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The History Of The Greek And Roman Theater
$25.00 AUD
Author: Margarete BieberBinding: SoftbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a comprehensive account of theatrical traditions in ancient Greece and Rome. It...
Postscript To Voyager: The "Melbourne-Voyager" Collision
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Author: Harold HicklingBinding: HardbackPublished: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book recounts the catastrophic naval incident involving the HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Voyager....
The Ship Of Fools
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Author: Sebastian BrantBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work presents a vivid allegorical journey, where a vessel transports a diverse collection...
The Remarkable Life Of Don Diego: Being The Autobiography Of Diego De Torres Villarroel
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Author: Diego De Torres Villarroel; Translated by William C. Atkinson; Engravings by Harold BennettBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1958Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis volume presents the...
The Age Of Sultan Süleyman The Magnificent
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Author: International Culteral Corporation of Australia Limited.Binding: SoftbackPublished: The Beagle Press, 1990Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis publication chronicles the era of Sultan Süleyman, a pivotal figure...
Europe Emerges: Transition Toward An Industrial World-Wide Society 600-1750
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Author: Robert L. ReynoldsBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book chronicles Europe's significant transformation during a pivotal period. It examines the...
Lectures On Modern History
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Author: John Emerich Edward Dalberg ActonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan and Co, Limited, 1952Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book compiles a series of insightful lectures on the evolution...
Greece And Crete: Australians In World War II
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Author: Dr. Richard ReidBinding: SoftbackPublished: Australian Government Dept Veterans Affairs, 2011Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book details the experiences of Australian forces during the World...
The Lautensack Brothers
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Author: Lion FeuchtwangerBinding: HardbackPublished: George Jaboor Melbourne, 1945Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThe novel "The Lautensack Brothers" is a compelling political thriller set against the tumultuous backdrop...
St. George's Hospital, Kew 1912-1980: An Early Anglican Hospital (SIGNED)
$35.00 AUD
Author: Norman J. MarshallBinding: HardbackPublished: Norman J. Marshall, 1981Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis book chronicles the significant history of St. George's Hospital in Kew. It meticulously...
The Appointed Hour: Death, Worldview And Social Change In Brittany
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Author: Ellen BadoneBinding: HardbackPublished: University of California Press, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the intricate relationship between death, cultural worldview, and societal transformation within...
The Victorians (Three-Volume Set) (SIGNED)
$350.00 AUD
Author: Tony Dingle, Richard Broome, and Susan PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Fairfax, Syme, & Weldon Associates, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThe Victorians: Arriving, Making Their Mark, Settling is a...
Scottish Kings
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Author: Gordon DonaldsonBinding: HardbackPublished: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a comprehensive account of the monarchs who ruled Scotland. It chronicles...
Speaking Of Chaucer
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Author: E. Talbot DonaldsonBinding: SoftbackPublished: The Labyrinth Press, 1983Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a collection of critical essays and discussions centered on the...
Oliver Twist: Abridged Edition
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Author: Charles DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: Dean & Son, 1111Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOliver Twist, a young orphan, endures a harsh existence in a workhouse before escaping to...
Roman Comedy (SIGNED)
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Author: David KonstanBinding: HardbackPublished: Cornell University Press, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book examines Roman comedy. The author analyzes the works of Plautus and Terence....
The Devil's Birthday: The Bridges To Arnhem 1944
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Author: Geoffrey PowellBinding: HardbackPublished: Buchan & Enright Publishers, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account details the events of the Battle of Arnhem during World War...
Russia Besieged: World War II
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Author: Nicholas BethellBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBlack and white picture essays including The Thrust to Victory, The Sham Red Giant, The Siege...
Blitzkrieg: World War II
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Author: Robert WernickBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe German Victory Stunned The World In 1940. A Major European Power With One Of The...
War Memoirs Of David Lloyd George (Two-Volume Set)
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Author: David Lloyd GeorgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Odhams Press Limited, London, 1938Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThese are David Lloyd George's memoirs, recounting experiences during times of...
Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe - A NEW YORK TIMES
Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering....
Jeffersonian Legacies
On the occasion of Thomas Jefferson's 250th birthday, a number of today's leading historicans take a fresh look at our third president, architect of democracy for his time and still...
