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City of Revolution: Restructuring Manchester
Confronted with a declining jobs base, deepening social problems and apparent indifference on the part of central government, many British cities made an "entrepreneurial turn" during the 1980s and 1990s....
Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
Mindstorms has two central themes: that children can learn to use computers in a masterful way and that learning to use computers can change the way they learn everything else....
Thoroughly Modern: The pioneering life of Barbara Ker-Seymer,
The life of pioneering photographer Barbara Ker-Seymer 'Thoroughly entertaining... Knights expertly evokes this hedonistic period' The Times 'A picturesque portrayal of a world that sounds as thoroughly maniacal as it...
The World Since 1945
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF GLOBAL CHANGE FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT DAY The world since 1945 has witnessed fundamental changes, notably the increasing influence of the West - particularly the...
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Man Against the Sea (Collins Modern
The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The...
We All Go into the Dark
A captivating, eloquent and nuanced book, We All Go into the Dark is an absolute must-read for true-crime fans across the board. Three women were brutally murdered between early 1968...
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...
Letter To An Unknown Soldier: If you could write a letter to a First
On Platform One of Paddington Station in London, there is a statue of an unknown soldier; he's reading a letter. On the hundredth anniversary of the declaration of war everyone...
A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization
A general introduction to the classical world from its origins to the fall of the Roman Empire. The book focuses on questions of how we know about Classical civilization from...
A Place for Lost Souls: A psychiatric nurse's stories of hope and
'Ultimately, my experiences as a mental health nurse have taught me that we should judge less and open our hearts more.' Belinda Black was just seventeen years old when she...
Aldous Huxley: A Biography (Two-Volume Set)
$45.00 AUD
Author: Sybille BedfordBinding: PaperbackPublished: Quartet Books, London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive biography explores the life and works of Aldous Huxley, delving...
Man Upon His Mountain; Murders At Wonnangatta (SIGNED)
$50.00 AUD
Author: Niall BrennanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Alella Books, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Inscribed by the author on half title-page. Signed on title page....
Footloose In Jerusalem (SIGNED)
$35.00 AUD
Author: Sarah KaminkerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Footloose Publications, Jerusalem, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive travel guide, "Footloose In Jerusalem" by Sarah Kaminker, presents...
Australian Nurses Since Nightingale 1860-1990 (SIGNED)
$45.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth BurchillBinding: PaperbackPublished: Spectrum Melbourne, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis historical non-fiction work chronicles the significant contributions of...
Mercy Girls: The Story Of Sacred Heart College Geelong 1860-2010
$20.00 AUD
Author: Watts, John et alBinding: PaperbackPublished: Sacred Heart College Newtown, 2010Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the rich 150-year...
Australian Historical Studies. Volume 37, No 128
$30.00 AUD
Author: University of MelbourneBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Melbourne, 2006Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis volume of Australian Historical Studies contains scholarly articles...
'Pride Of The Princes': The History Of The Prince Line Ltd
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Author: N.L. MiddlemissBinding: PaperbackPublished: Shield Publications Ltd, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis non-fiction work, "Pride Of The Princes": The History Of...
William Johnson's Natchez: The Ante-Bellum Diary of a Free Negro
The discovery in 1938 of the diary and personal papers of William Johnson ( ca. 1809-1851), a free Negro of Natchez, Mississippi, made possible the publication of this fascinating volume....
Oath and Honor: the explosive inside story from the most senior
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution-leading to the violent attack on the Capitol...
Spare Parts
In 2004, four Latino teenagers arrived at the Marine Advanced Technology Education Robotics Competition at the University of California, Santa Barbara. They were born in Mexico but raised in Phoenix,...
The Shoulders We Stand On: How Black and Brown people fought for
** Eastern Eye 's Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2023 ** ** Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown 2024** The UK is grappling with big questions about belonging, equality and...
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...
One Fine Day: Britain's Empire on the Brink
'Breathtaking... vital and important. A wonderful read' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Marvellous... escapes the inane, balance-sheet view of Empire and sees its full complexity' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Excellent... his mastery of detail is...
How The Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic
Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Visigoths and its empire collapsed,...
Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experienced
'Facing Armageddon' is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914-18 war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real nature of the participants' experience. The book is a...
Anti-Semitic Stereotypes: A Paradigm of Otherness in English Popular
This work focuses on English cultural attitudes toward Jews during what is known as the "longer" 18th century, from roughly 1660 to 1830. Frank Felsenstein describes the persistence through the...
Unsolved Murders
Discover the stories behind 20 of the world's most infamous unsolved murders. MURDERS THAT DEFY DETECTION. Discover the stories behind some of the most infamous unsolved murders of the last...
The Patchwork Nation
this is a book about: the re-building of Australian democracy the re-invention of business and community in a global age and, the re-engagement of government in its task of serving...
Somewhere To Lay My Head
We left Robert a long way from home, a sixteen-year-old recruit in the RAF. Now, we follow his escape from the Forces (until National Service a few years later!), his...
History'S Most Daring Moments: Extraordinary Stories of Daring and
The human psyche, when confornted by the all-but-impossible, can produce the most extraordinary reactions---acts of heroism, self-sacrifice, endurance and sheer grit that in many instances remain unbelievable. Whether these are...
The Origins of Modern Science: From Antiquity to the Scientific
The Origins of Modern Science is the first synthetic account of the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution in many decades. Providing readers of all backgrounds and...
Soldiers of Empire: Indian and British Armies in World War II
How are soldiers made? Why do they fight? Re-imagining the study of armed forces and society, Barkawi examines the imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second...
The History Question: Who Owns the Past?: Quarterly Essay 23
In QE23, acclaimed writer and thinker Inga Clendinnen looks past the skirmishes and pitched battles of the history wars and asks what's at stake - what kind of history do...
The Almost Complete History of the World: 75 incredible events from
Recorded history is rich with events that have changed the course of human experience that have rippled through the centuries, and still others that rumble on today. Here in one...
Fifty Key Thinkers on History
This is a guide to historiography through the ages. The cross-section of debates and thinkers covered takes in figures from ancient China, Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages, to...
Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women
Blending the journalistic rigor of Masha Gessen with the call to action of We Should All Be Feminists, a searing denunciation of Putin's Russia, revealing how modern Russia's history of...
Idiots, Follies and Misadventures
The history books are full of heroes and villains ... but what about all the idiots? Comedian and armchair historian Mikey Robins tells the astonishing story of human stupidity, one...
Uppity Women of the Renaissance
A riotous take on an age that turns out to be as rich with towering female figures as it was with Rembrandts, Rabelais and Sir Walter Raleigh. The author showcases...
We Were Young and at War: The first-hand story of young lives lived
Never before have the diaries and letters of young people from all sides of World War Two been woven together to provide an account of what it was like to...