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Policing And Punishing The Drinking Driver: A Study Of General And Specific Deterrence

Policing And Punishing The Drinking Driver: A Study Of General And Specific Deterrence

$95.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodWhat deters a driver from getting behind the wheel after one too many drinks — fear of death, moral conviction, or the cold calculus of getting...
De Gaulle: A Biography

De Gaulle: A Biography

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew figures in modern history command the sheer mythic weight of Charles de Gaulle — soldier, statesman, and...
Kolyma: The Arctic Death Camps

Kolyma: The Arctic Death Camps

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the frozen wastes of northeastern Siberia, where temperatures plunge to lethal extremes, the Soviet state...
Political Violence In Ireland: Government And Resistance Since 1848

Political Violence In Ireland: Government And Resistance Since 1848

$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the smouldering embers of the 1848 Young Ireland rebellion to the sectarian bloodshed of the twentieth century, Political Violence in Ireland: Government and...
The Split: Australian Labor In The Fifties

The Split: Australian Labor In The Fifties

$50.00 AUD
Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew moments in Australian political history were as turbulent or consequential as the great Labor split of the...
The Split: Australian Labor In The Fifties

The Split: Australian Labor In The Fifties

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Some minor water damage to edge of DJ. One of the most turbulent episodes in Australian...
The Alp: A Short History Of The Australian Labor Party

The Alp: A Short History Of The Australian Labor Party

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBorn from the struggles of the shearers and miners of the 1890s, the Australian Labor Party stands as...
'Collar The Lot!': How Britain Interned And Expelled Its Wartime Refugees

'Collar The Lot!': How Britain Interned And Expelled Its Wartime Refugees

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the turbulent summer of 1940, Winston Churchill issued a sweeping order that would upend the lives of...
Boris Yeltsin: A Political Biography

Boris Yeltsin: A Political Biography

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in modern history have embodied both the promise and the peril of democratic transformation quite like Boris Yeltsin, and Boris Yeltsin: A Political...
A Great And Powerful Friend: A Study Of Australian American Relations Between 1900 And 1975

A Great And Powerful Friend: A Study Of Australian American Relations Between 1900 And 1975

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor over seven decades, the relationship between Australia and the United States shaped the destiny of a nation...
American Broadcasting And The First Amendment

American Broadcasting And The First Amendment

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of free speech and federal regulation lies one of the most consequential legal battles in...
War On The Waterfront: Menzies, Japan And The Pig-Iron Dispute

War On The Waterfront: Menzies, Japan And The Pig-Iron Dispute

$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the turbulent years leading up to World War II, a single confrontation on the Australian...
The Invisible Writing: Being The Second Volume Of Arrow In The Blue

The Invisible Writing: Being The Second Volume Of Arrow In The Blue

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingA searing memoir from one of the twentieth century's most restless and searching intellectual minds, The Invisible Writing chronicles Arthur Koestler's turbulent years as...
The Air Net: The Case Against The World Aviation Cartel

The Air Net: The Case Against The World Aviation Cartel

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt a time when the skies were being carved up by powerful alliances of airlines and governments, K.G.J....
'Collar The Lot!': How Britain Interned And Expelled Its Wartime Refugees

'Collar The Lot!': How Britain Interned And Expelled Its Wartime Refugees

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCollar the Lot! is a damning indictment of one of Britain's most shameful wartime secrets — the mass internment and forced deportation...
Alger Hiss: The True Story

Alger Hiss: The True Story

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingOne of the most sensational espionage cases of the twentieth century is laid bare in John Chabot Smith's...
The Needs Of Strangers

The Needs Of Strangers

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat do we owe to those we will never know? The Needs of Strangers by Michael Ignatieff confronts...
On Disobedience And Other Essays

On Disobedience And Other Essays

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a time when conformity threatens to extinguish the human spirit, Erich Fromm — one of the twentieth...
Secrecy: Political Censorship In Australia

Secrecy: Political Censorship In Australia

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of democracy and deception,...
Sir Travers Humphreys: A Biography

Sir Travers Humphreys: A Biography

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingBehind the powdered wig and the austere bench of the Old Bailey stood one of the most formidable...
Menzies Observed

Menzies Observed

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew figures loom as large in Australian political history as Sir Robert Menzies, and Menzies Observed presents the man behind...
Sir Robert Menzies: 1894-1978 – A New, Informal Memoir

Sir Robert Menzies: 1894-1978 – A New, Informal Memoir

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in Australian political history cast as long a shadow as Sir Robert Menzies, and Sir Robert Menzies: 1894–1978 – A New,...
Carpenter To Cabinet: Thirty-Seven Years Of Parliament

Carpenter To Cabinet: Thirty-Seven Years Of Parliament

$40.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the carpenter's bench to the corridors of power in Canberra, Carpenter to Cabinet:...
Memoirs: 1950-1963

Memoirs: 1950-1963

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingAt the height of the Cold War, few minds were as sharp, as conflicted, or as consequential as that...
The Movement

