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Westminster Abbey: A Church in History
$80.00 AUD
A comprehensive and authoritative history that explores the significance of one of the most famous buildings and institutions in England Westminster Abbey was one of the most powerful churches in...
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe
A provocative, original and compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences Disasters are by their very nature hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises and wars, are not...
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
A titanic history of the three great oceans - the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indian - and of mankind's relationship with the sea from the first voyagers to the...
Visions Of History
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to write history from the margins — from the factory floor, the enslaved quarters,...
History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of
A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey...
Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great: The Remarkable Discovery
In October 336 BC, statues of the twelve Olympian Gods were paraded through the ancient capital of Macedon. Following them was a thirteenth, a statue of King Philip II who...
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution
'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' The Times'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and as a writer, to illuminate abstruse and abstract ideas with human charm' ObserverIn...
The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America
An award-winning historian's "searing" (Wall Street Journal) account of America's internal slave trade-and its role in the making of AmericaSlave traders are peripheral figures in most histories of American slavery....
History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of Politics, Character and Statecraft
A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey...
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
The bestselling phenomenon returns with 21 bite-sized lessons to help us understand our troubled times. **THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means...
Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History
Where have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in any particular place? This evocative historical journey around the world shows us. After...
The Unique And The Universal: Some Historical Reflections
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the crossroads of history, philosophy, and political thought,...
Readings In The Classical Historians
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly compilation presents a curated selection of foundational texts from the most influential...
Illuminating History: A Retrospective of Seven Decades
Over a remarkable career Bernard Bailyn has reshaped our understanding of the early American past. Inscribing his superb scholarship with passion and imagination honed by a commitment to rigor, Bailyn...
By Degrees: An Illustrated History Of The University Of Ballarat
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the gold-rush heartland of regional Victoria, one institution rose to embody the aspirations of a community determined to educate itself against all odds...
The Chorus Of History: 1485-1558
$12.00 AUD
Author: Stephen GreenblattBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis work of historical scholarship illuminates a pivotal era in European history, spanning from the late...
The Journal Of Modern History. Volume 72, Number 3
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly journal issue presents rigorous historical analysis across several major articles, each arguing...
Survey Of London Volume Xlvi: South And East Clerkenwell
$400.00 AUD
Author: Philip TempleBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic volume meticulously chronicles the rich architectural and social history of South and East Clerkenwell. It...
Underdawgs: How Brad Stevens and Butler University Built the Bulldogs
$12.00 AUD
"In the best John Feinstein tradition" ( Booklist ) the greatest college basketball story in decades--the Butler Bulldogs and their improbable run to two straight NCAA National Championship games--now updated...
Cultural Dementia: How the West has Lost its History, and Risks Losing Everything Else
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The Shock Of The Old: Technology and Global History since 1900
$15.00 AUD
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History Matters
In this posthumous collection of thought-provoking essays-many published here for the first time-Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and bestselling author David McCullough affirms the value of history, how we can be guided...
The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History
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Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
$15.00 AUD
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The Empire of Climate: A History of an Idea
Author: David N. LivingstoneFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 235mm, 552 pagesPublished: Princeton University Press, United States, 2024How the specter of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity.Scientists, journalists, and...
In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britain
$20.00 AUD
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Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin - a biography of one of the most influential and recognisable Australians from the award-winning historian and author of CURTIN and CHIFLEY
From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, the iconic PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds fresh light on the formative...
More Memories Of Melbourne University: Undergraduate Life In The Years Since 1919
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Shows signs of fading but otherwise jacket in good condition. Pages clean and bright. A rich work of...
Memories Of Melbourne University: Undergraduate Life In The Years Since 1917
$20.00 AUD
Author: Hume DowBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson Australia, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis non-fiction work offers a fascinating historical account of undergraduate life at Melbourne University, chronicling the experiences...
James "Athenian" Stuart 1713-1788: The Rediscovery Of Antiquity
$120.00 AUD
Author: Susan Weber SorosBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press, 2007Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: HEAVYJames Athenian Stuart: The Rediscovery Of Antiquity by Susan Weber Soros chronicles the...
Contemporary History In The Soviet Mirror
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of Cold War historiography, Contemporary History in the Soviet Mirror examines how Soviet...
Menzies and Churchill at War: A Controversial New Account of the 1941 Struggle for Power
$20.00 AUD
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A Greek State in Formation: The Origins of Civilization in Mycenaean
The Mycenaean civilization of the Greek Bronze was identified 150 years ago, yet its origins remain obscure. Jack L. Davis, codirector of ongoing excavations at the Palace of Nestor at...
The Hamlyn History of Archaeology
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In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World
Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History 2004 Churchill fought the war twice over - as Prime Minister and again as its premier historian. In 1948-54 he published six volumes...
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, His Villa And Garden At Chiswick
$25.00 AUD
Author: John HarrisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the profound influence of the Palladian...
Mysteries Of The Mummies: The Story Of The Manchester University Investigation
$35.00 AUD
Author: Dr Rosalie DavidBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tears to DJ.This compelling non-fiction work chronicles the...
Memories Of Melbourne University: Undergraduate Life In The Years Since 1917
$20.00 AUD
Author: Hume DowBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson Australia, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cut on FEP. This non-fiction work offers a fascinating historical account of undergraduate life at...
Passages to Freedom: The Underground Railroad in History and Memory
$20.00 AUD
Few things have defined America as much as slavery. In the wake of emancipation the story of the Underground Railroad has become a seemingly irresistible part of American historical consciousness....
Historian's Quest
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsIn Historian’s Quest, Gabriel Jackson offers a deeply personal and intellectually rigorous account of his two-decade journey into the heart...
History On The Edge: Essays In Memory Of John Foster (1944-1994)
$20.00 AUD
Author: Mark BakerBinding: PaperbackPublished: The University of Melbourne, The History Department, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic collection, History On The...
More Memories Of Melbourne University: Undergraduate Life In The Years Since 1919
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Shows signs of fading but otherwise jacket in good condition. Pages clean and bright. A rich work of...