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Kirkby & Emery Family Australian Settlers

Kirkby & Emery Family Australian Settlers

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling genealogical study chronicles the foundational journeys of the Kirkby and Emery families as they established roots in Australia. It uncovers...
The Naked Island

The Naked Island

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 19th impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsRussell Braddon's The Naked Island recounts the harrowing experiences of Australian prisoners...
An Embassy To China: Being The Journal Kept By Lord Macartney During His Embassy To The Emperor Ch'Ien-Lung 1793-1794

An Embassy To China: Being The Journal Kept By Lord Macartney During His Embassy To The Emperor Ch'Ien-Lung 1793-1794

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: No markingsLord Macartney's An Embassy To China presents a compelling historical account of the pivotal 18th-century British diplomatic mission to the Qing...
Uncommon Australians: Towards An Australian Portrait Gallery

Uncommon Australians: Towards An Australian Portrait Gallery

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUnknown
Henry VIII And His Court

Henry VIII And His Court

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical biography, Henry VIII And His Court, chronicles the tumultuous reign of one...
My Love Must Wait

My Love Must Wait

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsMy Love Must Wait chronicles the extraordinary life of Matthew Flinders, the intrepid navigator who first circumnavigated Australia. This sweeping...
Squatter's Castle: The Story Of A Pastoral Dynasty

Squatter's Castle: The Story Of A Pastoral Dynasty

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor chip to front of DJ.This compelling historical narrative, Squatter's Castle: The Story Of...
Norse In The South: The Hansen Berg Family Høvding Emigrants From Grue, Norway, To New Zealand Then Tumut, Canberra And Melbourne, Australia

Norse In The South: The Hansen Berg Family Høvding Emigrants From Grue, Norway, To New Zealand Then Tumut, Canberra And Melbourne, Australia

by Pam Ray
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account, Norse In The South: The Hansen Berg Family Høvding...
The Memoirs Of James Hardy Vaux

The Memoirs Of James Hardy Vaux

$30.00 AUD
Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThe compelling The Memoirs Of James Hardy Vaux presents a vivid first-person...
Letters Of The Great Artists

Letters Of The Great Artists

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markings-
Bundoora Homestead: The Smith Family Era 1899-1920

Bundoora Homestead: The Smith Family Era 1899-1920

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsBundoora Homestead: The Smith Family Era 1899-1920 chronicles a pivotal period in the history of the...
The House Of Were: 1839-1954

The House Of Were: 1839-1954

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Foxed cloth, tanning and foxing to pages. -
Great Australian Explorers: The Courageous Exploits Of The Men Who Challenged The New Land

Great Australian Explorers: The Courageous Exploits Of The Men Who Challenged The New Land

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Great Australian Explorers: The Courageous Exploits Of The Men Who Challenged The New Land, chronicles the daring...
The Life And Times Of James Milson

The Life And Times Of James Milson

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThe biographical work The Life And Times Of James Milson chronicles the remarkable journey of a pivotal figure,...
Havel: A Life

Havel: A Life

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis biography explores the life of V√°clav Havel, the Czech playwright turned politician, who was instrumental in the peaceful transition...
The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsIn this inspiring autobiography, Sidney Poitier reflects on his life journey, sharing insights about the challenges he faced and the...
A FAMILY OF BROTHERS: The Taits and J. C. Williamson; a Theatre History

A FAMILY OF BROTHERS: The Taits and J. C. Williamson; a Theatre History

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful exploration of the Tait family and their significant contributions to the Australian theatre scene, focusing...
Aldous Huxley: A Biography  (Two-Volume Set)

Aldous Huxley: A Biography (Two-Volume Set)

$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st eds.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Vol I 1894-1939 - Fair. Chipped and worn DJ with...
Beyond the Last Blue Mountain: A Life of J.R.D. Tata

Beyond the Last Blue Mountain: A Life of J.R.D. Tata

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsAn exhaustive and unforgettable portrait of India's greatest and most respected industrialist, J.R.D. Tata. Written with his co-operation, this superb...
The Testro Story 1811-1970

The Testro Story 1811-1970

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis book chronicles the Testro family's history from 1811 to 1970, detailing the trials and triumphs of its members through...
Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female

Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female

$50.00 AUD$25.00 AUD
Spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. When the space age dawned in...
Someone Somewhere Knows Something: A gripping collection of true crime

Someone Somewhere Knows Something: A gripping collection of true crime

$35.99 AUD$30.59 AUD
Eighteen missing people, multiple families grieving, and one person looking for answers in this forensic and moving re-examination of some of Australia's most heartbreaking missing persons cases Every 14 minutes...
Frosty: The autobiography of one of the most beloved drivers in modern

Frosty: The autobiography of one of the most beloved drivers in modern

$45.00 AUD$38.25 AUD
The incredible true story of the boy from Doonside who became a Bathurst king. Mark Winterbottom's story is unlike any other in motorsport. It's not about privilege or million-dollar sponsors...
Nobel Life: Conversations with 24 Nobel Laureates on their Life

Nobel Life: Conversations with 24 Nobel Laureates on their Life

$38.95 AUD$20.00 AUD
Few people have changed the world like the Nobel Prize winners. Their breakthrough discoveries have revolutionised medicine, chemistry, physics and economics. Nobel Life consists of original interviews with twenty-four Nobel...
Lessons on Living: Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from

Lessons on Living: Finding Your Way Through Life's Ups and Downs from

$36.99 AUD$31.44 AUD
Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs. What do you do when you're told you only have months to live? If you're like Nigel Latta,...
Trail Magic: Going Walkabout for 2184 Miles on the Appalachian Trail

