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Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4068

Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4068

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Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4068 Fifteen ex-library books with Gallipoli at the centre — multiple perspectives on the campaign from Australian, New Zealand, British and Ottoman angles —...
Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4072

Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4072

$100.00 AUD
Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4072 Eighteen ex-library books spanning the Western Front, Singapore, the Thai-Burma Railway, civilian internment, shell shock, and the home front — with a strong...
Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4075

Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4075

$100.00 AUD
Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4075 Seventeen ex-library books ranging from the Big Three alliance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander military service, from the search for missing WWII...
Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4073

Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4073

$100.00 AUD
Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4073 Eighteen ex-library books covering Tobruk, Kokoda, air power, the Pacific, the Somme, bomb disposal and military intelligence — a wide-ranging collection across both...
Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4074

Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4074

$110.00 AUD
Secondhand Military History Bargain Book Box SP4074 Eighteen ex-library books covering the Dambusters, the Royal Navy, the RAF's bombing campaign, D-Day, Beersheba, Darwin, the Burma-Thailand railway and more — with...
To the Last Ridge

To the Last Ridge

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The re-release of the World War I memoirs of a Melbourne law student. First published in 1920, it was reissued by Duffy and Snellgrove in 1998 and sold mainly through...
The Reaper: Autobiography Of One Of The Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

The Reaper: Autobiography Of One Of The Deadliest Special Ops Snipers

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From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear . . . Groundbreaking, thrilling and revealing, The Reaper tells the incredible true story of the...
This is My Sea: The Number 1 Bestseller

This is My Sea: The Number 1 Bestseller

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'Prose written with the pen of a poet' - Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape 'Full of wisdom and poetry and epic emotion, This is My Sea explores grief,...
Mornings With My Cat Mii

Mornings With My Cat Mii

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A beloved Japanese modern classic that chronicles the author's twenty-year bond with her cat, meditating on solitude, independence, companionship, the writing life, and how cats can change our lives. The...
100 Great Black Britons

100 Great Black Britons

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'An empowering read . . . it is refreshing to see somebody celebrate the role that black Britons have played in this island's long and complicated history' DAVID LAMMY, author...
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Of all the books about the ground war in the Pacific, [this] is the closest to a masterpiece."- The New York Review of Books "Eugene...
Boy Friends: A Memoir of Joy, Grief and Male Friendship

Boy Friends: A Memoir of Joy, Grief and Male Friendship

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n intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's An intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's...
What Have They Done to the Rain

What Have They Done to the Rain

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'My name is Patrick John Duggan and I was - am - a soldier.' So begins the story of Pat Duggan's life in the Army, and service in the Vietnam...
The Best of Me

The Best of Me

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What could be a more tempting Christmas gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself? From a spectacular career spanning almost three decades, these...
Delight

Delight

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'An exquisitely-written, generous, funny, thoughtful book about the everyday joys of being alive. I love it.' Dolly Alderton 'J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th...
Getting To Know The General: The Story Of An Involvement

Getting To Know The General: The Story Of An Involvement

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingFrom one of the twentieth century's most celebrated literary minds comes a gripping personal account of an unlikely friendship forged...
Moon In My Pocket

Moon In My Pocket

$60.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ: edges chipped and worn with some loss on rear panel....
American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur 1880-1964

American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur 1880-1964

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Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in American military history inspire as much awe, controversy, and fascination as General Douglas MacArthur —...
Ben Hall

Ben Hall

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the lawless goldfields and dusty plains of colonial New South Wales, one name struck fear into the hearts of settlers and...
Matters For Judgment: An Autobiography

Matters For Judgment: An Autobiography

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in Australian political history have ignited as much controversy as Sir John Kerr, the Governor-General whose 1975 dismissal of Prime Minister Gough...
The Life Of Kathleen Ferrier

The Life Of Kathleen Ferrier

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBehind every legendary voice lies an extraordinary life — and few voices of the twentieth century were as luminous, or...
A Voyage From Plymouth To Melbourne In 1839: The Shipboard And Early Melbourne Diary Of Jonathan Binns Were, C.M.G.

A Voyage From Plymouth To Melbourne In 1839: The Shipboard And Early Melbourne Diary Of Jonathan Binns Were, C.M.G.

