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1989: The Year That Shaped Today's World
The year 1989 was the start of a monumental shift in world history. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to the introduction of the World Wide Web, the unparalleled...
Rust: One woman's story of finding hope across the divide
When Eliese Goldbach was nine years old, she decided to become a Catholic nun. Twenty years later, with a Master's degree, she found herself making steel in the Rust Belt...
World History Atlas: Mapping the Human Journey
The history of the world - in a new compact edition From the rise and fall of empires to the birth of nations, culture and conflict, explore the history of...
Elders: Wisdom from Australia's Indigenous Leaders
This is an important book, whose content is unlike any other. It is about indigenous peoples and their traditional and contemporary ways of living. Elders is a series of chapters...
Yesterdays: v. 1: Yesterdays Way We Were, 1919-39
Yesterdays recreates the often overlooked period between the 2 World Wars. From home to work, education to leisure, the blurring of the class-based society and the inventions that came along,...
Longford Castle: The Treasures and the Collectors
Longford Castle is a fine Elizabethan country house, home to a world-class collection of art built up in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the Bouverie family and still owned...
Celtic Myths and Beliefs
The book titled Celtic Myths and Beliefs by the author Unknown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Craze: Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason
'Gin took London by storm in the first half of the 18th century. It 'was the original urban drug,' says Warner in this intriguing slice of social history. 'Cheap, potent,...
Captain Bligh's Second Chance: An Eyewitness Account of His Return to
Here is the unfamiliar story of Captain Bligh's second voyage to the South Pacific, commenced in 1791, only one year after his return to England following the infamous mutiny on...
The Age of the Gunfighter: Men and Weapons on the Frontier, 1840-1900
$20.00 AUD
The book titled The Age of the Gunfighter: Men and Weapons on the Frontier, 1840-1900 by the author Joseph G Rosa. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...
Flying: The Golden Years - A Pictorial Anthology
$15.00 AUD
The book titled Flying: The Golden Years - A Pictorial Anthology by the author Rupert Prior. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
A Photohistory of World War One
This omnibus edition contains the author's five "Soldiers Fotofax" titles on the individual years of World War I. The book also contains new biographical notes on the leaders from each...
Sorry! The English and Their Manners
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Most of us know a bit about what passes for good manners - holding doors open, sending thank-you notes, no elbows on the table. We certainly know bad manners when...
On Freedom
An urgent and masterly exploration of freedom - by the acclaimed, bestselling author of On Tyranny A brilliant exploration of freedom - what it is, how it's been misunderstood, and...
Assassins: Assassinations that shook the world from Julius Caesar to
The killing of holders of high office for a predetermined political or ideological purpose is a practice as old as power politics itself. Assassins tells the darkly sensational story of...
The Sea Apprentice: Being An Account Of Two Voyages Round The World Under Canvas
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA vivid work of maritime memoir and adventure, this account chronicles two remarkable voyages around the world aboard...
The Captain Cook Myth
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsA work of historical inquiry, The Captain Cook Myth by Jillian Robertson challenges the romanticized and often distorted narratives that have long...
The Drums Go Bang!
$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA warm and witty memoir, The Drums Go Bang chronicles the early years of two of Australia's...
Hitler's Mistakes
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA sharp and authoritative work of military history, Hitler's Mistakes presents a systematic analysis of the strategic, political,...
Convicts & The Colonies: A Study Of Penal Transportation From Great Britain & Ireland To Australia & Other Parts Of The British Empire (SIGNED)
$150.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Some tears and foxing on DJ....
The Golden Age: A History Of The Colony Of Victoria, 1851-1861
$25.00 AUD
Edition: repr., with corr.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA landmark work of Australian historiography, The Golden Age: A History...
Daniel De Leon: The Man And His Work; A Symposium
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Edition: Third EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some wear and chipping along spine of jacket - jacket protected by...
