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Aboriginal Child Poverty

Aboriginal Child Poverty

$25.00 AUD
Author: Christine ChooBinding: PaperbackPublished: Child Poverty Policy Review, 1990Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Reading copy with markingsChristine Choo's Aboriginal Child Poverty presents a rigorous examination of the systemic factors...
Maya: The Riddle And Rediscovery Of A Lost Civilization

Maya: The Riddle And Rediscovery Of A Lost Civilization

$15.00 AUD
Author: Charles GallenkampBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller , 1960Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCharles Gallenkamp's Maya: The Riddle And Rediscovery Of A Lost...
Inside Canberra: A Guide To Australian Federal Politics

Inside Canberra: A Guide To Australian Federal Politics

$15.00 AUD
Author: Rob Chalmers, Jenny HutchisonBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neill, 1983Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis authoritative guide, Inside Canberra: A Guide To Australian Federal Politics,...
Brushes With Power: Modern Politics And The Chinese Art Of Calligraphy

Brushes With Power: Modern Politics And The Chinese Art Of Calligraphy

$35.00 AUD
Author: Richard Curt KrausBinding: HardbackPublished: University of California Press, 1991Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Slight rip to base of DJ,...
The Horse: Through Fifty Centuries Of Civilization

The Horse: Through Fifty Centuries Of Civilization

$25.00 AUD
Author: Anthony DentBinding: HardbackPublished: Phaidon, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive historical account chronicles the profound influence of the horse across five millennia of human civilization. It...
The Story Of The Red Cross

The Story Of The Red Cross

$45.00 AUD
Author: LINDSAY, Joan & Daryl. [Written & compiled by]Binding: HardbackPublished: AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, 1941Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks:...
Complete Book Of Australian Folk Lore

Complete Book Of Australian Folk Lore

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Author: Bill ScottBinding: HardbackPublished: Ure Smith, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis expansive anthology in the folklore and cultural history genre presents a definitive collection of Australian ballads,...
Debrett's Handbook Of Australia

Debrett's Handbook Of Australia

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Author: Hal ColebatchBinding: HardbackPublished: Debrett's Peerage (Australasia), 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsEdited by Hal Colebatch and Allan Veal, the volume instructs readers in correct styles of address...
London: Immigrant City

London: Immigrant City

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TRANSLATED BY ALISON McCULLOUGH 'One of the best books on the many diverse migrations to London . . . revealing the extent to which the diversity of immigrant origins has...
Acts of Memory

Acts of Memory

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Acts of Memory presents 15 tightly integrated essays that illustrate the active role of individual and cultural memory in tying the past to the present. Memory, or memorialization, is a...
American Slavery, 1619-1897

American Slavery, 1619-1897

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A concise, engaging overview of American slavery from the beginning of the colonial era to emancipation and its aftermath. Kolchin takes a broad geographical perspective, putting American slavery in the...
We the Billion: A Social Psychological Perspective on India's

We the Billion: A Social Psychological Perspective on India's

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We the Billion addresses the problem of overpopulation in India from a new perspective. It is the first time that the social-psychological approach has been used in population research. The...
The Dish: The Story of One Restaurant Meal, from Farm to Kitchen to

The Dish: The Story of One Restaurant Meal, from Farm to Kitchen to

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"A thorough, lively work of on-the-ground reportage. ... Friedman shares a remarkable story." - Wall Street Journal Acclaimed "chef writer" Andrew Friedman introduces readers to all the people and processes...
The Dish: The Story of One Restaurant Meal, from Farm to Kitchen to

The Dish: The Story of One Restaurant Meal, from Farm to Kitchen to

$39.99 AUD$12.00 AUD
"A thorough, lively work of on-the-ground reportage. ... Friedman shares a remarkable story." - Wall Street Journal Acclaimed "chef writer" Andrew Friedman introduces readers to all the people and processes...
Tecumseh

Tecumseh

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' A heroic work of research and scholarship. . . The most complete and reliable account of the events that made the great Shawnee Indian a giant figure on the...
Just Married: Same-Sex Couples, Monogamy, and the Future of Marriage

Just Married: Same-Sex Couples, Monogamy, and the Future of Marriage

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The institution of marriage stands at a critical juncture. As gay marriage equality gains acceptance in law and public opinion, questions abound regarding marriage's future. Will same-sex marriage lead to...
Sweet Land of Liberty?: The African-American Struggle for Civil Rights

Sweet Land of Liberty?: The African-American Struggle for Civil Rights

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A powerful and moving account of the campaign for civil rights in modern America. Robert Cook is concerned less with charismatic leaders like Martin Luther King, and more with the...
Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England

Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England

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28th April 1870. The flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All eyes are riveted upon their lascivious oglings of...
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and

The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and

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The Web has been with us for less than a decade. The popular and commercial diffusion of the Internet has been extraordinary - instigating and enabling changes in virtually every...
Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than

Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than

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The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the same questions: why is parenting so much harder even though the kids are less happy than...
This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain

This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain

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'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time' BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today's toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH...
Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America's Secret Thalidomide

Wonder Drug: The Hidden Victims of America's Secret Thalidomide

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Longlisted for the Andrew 2024 Carnegie Medal for Non-Fiction The shocking, never-before-told story of America's thalidomide victims In Germany on Christmas Day 1956 a baby girl was born without ears....
The In-Between: Stories of Care and Connection in Life's Final Moments

The In-Between: Stories of Care and Connection in Life's Final Moments

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In this #3 New York Times bestselling memoir, TikTok star and hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos demystifies death with inspiring patient stories. What can people at the end of their lives...
Attack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War

