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Tyranny of the Minority: How to Reverse an Authoritarian Turn, and
An urgent follow-up to international bestseller How Democracies Die, by two world-leading experts on democracy In this razor-sharp analysis of one of the most important issues facing us today, leading...
The Month that Changed the World: July 1914
On 28 June 1914 the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the Balkans. Five fateful weeks later the Great Powers of Europe were at war. Much time and ink...
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition
$12.00 AUD
In Jared Diamond's follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel , the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the conditions for the...
Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War
$15.00 AUD
In this brilliant account of the literary war within the Cold War, novelists and poets become embroiled in a dangerous game of betrayal, espionage, and conspiracy at the heart of...
The Boy from Baghdad: My Journey from Waziriyah to Westminster
'Very few people in parliament can match Nadhim's childhood experience, his understanding of international affairs, his skills as a businessman and his passion for politics' Rory Stewart 'From Baghdad to...
Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him
A TELEGRAPH BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark...
The Road To Serfdom
$450.00 AUD
Author: P. A. HayekBinding: HardbackPublished: SYDNEY: DYMOCK'S BOOK ARCADE LTD., 1944Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards show aging and yellowing. Only the front panel and front...
History Of Western Philosophy: And Its Connection With Political And Social Circumstances From The Earliest Times To The Present Day
$500.00 AUD
Author: Bertrand RussellBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1946Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards show yellowing with...
Oxford Replanned
$50.00 AUD
Author: Thomas SharpBinding: HardbackPublished: THE ARCHITECTURAL PRESS, London, 1948Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: All fold-out maps intact. This seminal work...
Shouts And Murmurs
$20.00 AUD
Author: Cyril DunnBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis journalism anthology presents a sharp selection of writing from The Observer...
New Statesmanship : An Anthology
$20.00 AUD
Author: Edward Hyams (editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsNew Statesmanship: An Anthology presents a compelling collection of writings from...
The Constitutional History Of England
$60.00 AUD
Author: F. W. MaitlandBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tanning and foxing to pages, previous owner stamp and details to FEP.The Constitutional...
Power & Imagination: City-States In Renaissance Italy
$12.00 AUD
Author: Lauro MartinesBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical analysis, Power & Imagination: City-States In...
Australian Ambassador: International Relations At First Hand
$15.00 AUD
Author: W. R. CrockerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Sun Books, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling memoir, Australian Ambassador: International Relations At First Hand,...
With Kennedy
$20.00 AUD
Author: Pierre SalingerBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape., 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, With Kennedy, chronicles the pivotal years of...
Gandhi
$30.00 AUD
Author: Peter RüheBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon Press., 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some markings to board.This compelling biography, Gandhi, chronicles the extraordinary life of Mahatma Gandhi, detailing...
Intellectual Movements And Australian Society
$50.00 AUD
Author: Brian Head And James WalterBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: small chip at the backIn Intellectual Movements And Australian Society, this...
The English Ideology: Studies In The Language Of Victorian Politics
$20.00 AUD
Author: George WatsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: tear on front of dust jacket, foxong on blockGeorge Watson's The...
Transmetropolitan: The New Scum
$30.00 AUD
Author: Warren Ellis, Darick RobertsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Vertigo, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis graphic novel installment, Transmetropolitan: The New Scum, plunges readers...
The City In History: Its Origins, Its Transformations And Its Prospects
$40.00 AUD
Author: Lewis MumfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Secker & Warburg., 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tears and yellowing to DJ, tanned pages with light foxing. Previous owner details to...
The Convict Years: Transportation And The Penal System 1788-1868
$15.00 AUD
Author: Margaret WeidenhoferBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, The Convict Years: Transportation And The Penal System 1788-1868, meticulously chronicles the foundational period of Australia's...
Church and the State
$12.00 AUD
Author: J. S GregoryBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cassell AustraliaCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAn insightful analysis of the relationship between religious institutions and government,...
Catholics In Revolution: Challenging New Views On Communism And War
$15.00 AUD
Author: Paul OrmondeBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical analysis, Catholics In Revolution: Challenging New Views On Communism And War, meticulously chronicles the complex interplay between religious...
Christian Democracy In Western Europe: 1820-1953
$15.00 AUD
Author: Michael P. FogartyBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Notre Dame Press, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerChristian Democracy In Western Europe 1820-1953 presents a comprehensive historical account of Christian...
Things Worth Fighting For
$12.00 AUD
Author: Joseph Benedict ChifleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some rubbing and wear of cloth...
Australia At The Crossroads: Our Choices To The Year 2000
$12.00 AUD
Author: Wolfgang Kasper, Richard Blandy, John Freebairn, Douglas Hocking, Robert O'NeillBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich GroupCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in...