Stalin's Last Crime: The Doctor's Plot
This is the full story behind Stalin's last, most complex and most puzzling conspiracy unravelled for the first time through access to previously unseen secret Soviet documents. On 13th January...
The Cattle King: The Story Of Sir Sidney Kidman
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light foxing on block that extends onto FEP and back page. Pages clean and crisp.A landmark work of...
A Pirate Of Exquisite Mind
William Dampier, (1651 -1715), was an English adventurer and pirate who preyed on ships on the Spanish Main. Poor and ill-educated and determined to make his fortune, he nonetheless had...
1967: Israel, the War and the Year That Transformed the Middle East
A vivid account of the year 1967 and what impact it made on the Middle East and the rest of the world. 1967 did not mark the beginning of the...
The Miracle Of Dunkirk
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of narrative history, The Miracle of Dunkirk chronicles one of the most dramatic and...
Red Empire: Forbidden History of the U. S. S. R.
The book titled Red Empire: Forbidden History of the U. S. S. R. by the author Gwyneth Hughes. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
Turf Cavalcade: A Review Of The One Hundred And Fifty Years Of Horse Racing In Australia, And Of The Australian Jockey Club's Hundred Years At Randwick
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear and tear on jacket, large segments missing on spine and one large rip on the back of...
Australia's Worst Shipwrecks
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of maritime history, Australia's Worst Shipwrecks chronicles the most devastating nautical disasters to have occurred in Australian...
The Expense of Glory
The life of John Reith is a classical tragedy, but one of baroque proportions. Reith founded, and for its first 14 years directed, the BBC, imbuing it with that Reithian...
In Broken Water: Being The Adventures Of A Big-Tonner Through Holland And Among The Frisian And Danish Islands
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA gripping work of nautical adventure and seamanship, In Broken Water chronicles the remarkable sailing experiences of...
A Voyage In The 'sunbeam': Our Home On The Ocean For Eleven Months
$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: FEP missing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Binding shows signs of foxing on block - otherwise intact and firmly keeping pages in place. Image page before...
The Log Of A Sea-Waif: Being Recollections Of The First Four Years Of My Sea Life
$12.00 AUD
Edition: Sixth EditionCondition remarks:Book: Acceptable Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some pages loose but still intact. Heavy wear to binding. Loose at connection between binding and...
Western Star
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsAn epic narrative poem of sweeping ambition, Western Star chronicles the earliest chapters of American settlement through the eyes of those who...
Sailing To Freedom
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA gripping work of narrative nonfiction, Sailing to Freedom chronicles the harrowing true story of a group of Estonian refugees...
The One That Got Away
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of narrative non-fiction, The One That Got Away chronicles one of the most...
The Whitlam Venture
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of Australian political journalism, The Whitlam Venture chronicles the turbulent rise and dramatic fall of Gough Whitlam's...
The Gorton Experiment
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of Australian political biography, The Gorton Experiment: The Fall of John Grey Gorton chronicles the turbulent prime...
Alfred Deakin: A Sketch
$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light foxing on boards. Binding remains tight. DJ sustains heavy loss on rear panel. Some foxing...
The Life & Times Of John Pascoe Fawkner
$90.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean text. A richly detailed biographical work, this tribute...
The Gay Provider: The Myer Story
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Damage around top and bottom of dust jacket, binding otherwise fine. Pages clear. Tape markings on FEPA richly detailed work...
An Introduction To Australian History
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Plastic sleeve protecting binding. A foundational academic text in Australian history, An Introduction to Australian History by A.G.L. Shaw and...
My Love Must Wait: The Story Of Matthew Flinders
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: usual wear on jacket, slightly faded spine. Pages crisp and cleanA sweeping work of biographical...
The Dawns Of Tradition
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUnknownEmbark on a visual and philosophical journey into the heart of Japanese...
Lamplight And Bluestones: Recollections Of The Ziebell Farm At Thomastown
$40.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA richly evocative work of local history and memoir, Lamplight and Bluestones:...