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The Gifts of Frank Cobbold

The Gifts of Frank Cobbold

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This biography of Frank Cobbold opens when Frank goes to sea on a Clipper aged 14. It follows him through inexperience as a Fijian trader who escaped the cannibals' cook...
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Presidential Portfolio - History as Told

John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Presidential Portfolio - History as Told

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The Kennedy Presidency, and his role in the history of a turbulent time, told through fast-paced narrative and illustrated with documents, photographs, artifacts, and audio recordings exclusive to the John...
Come to Dazzle: Sarah Bernhardt's Australian Tour

Come to Dazzle: Sarah Bernhardt's Australian Tour

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The Divine Sarah, recognised as the world's greatest actress, is at the centre of this book, but the story it tells is much wider. Corille Fraser's lively writing and her...
Marie-Therese: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter

Marie-Therese: The Fate of Marie Antoinette's Daughter

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In December 1795, seventeen-year-old Marie-Therese, the only surviving child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, fled Paris's notorious Temple Prison. Kept in solitary confinement after her parents' brutal execution during...
Esther: The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who

Esther: The extraordinary true story of the First Fleet girl who

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Shortlisted for the Society of Women Writers NSW Book Awards Esther only just escaped the hangman in London. Aged 16, she stood trial at the Old Bailey for stealing 24...
Stalin's Nemesis: The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky

Stalin's Nemesis: The Exile and Murder of Leon Trotsky

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Leon Trotsky was the charismatic intellectual of the Russian Revolution, an authoritarian organizer, who might have succeeded Lenin and become the ruler of the Soviet Union. But by the time...
Prehistory To Politics: John Mulvaney, The Humanities and the Public

Prehistory To Politics: John Mulvaney, The Humanities and the Public

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Explores the role of the public intellectual by examining the life and work of John Mulvaney, one of Australia's foremost prehistorians. Who are public intellectuals? Why do they matter? What...
Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century

Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century

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Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow history of creative vanity in a time that turned...
Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill

Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill

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The dramatic story of one of the most formative years in the life of Winston Churchill. The dramatic story of one of the most formative years in the life of...
Nelson Mandela: A Biography

Nelson Mandela: A Biography

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Sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island for his part in organizing armed rebellion against South Africa's white rulers, Nelson Mandela stayed faithful to his goal of a peaceful, non-racial...
The Death of Hitler: The Final Word

The Death of Hitler: The Final Word

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On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. Within four days the Soviets had recovered his body. But the truth...
Rage

Rage

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Bob Woodward's new book, Rage, is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest. Woodward,...
Ratbag, Soldier, Saint: The real story of Sergeant  Issy Smith VC

Ratbag, Soldier, Saint: The real story of Sergeant Issy Smith VC

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Lian Knight has recreated the amazing life of her grandfather, a war hero. What has been published about him is extraordinary 2000 newspaper articles, many printed more than a century...
Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the

Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero Who Defied Putin and United the

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From the most famous comedic actor in Ukraine to the most famous political hero in the world today, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky became the unlikely hero of our time. He...
Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors

Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors

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The next volume in Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England - including the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the subject of Alison's most successful book. The...
Lermontov: Tragedy in the Caucasus

Lermontov: Tragedy in the Caucasus

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Poet, cavalry officer, celebrity - Mikhail Lermontov moved in an atmosphere of political intrigue and personal recklessness, producing poetry considered second only to Pushkin's in Russian literature and a career...
Wellington: Triumphs, Politics and Passions

Wellington: Triumphs, Politics and Passions

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This new book about the 1st Duke of Wellington provides a novel take on the traditional biography in that it explores the life of this complex man through portraits -...
Operation Relentless: The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in

Operation Relentless: The Hunt for the Richest, Deadliest Criminal in

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By 2007 Viktor Bout had become the world's foremost arms dealer. Known as the 'Merchant of Death' he was both "Public Enemy No. 1" to the global intelligence agencies and...
For Love of Politics: The Clintons in the White House

For Love of Politics: The Clintons in the White House

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Sally Bedell Smith's book on the Private World of the Kennedy White House, Grace & Power (also published by Aurum) was praised by Sarah Bradford in the Spectator as 'the...
Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus

Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus

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Sir Henry Parkes- Father of Federation, Premier of NSW, Statesman, Visionary, Political Leader, Poet, Humanist Sir Henry Parkes- Father of Federation, Premier of NSW, Statesman, Visionary, Political Leader, Poet, HumanistMay...
The Journey of Private Galione

The Journey of Private Galione

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During World War II, Mittelbau Dora Concentration Camp housed the most top-secret factory in Germany. Deep in a labyrinth of dark underground caves running through the Harz Mountains, emaciated slave...
Lincoln

