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The Victoria Market
$30.00 AUD
Author: Ellen Mccaughey; Mary HobanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Time and Place Publications, Fitzroy, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light foxing on top book block.The Victoria Market chronicles the vibrant history...
Hmas Armidale Lives On
$20.00 AUD
Author: Frank B. WalkerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Kingfisher Press, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the valiant service and ultimate fate of the Australian corvette HMAS Armidale during...
Ebb And Flow: Evacuations And Landings by Merchant Ships in World War Two
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Author: Roy MartinBinding: PaperbackPublished: Brook House., 2010Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the profound impact of World War...
Around Tasmania In A Whaleboat 1986: In The Wake Of Captain James Kelly 1815-1816
$125.00 AUD
Author: Bern CuthbertsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Author, Hobart, Tasmania, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Cover in good condition with slightly creased spine. Signed letter from the author laid in....
Some Private Correspondence Of Sir John And Lady Jane Franklin (Tasmania, 1837-1845)
$25.00 AUD
Author: George MackanessBinding: PaperbackPublished: Review Publications Pty. Ltd., 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: In excellent condition. Later reprint (not sure what year) states 1947.Some Private Correspondence...
In Pursuit Of Lakshmi: The Political Economy Of The Indian State
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Author: Lloyd L. Rudolph And Susanne Hoeber RudolphBinding: PaperbackPublished: The University of Chicago Press, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn In Pursuit Of Lakshmi: The Political Economy Of The Indian...
Notable Service To The Empire: Australian Corvettes And The British Pacific Fleet 1944-45
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Author: Hugh CampbellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Naval Historical Society of Australia Inc., 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Slight wear to cover...
Freud's Wizard: The Enigma of Ernest Jones
Ernest Jones was a born empire builder, who imported the intellectual ferment of early twentieth-century European analysis to our shores. In 1938 he daringly flew to Vienna to rescue Freud...
A Method to Their Madness: History of the Actors Studio
For decades, in one small room on West Forty-fourth Street in Manhattan, Lee Strasberg ran the Actors Studio, where dozens of acclaimed actors absorbed a technique that became known as...
History'S Worst Crimes: And the People Who Solved Them
From the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to the Watergate burglary, the most infamous crimes continue to hold public attention long after they were committed. History's Worst Crimes takes you...
Who Loses, Who Wins: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume Two
Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the post-war Establishment. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft....
Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the New York City Hyperghetto
After surviving the Khmer Rouge genocide, followed by years of confinement to international refugee camps, as many as 10,000 Southeast Asian refugees arrived in the Bronx during the 1980s and...
Living Indigenous Leadership: Native Narratives on Building Strong
Indigenous scholars strive to produce research to improve Native communities in meaningful ways. They also recognize that long-lasting change depends on effective leadership. Living Indigenous Leadership showcases innovative research and...
Detroit's Cold War: The Origins of Postwar Conservatism
Detroit's Cold War locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labor and industry in postwar America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on...
Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century
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An instant New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from one of the world's leading economists: this "magisterial history" offers a grand narrative of the century that made us...
The Prime Ministers: Winner of the PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS 2020
**Winner of the 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS for Best Political Book by a Non-Parliamentarian** A Times Political Book of the Year 'An entertaining, thorough and informative canter through the characters...
Elizabethans: A History of How Modern Britain Was Forged
The Sunday Times bestsellerTHE STORY OF BRITAIN during the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Find out how Britain changed in this entrancing, lively portrait of Britain's Elizabethan Age by...
The Story of the World in 100 Moments: Discover the stories that
Massmarket edition of the hardback bestseller- In The Story of the World in 100 Moments Oliver presents a remarkable journey through time, curating one hundred moments that shaped our world,...
Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World
NEW EDITION - FEATURING UPDATED INTRODUCTION AND NEW CHAPTERS The giant characters of history - from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Hitler, Catherine the Great to...
The Story of the World Cup: The Essential Companion to Japan 2002
The only comprehensive history of the world's top football tournament, fully updated to include the 1998 competition in France. As well as vivid accounts of individual games (from the first...
Educating Australia: Government, Economy and Citizen since 1960
This book is the first comprehensive history of Australian education systems, programs and policies of the period since 1960. The narrative of changes in schooling, training and university life is...
