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The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales...

With its charming characters and engaging story, Starting School provides children with the comfort, confidence, and inspiration they need to take their first steps into the world of education. "The...

The Most Glorious Prospect reveals the historic gardens of Wales as experienced by contemporary travelers and tourists. Endlessly fascinating, intricately detailed, and delightfully humorous, it relates how the great gardens...

From the Booker-winning author of Schindler's Ark, a compelling and spirited novel about Charles Dickens' son and his little-known adventures in the Australian Outback. In the late 1800s, rather than...

Military History Bargain Book Box (15 Books) Fifteen books written by the people who were there, and the historians determined to get it right. Inside: a rescue mission cancelled at...

History & Biography Bargain Book Box From wartime espionage and the secret intelligence networks that shaped the twentieth century to lost ancient cities, forgotten Olympians, and the lives of remarkable...

Will keeping the Japanese, Korean and Italian POWs of the Second World War alive in Australia keep Australian POWs alive and well wherever they are? Will keeping the Japanese, Korean...

Dreamlike Welsh tales from the thirteenth century Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of the Mabinogion passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the...

International rugby correspondent Eddie Butler tackles that most elusive of questions for Welsh rugby fans - just who are the best fifteen players ever to have played for the national...

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Author: Mr Richard King Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 There is no present in Wales, / And no future; / There is only the past, / Brittle with relics...

Brilliantly reconstructed from contemporary narratives, The Last Outlaws is both a gripping work of historical true crime and a richly revealing examination of our nation at its birth. The Chant...

Author: John DaviesBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerA seminal work in Welsh historiography, A History Of Wales chronicles the intricate political,...

Author: Mr Richard KingFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 445g, 544 pagesPublished: Faber & Faber, United Kingdom, 2023Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a...

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On 18 September 1997 the Welsh electorate voted for a National Assembly. The slender majority was an enormous turnaround from the outright rejection of 1979, a turnaround engineered by the...

Author: P. M. HeatonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Starling Press, 1984Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedReardon Smith Line: The History Of A South Wales Shipping Venture chronicles the fascinating rise and...

This beautifully illustrated book tells the stories behind 60 remarkable buildings chosen from the many thousands at National Trust properties across England, Wales and Northern Ireland Spanning 900 years of...

Author: Jimmy Barnes Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Tales of adventure, misadventure, love and loss - this collection of non-fiction short stories from the Australian rock legend turned writer...

Wales is a country of powerful history and striking landscape. Dramatic mountains, narrow valleys, beautiful coastlines, peaceful villages, and bustling towns all echo with the resolute identity of a nation...

The Little Book of Wales Rugby is the latest volume in this highly successful series of sports-themed quotes books. Focusing on the mots juste from the great players of the...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerThis monumental work, The Fed: A History Of The South Wales Miners In The Twentieth Century, chronicles the tumultuous journey...

A timely and uplifting picture book for 5+, reflecting on what's important for each of us to remember, from the creative team that brought us All Through the Year and...

The coal industry dominated large parts of south Wales for more than a century. This book studies the kind of landscape and society that it created in south-west Wales. The...

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA meticulously researched work of regional medical history, this volume chronicles the evolution of dental practice in New South Wales...

Author: C.M.H. ClarkBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1975Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA scholarly work of historical non-fiction, A History Of Australia II: New...

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Discussing the significance of monuments as part of the national heritage, this book offers an illustrated guide to the statues, medallions, obelisks, columns, pillars, belvederes and other monuments of England...

Author: Tom BulloughFormat: Hardback, 140mm x 220mm, 415g, 288 pagesPublished: Granta Books, United Kingdom, 2023Sarn Helen - Helen's Causeway - is the old Roman Road that runs from the south...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Ex-Library with usual markings. Jacket: CUSTOM DJ. Page Condition: yellowed. At the intersection of national identity and democratic transformation, Wales in British Politics 1868–1922 chronicles...

Author: John RamslandBinding: HardbackPublished: Kangaroo Press, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling work of social history, With Just But Relentless Discipline chronicles the evolution of corrective services...

*Now with an exclusive extract of Elizabeth Chadwick's next novel, The Royal Rebel - only in the paperback!*Wales, 1093.The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys...

'Delightfully insightful and intensely readable [...] There is an energy and drama to Rory's writing which nonetheless leaves space for us, the reader, to make up our minds' - Stephen...

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Whilst living in exile on St Helena, Napoleon exerted an extraordinary influence on young Betsy Balcombe. How did she get from Napoleon's side to the Australian bush? Whilst living in...

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The Welsh people have been part of Australian society since white settlements began two centuries ago, and today, those of Welsh descent, such as and Kylie Minogue, have achieved worldwide...

A full colour illustrated volume displaying the inspiring scenery and the variety of the rich landscape and environment of Wales, with a bilingual text, a detailed index, tourist advice, notes...

Winner of the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize. How did Corporal Hitler's Luger from the First World War end up being the weapon that killed an IRA turncoat in Kempsey,...