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Traitor Angels
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A romantic and exhilarating historical adventure about a girl who must unlock the secrets within Paradise Lost to save her father--perfect for fans of Revolution and Code Name Verity --from...
Sexing the Millennium
Sex is under siege - sex is fighting back - sex has always been dangerous, to societies, as well as individuals. It has always been the stuff around which utopias...
The Greek World 479-323BC
The main aim of this book is to do justice to all the areas of the Mediterranean world in which Greek culture flourished in the fifth and the fourth centuries...
Forgotten Land: Journeys Among the Ghosts of East Prussia
No country embodied the turbulence of twentieth century Europe more dramatically than East Prussia. The scene of Stalin's `terrible revenge', it was carved up between Poland and the USSR after...
Tudor England
This history of Tudor England provides an account of political and religious developments from the advent of the Tudors in the 1460s to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603,...
Francis I: The Maker of Modern France
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The bestselling author of Catherine de Medici returns to sixteenth-century Europe in this evocative and entertaining biography that recreates a remarkable era of French history and brings to life a...
The Shape Of The Hills: A History Of The Upper Kyamba Valley
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Author: Jenny WhiteBinding: SoftbackPublished: Self-Published, 1997Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book tells a story of a region shaped by its geography and the people who have...
Children Of The Ghetto (SIGNED)
$120.00 AUD
Author: Sheva Glas-Wiener; translated from the Yiddish by the author and Shirley YoungBinding: HardbackPublished: Globe Press, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis poignant narrative transports readers...
Greek Tragedy
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Author: Gilbert NorwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen & Company, 1948Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book examines the profound and enduring impact of Greek tragedy on Western literature and thought. It...
Guide To League Of Nations Publications
$90.00 AUD
Author: Hans AufrichtBinding: HardbackPublished: Columbia University Press, 1951Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a bibliographical survey of the League of Nation's work from...
The Victoria History of the County of York. The City of York.
$130.00 AUD
Author: R.B. PughBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, London, 1961Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a detailed historical overview of York, specifically focusing on the City...
Fabrics And Fabrications: The Myth And Making Of William And Mary
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Author: Paul Hoftilizer; C.C. BarfootBinding: SoftbackPublished: Editions Rodopi, 1990Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the cultural and historical context surrounding William and Mary, delving into...
Crusts And Crusades: Tales Of Bygone Days
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Author: W. M. HughesBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1947Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book contains tales from bygone days. The author, W.M. Hughes, shares...
Cities And Civilisations
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Author: Christopher HibbertBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2003Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the intricate relationship between urban centers and the societies they foster....
Travels Through France And Italy
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Author: Tobias SmollettBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, London, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts the author's experiences and observations during travels through France and Italy....
Europe Divided: 1559-1598
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Author: J.H. ElliottBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsEurope underwent significant transformations during the period of 1559-1598. Religious conflicts and political rivalries shaped the continent....
Views Of Rome Then And Now
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Author: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Herschel LevitBinding: SoftbackPublished: Dover Publications Inc, 1976Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book juxtaposes etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi with contemporary photographs....
Dickens' London
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Author: Rosalind FallanceBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a collection of essays that explore London through the lens of Charles...
Dicken In Europe
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Author: Rosalind VallanceBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis collection of essays provides insights into Charles Dickens's relationship with Europe. It examines his...
Paris Under Siege
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Author: Joanna RichardsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts a journal of events that transpired in Paris during the years 1870...
The Discovery And Conquest Of Peru
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Author: Agustin de Zárate; J. M. Cohen (Translator); Edward Bawden (Illustrator).Binding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a translation of Books...
The Age Of Absolutism 1648-1775
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Author: Maurice AshleyBinding: HardbackPublished: G. & C. Merriam Co, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume examines Europe during the Age of Absolutism, a period marked by...
