History

According to the renowned social critic and historian Paul Fussell, we are what we wear, and it doesn't look good. Uniforms parses the hidden meanings of our apparel -- from...

A powerful and moving account of the campaign for civil rights in modern America. Robert Cook is concerned less with charismatic leaders like Martin Luther King, and more with the...

Fuentes' bold and timely study discusses the origins and nature of the tumultuous events that have recently transformed Mexican politics and society. The rebellion in Chiapas, a rash of assassinations,...

This first book in the Centenary History of New Zealand and the First World War tells the story of the hospital ships. Based on extensive research, it brings to life...

A fast-paced, little-known story of danger at sea on the eve of World War II On the sweltering evening of August 30, 1939, the German luxury liner S.S. Bremen slipped...

This history of arms control in the 20th century challenges the liberal-pacifist view of international relations, and explains the Cold War from a post-Cold War perspective, untangling the complex realities...

The second volume of Jean Lacouture's acclaimed biography of Charles de Gaulle opens with the creation of the Fourth Republic in the aftermath of World War II and with the...

Originally published as "Dreyfus to de Gaulle", this authoritative account has been revised and extended, its greater chronological range reflected in the new title.Two substantial additional chapters have been incorporated...

An A-Z guide to warfare from the classical period to the present day, including the social, political, technological, and economic background of major conflicts. Entries cover people (military leaders, theorists,...

Special operational forces have been used since war began, and great reliance is laid upon them in the modern era. This is an illustrated account of the evolution and modern...

From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean island of Nevis, to his unhappy fate in 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey, at the hands of his old...

'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time' BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today's toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH...

Inspiration for the major film starring Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson, Manish Dayal and Huma Qureshi and directed by Gurinder Chadha. Seventy years ago, at midnight on 14 August 1947, the...

Author: John MurphyBinding: HardbackPublished: Hargreen Publishing Company., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, No Tracks To Follow: The Woorayl Shire 1888-1988, chronicles a century of...

Author: Libby TudballBinding: PaperbackPublished: Rigby., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor fading and yellowing to DJ, slight foxing to page edges.This non-fiction book explores...

Author: Michael HeatleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Bison Books., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tears to spine, minor foxing to top-edge.Fighters by...

Author: Hugh LunnBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press., 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Original bookseller sticker in FEP, some sun-fading to spine, slight bumps to edges...

Author: Jon Davison And Tom AlliboneBinding: HardbackPublished: UWA Press., 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps to DJ.This compelling historical account, Beneath Southern Seas: The Silent Service,...

Author: Libby TudballBinding: PaperbackPublished: Rigby, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsAustralians: Our Lives Through Time (1938 To Today) Volume 2 chronicles...

Author: Winston S. ChurchillBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell & Company Ltd, London, 1964Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: DamagedPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor marks and speck with some fading on green board. Chipped,...

Author: Heinz LubaszBinding: PaperbackPublished: John Wiley & Sons, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Minor wear on cover and spine. . Fascism:...

Author: Irene DancygerBinding: HardbackPublished: Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1978Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Tanned edges, usual library markings.A World Of Women: An...

Author: Gerald M. StrakaBinding: PaperbackPublished: D. C. HEATH AND COMPANY, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic volume chronicles the...

Author: Jan BowenBinding: HardbackPublished: The Australian Mariners Welfare Society., 2009Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Sydney Sailors' Home: 1859-2009 chronicles the rich and vital history of a pivotal...

Author: Ian W. MabbettBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cassell, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased spine. Clean text. A Short History Of India by...

Author: Royal Australian Historical SocietyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Royal Australian Historical Society, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Journal Of The Royal Australian Historical...

Author: Alan KendallBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical biography chronicles the life and times of one of Elizabethan England's most influential...

Author: K.S. InglisBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby Adelaide, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe Rehearsal: Australians At War In The Sudan 1885 presents a compelling historical account of Australia's inaugural...

Author: Gertrude LittoBinding: PaperbackPublished: Watson-Guptill Publications., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Bumping and sun-fading to spine and...

Author: The Hon. John F. FinertyBinding: HardbackPublished: J. S. Hyland & Co., 1898Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks:...

Author: Raymond B. FosdickBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded and dull spine. Bumping...

Author: Mayer AbramowitzBinding: HardbackPublished: Gefen Publishing House., 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor bumps and rubs to DJ, sun-fading to spine.This historical novel chronicles the brutal...

Author: Eric ReadeBinding: HardbackPublished: Harper & Row., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Chipping and rubbing to DJ, some foxing to...

Author: Robert Gordon MenziesBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell & Company., 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tanning and foxing to pages, some tears, chips and...

Author: Lewis SpenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Bracken Books., 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor foxing to page edges, some yellowing and minor bumps to DJ.Germany: Myths...

Author: Louis WeberBinding: HardbackPublished: Publications International, Limited, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tear to DJ, some slight foxing to page edges.The...

Author: Doug RichardsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Salamander Books., 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight tear in DJ.Stealth Warplanes: Deception, Evasion, And Concealment In The...

Author: Michael CannonBinding: HardbackPublished: Thomas Nelson., 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner's name written on title page, sun-fading to spine, minor...

Author: Townsend MillerBinding: HardbackPublished: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has general wear and tearTownsend Miller's Henry IV of Castile chronicles the...

Author: Charles Joseph La Trobe, L.J. Blake (ed)Binding: HardbackPublished: The Government of Victoria, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has some minor wear and tanning...

Author: Colin SimpsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legend Press, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: First and last pages have some tanning, dust jacket has some very...

Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped, has some light wear to edgesBoswell In Holland 1763-1764 chronicles...

Author: Unk White, Olaf RuhenBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby Limited, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket price clipped, light wear to jacketThe Rocks Sydney chronicles the vibrant...

Author: Members of the Australian Corps of SignalsBinding: HardbackPublished: Halstead Press, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Faded DJ with some wear and...

Author: Marnie BassettBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: First and last pages have tanning, dust jacket has light wear from...

Author: Some of the BoysBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1942Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards with minor marks and specks. DJ - Chipped, worn, repaired...