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Memories: Victoria 1920 To 1960
$40.00 AUD
Author: Judy White; designed by Robin JamesBinding: HardbackPublished: The Seven Press, 1992Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a collection of historical photographs and narratives from Victoria,...
Children, Families And Communities: Contexts And Consequences
$30.00 AUD
Author: Jennifer Bowes, Rebekah Grace, Kerry HodgeBinding: SoftbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 2013Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the intricate relationships between children, their families, and...
The Luck Of The Draw: The History Of The Estate Of The Late George Adams & Tattersall's
$30.00 AUD
Author: Trevor Wilson & Eddie DeanBinding: HardbackPublished: T. Wilson Publishing Co., South Yarra VIC, 1996Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the intricate history of the estate...
The World's Religions
$15.00 AUD
Author: Ninian SmartBinding: SoftbackPublished: TPS, 1995Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the world's major religions. It examines their origins, beliefs, practices,...
This Is The ABC: The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932-1983
$30.00 AUD
Author: K.S. InglisBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive account chronicles the history of the Australian Broadcasting Commission from 1932 to...
The Social Psychology Of Religion
$15.00 AUD
Author: Michael Argyle And Benjamin Beit-HallahmiBinding: SoftbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides a comprehensive examination of religion's social and psychological...
The Frightened Country
$30.00 AUD
Author: Alan RenoufBinding: HardbackPublished: The Macmillan Company of Australia , 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines Australia's political landscape. It reflects on the nation's identity...
A Family Madness
$15.00 AUD
Author: Thomas KeneallyBinding: HardbackPublished: BCA, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis novel tells a story of familial bonds tested by secrets and the weight of history. A...
The Real C-Cubed: Culture, Careers and Climate and How They Affect Military Capability.
$15.00 AUD
Author: Nick Jans With David SchmidtchenBinding: SoftbackPublished: Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University, 2002Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the intricate relationships...
Sunken Lands: A Journey Through Flooded Kingdoms and Lost Worlds
From Stone Age lands that slipped beneath the English Channel to the rapid inundation of New Orleans, Gareth E. Rees journeys through drowned forests, shrinking wetlands, vanishing islands and sinking...
The Ceremonial City: Toulouse Observed, 1738-1780
From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades prior to the French Revolution. In an engaging portrait that conveys this...
Idiots, Follies and Misadventures
The history books are full of heroes and villains ... but what about all the idiots? Comedian and armchair historian Mikey Robins tells the astonishing story of human stupidity, one...
So Where's My Happy Ever After?
So, Where's My Happy Ever After? Is Joy Aimee's very personal account of her quest to find the happiness that has always eluded her. When a magical new life beckons...
The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us To Choose Between
In New York and Baltimore, police cameras scan public areas twenty-four hours a day. Huge commercial databases track you finances and sell that information to anyone willing to pay. Host...
A Plague on All Our Sports: When Covid and Sport Collided
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A Plague on All Our Sports is the story of what happened when Covid-19 and sport collided, examining the impact of the pandemic through a unique lens. The book's two...
Everything You Know About Art is Wrong
A highly entertaining read for anyone with even a passing interest in art and art history. This myth-busting book takes you on a great ride through the lives of starving...
Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality
For centuries, women were denied equal access to money and the freedom and power that came with it. They were restricted from owning property or transacting in real estate. Even...
Lifting the Taboo: Women, Death and Dying
This work is a study of the sexual politics of death. It explores the specific relationship women of many colours, cultures, ages and sexual orientations have to their own deaths,...
Morally Straight: How the Fight for LGBTQ+ Inclusion Changed the Boy
This deeply-reported narrative illuminates the battle for LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Boy Scouts of America, a decades-long struggle led by teenagers, parents, activists, and everyday Americans. Weaving in his own...
Trustees on Trial: Recovering the Stolen Wages
Details the Qld government's nearly 100 year stranglehold on Aboriginal people's lives and earnings. Lays bare its (mis)management, and its conditional offer of up to $4000 compensation, representing for some...
The Way We are
From the author of "Much Depends on Dinner" and "The Rituals of Dinner" comes a collection of essays in which Visser, a self-described "anthropologist of everyday life", analyzes the patterns...
The Globotics Upheaval: Globalisation, Robotics and the Future of Work
'A manifesto for future-proofing our jobs and prosperity' THE SUNDAY TIMES We stand on the edge of a new era that will bring change to our world on a par...
Leaving Early
This text attempts to answer the most crucial questions asked surrounding youth suicide - why do so many young people resort to suicide, and what can family and friends do...
Indigenism: Ethnic Politics in Brazil
Indigenous people comprise only 0.2% of Brazil's population, yet occupy a prominent role in the nation's consciousness. In her important and passionate new book, anthropologist Alcida Ramos explains this irony,...
The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War
'Entertaining and vivid... This is a gripping account of an intriguing and little-known Cold War moment' OBSERVER 'Reads like a thriller' THE SUN The astonishing story of the ten million...
Mining and Indigenous Peoples in Australasia
$12.00 AUD
This work reviews in detail the relations between mining and indigenous peoples in diverse national, political, and cultural settings. With case studies from five nations and covering gold, uranium, diamonds,...
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
"One of those life-changing reads that makes you see-or, in this case, hear-the whole world differently." -Megan Angelo, author of Followers "At times chilling, often funny, and always perceptive and...
Free Your Mind: The new world of manipulation and how to resist it
The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller Learn how to recognise and resist the daily attempts to control and manipulate your mind. There is a war on for your mind. You may...
Sexing the Millennium
Sex is under siege - sex is fighting back - sex has always been dangerous, to societies, as well as individuals. It has always been the stuff around which utopias...
For The Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food:
A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping today's food and hospitality landscape-from farm to table and beyond-chronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom,...
Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex
When it comes to sex, what do women want In this eye-opening and courageous collection, Erica Jong reveals that every woman has her own answer. Susan Cheever talks about the...
Palaces of Revolution: Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court
The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotland, via Denmark,...
Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to
'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian 'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and...
Lucky City
Ballarat was not a typical goldfield. The lava flows that created the fertile Western District of Victoria helped to bury the original streams and reefs so that there was little...
Voice for the Voiceless: Over Seven Decades of Struggle with China for
In this unique book, His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his 75-year struggle with China to save Tibet and its people. Instant New York Times Bestseller...
The Turning Tide: A Biography of the Irish Sea
An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water 'Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.' Roddy Doyle 'Remarkable. Lively ... Gower writes beautifully [and] the book is profoundly popular.' Times...
Uncomfortable Questions For Comfortable Jews
$200.00 AUD
Author: Rabbi Meir KahaneBinding: HardbackPublished: Lyle Stuart, 1987Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book confronts readers with challenging questions about their beliefs. It pushes people to...
The Politics Of Essential Drugs: The Makings Of A Successful Health Strategy: Lessons From Bangladesh
$15.00 AUD
Author: Zafrullah ChowdhuryBinding: HardbackPublished: University Press, Ltd., Bangladesh, 1996Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book examines the political dimensions surrounding essential medicines. It highlights the creation of...
The Funding Of Wisdom: Revelations Of A Library's Quarter Century
$20.00 AUD
Author: K.A.LodewycksBinding: HardbackPublished: Spectrum Publications, Australia, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book provides insights into the financial aspects of libraries. It shares revelations from a library's quarter century....
Down Peacock's Feathers
$15.00 AUD
Author: D.R. DaviesBinding: HardbackPublished: Geoffrey Bles, The Centenary Press, 1947Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis book examines the concept of pride and humility. It navigates the complexities...