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The Passing Of The Aborigines: A Lifetime Spent Among The Natives Of Australia
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in Australian history are as singular and haunting as Daisy Bates — an Irish-born journalist who devoted decades of her life to...
Short Stories
$20.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFrom the red dust of the Australian bush to the cramped corridors of a city hospital, Alan Marshall's...
The University Experience: An Australian Study
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat does it truly mean to pass through the gates of a university — and emerge transformed, or unchanged? The University Experience: An Australian...
Beyond The Ramparts: A Bicentennial History Of Circular Head
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeyond the Ramparts: A Bicentennial History of Circular Head stands as a definitive chronicle of one of Tasmania's...
Native Tongues
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLanguage is far more than a tool for communication — it is the living architecture of human thought, culture, and identity, and Native Tongues...
No Room In The Ark
$15.00 AUD
Edition: junior ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedAt a crossroads between wonder and extinction, No Room in the Ark presents a vivid...
Parkinson's Law: Or The Pursuit Of Progress
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedWhat began as a satirical essay in The Economist became one of the most quoted and celebrated observations in the history of...
Wowsers
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerIn the sunburned moral landscape of colonial and early Federation Australia, a peculiar breed of crusader rose to prominence —...
Land Of The Spirit?: The Australian Religious Experience
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to be spiritual in a land as ancient, vast, and contradictory as Australia? Land...
Let's Be Human: New Reactions For Old
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a time when modern life seemed increasingly mechanical and alienating, the acclaimed Australian psychiatrist Ainslie...
A Golden String: The Story Of Dorothy J Ross (SIGNED)
$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionA life of extraordinary purpose and conviction unfolds in A Golden String: The Story of Dorothy J...
Weevils In The Flour: An Oral Record Of The 1930S Depression In Australia (SIGNED)
$50.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Signed with inscription,Previous ownerWhen the Great Depression swept through Australia in the 1930s, it left behind...
China: Alive In The Bitter Sea
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; faded spine; creased cornersBehind the bamboo curtain, a nation of one billion souls struggles beneath the weight...
The Book Of Common Worship
$15.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA cornerstone of Presbyterian liturgical tradition, The Book of Common Worship stands as the...
Goon For Lunch
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the beloved Welsh entertainer who made millions laugh as part of the legendary Goon Show, Goon for...
The Story Of The Goons
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore Monty Python, before alternative comedy, before British humour was exported to the world, there were The Goons...
The Social Sources Of Denominationalism
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work in the sociology of religion, The Social Sources of Denominationalism presents a bold and unflinching...
Comparative Religion
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a time when the world's faiths are more intertwined than ever, A. C. Bouquet's Comparative Religion stands...
A Time For Knowledge
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt a crossroads between the spiritual and the secular, A Time for Knowledge by Peter Spink presents a...
The Human Species
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to be human? The Human Species by Anthony Barnett presents a rigorous and...
Australia: The Island Continent In Colour
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew nations on Earth command such awe and fascination as Australia — an ancient, vast, and utterly singular land that stands apart from the rest of...
A Haiku Garland
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedThere is a moment in every season — a heron poised above still water, frost tracing the edge of a fallen leaf, moonlight dissolving...
Chinese Kites: Traditional Chinese Arts And Culture
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSoaring high above ancient temples and modern city squares alike, the art of kite-making stands as one of...
The Stop-Over That Stayed: A History Of Essendon
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat began as a mere waypoint on the road to the goldfields transformed, against all odds, into one of Melbourne's most storied suburban communities....
Asian Art
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA treasure trove for collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts alike, Asian Art presents the distinguished holdings of one of...
The Art Of The Maya
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew civilisations have left behind an artistic legacy as breathtaking and enigmatic as the ancient Maya, and The Art of the Maya...
Commandant Of Solitude: The Journals Of Captain Collet Barker 1828-1831
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the untamed wilderness of colonial Australia, Captain Collet Barker stood alone — a soldier, scientist, and reluctant pioneer whose remarkable journals...
Civilization
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the rise of Mesopotamia to the grandeur of Rome, Civilization presents a sweeping panorama of human achievement...
The Imagined City: Melbourne In The Mind Of Its Writers
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerMelbourne — sprawling, layered, and perpetually reinventing itself — has long captured the imaginations of those who call it home, and The...
New Ways In An Ancient Land: Australia From Penal Colony To Prosperous Nation 1778 To 1900
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the arrival of the First Fleet's convicts on the shores of Botany Bay to the dawn of...
The Book Of Form & Emptiness
$25.00 AUD
Grief has a voice, and in Ruth Ozeki's The Book of Form & Emptiness, it speaks directly to thirteen-year-old Benny Oh, a boy reeling from the sudden death of his...
Pub
"Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian Faulks Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The pub is an English institution. Yet...
Relic
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Every culture, every religion, every era has enshrined otherwise regular objects with a...
The Beautiful Game?: The Stories Shaping the Future of Soccer
A unique and global perspective on the issues facing the beautiful game in today's complex world. Soccer isn't just a sport anymore. It's a 24/7 obsession, a global business empire,...
The Innocent Anthropologist
The funniest book about anthropology that has ever been written. A modern classic to interest and delight all ages. Although set amongst a little-known tribe in the Cameroons, this slim...
The Fields Beneath
A masterpiece of local history, by the Queen of the genre. Gillian Tindall has acquired a devoted readership through her lovingly researched works, such as the prize-winning The House by...
The Ride Of Our Lives
The open road awaited us. Only one thing held us back. 'Son of a bitch!' 'Marge,' pleaded my father, 'we can't move until you sit down. What the hell are...
24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep
The bestselling and internationally translated book 24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep explores some of the ruinous consequences of the expanding non-stop processes of twenty-first-century capitalism. The marketplace...
Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde-Primal Happenings,
Comparable to Paris in the 1920s, 1960s New York City was a cauldron of avantgarde ferment and artistic innovation. Boundaries were transgressed and new forms created. Drawing on interviews, memoirs,...
Hello, Stranger: Stories of Connection in a Divided World
What if meeting new people were a gift, not a burden? How might we transform our lives if we set aside our fear of outsiders? When Will Buckingham's partner died,...
The Real Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was left-handed. That's probably why he wrote backwards from right to left to avoid smudging ink on his hand as he made notes on his latest works...
A Women's History of the Beatles
Winner of the 2022 Open Publication Prize by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-ANZ) A Women's History of the Beatles is the first book to offer...
Please Find Attached: How Attachment Theory Explains Our Relationships
'Attachment theory is everywhere, but is everything you've heard about it right? Laura Mucha explains it all. Learn how to better understand yourself and your relationships, and how to improve...
Australian Bushrangers 1788-1880
The first 'bushrangers' or frontier outlaws were escaped or time-expired convicts, who took to the wilderness - 'the bush' - in New South Wales and on the island of Tasmania...
Ethics in Qualitative Research
This fresh, confident second edition expands its focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of doing qualitative research in light of new ethical dilemmas facing researchers today. In a climate...
Victory in Australia: The Remarkable Story of England's Greatest Ashes
CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR - SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CRICKET SOCIETY - MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Meticulously researched and unputdownable... splendidly atmospheric' - THE TIMES 'A wonderful book... an...
The Great Resignation: The New Refusal of Work
Based on the experiences of workers, this book analyzes the reasons behind the unexpected growth of the 'great resignation' and demonstrates how resigning today not only prevents exploitative conditions from...
North Korea: A History
North Korea is perhaps the most intriguing, infamous and enigmatic nation of our modern world. Yet how many of us know its full history, and how it came to be?...