Prepared for the Worst - Selected Essays and Minority Reports by Christopher Hitchens
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History
'I suppose that, if this collection has a point, it is the desire of one individual to see the idea of confrontation kept alive' -- Christopher Hitchens Christopher Hitchens is widely recognized as having been one of the liveliest and most influential of contemporary political analysts. Prepared for the ...Show more
The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam by Christopher E. Goscha
$17.95 AUD
Category: General History
The Vietnamese are in the unusual situation of being both colonizers themselves and the victims of colonization by others. Their country expanded, shrunk, split and sometimes disappeared, often under circumstances way beyond their control. Despite these often overwhelming pressures Vietnam has survived ...Show more
Snakes of Australia by Graham Gow
$6.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
An Authoritative Field Guide to All Australian Land Snakes.
A Victorian Scrapbook by Cynthia Hart; John Grossman; Priscilla Dunhill
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History
Text by Priscilla Dunhill. Inspired by the charming scrapbooks kept by Victorian ladies and their children, A VICTORIAN SCRAPBOOK is a resplendent celebration of Victoriana. The text includes excerpts from the age's poets, chroniclers, and eccentrics. Scattered throughout are scores of richly colored pe ...Show more
The Surgeon of Crowthorne - A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words by Simon Winchester
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History
The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a fifty-year task requiring the assistance of thousands of volunteers - one of the keenest a W C Minor. Minor was a millionaire American Civil War surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder. Here Simon Winchester tells this uplifting ...Show more
WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S SOUTH COAST: FIRST IMPRESSIONS & LASTING IMAGES by WOLDENDORP R
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
Louis Philippe D'Orleans, King of the French, 1773-1850 - Unsung Hero by Ann Allestree
$14.95 AUD
Category: General History
Who was Louis Philippe? In this new biography, Ann Allestree examines the man, his legacy and the extraordinary vicissitudes of his life.
Oxford (3rd ed.) by Jan Morris
$7.95 AUD
Category: General History
'Surely no one has ever celebrated any city with such fluent, persuasive and utterly charming prose as Jan Morris celebrates Oxford here.' - Scotsman This is an ideal guide for anyone visiting Oxford, with an interest in the local culture, history, geography and architecture.
A DREAM OF PASSION : THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE by DAVID HOUGH
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australiana
The Science of Secrecy - The Secret History of Codes and Codebreaking by Simon Singh
$12.00 AUD
Category: General History
A TV tie-in edition of The Code Book filmed as a prime-time five-part Channel 4 series on the history of codes and code-breaking and presented by the author. This book, which accompanies the major Channel 4 series, brings to life the hidden history of codes and code breaking. Since the birth of writing, ...Show more