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Dominion: A History of England Volume V by Peter Ackroyd
24.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: The\History of England Ser.
The penultimate volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England series, Dominion begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to post-war depression, spanning the last years of the Regency to the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901.In it, Ackroyd takes us from t ...Show more
Dunera Lives A Visual History by Ken Inglis; Seumas Spark; Jay Winter; Carol Bunyan
39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Series: History Ser.
"When scholars of such rigorous and refined erudition engage with a topic of such critical importance it is a cause for celebration, as are the lives themselves, painstakingly recorded so movingly herein. And all of it comes into the world not a moment too soon."--Elliot Perlman *** In July 1940, around ...Show more
Dunera Lives: Profiles by Ken Inglis; Bill Gammage; Seumas Spark; Jay Winter; Carol Bunyan
39.95 AUD
Category: Australian Studies | Series: Australian History Ser.
This second volume of Dunera Lives presents the voices, faces, and lives of 20 people, who, together with nearly 3000 other internees from Britain and Singapore, landed in Australia in 1940. All over the world there were Dunera Lives, those of men and women who passed through the upheavals of the Second ...Show more
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History by Eric Chaline
35.00 AUD
Category: unmapped | Series: Changed the Course of History Ser.
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History is a beautifully illustrated book that uncovers the fascinating stories of creatures great and small. These are the animals that have played a central role in the evolution of humankind and modern society, but remain at the periphery of our undertsanding ...Show more
Foundation - The History of England: Volume I by Peter Ackroyd
22.99 AUD
Category: Popular History | Series: The\History of England Ser. | Reading Level: 16
The first volume in a new six-part history of England from acclaimed author Peter Ackroyd. Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more ...Show more
France and the Dreyfus Affair: A Documentary History by Michael Burns
24.00 AUD
Category: Judaica | Series: The Bedford Series in History and Culture
This work provides a brief documentary history of the Dreyfus affair, the infamous episode in which a French Jewish army officer, Alfred Dreyfus, was unjustly convicted of treason in 1894 and 1899 and then acquitted and exonerated in 1906. The narrative is interspersed with approximately 65 brief docume ...Show more
Gods' Man - A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynd Ward
18.99 AUD
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
The most important work of American artist and illustrator Lynd Ward, Gods' Man is a powerfully evocative novel, told entirely through woodcuts. Ward (1905-85), in employing the concept of the wordless pictorial narrative, acknowledged his predecessors the European artists Frans Masereel and Otto N ckel ...Show more
Great British Walks - Short Walks in Beautiful Places by Jilly MacLeod (Editor); National Trust Books Staff
34.99 AUD
Category: Guidebooks | Series: National Trust History and Heritage Ser.
The National Trust cares for some of the most spectacular countryside in Britain. This guide features 100 walks from across the country, from the ancient majesty of Avebury's stone circle and the wonder of Giant's Causeway to the dramatic peaks towering about Lake windermere. The walks are organised by ...Show more
History Mysteries: Diamond Jack by Mark Greenwood
12.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: History Mysteries Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
In March 1942, an aircraft prepares for a desperate midnight escape, taking refugees to safety in Australia. Just before take-off, the pilot is entrusted with a mysterious, wax-sealed package. But when the plane is shot down by the enemy and crash lands on the Kimberley coast, the package is forgotten-- ...Show more
History Mysteries: Lasseter's Gold by Mark Greenwood
12.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: History Mysteries Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
It?s 1930, and a man named Harold Lasseter claims to have discovered a massive gold reef in Central Australia. As he journeys across the desert to find it again, he buries maps and secret messages beneath the ashes of his campfires - before taking the location of the treasure to his grave...
History Mysteries: The Last Tiger by Mark Greenwood
12.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: History Mysteries Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
In 1936, hunted and trapped by European farmers, the last few Tasmanian Tigers take refuge in the forests of Tasmania. But even after the last-known Tiger dies alone and neglected in a zoo, people claim to have sighted this amazing creature. No one can prove it still exists, until a determined searcher ...Show more
History Mysteries: The Lost Explorer by Mark Greenwood
12.99 AUD
Category: Childrens | Series: History Mysteries Ser. | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
In 1848 the famous explorer Ludwig Leichhardt sets out on an epic journey. His aim is to cross Australia from east to west, but he never reaches his destination and no one from his expedition is ever seen again. Countless search parties set out to look for the expedition but no trace is ever found. Unti ...Show more