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Sound Tracks: A Musical Detective Story
A History of the World in 100 Objects meets Sapiens- the first archaeological history of humanity's musical heritage Wonderfully engaging, expansive and ambitious, Sound Tracks tells the history of our...
Tugs and Towing: A Worldwide Survey of the Vessels, Techniques and
$15.00 AUD
Tugs and their development over the past 150 years are described in this book and it particularly looks at the past 20 years with emphasis on the use of tugs...
What the Grown-ups Were Doing: An odyssey through 1950s suburbia
$12.00 AUD
Michele Hanson grew up an 'oddball tomboy disappointment' in a Jewish family in Ruislip in the 1950s - a suburban Metroland idyll of neat lawns, bridge parties and Martini socials....
Extraordinary Pools
A visual feast of 50 weird, wonderful and architecturally astounding swimming pools from around the world. Swimming pools are no longer simply places to swim, they are versatile sites of...
Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One
In 1914 the world changed forever. When World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to fight, bestselling author Kate Adie shows how women emerged from...
Out of Love for My Kin: Aristocratic Family Life in the Lands of the
In Out of Love for My Kin, Amy Livingstone examines the personal dimensions of the lives of aristocrats in the Loire region of France during the eleventh and twelfth centuries....
Tombs, Graves and Mummies: 50 Discoveries in World Archaeology
Bodies and graves present a unique and exciting aspect of archaeology. Bodies, such as those from Pompeii or the Iceman provide uswith a snapshot, a freeze frame of a moment...
The Family: Love it and Leave it
Each of us belongs to a family and that belonging has different stages - we live with our parents, we move out on our own, we may form a partnership...
An Island Out Of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake
$12.00 AUD
Smith Island is a marshy archipelago in mid-Chesapeake Bay, nine miles from the mainland, home to 150 watermen and their families. This book is a portrait of a people who...
Chosen Few HB
$12.00 AUD
In A Chosen Few, Mark Kurlansky explores the many reasons why Jews have returned to Germany and Poland, and why Jews remain in Europe, how they have managed not only...
The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the
*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!* A Navajo Ranger's chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal...
An Illustrated Guide to Samurai History and Culture: From the Age of
The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture! The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled Japan for centuries, finally uniting...
Shifting Sands: A Human History of the Sahara
Blue-veiled nomads, camels crossing infinite dunes, oases shimmering on the horizon: ready-made images of the Sahara are easy to conjure. But they can never truly capture a region that crosses...
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Two Volumes in One
Two volumes in one! This is a complete, two-volume set of one of the greatest books on 19th century Japanese history and culture. Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write...
Korea: The Impossible Country: South Korea's Amazing Rise from the
In just fifty years, South Korea has transformed itself from a failed state, ruined and partitioned by war and decades of colonial rule, into an economic powerhouse and a democracy...
A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and one of the largest countries in the...
Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death
When the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralysed. Her body temperature plummets, her breathing and heart rates drop to a minimum, and her glands simulate the smell of a putrefying...
Father Time: A Natural History of Men and Babies
A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies. It has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and...
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History, Second Edition
A major history of Afghanistan and its changing political culture. Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from...
How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others
The hard work required to make god real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and...
Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
How deadly germs and pandemics have shaped history - and why they are products of our success as a species. Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans...
Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early
A definitive new history of the origins, evolution, and scope of the ancient Greek city-state The Greek polis , or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on...
Religion of Sports: Navigating the Trials of Life Through the Games We
From the sports documentarian and executive producer of the docuseries The Religion of Sports , a memoir-meets-manifesto about the overwhelming power of sports and how they provide meaning and purpose...
The Air They Breathe: A Pediatrician on the Frontlines of Climate
A timely, revelatory first look into the impact climate change has on children-the greatest moral crisis humanity faces today-by a pediatrician in the fastest warming city in America. Wildfires, hurricanes,...
Rough Crossings
Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution and its aftermath, ROUGH CROSSINGS is the gripping, astonishing epic of the struggle for freedom by tens of thousands of slaves who...
Friend
Contains more than 20 full colour photographs, along with a carefully chosen collection of beautiful words about friends and friendship. The selection includes quotes, proverbs, nursery rhymes, and extracts from...
