History

Author: Rod MoranBinding: HardbackPublished: Access Press, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner mark inside first pageBiography that tells the life story of an Aboriginal soldier, Tom Gray;...

Author: Alan HamiltonBinding: HardbackPublished: RD Press, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket top edge has some wearThe authoritative "The Royal Handbook" presents an unparalleled guide to...

Author: Marnie BassettBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press. London, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis captivating work of historical non-fiction chronicles the extraordinary 1817-1820 world voyage of Rose de...

Author: Donald S. GardenBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis academic text details the history of Heidelberg, a significant region in Victoria, Australia, chronicling...

Author: Maggie WeidenhoferBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil Melbourne, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Green cloth with some marks and specks. This is a historical fiction novel that...

Author: Bernard BarrettBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis academic text details the foundational period of local governance and community development in Victoria, Australia....

Author: Klaus HeidensohnBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell Australia, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis insightful academic text, "The Book of Money: A Visual Study of Economics" by Klaus Heidensohn, presents...

Author: Kit DentonBinding: HardbackPublished: Time Life Sydney, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA landmark volume in Australian military history, Gallipoli: One Long Grave...

Author: Robert LaceyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson - BBC, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work of historical narrative chronicles the lives of four aristocratic sisters from...

Author: John S. DunneBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis is a religious non-fiction account detailing a spiritual journey through Rome. The author,...

Author: Leslie R. MarchantBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded red cloth. This academic text presents a comprehensive study of Maoism...

Everyone has an opinion about Winnie Mandela, and usually a strong one. She has been adored, feared and hates more than any other women in South African history. But few...

Barbara Pierce Bush was one of the country's most popular and powerful figures, yet her full story has never been told. THE MATRIARCH tells the riveting tale of a woman...

Draws on previously unknown documents from the Vatican archives to detail a late-nineteenth-century plot on the part of Pope Pius IX and his successor, Leo XIII, to block the unification...

This sweeping business history shows the dramatic movement of power from East to West, providing an expansive global view of choice moguls across various industries, including finance, transportation, communication, and...

_______________ 'One of the finest guides around, indeed, the best in recent memory ... beautifully written and meticulously researched' - New York Times 'A highly readable account' - Economist 'Some...

An extraordinary and hugely topical story of a Jewish man's passion for the Arab world. he Orientalist is the extraordinary story of a Jewish man's passion for the Arab world...

The epic life story of the Atlantic Ocean from the bestselling author, Simon Winchester For thousands of years the Atlantic Ocean was viewed by mariners with a mixture of awe,...

TAA had almost a fifty-year record of ground-breaking aviation throughout Australia. Along with Qantas, the airline helped Australia overcome the "tyranny of distance", and made a sustained contribution to aviation...

'The preparation of food, the smells and tastes and textures, have accompanied me throughout the journeys of my life. In fact looking back the food memories have become the marker...

The definitive account of Barack Obama's life before he became the 44th president of the United States - the formative years, confluence of forces, and influential figures who helped shaped...

Arcturus Military Classics discuss the strategies, tactics and weapons of the two World Wars, and vividly bring to life how these were employed on the battlefields of Europe, North Africa...

As a young reporter John MacKay took the first calls on the Lockerbie Bombing. As a news anchor he conducted the final TV interviews of the Yes and No campaigns...

A study of the Labour Party from its founding up to the present day based on information gathered from Labour activists around Britain as part of the Labour Oral History...

Toulouse-Lautrec and the fin-de-siecle offers a fascinating and refreshing look at the artist s life and art in close unison to reveal the true Lautrec, one suprisingly linked to the...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the...

A.V.M. Bennett, much decorated in the war for his exploits flying Lancaster bombers, was appointed to run British South American Airways (BSAA) straight after the war, using converted Lancasters as...

In a groundbreaking book that recasts the history of the Cold War, bestselling author Priscilla J. McMillan exposes, for the first time, the truth behind J. Robert Oppenheimer's 1954 trial...

Did you know William IV was wont to speak his mind and could sometimes lack tact, which is said to have inspired the nickname Silly Billy ? Edward III banned...

For the first time, all 70 of the Queen's Christmas speeches are published together in full, along with six additional feature speeches made at significant points in her life. Organised...

As the world speeds up, as technology takes over, it is worth remembering how we used to live. This three-book series is a nostalgic hymn to an era when life...

It is impossible to think of Russia today without thinking of Vladimir Putin. More than any other major national leader, he personifies his country in the eyes of the outside...

Former royal correspondent Stephen Bates lifts the lid on the 1,800 years of power plays, ritual, tradition and intrigue in Britain's monarchy and asks, where to next for the world's...

This book looks at some of history's most fascinating recluses and remarkable loners. Some withdrew from society for religious reasons, as in the case of the hermits and ascetics who...

A beautifully written, courageous memoir of a wartime childhood behind enemy lines.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the...

Excerpt from The Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Vol. 3: Maud in Memoriam; The Princess; Enoch Arden Part II., section IV., had already been published in 1837 in The Tribute;...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by...

Great Captains Unveiled incisively examines the brilliant military careers and intriguing personalities of six masters of the battlefield: Jenghiz Khan (1167?-1227) and Sabutai (1172?-1245), who led their Mongol cavalry into...

Cassell's History in Quotations is a unique and original collection of quotations as well as an ambitious and wide-ranging work of popular history. The quotations, which cover the key moments,...