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The Vietnam conflict was an event that bitterly divided Australian society. While many people supported the government's military response to the perceived threat posed by expasionist communism, many others violently...
An Environmental History of France: Making the Landscape, 1770-2020
The French countryside is as beloved by the many millions of tourists who visit it each year as it is of French people themselves. But it has not always looked...
Savage Life in Central Australia
Savage Life in Central Australia gives a first-hand account of life amongst the Wangkangurru (Wonkonguru) and Dieri people living their traditional nomadic lives in the arid regions east of Lake...
Why Marianne Faithfull Matters
First as a doe-eyed ingenue with 'As Tears Go By', then as a gravel-voiced phoenix rising from the ashes of the 1960s with a landmark punk album, Broken English ,...
Chain Letters
In Chain Letters, each chapter is a mini-detective story, either a search for the identity behind a particular account, or an attempt to piece a convict life together from scattered...
Who Do You Think You Are?: The Genealogy Handbook
The concise, easy-to-use guide to tracing your family tree, from the hit BBC series that sparked the nation's interest in our family histories. Do you know where you came from?...
Australia's Great Depression: How a nation shattered by the Great War
Highly Commended in the 2022 NSW Premier's History Awards Some generations are born unlucky. Australians who survived the horrors of the Great War and the Spanish flu epidemic that followed...
Stamped from the Beginning
$20.00 AUD
A National Book Award winner The New York Times bestselling history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. "An engrossing and relentless intellectual history...
The Weekend Effect: The Life-Changing Benefits of Taking Two Days Off
'A powerful argument, and practical advice, on the importance of reclaiming your leisure time to live a happier and more fulfilling life' - Gretchen Rubin , New York Times bestselling...
Terms & Conditions: Life in Girls' Boarding Schools, 1939-1979
'Brilliant, hilarious... My book of the year' INDIA KNIGHT 'A wonderful book' CRAIG BROWN, Mail on Sunday 'Funny, bloodcurdling and moving' Daily Mail The cruel teachers. The pashes on other...
The Golden Bough
The book titled The Golden Bough by the author Sir James George Frazer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
On This Day: Facts and trivia for every day of the year
Delve into a wealth of famous events, significant sites and momentous births and deaths. Choose a day of the year and discover the fascinating array of people, places and happenings...
A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We
How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us? We humans like to think of ourselves as...
The Flesheaters
$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedA darkly comic and unsettling descent into the underbelly of suburban Australian life, The Flesheaters by David Ireland presents a world where...
The Chantic Bird
$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: price clipped dj.Raw, anarchic, and deeply unsettling, The Chantic Bird plunges the reader into the fractured consciousness of...
Burn
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFrom one of Australia's most provocative literary voices comes Burn, a raw and visceral novel that plunges readers into the...
Morality: An Introduction To Ethics
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to act morally — and can philosophy offer us any honest...
Everyday Phrases: Their Origins And Meanings
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLanguage is alive with history, and Everyday Phrases: Their Origins and Meanings pulls back the curtain on the fascinating stories hidden within the words...
Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor seventeen summers, two Queensland cane-cutters have made their annual pilgrimage to Melbourne, bringing with them the intoxicating promise of freedom, romance, and a...
No Roads Go By
$60.00 AUD
Edition: First Illustrated ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Light tanning on block, tape residue on inside of cover. Pages clean, binding firm. Small...
Exploring Inner Space: Is God Still Possible In The Twentieth Century?
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of science, spirituality, and human experience, Exploring Inner Space poses one of the most provocative...
Australian Short Stories
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA continent's soul is best understood through its stories — and Australian Short Stories, selected by...
Old Worlds And New Australia: The Post-War Migrant Experience
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the decades following World War II, Australia was irrevocably transformed by one of the most...
The Strength Of Tradition: Stories Of The Immigrant Presence In Australia
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to arrive somewhere new, to carry the weight of one's heritage...
Journey Into Russia
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the height of the Cold War, one of the most intrepid and perceptive travel writers of the...
Merton: A Biography
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew spiritual figures of the twentieth century have captured the imagination of believers and sceptics alike quite like...
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History Of The American West
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn one of the most shattering works of American history ever written, Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at...
Concise English-Korean Dictionary: Romanized
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor anyone seeking a reliable bridge between English and Korean, the Concise English-Korean Dictionary: Romanized by Joan V....
The Millstone
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when an fiercely independent young woman, determined to remain unattached, finds herself pregnant after a single,...
The Goodbye Book
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThere are books that celebrate beginnings, and then there is The Goodbye Book — a rare and thoughtful examination of one of life's most...
Too Good To Be True: Inside The Corrupt World Of Christopher Skase
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the glittering, greed-soaked era of 1980s Australia, no figure burned brighter — or fell harder — than Christopher Skase,...
Psychology, Religion, And Human Need: A Guide For Ministers, Doctors, Teachers, And Social Workers
$20.00 AUD
Edition: Reprint ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of the mind and the spirit, Psychology, Religion, and Human Need presents a compelling case...
Commemorating One Hundred Years Of The Federation Of Australia
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodOn the first of January, 1901, six British colonies united to form a single nation — and a century later, Australia paused to reflect on the...
White Man, Black Man: The True Story Of A White Man Who Was Initiated Into An Aboriginal Tribe
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA remarkable true account, White Man, Black Man chronicles the extraordinary journey of a white man who crossed one of the most profound cultural...
Tracks
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the frozen wilderness of the North Dakota plains at the dawn of the twentieth century, a community fights for its very...
Flight From Torregreca: Strangers And Pilgrims
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the poverty-stricken villages of southern Italy's Basilicata region, something quietly devastating was happening — a mass exodus of an entire way...
The 16 Undeniable Laws Of Communication: Apply Them And Make The Most Of Your Message
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat separates a forgettable speaker from one who moves audiences to action? In The 16 Undeniable Laws of Communication, John C. Maxwell — one of...
How Children Learn
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a time when conventional schooling was rarely questioned, John Holt's How Children Learn arrived as a quietly...
The Moon's A Balloon
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of Hollywood's most charming and beloved figures, David Niven, presents his life story with the same wit,...
A Way To Die: The Story Of Jane Zorza
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA Way to Die is a deeply moving and profoundly humane account of one young woman's final journey,...
A Forgotten Kingdom
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the sun-baked soil of the Turkish Hatay, two ancient mounds — Atchana and...
Dear Me
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when one of the twentieth century's most brilliantly multifaceted minds turns the lens of scrutiny upon...
Reading, How To.
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to learn to read — and why do so many people never quite...
How Children Fail
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark in educational thought, How Children Fail presents a devastating and compassionate critique of the traditional classroom,...
Summerhill
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat if children were free — truly free — to govern themselves, choose their lessons, and grow without...
Public Vs Private Schools: Funding And Directions In Australia
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew debates have shaped Australian society as fiercely as the battle over school funding — and Public Vs...
Why Johnny Can'T Read: And What You Can Do About It
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhen Rudolf Flesch published Why Johnny Can't Read, it detonated like a bombshell across American education, igniting a...
Utopia
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFirst published in 1516, Utopia is one of the most audacious and enduring works of political philosophy ever...