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Great Excavations: John Romer's History of Archaeology
Most believed it had begun when God placed Adam & Eve, fully formed, into the Garden of Eden. Archaeology changed all that. Besides revealing to us the treasures, tombs and...
The Rape of Tutankhamun
The book titled The Rape of Tutankhamun by the author John Romer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited
The Great Pyramid's eerily precise architecture has for centuries both astounded and puzzled archaeologists and has given rise to numerous modern fantasies concerning the so-called 'Mystery of the Pyramids'. Sweeping...
Testament: The Bible And History
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew books have shaped Western civilisation as profoundly as the Bible, yet the vast gulf between sacred scripture and historical fact remains one of...
Valley Of The Kings
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in Egyptology, Valley of the Kings chronicles the dramatic history of one of the ancient world's most extraordinary...
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
New to Classics, with a new introduction by one of the best known Egyptologists of our time The Book of the Dead is a unique collection of funerary texts from...
Valley of the Kings
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Romer's Egypt: A New Light On The Civilization Of Ancient Egypt
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly illustrated work of popular Egyptology, Romer's Egypt: A New Light On The Civilization Of Ancient Egypt presents a...
Seven Wonders of the World: A History of the Modern Imagination
The Seven Wonders of the World were first listed over 2000 years ago but they remain a source of fascination and their influence can still be seen in the cities...
Thornwood House
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LBJ's America: The Life and Legacies of Lyndon Baines Johnson
In innumerable ways, we still live in LBJ's America. More than half a century after his death, Lyndon Baines Johnson continues to exert profound influence on American life. This collection...
Thornwood House
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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome matters.Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to the Rape...
John Christopher
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Creased spines. "Jean-Christophe" is a Nobel Prize-winning roman-fleuve published across four volumes ("Dawn and Morning," "Storm and Stress," "In Paris,"...
Clubland Heroes: A Nostalgic Study Of Some Recurrent Characters In The Romantic Fiction Of Dornford Yates, John Buchan And Sapper
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Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the golden age of British popular fiction, three authors — Dornford Yates, John Buchan, and Sapper — conjured a world of...
In a Land Far from Home: A John Murray Journey
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TARAN KHAN, author of Shadow City TRANSLATED FROM BENGALI BY NAZES AFROZ An intrepid traveller and true cosmopolitan, legendary Bengali writer Syed Mujtaba Ali spent...
Thornwood House
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The Churchill Complex: The Rise and Fall of the Special Relationship from Winston and FDR to Trump and Johnson
Author: Ian Buruma Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'Rich and rewarding' - Wall Street Journal It is impossible to understand the last 75 years of British and American history...
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
***NOW A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD FILM DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN*** WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' - Sunday Times Physicist and polymath, as...
The Dream of Rome
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The Dream of Rome
Focussing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation and looking at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times, this is an...
Lord Cromer
In the heyday of Empire just before the First World War, Lord Cromer was second only to Lord Curzon in fame and public esteem. In the days when Cairo and...
William Plomer
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John Young: Silhouettes and Polychromes
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The Classical World: An Epic History from Homer to Hadrian
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The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics--these are...
Salamis In Cyprus: Homeric, Hellenistic And Roman
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Edition: 1st ed. Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in classical archaeology and Mediterranean history, Salamis in Cyprus: Homeric, Hellenistic and Roman presents...
The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris
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Samuel Johnson
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in English literary history loom as large or as vividly as Samuel Johnson — and John Wain's acclaimed biography captures the full measure...
Johnno: from the award-winning author of Remembering Babylon, Ransom
David Malouf's first novel recreates the war-conscious forties, the pubs and brothels of the fifties, and the years away treading water overseas. 'Despite Johnno's assertion that Brisbane was absolutely the...
Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in America
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Author: Lawrence GoodwynBinding: HardbackPublished: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1976Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book delves into the populist movement in America, offering a detailed account of its...
Rome Victorious: The Irresistible Rise of the Roman Empire
Rome - Urbs Roma : city of patricians and plebeians, emperors and gladiators, slaves and concubines - was the epicentre of a far-flung imperium whose cultural legacy is incalculable. How...
The Nordstrom Way: The Inside Story of America's Number 1 Customer
Praise for The Nordstrom Way "Outstanding customer service and Nordstrom's are synonymous. The innovative approach has allowed them to find out what the customers want and then do it. Their...
Rugged Style War-Rome: WWII-Era American Military Jackets from the
With their softened camouflage, sun-faded stencils, and well-worn insignia patches, this collection of more than 100 iconic WWII American military jackets will wow even the most hardcore connoisseurs and collectors....
The Land Boomers
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the feverish decades of Melbourne's great land boom of the 1880s, a cast of audacious speculators, crooked financiers, and...
Paper Doll: Notes From A Late Bloomer
'AN ESSENTIAL READ FOR ANYONE WITH A HEART' JOE LOCKE, star of Heartstopper 'SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY' Kristin Chenoweth...
Paper Doll: Notes From A Late Bloomer
'AN ESSENTIAL READ FOR ANYONE WITH A HEART' JOE LOCKE, star of Heartstopper 'SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY' Kristin Chenoweth...
Headlands: John Beard Works 1993 - 2007
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew artists capture the raw, elemental tension between humanity and the natural world with the visceral intensity of...
Chrome Dome 1960-68: The B-52s' high-stakes Cold War nuclear operation
In 1960, SAC's B-52s began a nonstop, eight-year, nuclear-armed patrol. Fully illustrated, this study explains how one of the Cold War's most challenging operations was conceived and flown. Operation Chrome...
The Boy from Boomerang Crescent
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The Life And Times Of George Iii
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew monarchs in British history have been as misunderstood, mythologised, and ultimately as tragic as George III — a king who ruled for sixty...
Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday
LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. LGBTQ writing from ancient times to yesterday, selected by award-winning translator Frank Wynne. Since the dawn of...
Golden Summers: Heidelberg And Beyond
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the sun-drenched landscapes of late nineteenth-century Australia, a revolutionary art movement was born — one that would...