Rethinking History
This introductory text is written for students faced with the question "what is history?' Polemical in tone, the book argues against a skills-based approach to history in favour of a...
Grampian Battlefields
Grampian Battlefields covers a time-span of 1,661 years. It forms an exercise in historical reasoning an d historical imagination. '
Full Astern!: An Illustrated History of New Zealand Shipwrecks
The sea may be our highway, but it can charge appallingly high tolls. Our ancestors rightly feared death and destruction at sea. In the last 200 years over 2000 ships...
Acting the Right Part: Political Theater and Popular Drama in
Acting the Right Part is a cultural history of huaju (modern Chinese drama) from 1966 to 1996. Xiaomei Chen situates her study both in the context of Chinese literary and...
The Dead Sea Scrolls: the Riddle Debated
The book titled The Dead Sea Scrolls: the Riddle Debated by the author Leonie Star. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Hittites: and their Contemporaries in Asia Minor
The Hittites were an Indo-European-speaking people who established a kingdom in Anatolia (modern Turkey) almost 4,000 years ago. They rose to become one of the great powers of the ancient...
The Private World of the Last Tsar, 1912-17
The Private World of the Last Tsar, 1912-17 is a 1984 photo album compiled by Paul Grabbe from his father, General Count Alexander Grabbe's, private collection of notes and photographs...
Reefer Ships: The Ocean Princesses
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A celebration of a century and a quarter of refrigerated transport by sea, and some of the world's most beautiful ships -- the pure reefers and fruit carriers.
A Child at Arms
A narrative of a young officer's fears and triumphs, of the discomforts and tragedies attendant on battle, the terrors and confusion in the midst of action against a fanatically tenacious...
Amphibious Warfare: The Theory and Practice of Amphibious Operations
A full history of the theory and practice of amphibious operations in the 20th century. The text takes the reader through a stage-by-stage account of amphibious tactical operations, and includes...
Elders & Fyffes: A Photographic History
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Ubiquitous in ever supermarket and corner shop, it is hard to imagine a world without bananas. But it was once so! Britain's love affair with the humble banana is as...
The Great Upheaval: The Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800
It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged...
The Penguin History of the World: 6th edition
This new edition of The Penguin History of the World is an opportunity to celebrate a book that is both a richly rewarding narrative and a permanent work of reference....
Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the
In December 1971, after having stepped down as the United Nations' longest-serving Secretary-General, U Thant was ranked the sixth 'most admired man' in America. So why he is largely forgotten...
Space: The Human Story
The first human history of space travel - from the Apollo missions to our journey to Mars - by Britain's beloved astronaut From bestselling author and British astronaut Tim Peake,...
Human Rights: The Case for the Defence
A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedoms Our human rights are endangered. After the devastation of World War Two the international community united to...
The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk From Here To There
A journey across Britain's millennia-old network of pathways, revealing key moments throughout our history Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into, and connect, communities across England and Wales....
The Hong Kong Diaries
The diaries of the last British Governor, five weeks on the Sunday Times best-seller list In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to...
The Volunteer The Diaries and Letters of Albert E. Coates No 23 - 7th Btn., 1st A.I.F. First World War 1914-18
$85.00 AUD
Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: The Albert Coates Memorial Trust, 2007Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cover has some light tanning on back panelThe historical account The Volunteer:...
The Korean War 1950-53: A 50 Year Retrospective
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Author: Edited By Peter Dennis and Jeffrey GreyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Army History Unit, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, cover has tanning along...
Defining 1918 Victory: Chief Of Army History Conference 1998
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Author: Edited By Peter Dennis And Jeffrey GreyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Army History Unit, Department of Defence, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, cover...
P.G. Wodehouse: An Illustrated Biography
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Author: Joseph ConnollyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Eel Pie Publishing, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine has tanningThis compelling biography chronicles the life and literary career of the beloved...
The Dunera Affair: A Documentary Resource Book
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Author: Paul R. Bartrop with Gabrielle EisenBinding: PaperbackPublished: Schwartz & Wilkinson, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Condition as shown...
The Ancient Maya: Fifth Edition
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Author: Robert J. SharerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Stanford University Press, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn cover.This comprehensive academic work chronicles the rich...
Breaking The Maya Code
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Author: Michael D. CoeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the monumental intellectual quest...