Trail Magic: Going Walkabout for 2184 Miles on the Appalachian Trail

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Trevelyan Quest Edwards wore out two pairs of boots in five months. He walked THRU the Appalachian Trail of 2,184 miles northwards from Atlanta, Georgia to Mt Katahdin in Maine...
My Father's List: How Living My Dad's Dreams Set Me Free

My Father's List: How Living My Dad's Dreams Set Me Free

$29.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
WINNER OF THE ONE CITY, ONE BOOK AWARD Featured in New York Post and People Magazine On the cusp of middle age, a newlywed journalist discovers and finishes the bucket...
Stories of Friendship

Stories of Friendship

$12.00 AUD
Here is the 'best of the best': a collection of heart-warming, inspiring, challenging and uplifting stories of Friendship overcoming the odds. Most have been carefully selected from Guideposts Magazine, known...
The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance

The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota and an American Inheritance

$39.99 AUD$20.00 AUD
Growing up, Rebecca Clarren only knew the major plot points of her immigrant family's origins. Her great-great-grandparents, the Sinykins, and their six children fled antisemitism in Russia and arrived in...
No Baggage

No Baggage

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When Clara Bensen arranged to meet Jeff Wilson on the steps of the Texas State Capitol, after just a few email exchanges on OK Cupid, it felt like something big...
Water Mirror Echo: The Making and Meaning of Bruce Lee

Water Mirror Echo: The Making and Meaning of Bruce Lee

$37.99 AUD$17.50 AUD
" Water Mirror Echo is a remarkable story of a man, the traditions and communities that created him, and the new worlds he made possible. Like Bruce Lee himself, Jeff...
Inside: Winning. Losing. Starting again.

Inside: Winning. Losing. Starting again.

$36.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
'One of the most incredible and moving books that we've read, ever.' The High Performance Podcast Sitting in the prison classroom each morning, reading the pages in my book, listening...
Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War

$34.99 AUD$29.74 AUD
The extraordinary story of American special operator and trailblazer Shannon Kent, who hunted high value targets on classified missions in the most dangerous locales on earth while trying to balance...
The Illustarted Tesla

The Illustarted Tesla

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Collected here are twenty of Nikola Tesla's essays, letters, and speeches all with figures. In total there are some 214 figures. Now you can read these famous articles as they...
Dragonflyers Dragonflyers: Prominent Expatriates' Influential Roles in

Dragonflyers Dragonflyers: Prominent Expatriates' Influential Roles in

$12.00 AUD
The book titled Dragonflyers Dragonflyers: Prominent Expatriates' Influential Roles in by the author Christine Velde. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds

A Wing and a Prayer: The Race to Save Our Vanishing Birds

$55.00 AUD$46.75 AUD
A captivating drama from the frontlines of the race to save birds set against the devastating loss of one third of the avian population. Three years ago, headlines delivered shocking...
So I Hit Him: Neglected, Abused, Triumphant

So I Hit Him: Neglected, Abused, Triumphant

$24.99 AUD$21.24 AUD
So I Hit Him is an extremely powerful memoir that will shock many people, yet is intensely inspirational. Born in a former workhouse hospital in Manchester, England with multiple disabilities...
The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Crazy Adventure in a Crazy War *SOON TO

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Crazy Adventure in a Crazy War *SOON TO

$32.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
*** SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOVIE STARRING ZAC EFRON, RUSSELL CROWE AND BILL MURRAY THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'An extraordinary story.' - Daily Mail 'An unforgettable, wild ride...
What We Say Goes: Conversations on Us Power in a Changing World

What We Say Goes: Conversations on Us Power in a Changing World

$24.95 AUD$12.00 AUD
'An indispensable review of the hottest issues in international affairs today, with the bestselling author of Hegemony or Survival.' The Boston Globe The world's foremost critic of US foreign policy,...
Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook

Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook

$49.99 AUD$25.00 AUD
"A remarkable and important story" BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour "Unputdownable . . . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines" A.N. Wilson "This fascinating...
Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood

Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood

$50.00 AUD$42.50 AUD
'This is some of the best English prose of our time' SPECTATOR 'A feast for mind and soul' ISABELLA TREE 'A marvellous and revelatory guide to our native bird-life' DAILY...
Bush School

Bush School

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There was a bed, a timber floor, thin tar paper on one side for privacy from the nearby road but nothing else. The flimsiest of 'walls', no pegs or nails...
A Single Lifeline

A Single Lifeline

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'The saying goes that time heals. I guess that's partly true. But time also makes you more aware of what has been lost. We find new points of reflection, like...
Love From Venice: A golden summer on the Grand Canal

Love From Venice: A golden summer on the Grand Canal

$34.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
In the summer of 1957, rebelling against her family and anxious to impress an admirer who had moved to Paris, Gill Johnson, aged twenty-five, gave up her comfortable job at...
The Wedding Dress

Travels with Grandma

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The book titled Travels with Grandma by the author Toby Richards. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
V.S. Pritchett

V.S. Pritchett

$79.95 AUD$15.00 AUD
V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) - VSP as he was affectionately known - was the greatest British short-story writer of the twentieth century, and one of its liveliest and most humane...
Hinch Yourself Happy: All The Best Cleaning Tips To Shine Your Sink

Hinch Yourself Happy: All The Best Cleaning Tips To Shine Your Sink

$29.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
So much more than a cleaning book; this is a holistic guide to achieving a happy home and a happy mind Cleaning isn't just necessary; it can be incredibly therapeutic,...
Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy

Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy

$19.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
Flying the not-so-friendly skies... In her more than fifteen years as an airline flight attendant, Heather Poole has seen it all. She's witnessed all manner of bad behavior at 35,000...