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the spring of 1839, a young man of remarkable ambition set sail from Plymouth, England, bound for the remote colonial settlement of Melbourne — and...
No Roads Go By

No Roads Go By

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Edition: First Illustrated ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Light tanning on block, tape residue on inside of cover. Pages clean, binding firm. Small...
The Magic Touch

The Magic Touch

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew writers of the twentieth century chronicled the human condition with the raw intensity and moral urgency of Joseph Kessel,...
Old Worlds And New Australia: The Post-War Migrant Experience

Old Worlds And New Australia: The Post-War Migrant Experience

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the decades following World War II, Australia was irrevocably transformed by one of the most...
Journey Into Russia

Journey Into Russia

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the height of the Cold War, one of the most intrepid and perceptive travel writers of the...
Merton: A Biography

Merton: A Biography

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew spiritual figures of the twentieth century have captured the imagination of believers and sceptics alike quite like...
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History Of The American West

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History Of The American West

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most shattering works of American history ever written, Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at...
Monty: His Part In My Victory

Monty: His Part In My Victory

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the grand tradition of wartime absurdity, Spike Milligan chronicles the Italian campaign of World War II through...
Sunrise With Seamonsters: A Paul Theroux Reader

Sunrise With Seamonsters: A Paul Theroux Reader

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew writers command the vast literary range of Paul Theroux — novelist, travel writer, essayist, and cultural critic...
Jesus In The Tide Of Time: An Historical Study

Jesus In The Tide Of Time: An Historical Study

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat can the ancient world tell us about the man who reshaped it? Jesus in the Tide of Time: An Historical Study presents a...
Too Good To Be True: Inside The Corrupt World Of Christopher Skase

Too Good To Be True: Inside The Corrupt World Of Christopher Skase

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the glittering, greed-soaked era of 1980s Australia, no figure burned brighter — or fell harder — than Christopher Skase,...
The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

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Edition: Second 1955 reprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew missions in the annals of aerial warfare have captured the imagination quite like Operation Chastise —...
Lucinda Brayford

Lucinda Brayford

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerLucinda Brayford is a sweeping, multi-generational saga that traces the life of its luminous protagonist from the sun-drenched colonial society of late nineteenth-century Australia...
The Nor'-Westers

The Nor'-Westers

$35.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFrom the sun-scorched, cyclone-battered coastline of Australia's rugged north-west comes a...
White Man, Black Man: The True Story Of A White Man Who Was Initiated Into An Aboriginal Tribe

White Man, Black Man: The True Story Of A White Man Who Was Initiated Into An Aboriginal Tribe

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA remarkable true account, White Man, Black Man chronicles the extraordinary journey of a white man who crossed one of the most profound cultural...
Bamboo Doctor

Bamboo Doctor

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of one of history's most brutal wartime engineering projects, Bamboo Doctor stands as...
Magda Goebbels: First Lady Of The Third Reich

Magda Goebbels: First Lady Of The Third Reich

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind the polished facade of Nazi Germany's most glamorous power couple stood a woman whose ambition, devotion, and...
Pocahontas: Or The Nonparell Of Virginia

Pocahontas: Or The Nonparell Of Virginia

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingOne of the most iconic figures in American colonial history, Pocahontas — the Powhatan princess who bridged two civilisations — receives a...
The Secret Gospel: The Discovery And Interpretation Of The Secret Gospel According To Mark

The Secret Gospel: The Discovery And Interpretation Of The Secret Gospel According To Mark

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn one of the twentieth century's most electrifying scholarly controversies, Morton Smith recounts his 1958 discovery at the ancient Mar...
True History Of The Kelly Gang

True History Of The Kelly Gang

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodNed Kelly — bushranger, outlaw, and Australia's most enduring folk hero — narrates his own turbulent life in...
Flight From Torregreca: Strangers And Pilgrims

Flight From Torregreca: Strangers And Pilgrims

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the poverty-stricken villages of southern Italy's Basilicata region, something quietly devastating was happening — a mass exodus of an entire way...
A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography In Diaries And Letters

A Very Private Eye: An Autobiography In Diaries And Letters

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the quietly comic novels that charmed a generation of readers lay a life of startling emotional depth — and A Very Private Eye...
Backing Into The Limelight: A Biography Of T.E. Lawrence

Backing Into The Limelight: A Biography Of T.E. Lawrence

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodHe was a scholar, a soldier, a strategist, and an enigma — T.E. Lawrence, better known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, remains one...
Clementine Churchill

Clementine Churchill

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind every great man stands an extraordinary woman — and Clementine Churchill was nothing short of remarkable. Clementine...