Attack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War

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A fascinating, frightening and sometimes funny window into an all-too recent world - everyday life in Britain in the shadow of the mushroom cloud The first book to tell the...
The Power of Fun: Why fun is the key to a happy and healthy life

The Power of Fun: Why fun is the key to a happy and healthy life

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How to make fun an essential part of a balanced, purposeful and healthy life, from the bestselling author of How to Break Up with Your Phone. When did you last...
When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most

When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most

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The explosive expose of the billion-dollar company that has often made our world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous. **A TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR...
A Short History of British Architecture: From Stonehenge to the Shard

A Short History of British Architecture: From Stonehenge to the Shard

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The untold story of why our country looks like it does, from the bestselling champion of national heritage, Simon Jenkins The story of Britain is revealed through its buildings, and...
Every Family Has A Story: How to Grow and Move Forward Together

Every Family Has A Story: How to Grow and Move Forward Together

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The bestselling psychotherapist explores what we inherit and how we can create the families we wish for In her bestselling follow-up to Grief Works and This Too Shall Pass, much-loved...
The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data

The Art of Statistics: Learning from Data

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The surprise bestselling tour de force from a former president of the Royal Statistical Society- the essential guide to statistical science in the age of big data Statistics has played...
Caste: The International Bestseller

Caste: The International Bestseller

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From one of America's most celebrated writers, the moving, eye-opening bestseller about power, history and what lies hidden under the surface of ordinary lives 'The hierarchy of caste is not...
The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World

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The dark, compelling history of a colonial witch-hunt, from the author of Witchfinders In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock...
Bar Mitzvah

Bar Mitzvah

$40.00 AUD
Author: Sarah Silberstein Swartz With An Introduction By Paul CowanBinding: HardbackPublished: Doubleday., 1985Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis insightful volume chronicles the rich history and evolving traditions surrounding...
Zanies: The World's Greatest Eccentrics

Zanies: The World's Greatest Eccentrics

$20.00 AUD
Author: Jay Robert NashBinding: HardbackPublished: NEW CENTURY PUBLISHERS, INC., 1982Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsZanies: The World's Greatest Eccentrics chronicles the fascinating lives of history's most unusual characters,...
A World Of Women: An Illustrated History Of Women's Magazines

A World Of Women: An Illustrated History Of Women's Magazines

$35.00 AUD
Author: Irene DancygerBinding: HardbackPublished: Gill and Macmillan Ltd., 1978Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Tanned edges, usual library markings.A World Of Women: An...
The Sydney Sailors' Home: 1859-2009

The Sydney Sailors' Home: 1859-2009

$35.00 AUD
Author: Jan BowenBinding: HardbackPublished: The Australian Mariners Welfare Society., 2009Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Sydney Sailors' Home: 1859-2009 chronicles the rich and vital history of a pivotal...
South American Folk Pottery

South American Folk Pottery

$50.00 AUD
Author: Gertrude LittoBinding: PaperbackPublished: Watson-Guptill Publications., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Bumping and sun-fading to spine and...
Hungry Planet: What The World Eats

Hungry Planet: What The World Eats

$70.00 AUD
Author: Peter Menzel And Faith D'AluisioBinding: HardbackPublished: Material World Books., 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight chips to DJ and some yellowing,...
Australian Image

Australian Image

$20.00 AUD
Author: Colin SimpsonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Legend Press, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: First and last pages have some tanning, dust jacket has some very...
Lola In The Mirror

Lola In The Mirror

$15.00 AUD
Author: Trent DaltonBinding: HardbackPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, GB, 2023Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling novel, Lola In The Mirror, chronicles the extraordinary journey of a young woman navigating...
The Risen Sun: Impressions In New Zealand And Australia

The Risen Sun: Impressions In New Zealand And Australia

$25.00 AUD
Author: C. C. Martindale, S.J.Binding: HardbackPublished: Sheed and Ward, 1929Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded and dull spine. Marks...
The Art Of World Religions: Judaism

The Art Of World Religions: Judaism

$20.00 AUD
Author: Michael KanielBinding: HardbackPublished: Blandford Press., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tear to back of DJ.Michael Kaniel's The Art...
The Jews Of South Africa: What Future?

The Jews Of South Africa: What Future?

$35.00 AUD
Author: Tzippi Hoffman; Alan FischerBinding: HardbackPublished: Southern Book Publishers., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed edges, minor tear to back of DJ...
This Mad Folly!': The History Of Australia's Pioneer Women Doctors

This Mad Folly!': The History Of Australia's Pioneer Women Doctors

$25.00 AUD
Author: M. Hutton NeveBinding: HardbackPublished: Library of Australian History, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor markings to title page, slight foxing to front and back end-pages.This...
Out Of The Silence

Out Of The Silence

$15.00 AUD
Author: Jean AshtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Investigator Press, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has surface tear on front top corner section (see photo) and general wear and tear...
Aboriginal Art And Spirituality (SIGNED)

Aboriginal Art And Spirituality (SIGNED)

$120.00 AUD
Author: Rosemary Crumlin; Anthony KnightBinding: HardbackPublished: Dove for HarperCollins Sydney, 1991Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis compelling volume illuminates the profound connection between artistic expression and spiritual belief...
Namatjira Of The Aranda

Namatjira Of The Aranda

$30.00 AUD
Author: Victor C. HallBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby Limited, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket damaged with large tear down front left edge (see photo)Namatjira Of The Aranda chronicles...
Distant Horizons

Distant Horizons

$15.00 AUD
Author: Rev. F. FlynnBinding: HardbackPublished: The Sacred Heart Monastery, 1951Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket is damaged with some wear and tear, previous owner name...