Lincoln

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Most people know little more about the US President Abraham Lincoln than how he met his end - assassinated in a theatre box by a gunman. But as Thomas Keneally,...
Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life

Elizabeth Robins: Staging a Life

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Beautiful and talented, versatile and charismatic, Elizabeth Robins was one of the foremost actresses of her day. Yet, this enduring character was also an active and lifelong feminist. This biography...
Freud's Wizard: The Enigma of Ernest Jones

Freud's Wizard: The Enigma of Ernest Jones

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Ernest Jones was a born empire builder, who imported the intellectual ferment of early twentieth-century European analysis to our shores. In 1938 he daringly flew to Vienna to rescue Freud...
Sniper One: On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq

Sniper One: On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq

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When Sgt. Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment flew into Iraq in April, 2004, they were supposed to be winning hearts...
Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future

Mrs Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future

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At the end of the 18th century Dora Jordan was the greatest comic actress the British theatre had known, adored by the public and high society alike. She became the...
Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents

Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents

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From Pete Souza, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait , comes a potent commentary on the Presidency -- and our country. As Chief Official...
Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction

Napoleon: A Very Short Introduction

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This Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte's short stature, as well as the other...
The Unreliable Life of Harry the Valet: The Great Victorian Jewel

The Unreliable Life of Harry the Valet: The Great Victorian Jewel

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Harry the Valet began his criminal career out of grief, but became Europe s most notorious jewel thief out of love. The story of a real-life Raffles a man who...
The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1: I Know My Own Heart

The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister: Vol. 1: I Know My Own Heart

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ANNE LISTER IS THE INSPIRATION FOR GENTLEMAN JACK , A NEW BBC/HBO SERIES BY SALLY WAINWRIGHT, STARRING SURANNE JONES. 'Engaging, revealing, at times simply astonishing: Anne Lister's diaries are an...
Finding Waypoints: A Warrior's Journey Toward Peace and Purpose

Finding Waypoints: A Warrior's Journey Toward Peace and Purpose

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He had been through hell--his own and the devil's--and had emerged free of hate, free of encumbrance. If the person who had laid the bomb that took his legs were...
Next Voyage Will Be Different!

Next Voyage Will Be Different!

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I am privileged to know Tom Henry personally, a man who has devoted much of his amazing life to the art of seafaring. His remarkable story of a young mansetting...
Saving Big Ben: The USS Franklin and Father Joseph T. O'Callahan

Saving Big Ben: The USS Franklin and Father Joseph T. O'Callahan

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Father Joe O'Callahan, S.J. was the unlikeliest war hero. A bespectacled math professor from Holy Cross, he became the U.S. Navy's first Jesuit chaplain in World War II and served...
Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint

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A definitive new biography of the Byzantine emperor Justinian Justinian is a radical reassessment of an emperor and his times. In the sixth century CE, the emperor Justinian presided over...
The Presidents: 250 Years of American Political Leadership

The Presidents: 250 Years of American Political Leadership

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Politics Home: Parliamentarians' Top Books for Christmas 2021 'A must read for political geeks' - Saqib Bhatti There was a huge upsurge of global interest in US politics during the...
The Prime Ministers: Winner of the PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS 2020

The Prime Ministers: Winner of the PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS 2020

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**Winner of the 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS for Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian** A Times Political Book of the Year 'An entertaining, thorough and informative canter through the characters...
Jo Cox: More in common

Jo Cox: More in common

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'Jo Cox's selfless service to others made the world a better place' Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States THE NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A desperately tender account...
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: 'The Most Happy'

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: 'The Most Happy'

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This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. A full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest...
Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

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The English writer Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) began her career writing poetry and romances before turning to biographical studies. This eight-volume series, written in collaboration with her sister Elizabeth, and first...
Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

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The English writer Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) began her career writing poetry and romances before turning to biographical studies. This eight-volume series, written in collaboration with her sister Elizabeth, and first...
Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

$108.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
The English writer Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) began her career writing poetry and romances before turning to biographical studies. This eight-volume series, written in collaboration with her sister Elizabeth, and first...
Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

$108.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
The English writer Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) began her career writing poetry and romances before turning to biographical studies. This eight-volume series, written in collaboration with her sister Elizabeth, and first...
Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

$108.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
The English writer Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) began her career writing poetry and romances before turning to biographical studies. This eight-volume series, written in collaboration with her sister Elizabeth, and first...
Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

$84.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
The English writer Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) began her career writing poetry and romances before turning to biographical studies. This eight-volume series, written in collaboration with her sister Elizabeth, and first...
Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

$108.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
The English writer Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) began her career writing poetry and romances before turning to biographical studies. This eight-volume series, written in collaboration with her sister Elizabeth, and first...