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Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
A FINANCIAL TIMES HIGHLIGHT FOR 2026 'The most important reappraisal of modern China to appear in years' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed From renowned,...
Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
A FINANCIAL TIMES HIGHLIGHT FOR 2026 'The most important reappraisal of modern China to appear in years' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed From renowned,...
Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
A FINANCIAL TIMES HIGHLIGHT FOR 2026 'The most important reappraisal of modern China to appear in years' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed From renowned,...
The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution
In 1949 Mao Zedong hoisted the red flag over Beijing's Forbidden City. Instead of liberating the country, the communists destroyed the old order and replaced it with a repressive system...
Dictators: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
A New Statesman , Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year 'Brilliant' NEW STATESMAN , BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Enlightening and a good read' SPECTATOR 'Moving and perceptive' NEW...
How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century
'Brilliant' NEW STATESMAN , BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Enlightening and a good read' SPECTATOR 'Moving and perceptive' NEW STATESMAN Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Ceausescu, Mengistu of Ethiopia...
Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'A gripping and masterful portrait of the brutal court of Mao, based on new research but also written with great narrative verve' Simon Sebag...
Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1905
$20.00 AUD
Author: Geoffrey C. WardBinding: HardbackPublished: New York Book-of-the-Month Club, 1997Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers an insightful look into the early life of Franklin D. Roosevelt,...
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976
Acclaimed by the Daily Mail as 'definitive and harrowing' , this is the final volume of 'The People's Trilogy', begun by the Samuel Johnson prize-winning Mao's Great Famine. After the...
Bolt Of Fate: Benjamin Franklin And His Fabulous Kite
Benjamin Franklin flying his electric kite is one of the most celebrated images of any Founding Father's life. Yet, as Tom Tucker argues convincingly in Bolt of Fate, the kite...
My Congenials: Miles Franklin and Friends in Letters: Vol 1: 1879-1938
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After the Lost Franklin Expedition: Lady Franklin and John Rae
The fate of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1847 is an enigma that has tantalised generations of historians, archaeologists and adventurers. The expedition was lost without a trace and all...
Miles Franklin Literary Award Winners 1957-2024
$12,000.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: See below 1957 Voss, Patrick White The Viking Press New York. Hardback in dust jacket. 1st ed. Yes - unclipped ($5.00) VG....
Somewhere in France: Letters to Home - The War Years of Sgt.Roy Whitelaw
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My Darling Pussy: The Letters Of Lloyd George And Frances Stevenson 1913-41
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Author: A.J.P. TaylorBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical collection My Darling Pussy: The Letters Of Lloyd George...