Britain's Ghosts: A spine-chilling tour of our most haunted places
Discover the stories of Britain's greatest ghosts and ghouls with this spooky supernatural page turner, the perfect gift this Halloween. Supported by the National Trust, who look after many of...
Willing Slaves: How the Overwork Culture is Ruling Our Lives
A hardhitting expose of the overwork culture and modern management techniques which seduce millions of people to hand over the best part of their lives to their employer. The British...
Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture
$12.00 AUD
History has portrayed Australia's First Peoples, the Aboriginals, as hunter-gatherers who lived on an empty, uncultivated land. History is wrong. In this seminal book, Bruce Pascoe uncovers evidence that long...
The Unity Of Religions: A Popular Discussion Of Ancient And Modern Beliefs
$80.00 AUD
Author: J. Herman Randall And J. Gardner SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: E. W. Cole, 1910Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Bumping on...
The Mildmays Of The Wheatbelt: A Novel On The Struggle Of A Wheatbelt Family
$50.00 AUD
Author: M. V. PeacockBinding: HardbackPublished: PATERSONS PRINTING PRESS LTD., 1935Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Faded and yellowed boards. Bumping...
Countries Of The World (I-II & V-VI)
$250.00 AUD
Author: Robert Brown, M.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: CASSELL, PETTER, GALPIN & CO., 1876Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Brown boards...
Neckbeard Uprising (SIGNED)
$35.00 AUD
Author: T.J. KirkganBinding: PaperbackPublished: Self-Published, 2013Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Inscribed by the author on cover and fep. Neckbeard Uprising...
The Paths I'Ve Trod: Autobiography Of An Australian Nurse (SIGNED)
$25.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth BurchillBinding: PaperbackPublished: Spectrum, Australia, 1984Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Name on FEP. Faded spine and creased cover. The Paths I've Trod presents the remarkable autobiography of a...
The Biological Revolution: A Background Book On Making A New World
$25.00 AUD
Author: Corinne JackerBinding: HardbackPublished: Parents Magazine Press, 1971Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Surface wear on DJ. Stained prelims, otherwise clean text. This compelling non-fiction...
On Art And Friendship
$25.00 AUD
Author: Nikos PapastergiadisBinding: HardbackPublished: Surplus, 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor stain on beige cloth. Clean and bright copy....
Hidden Figures: The American Dream And The Untold Story Of The Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win The Space Race
$40.00 AUD
Author: Margot Lee ShetterlyBinding: HardbackPublished: William Morrow & Company, 2017Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Gifter's inscription on fep, otherwise clean and...
The Royal Children's Hospital: A History Of Faith, Science And Love
$40.00 AUD
Author: Peter YuleBinding: HardbackPublished: Halstead Press, Rushcutters Bay, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Royal Children's Hospital: A History Of Faith, Science And Love chronicles the remarkable journey...
Matters For Judgment: An Autobiography
$15.00 AUD
Author: John KerrBinding: HardbackPublished: MacMillan, Melbourne, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMatters For Judgment presents an intimate and compelling account of John Kerr's life,...
The American Language: One-Volume Abridged Edition
$40.00 AUD
Author: H.L. MenckenBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London , 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded cloth. Light stains on book block. Clean text. H.L. Mencken's...
Mrs Grundy: Studies In English Prudery
$20.00 AUD
Author: Peter FryerBinding: HardbackPublished: Dobson Books Ltd., London, 1963Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sticker remnant on DJ, otherwise text. Mrs Grundy: Studies In English Prudery presents...
Suspected Documents And Outrageous Liars
$20.00 AUD
Author: Oscar MendelsohnBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne, Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsOscar Mendelsohn's Suspected Documents And Outrageous Liars uncovers a fascinating array of historical and contemporary...
The Pebbled Shore: The Memoirs Of
$15.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth LongfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Pebbled Shore: The Memoirs Of chronicles the remarkable life of a distinguished historian and biographer,...
Bindibu Country
$65.00 AUD
Author: Donald ThomsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Nelson., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some tears to DJ, minor tanning and yellowing to pages. Slight fading to DJ.Donald Thomson's Bindibu...