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That Better Country: The Religious Aspect Of Life In Eastern Australia 1835-1850
$20.00 AUD
Author: John BarrettBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded DJ, Minor nicks/tears on FEP. The book examines the religious landscape...
Jews In British India: Identity In A Colonial Era
$60.00 AUD
Author: Joan G. RolandBinding: HardbackPublished: Brandeis University Press by University Press of New England, 1989Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ remnant on black cloth....
Sea Of Dreams (Two-Volume Set)
$35.00 AUD
Author: Jane Alexander (Project Manager)Binding: SoftbackPublished: Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 2011Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Sea of Dreams series explores the rich history and cultural significance...
The Honors Class: Hilbert's Problems and Their Solvers
This eminently readable book focuses on the people of mathematics and draws the reader into their fascinating world. In a monumental address, given to the International Congress of Mathematicians in...
Empire Made: My Search for an Outlaw Uncle Who Vanished in British
$20.00 AUD
Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century English gentleman in British India--a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to light In 1841, twenty-year-old...
A Gambling Man: Charles II's Restoration Game
$20.00 AUD
The Restoration was a decade of experimentation: from the founding of the Royal Society for investigating the sciences to the startling role of credit and risk; from the shocking licentiousness...
Brothers Down: Pearl Harbor and the Fate of the Many Brothers Aboard
The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 remains one of the most traumatic events in American history, destroying a naval fleet, killing over a thousand crew members,...
Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign
When the wartime 1944 presidential election campaign geared up late that spring, Franklin D. Roosevelt had already occupied the White House years longer than any other president. Sensing likely weakness,...
The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War
$115.00 AUD
"The Closed World" offers an alternative to the canonical histories of computers and cognitive science. Arguing that we can make sense of computers as tools only when we simultaneously grasp...
Copperheads: The Rise and Fall of Lincoln's Opponents in the North
The Northern home-front during the Civil War was far from tranquil. Fierce political debates set communities on edge, spurred secret plots against the Union, and triggered widespread violence. At the...
Capital Dames
Cokie Roberts, the author of three New York Times bestsellers, including Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty , turns her attention to the Civil War in a riveting exploration of...
W.B.Yeats: A Life
In this biography of W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) the author shows him through a life of tumultuous creativity through which he strove to bring new meaning to poetry, vision and politics....
New Europe
Until the early 1990s, when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, travelling behind the iron curtain was never easy. In undertaking his new journey through Eastern Europe, breathing in its...
Robert Graves: v. 1: The Assault Heroic, 1895-1926
This is a new edition of the first volume of the biography of the poet Robert Graves, giving an account of his early development. The author - the poet's nephew,...
The Reformation of Community: Social Welfare and Calvinist Charity in
By the time of the Calvinist Reformation, the cities of Holland had established a very long tradition of social provision for the poor in the civic community. Calvinists however intended...
The Spirit Of Britain
A unique and beautifully illustrated survey of the arts in Britain from the Celts to the present day - the companion volume to The Story of Britain. In this comprehensive...
Too Hot to Handle: Story of the Race for Cold Fusion
The extraordinary story of the Pons and Fleischmann "discovery" of cold fusion in Salt Lake City in 1988, the enormous world-wide media excitement their announcement generated, and the military, political...
Intellectual Movements And Australian Society
$45.00 AUD
Author: Brian Head And James WalterBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford U. P. Melbourne, 1988Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the significant intellectual currents that have shaped Australian...
What Next?: Surviving The Twenty-First Century (SIGNED)
$45.00 AUD
Author: Chris PattenBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 2008Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing the world...
Madness In Society: Chapters In The Historical Sociology Of Mental Illness
$40.00 AUD
Author: George RosenBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Chicago Press, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book delves into the historical context of mental illness within societal...
The 'Satyricon' Of Petronius: A Literary Study
$60.00 AUD
Author: J.P. SullivanBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1968Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe book offers a scholarly examination of Petronius's ancient Roman novel, 'Satyricon'. This...
Mantle Of Safety: The Flying Doctor Service
$35.00 AUD
Author: Jane F. HarleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Hale, London, 1963Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book chronicles the vital operations of the Flying Doctor Service. It...
Trace (SIGNED)
$200.00 AUD
Author: Robert Ashton (Photographs), Gregory Day (Poems)Binding: HardbackPublished: Merrijig Word & Sound Co, 2003Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: SignedThis book is a journey in photographs &...
Message From Moscow
$20.00 AUD
Author: An ObserverBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a direct communication or report originating from the Soviet capital. The author,...
Echuca Sketchbook
$20.00 AUD
Author: Arno Roger-Genersh And Ian BlythBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, Australia, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis sketchbook offers a comprehensive visual and textual exploration of Echuca. Detailed illustrations...
Nyerimilang And Its Neighbourhood (SIGNED)
$35.00 AUD
Author: Marion Le CheminantBinding: HardbackPublished: Marion Le Cheminant, Bairnsdale, Victoria, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThe book focuses on Nyerimilang and its surrounding areas. It offers a comprehensive...
Fixed In Time: Photographs From Another Australia 1900 - 1939
$30.00 AUD
Author: Derriman, PhillipBinding: HardbackPublished: Fairfax, Sydney, 1985Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a compelling collection of photographs capturing life in Australia during the early 20th...
St. George's Hospital, Kew 1912-1980: An Early Anglican Hospital (SIGNED)
$35.00 AUD
Author: Norman J. MarshallBinding: HardbackPublished: Norman J. Marshall, 1981Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book chronicles the significant history of St. George's Hospital in Kew. It meticulously...
Diamonds and Stones in an Era of Gold
The story is set in the city of Melbourne in the latter half of the 19th century, when it was growing rapidly, due to the gold flowing from Ballarat and...
The Postwar World
$12.00 AUD
An introduction to world history since 1945, this traces the major national and international developments of the period. It is intended for students from the Sixth Form up and for...
A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada
$15.00 AUD
In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Metis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance...
Elusive Peace: How the Holy Land Defeated America
Ehud Barak's election as Prime Minister of Israel on 17th May 1999 and his determination to conclude a peace deal with the Palestinians inspired both Israeli voters and the international...
Hearts of Darkness: European Exploration of Africa
This book proposes a thematic treatment of the subject. Following an historical survey of the achievements and scope of the explorers, the ensuing chapters deal with exploration under a series...
My Father the Spy: A Family History of the CIA, the Cold War, and the
As his father nears death in his retirement home in Mexico, John H. Richardson begins to unravel a life filled with drama and secrecy. John Sr. was a CIA "chief...
Snakes and Ladders
$10.00 AUD
By the world-famous novelist, this fascinating blend of personal memoir, historical anecdote and wry observation offers the indispensable guide and key to contemporary India in the fiftieth year of its...
Cables from Kabul: The Inside Story of the West's Afghanistan Campaign
A frank and honest memoir by Britain's former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan. For three years, from 2007 until 2010, Sherard...
