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When you think of a shipwreck, what image springs to mind? A tall sailing ship on the rocks, or perhaps the sinking Titanic surrounded by lifeboats? Historian Richard M. Jones...

Dame Agatha Christie reigns supreme as the 'Queen of Crime.' Numerous books have been written about the legendary crime writer, focusing on nearly every aspect of her craft. But until...

There has been speculation over the loss of the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic ever since the tragic event of her sinking, which occurred during the night of Sunday 14...

In Burning Rubber, Charles Jennings tells the fast and furious tale of motor sport's premier competition, from its earliest roots in the suicidal road races of the Edwardian age to...

On May 6, 1950, Viggo and Emil Hojgaard from the small village of Tollund were cutting mud to find peat for their stove in the Bjaeldskovdal peat bog, 12km west...

This amusing insight into Cunard's legendary liners begins more than fifty years ago when the author joined the original Queen Mary as an entertainments officer, when a part of the...

If you go down to the woods today...On 14 November 1902, the 52nd President of the USA Teddy Roosevelt refused to shoot a captive bear on a hunting trip. Newspaper...

Arriving at Ridgewell Air Base in Cambrideshire in July 1943, at a time when the loss rate for bomber crews was at its highest during the war, John Comer miraculously...

The book titled Duty: A Father, His Son and the Man Who Won the War by the author Bob Greene. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled Blood Rich: When Oil Billions, High Fashion, and Royal Intimacies are by the author Jane Wolfe. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

'...dip into Richard Tames's literary, lyrical A TRAVELLER'S HISTORY OF LONDON' THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'This volume is not so much a guide as a supremely civilised companion' EASTERN DAILY PRESS...

A trusted economic commentator provides a penetrating account of the threats to China's continued economic rise Under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at...

The immediacy of the visual image, plus film and television's ostensible ability to take viewers back into the past, confers a sense of veracity on powerful historical films. This collection...

-- The eye-opening, behind-the-scenes story of pilot training in the pre-WWII era -- Gives readers a pulse-racing, pilot's-level look at how the Flying Cadets powered America's WWII air superiority, detailed...

The book titled Fac - Reshaping Australia's Aviation Landscape by the author Unknown. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Little has been published in English on the Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF), let alone its most successful fighter pilots no less than 150 of them achieved ace status during...

"Golf in Wartime" is illustrated from the author's own photographic collection with rare period images of golf during various wars around the world, throughout the whole of the 20th century.

Waverley College is the largest and best known Christian Brothers school in Australia. Founded in 1903, with fewer than 20 pupils, on part of the prominent site in Waverley that...

A comprehensive history of the Brotherhood of St Laurence since its foundation in 1930. Provides rich detail of the Brotherhood's almost continuous history of contributions to employment, poverty and housing.

Glines provides a full and compelling portrait of a Norwegian American pilot overshadowed in his lifetime by Admiral Richard Byrd but whose expertise and vision continue to guide trans-Artic a...

'Witty and geekily eclectic' The Times An erudite and amusing exploration' Financial Times 'Full of jawdropping facts' Mail on Sunday 'Remarkable . . . engrossing' Sunday Times 'A pleasure' Spectator...

A commemoration to all the airmen who served in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from 1914 until the end of the Vietnam War. Included are letters from airmen to...

The term "friendly fire", referring to the unintentional killing or wounding of friend or ally, is an emotive one which provokes hostility and indignation; it suggests the incompetence, carelessness or...

The book titled The Oscars: The Secret History of Hollywood's Academy Awards by the author Anthony Holden. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Ultra was the code word for the method by which the Allies intercepted the German radio transmissions and broke their coded contents during World War II. The author, himself a...

This book debunks the myth that Orthodox Judaism in Australia is a twentieth-century phenomenon. Nevertheless, fluctuations in fortunes -- social, religious and economic, reflecting past and contemporary changes in surrounding...

From the shelter of a protective family, to the lessons of tragedy and independence, this is an indelible portrait of a harsh and beautiful country and the inspiring story of...

The social history of one of Australia's best known public schools, this volume traces the founding of Geelong Grammar School, its early failure and subsequent revival under John Bracebridge Wilson,...

The book titled No Moon Tonight by the author Don Charlwood. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

An instant New York Times bestseller, this "profound book" ( Wall Street Journal ) charts how and why some societies chose to utterly destroy their foes, and warns that similar...

This one-of-a-kind treasure trove of Black cultural ephemera, from the entrepreneurs behind the vintage shop BLK MKT Vintage, expands on their mission to curate vintage objects that tell Black stories...

The book titled The Nobel Century: A Chronicle of Genius by the author Asa Briggs. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The story of the greatest British sit-com and its enduring appeal. When we laugh at Dad's Army we laugh at ourselves, and nearly fifty years after it was first broadcast,...

Ever since its invention, aviation has embodied the dream of perpetual peace between nations, yet the other side of this is the nightmare of an unprecedented deadly power. A power...

Features the real-life saga of the experiences of the Pushman family in the Second World War. Illustrated with family photographs, this book gives the reader a personal glimpse into both...

'A salve for our current reactionary times.' ANDREW HARTMAN From the streets of Petrograd during the heady autumn of 1917, to Mao's stunning victory in October 1949, and Fidel's triumphant...

Harrowing and redeeming, this is the history of a unique 'adoption' system. For generations, local families, grateful for the sacrifice of their liberators from Nazi occupation, have cared for not...

Secondhand History & Biography Bargain Book Box SP2941 From the courts of Henry VIII to the Burma Railway, from the Congress of Berlin to the Elizabethan stage — this box...

Secondhand Biography, Memoir & Travel Bargain Book Box SP2939 This box won't keep still — it moves from Arctic ice to rural Provence, from Cambodian brothels to AFL football grounds,...

A fascinating portrait of gay men and women throughout time whose lives have influenced society at large, as well as what we recognize as today's varied gay culture. This book...

The start of World War 2 changed women's lives and their place in Australian society forever. Thousands of women ventured where few had gone before - into the services and...

The first forensic account of how the Post Office, the British government and a global IT company ruined the lives of thousands of innocent people. Private Eye tells the story...

The book titled The MGM Story by the author John Douglas Eames. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

From the author of bestseller Fake History , Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars in history. 'A brilliant book.' James O'Brien Whether...

Adolf Hitler was one of six children born to his mother, and one of eight born to his father from two of his three marriages. Alois Hitler, ne Schicklgruber, was...

For many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George...