The Crisis In Victorian Politics, 1879-1881: A Personal Retrospect
$12.00 AUD
Author: Alfred DeakinBinding: HardbackPublished: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, The Crisis In Victorian Politics, 1879-1881: A Personal Retrospect, chronicles a pivotal period...
The Second World War Volume Iii: The Grand Alliance
$20.00 AUD
Author: Winston S. ChurchillBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell & Co, 1950Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: Some moisture damage, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: jacket chipped, tanned and damage; water damage to pagesThis monumental historical...
The Bedside Guardian 9: A Selection From The Guardian 1959-60
$12.00 AUD
Author: The GuardianBinding: HardbackPublished: Collins, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: dust jacket tanned and worn; rubbing on edges of...
The Rights Of Refugees Under International Law
$15.00 AUD
Author: James C. HathawayBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: clipped on first inside pageThis authoritative legal...
John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946 (Three-Volume Set)
$130.00 AUD
Author: Robert SkidelskyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markings Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920. The Economist as Saviour 1920-1937. Fighting for Britain 1937-1946. This acclaimed political...
Rum Rebellion: A Study Of The Overthrow Of Governor Bligh By John Macarthur And The New South Wales Corps
$12.00 AUD
Author: The Right Hon. H. V. EvattBinding: PaperbackPublished: Angus and RobertsonCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account chronicles the dramatic...
A Documentary History Of The Australian Labor Movement 1850-1975
$30.00 AUD
Author: Brian MckinlayBinding: HardbackPublished: DRUMMOND, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: On tear along seam of dust jacketThis authoritative historical work chronicles the...
Bitter Harvest: The Great Betrayal And The Dreadful Aftermath
$280.00 AUD
Author: Ian SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Blake Publishing Ltd., 2001Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor creasing to spine of DJ. Bitter Harvest: The Great Betrayal And The Dreadful...
Churchill: By His Contemporaries
$15.00 AUD
Author: Charles EadeBinding: HardbackPublished: HUTCHINSON, 1953Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsChurchill By His Contemporaries presents a unique biographical mosaic of one of history's most formidable leaders. This compelling collection compiles...
Government And Politics In Australia: Democracy In Transition
$12.00 AUD
Author: William J. Byrt; Frank CreanBinding: PaperbackPublished: MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY SydneyCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageGovernment And Politics In Australia: Democracy In...
Utopia: A Dialogue Of Comfort
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Author: Thomas MoreBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsUtopia: A Dialogue Of Comfort by Thomas More presents a profound exploration of ideal societies and the human spirit's...
Politics: The Athenian Constitution
$12.00 AUD
Author: AristotleBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsAristotle's Politics presents a foundational treatise on political philosophy, meticulously analyzing the origins and structures of the state. This seminal work...
The Sorrows Of Empire
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Author: Chalmers JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Scribe Publications, 2004Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis incisive work of political analysis, The Sorrows Of Empire, chronicles the hidden costs and profound consequences of America's...
Big John Forrest 1847-1918: A Founding Father Of The Commonwealth Of Australia
$40.00 AUD
Author: Frank CrowleyBinding: HardbackPublished: UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA PRESS, 2000Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ex-library with stamps on spine and stickered on inside...
The Last Days Of Henry Viii: Conspiracies, Treason And Heresy At The Court Of The Dying Tyrant
$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert HutchinsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ex-library with stamps on spine and stickered on inside front cover;...
1688: A Global History
$20.00 AUD
Author: John E. WillsBinding: HardbackPublished: Granta, 2001Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ex-library with stamps on spine and stickered on inside front cover; pages in...
Black Jack Mcewan Political Gladiator
$20.00 AUD
Author: Peter GoldingBinding: HardbackPublished: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1996Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: ex-library with stamps on spine and inside covers; pages in good...
Land Of Fortune: A Study Of The New Australia
$12.00 AUD
Author: Jonathan AitkenBinding: HardbackPublished: Published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 7 John Street, London., First edition, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...
Preparing For The Twenty-First Century
$12.00 AUD
Author: Paul KennedyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper Collins, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some wear and scratching to cover; spine tanned;...
Feminist Debates: Issues Of Theory And Political Practice
$12.00 AUD
Author: Valerie BrysonBinding: PaperbackPublished: MACMILLAN, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: pen marks on first page; plastic laminate bubblingValerie Bryson's Feminist Debates: Issues Of Theory And Political...
Risks Worth Taking: The Odyssey Of A Foreign Correspondent
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Author: Bernard S. RedmontBinding: PaperbackPublished: University Press of America, 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: rubbing of cover; front of...
Australian Classics: Kangaroo
$20.00 AUD
Author: D.H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some rubbing of hard cover edges; minor foxing of dust jacket edges; pages...