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The Penguin Book of Pirates
Real-life accounts of the world's most notorious pirates-both men and women, from the Golden Age of Piracy and beyond-compiled by the New York Times bestselling author of A True Account-...
History of the Jews
The world tended to see the Jews as a race which ruled itself in antiquity and set down its records in the Bible; had then gone underground for many centuries;...
What If I Had Never Tried it: Valentino Rossi the Autobiography
Arguably the worlds all-time greatest motorcycle road racing champion, Valentino Rossi is without a doubt the best--and the best-loved--in modern times. In What If I Had Never Tried It he...
God's War: A New History of the Crusades
The story of how a group of warriors, driven by faith, greed and wanderlust, carved out new Christian-ruled states in the Middle East is one of the most extraordinary of...
100 Years of ARC Memories: Arcadia - South African Jewish Orphanage
Celebrates the centenary of Arcadia, the South African Jewish Orphanage from 1906 to 2006. It includes the stories and recollections of over 120 of the children of Arcadia and the...
Cleopatra's Kidnappers: How Caesar's Sixth Legion Gave Egypt to Rome
A powerful tale of war, romance, and one of historya s most desperate gambles Julius Caesar was nothing if not bold. When, in the wake of his defeat of Pompey...
Nero's Killing Machine
The 14th Gemina Martia Victrix Legion was the most celebrated unit of the early Roman Empire--a force that had been wiped out under Julius Caesar, reformed, and almost wiped out...
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time
Captivating, immersive portrait of the acclaimed British novelist and high society wit - from one of our generation's foremost biographers Peerless literary biographer Hilary Spurling turns her attention to Anthony...
A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards
The conflicts in Kosovo and East Timor, looked at side-by-side by Noam Chomsky, starkly illuminate the strategies of the Western powers in the new century. Chomsky convincingly argues that humanitarianism...
The Industrial Revolutionaries: The Creators of the Modern World 1776
Charts of the spread of industrialism from Britain to Europe, North America and Japan. This book interweaves accounts of the achievements of giants such as Trevithick, Wedgwood and Edison with...
The Regency Revolution: Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the
The Regency began on 5 February 1811 when the Prince of Wales replaced his violently insane father George III as the sovereign de facto. It ended on 29 January 1820,...
Escape from Earth: A Secret History of the Space Rocket
Escape from Earth is the untold story of the engineers, dreamers and rebels who started the American space programme. In particular, it is the story of Frank Malina, founder of...
Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour
Rollicking and informative, Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour is your guide through some of the most shameful behaviour indulged in by humanity's most celebrated figures, as told by Mikey...
Bozo Sapiens: Why to Err Is Human
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A dazzling new work of popular science and psychology for readers who enjoyed Blink, Stumbling on Happiness, or The Black Swan. The New York Times called the Kaplans' look at...
Allies: The U.S., Britain, and Europe in the Aftermath of the Iraq War
The Cold War certainties that had seemed so fixed in the 20th Century were overturned by the war in Iraq. Saddam Hussein's Republican Guards were the battlefield victims of a...
1492: The Year Our World Began
'Fernandez-Armesto's rich vision of the 1490s is unlike any other world historians have given us. He has performed an amazing feat of portraying the world as one place before it...
The Long Shadow: The Great War and the Twentieth Century
In Britain we have lost touch with the Great War. Our overriding sense now is of a meaningless, futile bloodbath in the mud of Flanders -- of young men whose...
A Man of all Tribes: The Life of Alick Jackomos
The son of Greek migrant parents, Jackomos was born in Collingwood and grew up in the Great Depression, mixing with people from a range of backgrounds. He was at different...
The Court of the Caliphs
From a rebellion planned in a remote desert town to the founding of Baghdad in AD 762, the rule of the Abbasid dynasty was looked back on as the golden...
After the Ice: A Global Human History, 20,000 - 5000 BC
Twenty thousand years ago Earth was in the midst of an ice age. Then global warming arrived, leading to massive floods, the spread of forests and the retreat of the...
Castles, Battles, and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History
Castles, Battles, and Bombs reconsiders key episodes of military history from the point of view of economics-with dramatically insightful results. For example, when looked at as a question of sheer...
Trim: The Story Of A Brave, Seafaring Cat
the story of a brave, seafaring cat who, in the company of Matthew Flinders, circumnavigated the globe in the years 1799-1804.to the memory of trim, the best and most illustrious...
The Art of War and Peace: The Changing Face of 21st Century Warfare
'A deeply thought-provoking book full of wisdom, insight and common sense, by two of our foremost strategists' James Holland, bestselling author of The War in the West FOREWORD BY SIR...
The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives
Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives still haunt us as...
