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We Should Be So Lucky: Why the Australian Way Works
Australians are wealthier, live longer and enjoy better healthcare than almost anyone else in the world. But is it just luck? We Should Be So Lucky, the first book to...
Tech Wars: China, America-and Australia's Options: Australian Foreign
The twenty-fourth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs explores how new technologies have emerged as an economic and industrial battleground, and as a key means of projecting power globally. The next...
Gone Bush: Easy Campfire Recipes
A very Australian, very tasty guide to making your own comfort food, bush style - from social media sensations Outback Tom and Grandad Through their fun, relatable 'bush style' cooking...
Hayek's Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right
A revelatory exploration of how today's right-wing authoritarianism emerged not in opposition to neoliberalism, but from within it After the end of the Cold War, neoliberalism, with its belief in...
Right-Wing Women
An iconic study of why women turn to right-wing politics - exploring questions of abortion, homosexuality, work and family, and more 'Feminism is hated because women are hated' Why do...
Against Identity: The Wisdom of Escaping the Self
A philosopher explains why the search for identity is meaningless, and how we should escape the self Modern life encourages us to pursue the perfect identity. Whether we aspire to...
The Hohenzollerns and the Nazis: A History of Collaboration
The shocking true story of the German monarchy's collaboration with the Nazis - already a bestseller in Germany, now in English for the first time The disappearance of the Hohenzollern...
The Great Siege of Malta
A major new history of the epic siege of the island fortress of Malta Even as the great siege began it was understood by both sides to be an epic...
Dissecting Irish Politics: Essays in Honour of Brian Farrell
Essays by leading academic, political and media figures in honour of Brian Farrell, the well-known political interviewer and former member of the Department of Politics, in celebration of his 75th...
PRIVATE EYE Dr Hammond's Covid Casebook: The collected pandemic
$12.00 AUD
Throughout the coronavirus crisis, the fortnightly columns of Private Eye's Medical Correspondent 'MD', aka NHS doctor Phil Hammond, have been required reading. Astute, compassionate and scientifically literate, 'MD' has guided...
Civil War in Ulster: its Objects and Probable Consequences: its
Joseph Johnston was an Ulster Protestant Liberal, in favour of Home Rule by Britain. He published this book in 1913 to persuade the majority of Ulstermen that the dangers they...
The Strange Death of Liberal England
$15.00 AUD
At the beginning of the 20th century, Britain gave every appearance of stability and power, but would soon be affected by civil unrest which threatened to bring the country to...
The Stranger from Melbourne: Frank Hardy - A Literary Biography
Frank Hardy is perhaps Australia's most famous Communist writer. In his literary biography on Frank Hardy, author Paul Adams traces the relationship between Hardy's writings, his political activism and the...
Bushit!: How the Bush Crew is Wrecking America and Endangering the
What's gone wrong in the land of the free? Jack Huberman's bestseller, The Bush-Hater's Handbook, exposed the iniquities and idiocies of George W. Bush's first term in the White House....
Mediterranea: Life-perfected Recipes from Grandmothers of the
Mediterranea is a delicious deep-dive into the kitchens of the Med's most qualified cooks: its grandmothers. A colourful, sensory journey through the coastal region, this book is a celebration of...
The Diaries Of A Cabinet Minister (Three-Volume Set)
$160.00 AUD
Author: Richard CrossmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton & Jonathan Cape, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Volume 2 & 3 no DJs. Volume One:...
Robert Kennedy And His Times
$50.00 AUD
Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.Binding: HardbackPublished: ANDRE DEUTSCH, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerArthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s Robert Kennedy And His Times presents a...
The Forbidden Best-Sellers Of Pre-Revolutionary France
$40.00 AUD
Author: Robert DarntonBinding: HardbackPublished: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly work The Forbidden Best-Sellers Of Pre-Revolutionary France uncovers the clandestine...
Vietnam: Scorched Earth Reborn
$15.00 AUD
Author: Jim CairnsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Widescope, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account, Vietnam: Scorched Earth Reborn, chronicles the...
The Dunstan Decade: Social Democracy At The State Level
$30.00 AUD
Author: Andrew Parkin And Allan PatienceBinding: PaperbackPublished: Longman Cheshire, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Dunstan Decade: Social Democracy At The State...
Vital Connections: Melbourne And Its Board Of Works 1891-1991
$50.00 AUD
Author: Tony Dingle & Carolyn RasmussenBinding: HardbackPublished: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books Australia, Ringwood, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the foundational...
Australian Education 1788-1900: Church, State and Public Education in Colonial Australia
$20.00 AUD
Author: A. G. AustinBinding: HardbackPublished: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cut on fep, otherwise...
The Zimmermann Telegram
$25.00 AUD
Author: Barbara TuchmanBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerBarbara Tuchman's The Zimmermann Telegram chronicles a pivotal moment in World War I diplomacy, detailing the dramatic...
Ellie's Table: Food From Memory and Food From Home
Ellie's Table is a recipe book rich with storytelling, exploring chef Ellie Bouhadana's mixed Jewish background through food - from Morocco to the Mediterranean. In her debut cookbook, Ellie shares...
