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Abdication
$15.00 AUD
Author: Brian InglisBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron Books, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Abdication, chronicles the dramatic events surrounding a monarch's decision to relinquish the throne. It uncovers...
Natural And Supernatural: A History Of The Paranormal From Earliest Times To 1914 (SIGNED)
$100.00 AUD
Author: Brian InglisBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder and Stoughton, 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: DJ repaired with tape. Inscribed by the author & gifter's inscription on feps....
Fighting Talk: The Most Stirring Speeches, Surrenders, Battle Cries and Fighting Words in History
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No Mean Feat
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'I Wonder': The Life and Work of Ken Inglis
Ken Inglis was one of Australia's most creative, wide-ranging and admired historians. During a scholarly career spanning nearly seven decades, his humane, questioning approach - summed up by the recurring...
Sir William Angliss: An Intimate Biography (SIGNED)
$150.00 AUD
Author: Lady AnglissBinding: HardbackPublished: The author Melbourne, 1959Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionSir William Angliss: An Intimate Biography presents a compelling portrait of a titan of Australian...
Endling: LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN
* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD...
Endling: LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN
* LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 * * WINNER OF THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2026 * * SHORTLISTED FOR THE CLIMATE FICTION PRIZE * * WINNER OF THE ATWOOD...
The Lost Imperialist: Lord Dufferin, Memory and Mythmaking in an Age of Celebrity
Author: Andrew Gailey Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 464 Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography 2016 Frederick Hamiton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, enjoyed...
Shroud for a Nightingale: The classic murder mystery from the 'Queen of English crime' (Guardian)
The young women of Nightingale House are there to learn to nurse and comfort the suffering. But when one of the students plays patient in a demonstration of nursing skills,...
The Lingo: Listening to Australian English
A lively linguistic analysis of our distinctive forms of speech drawn from a range of everyday experiences, including work, relaxation, gambling, drinking, family life, sport, crime, war, politics and sexual...
The King's English
Amis's acerbic guide to the use and abuse of the English language, part of a new series of reissues of his work in Penguin Modern Classics The King's English is...
Studying English Literature: A Practical Guide
Studying English Literature is a unique guide for undergraduates beginning to study the discipline of literature and those who are thinking of doing so. Unlike books that provide a survey...
Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination
The importance of cricket to England has been immortalised in the art and literature of a thousand years. For countless artists and writers across the centuries, the culture and aesthetics...
The English Amongst the Persians: Imperial Lives in Nineteenth-Century
Against a background of intrigue and manipulation on both sides, the author charts the experiences and impact of those who helped to define the relationship between Britain and Iran from...
English Historians: Selected Passages
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Author: Bertram NewmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1957Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsEnglish Historians: Selected Passages by Bertram Newman presents a...
The Master: the Life and Work of Edward H. Sugden
Edward H. Sugden was the first Master of Queen's College in the University of Melbourne, holding that office from the last days of 'marvellous Melbourne' to the beginning of the...
The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide
Australian English is unique; having absorbed elements of British and American English it has developed its own distinctive style. As a living language, Australian English is constantly changing, so that...
Skills for the TOEFL iBT (R) Test: Listening and Speaking (Collins English for the TOEFL Test)
If you feel overwhelmed by the complexity of TOEFL, Collins Skills for TOEFL iBT (R) Test can help. This book helps you handle the integrated aspect of the tasks in...
English Doctor, Italian Bride
English Doctor, Italian Bride Carol Marinelli Six years ago English consultant Hugh Armstrong was welcomed into the Azetti family when he was far from home - and unwittingly stole the...
English People: Experience of Teaching and Learning English in British
"English People" is a portrait of the subject "English" as it is experienced by teachers and students in British higher education. The author has interviewed staff and students in the...
A Guide To The Inland Angling Waters Of Victoria
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Author: B R Tunbridge, P L Rogan, C A BarnhamBinding: PaperbackPublished: Dept. of Conservation and Environment., 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor peeling and rubbing to...
A Very English Hero: The Making of Frank Thompson
Gentle, modest and handsome, a fine poet, proficient in nine languages, eccentric Englishman Frank Thompson made an unlikely soldier. The elder of two sons of a formidable family of writers...
Grinling Gibbons & The English Woodcarving Tradition
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Author: Frederick Oughton F.R.S.A.Binding: HardbackPublished: Stobart, London, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor yellowing of internal front and back pages, signed by previous owner on internal front...
English: A Story of Marmite, Queuing and Weather
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The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage
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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples since 1900
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English Trader, Indian Maid: Representing Gender, Race, and Slavery in
On March 13th, 1711, an article appeared in "The Spectator about Thomas Inkle, a young and aspiring English trader cast ashore in the Americas, who is saved from violenct death...
Left-Wing Democracy In The English Civil War: A Study Of The Social Philosophy Of Gerrard Winstanley
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of political and intellectual history, this study presents a penetrating analysis of the radical democratic thought that emerged from...
The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide
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The English Ideology: Studies In The Language Of Victorian Politics
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Author: George WatsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: tear on front of dust jacket, foxong on blockGeorge Watson's The...
A Brief History of the English Civil Wars: Roundheads, Cavaliers and the Execution of the King
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Englishmen and Irish Troubles: British Public Opinion and the Making of Irish Policy, 1918-1922
$25.00 AUD
Author: Boyce, D GBinding: HardbackPublished: The MIT Press,, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis work of political history presents how British public opinion shaped the government’s...
The Invention of Essex: The Making of an English County
SHORTLISTED FOR THE EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARD 2023'Exceptionally well-written and intelligent ... if you are interested in this remarkable microcosm of England, the book will grip you; if you aren't,...
The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English
A gripping, extraordinary account of England in an era of revolutionary turmoil Within the English revolution of the mid-seventeenth century which resulted in the triumph of the protestant ethic -...
The English Bastille: A History Of Newgate Gaol And Prison Conditions In Britain 1188-1902
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Author: Anthony BabingtonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macdonald, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the evolution of England's penal system, drawing stark comparisons to infamous European institutions....
The Making of the English Working Class
The revolutionary account of working-class culture and ideals, reissued as a Penguin Modern Classic to mark the 50th anniversary of its publication This brilliant account of working-class society in its...
Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers: The Role of
At a time when knowledge is being 're-valued' as central to curriculum concerns, subject English is being called to account. Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers puts long-standing...
Listening to Mondrian
This one time, listening to Mondrian has let me go beyond the prison bars. And if you've escaped once, I reckon, you're always able to break free, one way or...
The Cambridge Guide To English Literature
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No tears, jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Page Condition: Good. Markings: glue stains on endpapers. Binding condition: Firm and intact. An indispensable companion for students,...
Skills for the TOEFL iBT (R) Test: Reading and Writing (Collins English for the TOEFL Test)
If you feel overwhelmed by the complexity of TOEFL, Collins Skills for the TOEFL iBT (R) Test can help. This book helps you handle the integrated aspect of the tasks...