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The Animals Among Us: The New Science of Anthrozoology
Drawing on a lifetime's work, John Bradshaw shows how our love of animals goes to the heart of what it means to be human The bestselling author of Dog Sense...
Immaculate Forms: Uncovering the History of Women's Bodies
'Illuminating, thoughtful and scholarly' FINANCIAL TIMES'Does a fascinating job of exploring the history of women's bodies' GREG JENNER'Mind-blowing, fascinating stuff' BBC WOMAN'S HOUR'Authoritative, rich and wide-ranging, this is an immensely...
The Jamestown Brides: The Bartered Wives of the New World
In 1621, fifty-seven women undertook a three-month journey to Jamestown after responding to an advert placed by the Virginia Company of London calling for maids 'young and uncorrupt' to make...
Upon A White Horse: A Financial Times Best Book of 2025 and Radio 4
*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2025, SCOTSMAN BOOKS OF 2025, COUNTRY LIFE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025* 'Packed with anecdote and colour, it's...
Mission: Invincible Marriage - A Battle-Tested Guide to an Enduring
From Jason Redman, the former Navy SEAL and New York Times bestselling author of The Trident , writing with his wife, Erica, a battle-tested guide to marital bliss, drawing on...
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind
' Trippy, incisive, riotously funny ' ALEXANDRA KLEEMAN '[An] insightfully nightmarish parable ' HALLE BUTLER 'A stunner' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH ' Luminous ... as if George Saunders infiltrated the Severance...
Dance Your Way Home: A Journey Through the Dancefloor
This book is about the kind of ordinary dancing you and I might do in our kitchens when a favourite tune comes on. It's more than a social history: it's...
East And West And The Destinies Of Nations
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis profound work presents a compelling analysis of the historical and philosophical...
The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data
How can statistics help us understand the world? Can we come to reliable conclusions when data is imperfect? How is statistics changing in the age of data science? Statistics has...
Tell Me More: More Of The Story Of Menzies Hotel
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling narrative chronicles the rich history and enduring legacy of the iconic Menzies Hotel. The account uncovers the significant...
Aku-Aku: The Secret Of Easter Island
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling non-fiction narrative chronicles Thor Heyerdahl's groundbreaking expedition to Easter Island,...
The Myth Of The Machine: Technics And Human Development
$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsLewis Mumford's seminal work, The Myth Of The Machine: Technics & Human Development, presents a...
The Echoing Green: Memories Of Regency And Victorian Youth
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis captivating historical account, The Echoing Green: Memories Of Regency & Victorian Youth, chronicles...
Victorian People: In Life And In Literature
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerVictorian People by Gillian Avery presents a vivid portrait of life during...
Life In Georgian England
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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the intricate social fabric and daily existence during a pivotal...
The Treasure House: Some Of The Story Of Menzies Hotel
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerThis captivating historical narrative, The Treasure House: Some Of The Story Of Menzies Hotel, chronicles the rich and storied past...
Marriage And Personality
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling analysis uncovers how individual psychological makeups shape the landscape of marital relationships....
Bertie And Alix: Anatomy Of A Royal Marriage
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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical biography, Bertie & Alix: Anatomy Of A Royal Marriage, chronicles the intricate relationship between King Edward...
Vanity Fair: A Novel Without A Hero
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Chipped DJ with some loss. This classic of English literature, Vanity Fair, presents a...
The Georgian Child
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Signed ephemera laid-in. F. Gordon Roe’s *The Georgian Child* presents a vivid social history that chronicles childhood in...
Drinkers Of Darkness
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Foxing on jacketDrinkers of Darkness plunges readers into the heart of colonial Africa, where the oppressive...
Lives To Remember: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerJo Manton's Elizabeth Garrett Anderson chronicles the extraordinary life of Britain's first qualified female physician and...
The Victorian Child
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThe Victorian Child presents a comprehensive social history of childhood during the Victorian era. This insightful volume chronicles...
University College Hospital And Its Medical School: A History
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: rip on jacket spineThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the origins and evolution of a prominent medical institution. It...
Melbourne: Biography Of A City
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some tanning on pagesThis authoritative historical account chronicles the rich and complex history of one of Australia's most...