The Third World: Problems And Prospects, Current Stage Of The National-Liberation Struggle
$40.00 AUD
Author: Y. Zhukov, L. Delyusin, A. Iskenderov, L. StepanovBinding: HardbackPublished: PROGRESS PUBLISHERS MOSCOW, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis academic work presents a comprehensive analysis of the challenges...
A Fair Go In An Age Of Terror: Univa's Jesuit Lenten Seminars 2003 & 2004
$15.00 AUD
Author: Patty FawknerBinding: PaperbackPublished: David Lovell Publishing, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA Fair Go In An Age Of Terror presents a...
The Paris Commune: An Episode In The History Of The Socialist Movement
$15.00 AUD
Author: Edward S. MasonBinding: HardbackPublished: Howard Fertig, 1967Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis scholarly work presents a meticulous...
Victims, Authority, And Terror: The Parallel Deaths Of D'Orléans, Custine, Bailly, And Malesherbes
$40.00 AUD
Author: George Armstrong KellyBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of North Carolina Press, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsGeorge Armstrong Kelly's Victims, The Parallel Deaths Of Authority, D'Orléans, Custine, Bailly,...
King George III and the Politicians. The Ford Lecture Delivered in The University of Oxford 1951-2
$15.00 AUD
Author: Richard ParesBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarendon Press, 1959Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsKing George III and the Politicians presents a meticulous...
The July Plot: The Attempt In 1944 On Hitler's Life And The Men Behind It
$80.00 AUD
Author: Roger Manvell & Heinrich FraenkelBinding: HardbackPublished: THE BODLEY HEAD, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the...
The Trade Union Rank And File: Trades Councils In Britain, 1900-40
$20.00 AUD
Author: Alan ClintonBinding: HardbackPublished: Manchester University Press; Rowman and Littlefield, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the intricate history of trades councils in...
The I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice...
$12.00 AUD
Anyone who's paying attention knows that Bush administration insiders comprise the real axis of evil. There's Dick Cheney, the shadowy kingpin of crony capitalism; Donald Rumsfeld, the military master of...
The Day Khrushchev Fell
$30.00 AUD
Author: Martin PageBinding: HardbackPublished: Hawthorn Books, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1965Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, The Day Khrushchev...
All Stalin's Men
$30.00 AUD
Author: Roy Medvedev; Translated by Harold ShukmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1984Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles...
Boris Godunov: The Tragic Tsar
$15.00 AUD
Author: Ian GreyBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union, Newton Abbot, 1974Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography, Boris Godunov: The Tragic Tsar, chronicles...
Whitewash II: The Untold Story Of The Warren Report; The Fbi-Secret Service Coverup; Report Of The President's Commission On The Assassination Of President John F. Kennedy
$60.00 AUD
Author: Harold WeisbergBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harold Weisberg, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn, creased & faded cover.This compelling work of investigative journalism...
A Man Of The People: From Boilermaker To Governor-General The Career Of The Rt. Hon. Sir William Mckell
$20.00 AUD
Author: Vince KellyBinding: HardbackPublished: ALPHA BOOKS, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the remarkable ascent of Sir William McKell, meticulously detailing his transformation from a...
Left And Right In Bendigo And Shepparton 1947-51 (SIGNED)
$80.00 AUD
Author: N. W. SaffinBinding: HardbackPublished: LOWDEN PUBLISHING CO., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionLeft And Right In Bendigo And Shepparton 1947-51 presents a meticulous historical analysis of...
The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin
How an event once considered the greatest of all political dangers came to be seen as a solution to all social problems Political thinkers from Plato to John Adams saw...
Between the Last Oasis and the Next Mirage: Writings on Australia
With sharp wit and a discerning eye, political commentator Guy Rundle enlightens and entertains, drawing back the curtain on the iconic moments in Australian politics of the 2010s From the...
Water Wars: Is the World's Water Running Out?
This is a story of the vainglorious and often brutal attempt to control and harvest the Earth's most precious resource.
Vital Connections: Melbourne And Its Board Of Works 1891-1991
$50.00 AUD
Author: Tony Dingle & Carolyn RasmussenBinding: HardbackPublished: McPhee Gribble / Penguin Books Australia, Ringwood, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the foundational...
Sir Robert Walpole (Two-Volume Set)
$150.00 AUD
Author: J.H. PlumbBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsJ.H. Plumb’s two-volume biography of Sir Robert Walpole presents a commanding study of Britain’s first...
Witness To History: A Short Study Of The Colonial Secretary's Department
$20.00 AUD
Author: A. G. Kingsmill, I.S.O.Binding: HardbackPublished: Alpha Books, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis historical non-fiction work chronicles the intricate operations...
Statutory Rules 2017: Volume 3, S.R. Nos 42/2017 To 66/2017
$45.00 AUD
Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: OFFICE OF THE CHIEF PARLIAMENTARY COUNSEL VICTORIA, 2017Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsStatutory Rules 2017: Volume 3 presents a comprehensive...
The Labour Government 1964-1970: A Personal Record
$25.00 AUD
Author: Harold WilsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson/ Michael Joseph., 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tears to DJ and some...