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Puzzled People: A Study In Popular Attitudes To Religion, Ethics, Progress And Politics In A London Borough
$15.00 AUD
Author: Mass-ObservationBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: word written on backThis compelling sociological examination presents a meticulous study of popular sentiment regarding...
The Pub and the People
$300.00 AUD
Author: Mass ObservationBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, London , 1943Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed and foxed spine. Worn boards....
Our History of the 20th Century: As Told in Diaries, Journals and Letters
Author: Travis Elborough Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 What better way to understand Britain during the twentieth century than through the eyes of those who experienced it at first...
Blitz Spirit: 'Fascinating' -Tom Hanks
Author: Becky Brown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'Fascinating ' Elizabeth Day 'Finally, a book that is proving very therapeutic in these difficult times... Full of doubt, fear, anger...
The People's Victory: VE Day Through the Eyes of Those Who Were There
IN 1937, Charles Madge and Tom Harrisson created the social survey organisation Mass Observation to capture the thoughts, feelings and minutiae of individuals across the British Isles. At its height...
The Observations
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Observations
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Gustave Le Bon: The Man And His Works
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: NewJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: in shrink wrap. Few thinkers have shaped our understanding of mass psychology and social behaviour as profoundly as Gustave Le Bon, the nineteenth-century...
The National Holocaust Museum And The Hollandsche Schouwburg: Observe, Reflect, Act
$50.00 AUD
Author: Annemiek Gringold & Asjer WatermanBinding: HardbackPublished: Waanders Publishers, 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling work The National Holocaust Museum And The Hollandsche Schouwburg: Observe, Reflect, Act presents a...
Observations from the Bar
Throughout jazz history there have been nightclubs where the music and the atmosphere live on to become legendary, like Minton's in Harlem or Lincoln Gardens in Chicago. In Paris in...
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
________________ WINNER OF THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION ________________ 'An invaluable contribution to our understanding of present circumstances, just as the paradigm shift she calls for is sorely...
Lives and Observations: A Century of Australian Non-Fiction
An introduction to 20th-century Australian non-fiction selected for senior secondary use and drawn from journals, letters, interviews, biographies and autobiographies. Arranged in thematic sections, and includes biographical notes, further reading...
The Guillotine At Work: Vol 1: The Leninist Counter-Revolution
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with illustrated cover in good condition, minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. The...
Louis Pasteur and the Power of Observation
Louis Pasteur's passion for laboratory experiments led to major, life-saving changes in medicine. His research targeted unusual problems from the spoiling of wine to disease in French silkworms. His wide-ranging...
The National Holocaust Museum And The Hollandsche Schouwburg: Observe, Reflect, Act
$50.00 AUD
Author: Annemiek Gringold & Asjer WatermanBinding: HardbackPublished: Jewish Cultural Quarter / Waanders Publishers, Zwolle, 2024Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe compelling work The National Holocaust Museum And The Hollandsche Schouwburg:...
Nationalism & Communism In East Asia
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Fair-Good. Dust jacket: Worn and faded with edge wear, minor chipping, and soiling. Pages: Yellowed/tanned with age. Markings: No visible markings noted. Binding: Appears intact, some tanning...
Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2003
$20.00 AUD
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Jan Senbergs: Observation—Imagination
$50.00 AUD
Author: Elena Taylor With Tony Ellwood, David Hansen And Patrick MccaugheyBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria, 2016Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image...
The Uses of Literacy: Aspects of Working-Class Life
'A vivid inside view of working-class culture and one of the most influential books of the postwar era' Observer When a society becomes more affluent, does it lose other values?...
Stalin
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few figures in modern history cast a shadow as long and as...
Observations and Reflections: Made In The Course Of A Journey Through France, Italy, And Germany
$35.00 AUD
Author: Hester Lynch PiozziBinding: HardbackPublished: The University of Michigan Press, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has light tanning along spine and some wear to...
How to Think Like Sherlock: Improve Your Powers of Observation, Memory and Deduction
Author: Daniel Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 With this text, you will learn how to increase your powers of observation, memory, deduction and reasoning using the tricks and...
An Eye To India: The Unmasking Of A Tyranny
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of one of the most turbulent chapters in modern democratic history stands Indira Gandhi's Emergency...
The Boy Scout Handbook And Other Observations
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How to Think Like Sherlock: Improve Your Powers of Observation, Memory
With this text, you will learn how to increase your powers of observation, memory, deduction and reasoning using the tricks and techniques of the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.
The Uses Of Literacy: Aspects Of Working-Class Life With Special Reference To Publications And Entertainments
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: price clipped dj. First published in 1957, The Uses of Literacy stands as one of the...
Light On The Eternal City: Observations And Discoveries In The Art And Architecture Of Rome
$75.00 AUD
Author: Helmut Hager And Susan Scott MunshowerBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Pennsylvania State University, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, light wear on cover/back'Light...
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors, inspired by three journeys undertaken by...
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition
The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing...
The Unaccompanied
'The most popular English poet since Larkin.' Sunday Times After more than a decade and following his celebrated adventures in drama, translation, travel writing and prose poetry, Simon Armitage's eleventh...
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
Author: Simon Schama Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 'This splendid and often moving work of history... Schama has a gift for combining novelistically colourful detail, serious analysis and wryly...
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded edition
Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 720 The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers, now revised and...
Moth: One of the Observer's 'Ten Debut Novelists' of 2021
ONE OF THE OBSERVER 'S 'TEN DEBUT NOVELISTS' OF 2021 'Powerful and heartbreaking' OBSERVER 'Gripping... Razak painstakingly paints a portrait of a family; their rituals, their private languages, their shared...
The Lying Ape: An Honest Guide to a World of Deception
We tell an average of six lies a day, psychologists believe. So the next time you speak to someone, the chances are that you will be lied to. Or that...
Henry Lawson: Twenty Stories And Seven Poems with Observations by His Friends and Critics
$40.00 AUD
Author: Henry Lawson; compiled by Colin RoderickBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1947Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis collection features twenty stories and seven poems by...
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
Author: Simon Schama Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 'This splendid and often moving work of history... Schama has a gift for combining novelistically colourful detail, serious analysis and wryly...
My Dear Walter: Observations of a Gurkha Officer, 1937-43
$15.00 AUD
My Dear Walter is the work of Richard Wethered Morland-Hughes - Portland as he was universally known to his beloved 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles - who died in action in...
Australia's Heritage Watch: An Overview Of Australian Conservation
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of national identity and environmental responsibility, Australia's Heritage Watch: An Overview of Australian Conservation presents a sweeping and authoritative survey of...
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals: Observations from a Family Farm
Author: Rosamund Young Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been...
Writers And Hampstead: Observations On The Place And The People, 101 Commentators From Domesday To Drabble
$30.00 AUD
Author: Ian NorrieBinding: HardbackPublished: High Hill Press, Hampstead, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, Writers And Hampstead: Observations On The Place And The People, 101 Commentators...
The Grumpy Guide to Life: Observations from Grumpy Cat
It's been two years since Grumpy Cat's owners posted that photo on Reddit. Things have never been the same for the cat with the scowly mug... In a world filled...
The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals: Observations from a Family Farm
We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been my experience. Some are affectionate, others prone to head-butting....