The Chrysanthemum And The Sword: Patterns Of Japanese Culture
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Author: Ruth BenedictBinding: PaperbackPublisher: TUTTLE Publishing, 2018Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work of anthropology, The Chrysanthemum And...
The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food
A revelatory study of global famine and feast in the Second World War In World War Two, 19 million people died in the conflicts across the globe. Yet in those...
The First Centenary: A History Of The Heathcote Agricultural, Pastoral And Horticultural Society.
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Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublisher: The Heathcote Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Society., n.d. Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis...
Rotary Club Of Orbost: Fifty Years Of Service 1947-1997
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Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublisher: -, 1997Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the significant contributions of a local...
Concord Military Series Collection
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Author: VariousBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Concord Publications Company, -Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imagethe titles include: Battles of Smolensk & Roslavl...
Gippsland Heritage Journal Bundle
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Author: Meredith Fletcher (Ed)Binding: PaperbackPublisher: E-Gee Printers, -Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Bundle of 14 books. Titles include...
A History of Australia. Volume II-VI (Five-Volume Set)
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Author: Manning ClarkBinding: HardbackPublisher: Melbourne University Press, 1987-1992Edition: reprintsCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Partial Set - Vol I missing. Clark’s sweeping national history...
Sources Of Japanese Tradition (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: Ryusaku Tsunoda, Wm. Theodore De Bary, Donald KeeneBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Columbia University Press, 1964Condition remarks:Book: Acceptable , ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition as...
God's Playground: A History Of Poland (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: Norman DaviesBinding: HardbackPublisher: Clarendon Press Oxford, 1983Edition: repr.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis two volume historical study...
Images of War 1939-1945. The Real Story of World War II
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Author: -Binding: Other bindingPublisher: Marshall Cavendish Collection in association with the Imperial War Museum, 1989Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: 2 Binders. Binder 1: Vol 1-26....
Transactions Of The Ancient Monuments Society: New Series (13-vols.)
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Author: -Binding: HardbackPublisher: The Ancient Monuments Society, 1958-1972Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Volume 6-8;...
An Oxbridge Walk
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Author: James A. LyonsBinding: PaperbackPublisher: CICERONE PRESS, 1995Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAn engaging travelogue, An Oxbridge Walk chronicles...
January 6: How Democrats Used The Capitol Protest To Launch A War On Terror Against The Political Right
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Author: Julie KellyBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Bombardier Books, 2022Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis incisive political analysis, January 6: How Democrats...
Jungle Warriors
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Author: Adrian ThrelfallBinding: PaperbackPublisher: A & U, 2014Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against a backdrop of heat, dust,...
A Singular Marriage: A Labour Love Story In Letters And Diaries
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Author: Ramsay And Margaret MacdonaldBinding: HardbackPublisher: Harrap, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA compelling biographical work, A Singular Marriage: A Labour Love Story In Letters And...
The Fall Of Rome: And The End Of Civilization
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Author: Bryan Ward-PerkinsBinding: PaperbackPublisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2005Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical analysis re-evaluates the collapse...
The Restoration And The England Of Charles Ii
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Author: John MillerBinding: PaperbackPublisher: LONGMAN, 1997Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageJohn Miller's The Restoration And The England Of Charles...
Granville Sharp Pattison: Anatomist And Antagonist 1791-1851
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Author: F.L.M. PattisonBinding: HardbackPublisher: CANONGATE, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis biographical work chronicles the tumultuous life and career of Granville Sharp Pattison, a prominent anatomist...
London: The Biography
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Author: Peter AckroydBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Chatto & Windus, 2000Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis monumental work of non-fiction chronicles the...
Tobruk: The Great Siege Reassessed
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Author: Frank HarrisonBinding: HardbackPublisher: Brockhampton Press, 1999Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling work of military history chronicles the pivotal Siege of Tobruk during World War...
The Pursuit Of Excellence: A History Of The Professor Harry Hessel International Science School
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Author: Trevor DanosBinding: PaperbackPublisher: UWAP CUSTOM, 2017Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account, The Pursuit Of Excellence:...
Sexual Life In England: Past And Present
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Author: Ivan BlochBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Oracle, 1996Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIvan Bloch's Sexual Life In England: Past And Present...
Melbourne Architecture: A Short History Of
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Author: Patrick Bingham-HallBinding: HardbackPublisher: Pesaro Publishing, 2002Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsMelbourne Architecture: A Short History Of by Patrick Bingham-Hall chronicles the evolution of Melbourne's distinctive...
A History Of London In 100 Places
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Author: David LongBinding: HardbackPublisher: Oneworld, 2014Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction work chronicles the rich tapestry of London's past, presenting its evolution through a hundred...