From their...

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The author has known Mandela since the 1950s, and has been given complete access to all his personal papers, to Mandela himself, and to his friends and political associates, to...

The book titled D-Day: From the Normandy Beaches to the Liberation of France by the author Stephen Badsey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Art Nouveau defines the elegant, decorative style that flourished from the early 1880s to the beginning of World War I. This international movement came at a symbolic moment in time--when...

An exploration of the "Pacific Rim" in the American imagination and of how the concept has been variously adapted and resisted in Hawaii, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia....

The book titled Gorbachev: Heretic in the Kremlin by the author Dusko Doder. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The first history of modern Russia from 1991 to the present day by one of the leading historians of the 20th century USSR and Russia. In 1991, in a huge...

Nelson Mandela is one of the world's most revered public figures, a man synonymous with the long, bitter struggle to rid South Africa of an apartheid regime and replace it...

A blend of personal memoir, oral history and biography, a story of lives caught up in the sweep of history, the resulting book encompasses the Holocaust in an illuminating way....

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...

'Heartwarming, nostalgic and poignant' Lucy Clarke 'Both achingly funny and poignant' Sally Page 'Tender and uplifting' Kate Storey Buy a lottery ticket Win your wildest dreams Lose everything...? One lucky...

The book titled The Jews in the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Present: v.2 by the author Nora Levin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled The Jews in the Soviet Union from 1917 to the Present: v. 1 by the author Nora Levin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

Dalton Trumbo was the central figure of the infamous ' Hollywood Ten ,' the screenwriters who, during the McCarthy era, were charged by the House Committee on Un-American Acitivities for...