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Idea of Home: Boyer Lectures 2011

Idea of Home: Boyer Lectures 2011

Geraldine Brooks

Prose: non-fiction; History

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For The Boyer Lecture 2011, best-selling author and journalist Geraldine Brooks tackles the topic of At Home in the World.... [more]

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Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe

Norman Davies

History; European history

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How many British people know that Glasgow was founded by the Welsh in a period when neither England nor Scotland existed?... [more]

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Stranger Magic

Stranger Magic

Marina Warner

History

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Magic is not simply a matter of the occult arts, but a whole way of thinking, of dreaming the impossible. This book shows... [more]

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A Nation In The Making: Australia at the Dawn of the Modern Era

A Nation In The Making: Australia at the Dawn of the Modern Era

Alasdair McGregor

Photography & photographs; History; Regional & national history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

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The output of the two largest photographic studio's in Australia in the late 19th century were bought & placed in storage.... [more]

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Dead Men's Silver: The Story of Australia's Greatest Shipwreck Hunter

Dead Men's Silver: The Story of Australia's Greatest Shipwreck Hunter

Hugh Edwards

Biography; Biography: general; True stories: discovery, historical & scientific; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Maritime history; Geographical discovery & exploration; Ships & shipping: general interest

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This is a romantic story of shipwreck hunting, with pieces-of-eight, Dutch ducatons, German talers, Burgundian crowns, and... [more]

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Panic

Panic

David Marr

Literary essays; History; Cultural studies; Sociology; Politics & government

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Australians see themselves as a relaxed and tolerant bunch. But scratch the surface and you'll uncover an extraordinary level... [more]

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The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953

The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953

Robert Dallek

History; General & world history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000

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A reinterpretation of the postwar years. It examines what drove Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, De Gaulle, and Truman, among... [more]

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Shipwrecks of the Southern Seas

Shipwrecks of the Southern Seas

Craig Cormick

History; Australasian & Pacific history; Maritime history; Geographical discovery & exploration

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Tells 15 stories - some iconic, many little known - of shipwreck, mutiny, piracy and marooning in the region of Australia,... [more]

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Kiev 1941: Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East

Kiev 1941: Hitler's Battle for Supremacy in the East

David Stahel

History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Battles & campaigns

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A 2011 account of one of the largest battles of World War II and its place in Germany's Eastern campaign. [more]

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Cities of the Classical World: An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of Ancient Civilization

Cities of the Classical World: An Atlas and Gazetteer of 120 Centres of...

Colin McEvedy

History; Classical history & classical civilisation

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From Alexandria to York, this title allows us to see the great centres of classical civilization afresh. It features 120 maps... [more]

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Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia

Private Journal of a Voyage to Australia

James Bell

Biography; Autobiography: historical, political & military; Diaries, letters & journals; History; Australasian & Pacific history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Geographical discovery & exploration; Expeditions

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On 19 November 1838 James Bell, then aged 21, set out in the sailing vessel the Planter from St Katharine Docks in London... [more]

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Great Railway Maps of the World

Great Railway Maps of the World

Mark Ovenden

History; Historical maps & atlases; Transport: general interest; Trains & railways: general interest

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An illustrated and comprehensive history of the world's greatest railway maps, and the railways behind them. [more]

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The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection...

Judith Flanders

Biography; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Crime & criminology

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'We are a trading community, a commercial people. Murder is doubtless a very shocking offence, nevertheless as what is done... [more]

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A History of Tasmania

A History of Tasmania

Henry Reynolds

History; Regional & national history; Australasian & Pacific history

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This captivating work charts the history of Tasmania from the arrival of European maritime expeditions through to the modern... [more]

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Hiroshima Nagasaki

Hiroshima Nagasaki

Paul Ham

History; Second World War; Nuclear weapons

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Nobody is more disturbed, said President Truman, three days after the destruction of Nagasaki in 1945, 'over the use of the... [more]

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Speak Now: Australian Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage

Speak Now: Australian Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage

Victor Marsh

History; Social issues & processes; Ethical issues & debates; Gay & Lesbian studies; Sexual behaviour

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A collection of essays, reflections and personal stories that show the passion and depth around the issue of same-sex marriage.... [more]

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Mafia State: How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia

Mafia State: How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia

Luke Harding

History; Politics & government

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Offers an account of the insidious methods used by a resurgent Kremlin against its so-called enemies - human rights workers,... [more]

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The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck - and Could Now Throw it All Away

The Sweet Spot: How Australia Made Its Own Luck - and Could Now Throw it...

Peter Hartcher

History; Sociology; Politics & government; Economic history

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Australia is an international success story, but can it stay on top? The Sweet Spot takes a provocative look at how Australia... [more]

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Foundation: A History of England

Foundation: A History of England

Peter Ackroyd

History; British & Irish history

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Part of a six-part history of England, this first volume takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than... [more]

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Citizen Sailors: The Royal Navy in the Second World War

Citizen Sailors: The Royal Navy in the Second World War

Glyn Prysor

History; British & Irish history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Military history; Second World War; Naval forces & warfare

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Seen through the eyes of sailors themselves, this title gives an account of life in the wartime Royal Navy: humanity and horror,... [more]

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1493: How the Ecological Collision of Europe and the Americas Gave Rise to the Modern World

1493: How the Ecological Collision of Europe and the Americas Gave Rise...

Charles Mann

History; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500; Biology, life sciences

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A sweeping, hugely readable account of history's biggest ecological invasion,when Europe and the Americas collided for the... [more]

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The Elizabethans

The Elizabethans

A. N. Wilson

History; British & Irish history

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Presents the story of the Elizabethan Age. This title also presents the story of Virgin Queen, Francis Drake and political... [more]

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When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation of Iraq, 1914-1921

When God Made Hell: The British Invasion of Mesopotamia and the Creation...

Charles Townshend

History; Middle Eastern history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War; Battles & campaigns

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Charts Britain's path from one of its worst military disasters to extraordinary success with largely unintended consequences,... [more]

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Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44

Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44

Anna Reid

History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Second World War; Battles & campaigns

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The siege of Leningrad is one of the great stories of extraordinary and heroic endurance in World War II [more]

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The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I

The Queen's Agent: Francis Walsingham at the Court of Elizabeth I

John Cooper, MANLEY

History; British & Irish history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Espionage & secret services

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Queen Elizabeth's Secretary, Francis Walsingham, was prepared to do whatever it took to protect her. He ran a network of agents... [more]

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