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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of the twentieth century, Russian literature stood on the precipice of one of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the elegant boulevards of the Seine to the turbulent corridors of de Gaulle's France, Paris Journal: 1965–1970...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the crucible of the Second World War, six men shaped the destiny of nations — and the...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the tradition of groundbreaking anthropological fieldwork, Growing Up in New Guinea presents a vivid and...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageDublin in the 1920s was a city of contradictions — scarred by revolution, yet alive with wit, poetry,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most celebrated and controversial works of 20th-century social science, Coming of Age in Samoa chronicles...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageJoseph Conrad's The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' stands as one of the most viscerally powerful sea...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the desperate, smoke-choked skies of the Pacific in the early days of World War II, a band...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the frozen grip of winter, with World War I bleeding Russia dry, the Romanov dynasty collapsed not...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in modern history embody the turbulent contradictions of the twentieth century quite like Nikita...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn a world perpetually divided between rulers and the ruled, George Woodcock's Anarchism stands as one...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does a man's life truly mean when stripped of the conventional scaffolding of dates, anecdotes,...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the ashes of the Napoleonic Wars to the trembling eve of the First World War,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLong before the age of recorded music, the Australian bush rang with the voices of stockmen, shearers, and swagmen — their stories, struggles, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodPublished in Melbourne in 1971, Deeds Not Words by Wilson P. Evans is a work rooted in Australian history and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew places carry as heavy a burden of wartime memory as Changi — the infamous Singapore prison complex that became synonymous with the suffering of Allied...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the dying months of the First World War, a bold and visionary experiment in aerial warfare was launched — the Independent...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the vast, sun-scorched expanses of the Australian outback, where the nearest hospital could be hundreds of miles away, a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew memoirs capture the intersection of sky and sea with such electrifying clarity as The Flying Sailor, the remarkable autobiography...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersAt the dawn of motorless flight, Gliding and Sail-Planing: A Beginner's Handbook stands...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the darkest days of World War II, the waters surrounding Australia became a battleground as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodOne of Australia's most baffling and enduring criminal mysteries comes to life in The Pyjama Girl, Robert Coleman's gripping account...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the chaos of the world's most brutal conflicts, a breed of Australian journalists risked everything to bring...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the earliest days of canvas and wire contraptions rattling into the Australian sky to the jet-powered aircraft of the modern age, Box Kites...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of ambition and decline, Britain's Aircraft Industry: What Went Right? What Went Wrong? presents a rigorous and unflinching post-mortem...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew aircraft have shaped the fate of a nation as decisively as the Hawker Hurricane, and Paul Gallico's The Hurricane Story is...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the rugged pastoral landscape of nineteenth-century Queensland, a family's story becomes the story of a nation. The Generations of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous owner,Ex-library with usual markings,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersAt a time when aviation was still a reckless gamble...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Some annotations by previous ownerAt a pivotal moment in the twentieth century, Women's Two Roles: Home and Work...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerTime — the invisible force that governs every heartbeat, every civilisation, and every corner of the cosmos — is laid bare in The...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the annals of military history, few stories grip the imagination quite like the tale of a command...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the intersection of athletic greatness and wartime tragedy stands Nile Kinnick — Heisman Trophy winner, University of Iowa football...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched decks of aircraft carriers to the freezing Arctic convoys, Pictorial History of the Fleet Air Arm chronicles the dramatic story of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the chaos of February 1942, thousands of civilians and soldiers fled the fall of Singapore aboard hastily assembled vessels, sailing into a nightmare of Japanese...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew lives in twentieth-century American diplomacy encompass such sweeping historical drama as that of Joseph C. Grew, a career diplomat who witnessed...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the years following the Second World War, Europe was a continent in constant...

Edition: First Ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the heart of Britain's wartime media establishment, Cecil H. King witnessed the Second World War not from the trenches, but from...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the crucible of the Pacific War, the Royal Australian Navy faced its most gruelling and defining years — and G. Hermon...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedWhen the guns finally fell silent in 1945, the Second World War left behind not only a reshaped world but an inexhaustible well of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew dynasties in American history have inspired as much fascination, envy, and scandal as the Gettys — a family whose vast oil fortune created...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of tradition and modernity, Australia: World of Difference: The Australian Transition presents a compelling portrait of a nation in the throes...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew nations are as defined by their geography as Australia — a vast, ancient landmass that has shaped the destiny of every people who...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the intersection of privilege and catastrophe, Lady Cynthia Asquith's Diaries 1915-1918 presents an intimate, unfiltered chronicle of life in Britain during the most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew reference works have achieved the longevity and cultural reverence of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable — a magnificent compendium that has been...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBehind the myth of Howard Hughes — the reclusive billionaire, the aviation maverick, the shadowy puppet-master of American politics — lay a far stranger and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOn April 26, 1937, the ancient Basque market town of Guernica was reduced to rubble in a matter of hours — a calculated act...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner underlining throughoutA remarkable life demands a remarkable telling — Adversity in Success chronicles the career and...