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King Charles II by Antonia Fraser
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History
The story of King Charles II is one of enduring fascination. The golden childhood of the boy Prince in the Van Dyck pictures gave way to an adventurous youth in Civil War England and abroad, ending traumatically when his father was executed in 1649. Charles II, King at eighteen, succeeded to `nothing bu ...Show more
A0 fold AIATSIS map Indigenous Australia by Aboriginal Studies Press; David Horton
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
ASP's best-selling publication. An attractive educational tool which aims to represent all the language groups of Australia's Indigenous people.
The Small Back Room by Nigel Balchin
$6.50 AUD
Category: Military | Series: Cassell Military Paperbacks Ser.
A true classic of war literature
Eleanor of Aquitaine by the wrath of God, Queen of England by Alison Weir
$7.95 AUD
Category: General History
Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, was one of the leading personalities of the Middle Ages, and also one of the most controversial. Having inherited a vast feudal domain stretching from the Loire to the Pyrenees, she was one of the greatest heiresses in history; yet in her own day, she was famous not only f ...Show more
The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer
$9.95 AUD
Category: General History
Sir James George Frazer (1854-1941) is rightly regarded as one of the founders of modern anthropology. The Golden Bough, his masterpiece, appeared in twelve volumes between 1890 and 1915. This volume is the author's own abridgement of his great work, and was first published in 1922. Remarkable for its v ...Show more
Lords' Dreaming - The 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond by Ashley Mallett
$12.00 AUD
Category: Australiana
Charles Lawrence, an Englishman living in Australia, led a team of Aboriginals in a cricket tour of England in 1868 where they played 47 matches; 14 won, 14 lost and 19 drawn. It was the first Australian tour of England and the only time when an all Aboriginal team has represented Australia. This book d ...Show more
Sex in Human Loving by Eric Berne
$4.50 AUD
Category: General History
Eric Berne, best known as the originator of transactional analysis and the author of the 1965 classic Games People Play, presents a comprehensive overview of sexuality based on a series of lectures he delivered in 1966.
The Origins of Virtue - Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation by Matt Ridley
$9.95 AUD
Category: General History
If, as Darwin suggests, evolution relentlessly encourages the survival of the fittest, why are humans compelled to live in cooperative, complex societies? In this fascinating examination of the roots of human trust and virtue, a zoologist and former American editor of the Economist reveals the results o ...Show more
The Girl from Botany Bay by Carolly Erickson
$9.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Acclaim for Carolly Erickson"Carolly Erickson is one of the most accomplished and successful historical biographers writing in English."-The Times Literary SupplementThe First Elizabeth"Even more readable and absorbing than the justly praised works of Tuchman and Fraser. A vivid and eminently readable p ...Show more
Classical Mythology A to Z - An Encyclopedia of Gods & Goddesses, Heroes & Heroines, Nymphs, Spirits, Monsters, and Places by Annette Giesecke; Jim Tierney (Illustrator)
$45.00 AUD
Category: Mythology & Folklore
An encyclopedic A-to-Z guide, this beautifully designed and illustrated volume offers hundreds of rich and fascinating definitions of 700 major and minor characters, creatures, and places of classical mythology. The perfect companion to the 75th anniversary illustrated edition of Edith Hamilton's Mythol ...Show more