The Movement

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of faith, nationalism, and political power, The Movement by Paul Ormonde presents a gripping account of one of Ireland's...
The Sky's The Limit: A Study Of British Air Power

The Sky's The Limit: A Study Of British Air Power

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAt the height of an era defined by aerial warfare, J. M. Spaight — one of Britain's foremost authorities on...
Facing East: Essays On Germany, The Balkans, And Russia In The Twentieth Century

Facing East: Essays On Germany, The Balkans, And Russia In The Twentieth Century

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of empire, ideology, and national identity, Facing East presents a masterful collection of essays by...
For The Good Of The Cause

For The Good Of The Cause

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the suffocating grip of Soviet bureaucracy, a group of dedicated teachers and students...
Russia 1917: The February Revolution

Russia 1917: The February Revolution

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the frozen grip of winter, with World War I bleeding Russia dry, the Romanov dynasty collapsed not...
Khrushchev: Political Leaders Of The Twentieth Century

Khrushchev: Political Leaders Of The Twentieth Century

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in modern history embody the turbulent contradictions of the twentieth century quite like Nikita...
Viable Democracy

Viable Democracy

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a time when democratic institutions face mounting pressures from inequality, apathy, and elite capture, Viable...
Britain In The Sixties: Communications

Britain In The Sixties: Communications

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a pivotal moment in British cultural history, Raymond Williams issued a sharp and prescient intervention into the...
Techniques Of Persuasion: From Propaganda To Brainwashing

Techniques Of Persuasion: From Propaganda To Brainwashing

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of psychology, politics, and mass communication lies one of the most unsettling questions...
Women's Two Roles: Home And Work

Women's Two Roles: Home And Work

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some annotations by previous ownerAt a pivotal moment in the twentieth century, Women's Two Roles: Home and Work...
Mr Santamaria And The Bishops

Mr Santamaria And The Bishops

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the turbulent crossroads of faith and politics in mid-twentieth-century Australia stands one of the nation's most controversial...
Turbulent Era: A Diplomatic Record Of Forty Years 1904-1945

Turbulent Era: A Diplomatic Record Of Forty Years 1904-1945

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew lives in twentieth-century American diplomacy encompass such sweeping historical drama as that of Joseph C. Grew, a career diplomat who witnessed...
Citizen Hughes

Citizen Hughes

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind the myth of Howard Hughes — the reclusive billionaire, the aviation maverick, the shadowy puppet-master of American politics — lay a far stranger and...
Elizabeth I And Her Parliaments: Vol. I 1559-1581 & Vol. Ii 1584-1601

Elizabeth I And Her Parliaments: Vol. I 1559-1581 & Vol. Ii 1584-1601

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew monarchs in English history command as much fascination as Elizabeth I, and in this landmark two-volume work,...
Eleanor Marx: Volume One & Volume Two

Eleanor Marx: Volume One & Volume Two

$45.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew lives in the history of the radical left are as compelling, as tragic, or as rich with...
The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the crucible of 1917, a nation shattered by war and inequality was torn apart and reforged — The Russian Revolution by John Bradley...
Friendship And Fratricide: An Analysis Of Whittaker Chambers And Alger Hiss

Friendship And Fratricide: An Analysis Of Whittaker Chambers And Alger Hiss

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodOne of the most explosive political trials of the twentieth century — the Hiss-Chambers affair — tore through American public life like a thunderbolt, leaving behind...
Night Frost In Prague: The End Of Humane Socialism (SIGNED)

Night Frost In Prague: The End Of Humane Socialism (SIGNED)

$200.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Signed by Alexander Dubček. Rear board slightly damaged - cardboard showing. Internally sound - binding remains tight. In the...
Cry Rage!

Cry Rage!

$55.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageCry Rage! is a landmark work of South African protest poetry, a raw and unflinching outcry...
Pioneering A Global Vision: The Story Of Baker & Mckenzie

Pioneering A Global Vision: The Story Of Baker & Mckenzie

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom a single office in post-war Chicago, Baker & McKenzie grew into one of the most powerful and far-reaching law firms the world has ever...
Spies And Spymasters: A Concise History Of Intelligence

Spies And Spymasters: A Concise History Of Intelligence

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the shadowy corridors of ancient empires to the clandestine operations of the modern era, Spies and Spymasters: A Concise History of Intelligence presents...
German Rule In Russia 1941-1945: A Study Of Occupation Policies

German Rule In Russia 1941-1945: A Study Of Occupation Policies

$250.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd rev, us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Faded dj with small tears. unmrkd. Binding remain tight. In the vast, frozen reaches...
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good booklet. Jacket: N/A (paperback). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Binding intact, no loose pages. No stickers or labels present. 30pp. Part of the Leaders...
A Social History Of The French Revolution

A Social History Of The French Revolution

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears — dust jacket shows scuffing and light creasing with some moisture damage. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding condition:...