History

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the windswept prairies of Saskatchewan, a political revolution quietly took root — one that would reshape the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the twilight of the Tokugawa shogunate to the aftermath of the Second World War, A History of...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn a work of extraordinary scholarly ambition, Robert Graves resurrects the ancient world of gods, heroes, and monsters...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the golden age of aviation, one man's audacity redefined what it meant to conquer the skies. Ride on the Wind chronicles the extraordinary...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the morning of 3 February 1967, Ronald Ryan became the last man to be hanged in Australia...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhen the guns of August 1914 shattered the long peace of Europe, the world was drawn into a conflict of unprecedented scale and brutality —...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn the annals of Australia's colonial past, few stories are as dramatic and ultimately tragic as that of Thomas Peel,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn one of the most harrowing true accounts of Jewish survival during the Second World War, The Army-Cap Boy chronicles the extraordinary story of a...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the pivot point of the twentieth century, one man's decisions would alter the course of history forever — Threshold of War by Waldo Heinrichs...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the heart of Melbourne, one institution has stood as a proud sentinel of military tradition and civic distinction for over a century — The Naval...

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Edition: facsimile edition. No. 162 of 250 copiesCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Signed by Bruce L. Evans (Foreword). 22ppIn the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedIn the blazing arenas of Spain, two legendary matadors — Antonio Ordóñez and Luis Miguel Dominguín — waged a bitter rivalry that would come to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA landmark achievement in biblical scholarship, The New English Bible: New Testament represents a monumental collaborative effort planned and directed by representatives of Britain's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodTo understand a war, one must first understand its language — and no conflict in modern American history generated a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if everything we thought we knew about the origins of cities — and the engines that drive...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the twilight of his turbulent life, Lord Byron — poet, exile, and legend — fell into a love affair so consuming...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe eighteenth century was an age of revolution — not only political, but visual — and Graphic Art...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFrom the banks of the Nile to the mysteries of the ancient pharaohs, Gordon Waterfield's Egypt presents a vivid and authoritative portrait...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat does it truly cost to be Lord Byron — in pounds, shillings, and pence, as well as in passion, scandal, and legend? Lord...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the intersection of ritual, myth, and everyday life stands W. Lloyd Warner's landmark study, The Living and...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the sweltering skies over the Pacific and Southeast Asia, Australian airmen waged a relentless and brutal campaign...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodWhen a nation goes to war, its survival depends not only on the courage of its soldiers but on the...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodThe desert sands of North Africa became one of the defining battlegrounds of the Second World War, and...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the crucible of World War II's Mediterranean theatre, Greece, Crete and Syria chronicles the harrowing campaigns fought...