The Pacific War: From Pearl Harbor to the Fall of Japan
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Color maps and plates cover Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Midway, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Darien Disaster
One of the most important events in Scotland's history, which contributed directly to the 1707 Act of Union with England. The word Darien is a scar on the memory of...
The Cliveden Set
'A lively, entertaining and informative account of one of the stranger episodes to have created a national legend.' Anthony Howard, Sunday Times Lloyd George once spoke of 'a very powerful...
The Ceremonial City: Toulouse Observed, 1738-1780
From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades prior to the French Revolution. In an engaging portrait that conveys this...
A Steady Hand: Governor Hunter and his First Fleet sketchbook
History looks back on John Hunter with mixed reviews. Some biographers are critical of his leadership style as the Governor of Port Jackson (Sydney). Others say he was a failure...
Sir John Medley
Geoffrey Serle is a graduate of the University of Melbourne where he taught history before moving to Monash and the Australian National universities. He was general editor of the "Australian...
A Place to Remember: A History of the Shrine of Remembrance
On the 11th of November 1934 over 300,000 people gathered on the slopes of Melbourne's Domain to witness the dedication of the Shrine. It was the largest state war memorial...
The Age of Atonement: The Influence of Evangelicalism on Social and
This book examines the mentality of the upper and middle classes during the first half of the nineteenth century. It was an age obsessed by the idea of catastrophes; by...
Evatt
Herbert Vere Evatt, famous Australian lawyer, politician and intellectual, was one of the key Australian public figures of the twentieth century. In 1930, at the remarkably young age of thirty-six,...
Into the Darkness:: An Account of 7/7
On the morning of 7 July 2005, Peter Zimonjic, a Canadian journalist living and working in London, was travelling on an eastbound Circle line train heading towards Edgware Road. Coming...
Confessions of a Failed Finance Minister
Peter Walsh, the most outspoken minister in the ALP, updates his bestselling book to include analysis of the ALP debacle in the 1996 Federal election. He tells it how it...
Tales of Two Cities: Paris, London and the Birth of the Modern City
Paris and London have long held a mutual fascination, and never more so than in the period 1750-1914, when they vied to be the world's greatest city. Each city has...
In Memory of England: A Novelist's View of History
This is a description of England by the novelist Peter Vansittart, beginning with the mythical land of Albion, of Jack the Giant Killer, Arthur and Merlin. This idealized view of...
The Man Who Outshone the Sun King: A Life of Gleaming Opulence and
Late in 1664, the musketeer DArtagnan rode beside a carriage as it left Paris, carrying his friend Nicolas Fouquet to life imprisonment in a cell next door to the Man...
William Marshal: The Greatest Knight That Ever Lived
William Marshal, born about 1147, was the son of a minor lord who held the hereditary title of 'Marshal', or head of the king's security. He became a knight loyal...
Luck of the Draw: My Story of the Air War in Europe - A NEW YORK TIMES
Beginning on August 17, 1942, American heavy bomber crews of the Eighth Air Force took off for combat in the hostile skies over occupied Europe. The final price was staggering....
And Then What?: Despatches From the Heart of 21st-Century Diplomacy,
Financial Times - BEST BOOKS OF 2023 'And Then What ? is breathless and conversational - and all the more readable for that. But while her tone is down-to-earth, the...
The Klansman's Son: My Journey from White Nationalism to Antiracism: A
Derek Black was raised to take over the white nationalist movement in the United States. His father, Don Black, was a former Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan and...
The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man
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In a tour de force of investigative journalism that reads like a spy novel, award-winning Guardian reporter Luke Harding tells Edward Snowden's astonishing story Edward Snowden was a 29-year-old computer...
A Stranger's Eye
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In the last year of the 20th century the celebrated foreign correspondent Fergal Keane set out for the BBC on a journey through Britain. After years covering the world's conflict...
Francis Ormond: A Ruling Passion
Francis Ormond was a Scottish born pastoralist, member of Parliament of Victoria, and great philanthropist in the areas of education and religion. He used his wealth to benefit others. As...
Princes of Wales: Royal Heirs in Waiting
For over 700 years, the title 'Prince of Wales' has been awarded to royal heirs waiting to accede to the throne of England. They did not always achieve it even...
Tell Them I'm on My Way
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In his chosen profession, Lord Goodman has been involved in many landmark legal actions. Trenchant views on all those and on Britain's antiquated legal system are given here. In politics,...