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Ned Kelly: The Larrikin Years
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA gripping work of Australian historical biography, this account chronicles the formative...
Select Documents In Australian Education 1788-1900
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, light foxing on block and wear on bindingA landmark work in the history...
The Cruise Of The Kate
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA spirited work of Victorian adventure and nautical memoir, The Cruise of the Kate...
Dickens At Doughty Street
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA richly detailed work of literary biography and history, Dickens at Doughty...
The World Of The First Australians: Aboriginal Traditional Life: Past And Present
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work in anthropology and Indigenous Australian studies, The World of the First...
Santorini: A Guide To The Island And Its Archaeological Treasures
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive guide presents the captivating history and stunning archaeological wonders of Santorini. It...
The Best Of Grass Roots 1980-81
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, Pages tanned but otherwise fineDive into the sharp wit and social...
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story Of Greed, Terror, And Heroism In Colonial Africa
This compelling historical account chronicles the devastating impact of King Leopold II's personal rule over the Congo Free State. It uncovers the horrific exploitation and systematic violence inflicted upon the...
1001 Days That Shaped Our World
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This remarkable book presents enthralling accounts of 1001 life-changing events that have taken place around the world since the Big Bang. From the foundation of Rome on 21 April 753bce...
Homelands: The History of a Friendship
THE SALTIRE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN'S BEST MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY OF 2022 'Remarkable' - The Times 'Achingly beautiful' - Guardian Beautiful in unusual and wonderful ways' '-...
War & Peace & War: Twenty years in Afghanistan
'Andrew North has a deep empathy and understanding for Afghanistan and has seen sides of it - both good and horrifying - that very few international observers have encountered' -...
The History Gossip: Was Anne of Cleves a Minger? and 365 Other
'History's hottest gossip' - You Magazine 'A tongue-in-cheek whirlwind through 365 days of history' - Sunday Post TikTok sensation Katie Kennedy, aka @TheHistoryGossip, serves up a delicious blend of fascinating,...
The Great Escapers: The Full Story of the Second World War's Most
After the attempt ot break 200 men out of Herman Goring's 'escape proof' prisoner-of-war camp, 76 Allied officers managed to create havoc behind enemy lines before most were eventually camptured....
Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots And Revolutionaries 1776-1871
From America's fight for independence to the Paris Commune - an exotic collection of fanatics, adventurers, poets and thinkers are brought vividly to life. HOLY MADNESS probes into the psyche...
Guide to British Military History: The Subject and the Sources
What exactly is military history? Forty years ago it meant battles, campaigns, great commanders, drums and trumpets. It was largely the preserve of military professionals and was used to support...
A History of the World in 47 Borders: The Sunday Times #1 Bestseller
'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER 'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' BILL BRYSON 'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four...
Turning to Stone
WINNER OF THE 2025 JOHN BURROUGHS MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED NATURAL HISTORY WRITING 'Vast and arresting' SPECTATOR 'A remarkably human take on the geological world' NEW STATESMAN Rocks are the record...
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Perfect Book Gift
Lady Fiona Carnarvon became the chatelaine of Highclere Castle - the setting of the hit series Downton Abbey - eight years ago. In that time she's become fascinated by the...
A Random History of Football
Nowadays a top Premiership football club can spend 50 million on a Portuguese pin-up or a legendary Italian goalkeeper, but you cannot take into account the effects of a dodgy...
Sir Francis Drake
Four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the most legendary figures of history. His career is one of the most colourful on record. The most...
Black Teacher: 'An unsung heroine of Black British Literature'
Being denied teaching jobs due to the colour bar. Working in an office amidst the East End's bombsites. Serving as a lady's maid to an Empire-loving aristocrat. R aising two...
Paper: Paging Through History
Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported...
On Nationalism
I remain in the curious position of disliking, distrusting, disapproving and fearing nationalism wherever it exists . . . but recognising its enormous force, which must be harnessed for progress...
China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord
A compelling, expansive history of the relationship between China and Russia, from the seventeenth century to the present Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world,...
El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary
'A fascinating study of historical mythmaking . . . concise and absorbing' Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East 'Lively, original and fascinating' David Abulafia, Literary Review 'An enthralling...
The Cooking of Books: A Literary Memoir
It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring. The strangely enduring and occasionally fractious...
G.M. Trevelyan
G.M.Trevelyan, as well as being a best-selling historian, was Regius Professor of History and Master of Trinity College Cambridge and Chancellor of the University of Newcastle. He was awarded the...
The Birth of the Modern: World Society, 1815-1830
And he makes of this huge variety of elements a coherent narrative, told through the lives and actual words of the age's people - outstanding and ordinary - so that...
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker's History of Time. 'An exquisite book' -
'A true joy. A work of staggering complexity and bewildering economy.' TELEGRAPH 'Every page glitters' SPECTATOR 'Mesmerising' NEW STATESMAN A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ______________________ In Hands...
A Tomb With a View - The Stories & Glories of Graveyards: Scottish
**WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021** **A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR** 'In his absorbing book about the lost and...
The Hunt for Martin Bormann: The Truth
In The Hunt for Martin Bormann, Charles Whit ing, who interviewed all the leading participants, reveals t he true story of what happened to the "Brown Eminence". It i s...
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him
A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark...
Media Tarts Revised and Updated Edition
A powerful insight into how the media treats female politicians - now revised and updated with a new foreword by Annabel Crabb - from one of our foremost journalists and...
Beyond Hitler's Grasp: The Heroic Rescue of Bulgaria's Jews
Details how the Jews in Bulgaria were rescued from deportation to Nazi concentration camps by a crew of public and private individuals.
Money: A Story of Humanity
*AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* THE INTERNATIONAL #1 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION...
Divided We Stand: A Biography of the World Trade Center
When the World Trade centre was erected at the Hudson River's edge, it forever changed the character of the American city. In Divided We Stand , cultural critic Eric Darton...
The Meaning Of Tango: The Story of the Argentinian Dance
From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world - a tale of politics and passion, immigration...
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
The book titled The Tunnels of Cu Chi by the author Tom Mangold. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Women in Intelligence: The Hidden History of Two World Wars
A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary...
Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That
"Definitive...Not just for Talking Heads fans-it's a masterful dive into downtown New York in the 70s, and the changing face of rock music."- Town & Country " Riveting" - New...
This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters)
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025 'Educational, smart and funny' Richard Osman 'This book is superb' Charlie Brooker 'Brilliant. Fascinating. Hilarious.' Jonn Elledge,...
The Great Wave: The Era of Radical Disruption and the Rise of the
An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and New York Times bestselling author of The Death of Truth...
Tales from the Dancefloor: Manchester / The Warehouse Project /
The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Hacienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the...
Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians
'We're all now self-makers, whether we like it or not - and this witty, sceptical book is the thought-provoking story of how we got here' GUARDIAN 'A fast-moving train of...
Jobs for the Girls: How We Set Out to Work in the Typewriter Age
A unique take on women's history from the bestselling author of British Summer Time Begins 'Witty, clever and warm-hearted' The Times 'Maxtone Graham [has a] unique blend of high comedy...
Daring World War Two Stories For Boys
$8.00 AUD
This collection, Daring World War Two Stories For Boys, presents a series of thrilling narratives from one of history's most pivotal conflicts. It chronicles acts of bravery, ingenuity, and resilience...
A History Of Greece To 322 B. C.
$25.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative historical account, A History Of Greece To 322 B.C., chronicles...