The Great White Walls Are Built: Restrictive Immigration To North America And Australasia 1836-1888
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the formative period of restrictive immigration policies across North America and Australasia between...
Victoria's Living Memorial: History Of The Nurses Memorial Centre 1948-1990
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageVictoria's Living Memorial: History Of The Nurses Memorial Centre 1948-1990 chronicles the foundational years...
Georgian London
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling historical account, Georgian London, chronicles the vibrant social, economic, and architectural transformations of England's capital during...
Never A Dull Moment: The Deckkers Of Fountain House Lane
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis captivating memoir, Never A Dull Moment: The Deckkers Of Fountain House Lane, chronicles the vibrant lives and experiences of the Deckker...
Cross-Currents: In Contemporary Australian Art
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCross-Currents In Contemporary Australian Art presents a comprehensive analysis of the diverse artistic movements and influential figures shaping Australia's modern art scene....
Century Of Happiness: The Centennial History Of The Royal Philatelic Society Of Victoria
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCentury Of Happiness: The Centennial History Of The Royal Philatelic Society Of Victoria chronicles the rich hundred-year legacy of one...
One Day In Victorian England
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: tear on front of jacketOne Day In Victorian England by Alastair Scott offers a vivid snapshot of daily...
I Leap Over The Wall: A Return To The World After Twenty-Eight Years In A Convent
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling memoir, I Leap Over The Wall, chronicles Monica Baldwin's extraordinary transition from...
The Friendship Cure: Reconnecting in the Modern World
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Reconnecting in the modern world Despite our interconnectedness, we are stuck in the greatest loneliness epidemic of our time. Journalist Kate Leaver believes that friendship is the essential cure for...
The Rebel Empresses: Elisabeth of Austria and Eugenie of France, Power
From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe-Elisabeth, empress of Austria,...
A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World: The hilarious and
'Superb ... entertaining ... Phillips traverses this sprawling terrain with energy and charm' Telegraph 'Exceptionally funny from cover to cover, it is not only an entertaining read but also deeply...
Childhood at Court 1819-1914
What was childhood like for the princes and princesses in the Victorian and Edwardian period? Here their education, recreation and general upbringing is discussed, from Queen Victoria's isolated and lonely...
Who Rules in Science?: An Opinionated Guide to the Wars
What if something as seemingly academic as the so-called science wars were to determine how we live? This eye-opening book reveals how little we've understood about the ongoing pitched battles...
Why Politics Fails: The Five Traps of the Modern World & How to Escape
An award-winning Oxford professor explains why the revolving doors of power always leave us disappointed - and how to fix it Why do the revolving doors of power always leave...
Cassius X: A Legend in the Making
Miami, 1963. A young boy from Louisville, Kentucky, is on the path to becoming the greatest sportsman of all time. Cassius Clay is training in the 5th Street Gym for...
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of
From the author of Fake History , Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars from our past, examining these previously unquestioned idols and...
Impossible City: Paris in the Twenty-First Century
'Kuper is a shrewd observer in this entertaining mix of memoir and anthropology' The Sunday Times From the bestselling author of Chums comes an explorer's tale of a naif getting...
Collared: How We Made the Modern Dog
A Church Times Book of the Year 2024 'Essential reading' John Bradshaw, author of In Defence of Dogs 'Fascinating' Telegraph 'Funny, irreverent and enthusiastic, [Pearson] parades his love for all...
The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High
'Annie Gray's fascinating history of a British institution in crisis illuminates and entertains' GREG JENNER'Properly immersive, full of juicy sensory detail - Annie Gray's romp down British high streets through...
The Revelation of Ireland: 1995-2020
THE NUMBER 1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 An Irish Times Book of the Year 2024 Ireland is a strikingly...
Our Moon: A Human History
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024 'Superb: as much a feat of imagination as it is a work of globe-trotting scholarship' TELEGRAPH 'I learned more about the Moon by...
Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits
In Dusty Booze: In Search of Vintage Spirits, journalist Aaron Goldfarb goes on an adventure in vintage spirits. This is an intoxicating story of obsessives on the hunt for old...
Others Like Me: The Lives of Women Without Children
'A must-read for everyone' Stylist 'Tender, emotive and quietly revelatory' Irish Times 'A vital work' Stella Duffy In a world that expects all women to become mothers, what happens to...