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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful
Burke's hugely influential work - particularly in art - on the sublime and the beautiful Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely...
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Burke's seminal work on the French Revolution, and a fine example of conservative political thought Burke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it...
The Great Melody
Statesman, political thinker, orator, and ardent campaigner, Edmund Burke was one of the most brilliant figures of the eighteenth century. This unorthodox biography focuses on Burke's thoughts, responses, and actions...
Thinking About Art
$20.00 AUD
Author: Edmund Burke FeldmanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Prentice-Hall, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Yellowed cover with minor marks , previous owner details in FEP.Thinking About Art...
Serious Cycling
$12.00 AUD
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A Modest Proposal and Other Writings
A new selection of Swift's witty, acerbic and polemical prose The political dilemma of Ireland; the state of faith in England; the charms of the Beggar's Opera; the importance of...
Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling: Build the Strength, Skills,
Ride Strong, Ride Long ... Whether Your Goal Is 30 Miles or 3,000 From Edmund R. Burke, Ph.D., and Ed Pavelka - two of the country's top cycling experts -...
Son Of London
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling narrative chronicles the vibrant and often harsh realities of London's working-class districts. It presents a vivid portrait of...
This Accursed Land
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Author: Lennard BickelBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the harrowing 1860-61 Burke and Wills expedition, the first to traverse the Australian continent...
The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature
Replacing the Annals of English Literature (first published by OUP in 1935), the Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature presents a chronological record of around 15,000 works published in the...
The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis
A landmark study of of one of the most controversial periods in history, from an eminent historian The Enlightenment is popularly seen as the Age of Reason, a key moment...
The Great British Speeches
Author: Simon Heffer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in...
The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
A fascinating description of the beginning of the modern world For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world -...
The Journey Of Burke And Wills
$30.00 AUD
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Ignorance: A Global History
"A fascinating catalogue of the conditions and agency of ignorance"-Jeffrey Collins, Times Literary Supplement "A declaration of love for education"-Stefan Bauer, History Today "Dazzling . . . a deliciously knowledgeable...
English Art: 1714-1800
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The eighteenth century stands as one of...
Living In Bloomsbury
$40.00 AUD
Author: Thomas BurkeBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1947Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling non-fiction work offers a...
Burke Foundation
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The book titled Burke Foundation by the author Anthony McCandless. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Hegel's World Revolutions
G.W.F. Hegel was widely seen as the greatest philosopher of his age. Ever since, his work has shaped debates about issues as varied as religion, aesthetics and metaphysics. His most...
Devil Been Walkabout Tonight: The Death Of Burke & Wills At Cooper's
This book focuses on the last three months of Robert O'Hara Burke, William John Wills, and John King on Cooper's Creek. The original expedition which set out in August 1860...
A New Kind Of History: From The Writings Of Febvre
$45.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: faded, no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding: Binding intact, no loose pages. A landmark collection in the field of historiography, A New...
The Life of Samuel Johnson
A landmark in Boswell and Johnson studies In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a...
A 150Th Anniversary Tribute Burke & Wills
$10.00 AUD
Author: Edited By Colin Carrington; Foreword By Jack ThompsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Bendigo Goldfields Bush Poets Inc, 2010Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical...
Gray Fox: Robert E.Lee and the Civil War
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The Burning Library: Essays
$15.00 AUD
From a much-celebrated writer, a richly varied collection of his most enduring essays through the past 25 years. Beginning with The Gay Philosopher and ending with The Personal Is Political,...
Will Someone Lead Me To A Pub?
$100.00 AUD
Author: Thomas Burke; Frederick Carter (illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: George Routledge & Sons, 1936Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis charming narrative, Will Someone Lead...
The Rhetoric of Reaction: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy
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Man Of Steam: E.E. Lucy - A Gentleman Engineer In The Great Days Of The Iron Horse
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Author: David BurkeBinding: HardbackPublished: Iron Horse Press, 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical biography Man Of Steam: E.E. Lucy - A Gentleman Engineer In The Great Days...
Admiral Arleigh Burke
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Told by a historian who was chairman of naval history at Annapolis for twenty years, here is the first full chronicle of World War II's last living naval hero--Thirty-one Knot...
Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters
A brilliant account of the life, thought and continuing importance of the world's greatest economist Adam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most...
The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know
In this sequel to the best-selling "The American Reader", Diane and Michael Ravitch have gathered together the best and most memorable poems, essays, songs, and orations in English history, capturing...
The Life And Letters Of Sir Edmund Gosse
$25.00 AUD
Author: The Hon. Evan Charteris, K.C.Binding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Ltd, 1931Condition:Book: Fair, ex-libraryJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Small stamps on prelims, otherwise internally sound. This...
Complete Burkes Backyard
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Patriotic Gore: Studies In The Literature Of The American Civil War
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some wear on edges and corners. Page Condition: Good, slight tanning visible. Markings: No markings observed. Binding: Intact. The dust jacket shows some edge...
Letters On Literature And Politics: 1912-1972
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of literary genius and political conscience stands Edmund Wilson, one of twentieth-century America's most formidable intellectual voices, and Letters on Literature...
Venice And Amsterdam: A Study Of Seventeenth-Century Élites
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Author: Peter BurkeBinding: HardbackPublished: TEMPLE SMITH, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical analysis, Venice & Amsterdam: A Study Of Seventeenth-Century Elites, presents...
Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images as Historical Evidence
The yew is the oldest and most common tree in the world, but it is a plant of puzzling contradictions: it is a conifer with juicy scarlet berries, but no...
The Portable Edmund Wilson
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark anthology in American literary culture,...
Four Thousand Weeks: Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your
The paperback edition of the liberating Sunday Times bestseller is set to enhance readers' lives even further with extra content on how we can all spend our four thousand weeks....
The Strange Death of Edmund Godfrey: Plots and Politics in Restoration England
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A Conspiratorial Life: Robert Welch, the John Birch Society, and the
The first full-scale biography of Robert Welch, who founded the John Birch Society and planted some of modern conservatism's most insidious seeds. Though you may not know his name, Robert...
Burke's Soldier
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