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Join some playful mermaids and decorate their undersea world with masses of sparkly stickers. Join a host of sparkly mermaids as they navigate a shipwreck, collect treasure, race through a...

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Author: Alice Beecham Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 32 Lots of playful unicorns, a variety of fun activities and magical scenes. Join the unicorns as they visit their friends at...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: FEP missingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsOne of the most flamboyant and commanding figures in twentieth-century classical music, Sir Thomas Beecham tells his own story...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the rough-spun garments of convict settlers to the corseted elegance of the colonial elite, Breeches & Bustles:...

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Lest We Forget'-that mantra of military remembrance-failed for Captain Alec Little, Australia's greatest fighter Ace. Despite the recent outpouring in interest in our military heritage, the young Victorian credited with...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom the heart of the Holy See comes one of the most extraordinary musical recordings ever produced under papal authority — Music from the Vatican: Alma...

'Reads like an instant fairytale classic' - 5* Reader Review 'An elegant, dreamy tale steeped in folklore' - Irish Times 'Dark and enticing; an atmospheric, folklore-infused fantasy' - Kirkus Reviews...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat drives a person to greatness — and what haunts them in the quiet moments? In the Psychiatrist's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingStep behind the curtain and into the storied world of the Bankside theatre tradition — The Bankside Stage-Book, written and illustrated by...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD 2025 'Strikingly accomplished . . . utterly compelling.' SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterpiece of biography.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A total joy to read.'...

How did Melbourne earn its place as one of the world's 'music cities'? Beginning with the arrival of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, this book explores the development of...

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Everything I feel from reading and listening to music I commit to paper in black pen And gradually, blot by blot, stroke by stroke, A new mode of expression emerges....

Not everything about wool is warm and fuzzy. Wool, for millennia the cold climate textile fiber, has a long relationship to war, both in terms of supporting it and causing...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFor the passionate gardener seeking to master one of nature's most breathtaking creations, Orchids for the Australian Garden...

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This seminal text by renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, discusses one of the most significant periods in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Based on archival material, it presents the reader with a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew artists have captured the raw, sunburned soul of colonial Australia with the wit and precision of Samuel...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the darkest chapter of the Pacific War, a group of Australian nurses found themselves...

'Dickensian is a language, not an adjective. Conrad speaks it fluently.' -- Spectator World 'Marvellous... the best book on Dickens since G.K. Chesterton's. -- A. N. Wilson, The Oldie A...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the sun-scorched plains to the windswept high country, Australian Bush Ballads presents a definitive collection of the verse that gave voice to the working...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sun-bleached landscapes of colonial settlement to the bold experimentations of the modern era, Place, Taste and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the decade following the first global oil shock, Australia's economic managers faced a gauntlet of inflation, unemployment,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAustralia's education system stands at a crossroads — and So Many Lessons to Learn: Failure in Australian Education...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersA landmark work for anyone who has ever stood before...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFew institutions in the world can claim a collection as historically charged and aeronautically significant as the Australian War Memorial's...

With a narrative as briskly paced and vividly detailed as an international thriller, this definitive biography of Chiang Kai-shek masterfully maps the tumultuous political career of Nationalist China's generalissimo as...

Fifty famous Australians from all walks of life will feature in this book, including names such as Barry Humphries, Kylie Minogue, Cathy Freedman, Don Bradman, May Gibbs, Andy Thomas and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures loom as large in the English literary tradition as Geoffrey Chaucer, the 14th-century poet whose vivid imagination and masterful verse transformed the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn an era when painting, theatre, and literature were bound together by a shared visual language, Martin Meisel's Realizations presents...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the crossroads of post-war prosperity and national self-examination, Australian Economic Background presents a landmark distillation of the landmark Vernon Committee Report — formally known as...

How does Google Maps reorient our city travels? How do matching algorithms affect how we seek love? And how does artificial "intelligence" prompt how we think? Engaging these and similar...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew art books dare to gather five of the most towering figures in Western painting under a single, authoritative volume — Great Masters of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the golden age of aviation, a breed of daring men took to the skies over Australia and...

Silicon Valley wants us to believe that technology will revolutionize our cities and the ways we move around. Autonomous vehicles will make us safer, greener, and more efficient. On-demand services...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the spring of 1941, Australian soldiers were thrust into one of the most desperate and...

*A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week* 'Carefully observed, rich in detail, imaginative, compassionate and angry. A raw, unexpected portrait of Britain's grandeur, wealth, energy, cruelty and hypocrisy in...

Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsA rare and vital document of Australian military service, Vietnam: A Pictorial History of...