Lincoln
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Author: M. R. Lambert, M.A., & M. S. Sprague, M.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: BASIL BLACKWELL - OXFORD, 1933Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis in-depth historical guide presents a detailed...
For Want Of The Golden City
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Author: Sacheverell SitwellBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, London, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsAutobiographical self-portrait that roams freely between his own life and Western culture.
Lady Blessington At Naples
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Author: Edith ClayBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis narrative recounts the life of Lady Blessington while she resided in Naples. Society regarded her...
Preston Lands & People
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Author: H.W. ForsterBinding: HardbackPublished: Cheshire Melbourne, 1968Condition remarks:Book: Ex-libraryJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book examines the historical relationship between the land and its inhabitants. It provides...
A History Of The Lyceum Club (Melbourne)
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Author: Joan GillisonBinding: HardbackPublished: McKellar Press, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the history of the Lyceum Club in Melbourne. It details the...
The Origins Of Modern Science 1300-1800
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Author: Herbert ButterfieldBinding: HardbackPublished: G. Bell and Sons, London, 1962Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis revised and enlarged edition provides insights into the historical context of scientific...
Constant Tides
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In the early hours of Monday 28th December 1908, a girl steals through the garden of Villa Mazzini. Lilla is on her way to meet Enzo and together they intend...
The Stable Boy of Auschwitz: A heartbreaking true story of courage and
The instant Sunday Times and Amazon charts bestseller " I found myself in the Auschwitz stables, and I felt an ember of hope. If I could make myself useful, helping...
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
Jan and Antonina Zabinski were Polish Christian zookeepers horrified by Nazi racism, who managed to save over three hundred people. Yet their story has fallen between the seams of history....
To the Beach!: Seaside Posters
From De Panne to Knokke, nothing beats a holiday by the North Sea. People have been flocking to the coast for more than a century, and this richly illustrated book...
On Fire
"The high dignity of the fire arts derives from the fact that their works bear the most profoundly human mark, the mark of primitive love. (...) The forms created by...
A Chorus of Cockerels: Walking on the Wild Side in Mallorca
A merger in Anna's PR agency gives her more time to explore the culture and history of the island that she calls home (along with her 40 hens and cockerels,...
Wearside Battalion: the 20th (service) Battalion of the Durham Light
The 20th (service) Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (Wearside), were raised by local comittee in August 1915 becoming part of Kitcener's New Army. Early enlistments were sent to a tented...
A Backpack, A Bear, And Eight Crates Of Vodka, A
Lev Golinkin's memoir is the vivid, darkly comic, and poignant story of a young boy in the confusing and often chilling final decade of the Soviet Union. It's also the...
Belgium for Foodies
In Belgium for Foodies Femke Vandevelde leads you to the best places in Belgium to eat and drink. Femke is a food writer and restaurant critic (for, i.a., De Morgen...
Belgium is Design Design for Mankind
During autumn 2010, Design Vlaanderen (Flanders Design) will organise the 6th Design Triennial. This book focuses on the social importance of design in Belgium and investigates how design, via its...
A la Mod: My So-Called Tranquil Family Life in Rural France
Three weeks into our hen ownership and there wasn't a single egg, there was nothing. Natalie's theory for this was that they were bored. Can hens be bored? Really? They're...
Mistress of Charlecote: Memoirs
The memoirs of Mary Elizabeth Williams, who became mistress of Charlecote Old Hall in 1823. She wrote this memoir for her grandchildren sixty years later, including anecdotes about some of...
World War One: A Short History
In World War One- A Short History, Norman Stone provides a terse, opinionated and wry short history of the First World War. In 1914 a new kind of war, and...
Barcelona: A Thousand Years of the City's Past
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Ve Day - a Day to Remember
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Necessary Women: The Untold Story of Parliament's Working Women
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Montauban: Somme
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Power and Place: The Political Consequences of King Edward VII
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Under Two Flags: Life Of General Sir Edward Spears
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Cupid and the King: Five Royal Paramours
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