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HISTORY HERALD represents the vast history book catalogue at Abbey's Bookshop, 131 York Street, Sydney.
We are Australia's specialist bookstore for history and archaeology. Australian History, World & Ancient History, Military & Maritime History, Art History, Roman, Greek, Egyptology - whatever your reading or research interests are, we have books sourced from publishers large and small, and from university presses across the globe.
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The flashpoint of the death of George Floyd has unleashed a surge of shock and anger that has reached far beyond the borders of the United States, igniting not only support for the Black Lives Matter movement around the globe, but also an urgent demand for a new respect and a deeper understanding of indigenous and minority communities and individuals simply going about their daily lives.
Quarterly Essay #78: The Coal Curse: Resources, Climate...
Paperback
$22.99
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News surrounding diplomatic tensions between China and western nations, Australia and the US in particular, can colour our understanding of the Chinese people as distinct from their leadership. Our bookshop at 131 York Street and our online catalogue features a wide variety books on all facets of China, from ancient history and art, the people and lifestyles, the power struggles and politics, business and trade, to modern day developments.
For language learning, our Language Book Centre contains a wealth of textbook resources, readers and children's books: CHINESE
A note on getting books in that are not in stock: In ordinary times we would be confident in getting books in for you without too much difficulty. With the shutdown that has swept the globe, there have been disruptions to supply channels. For books that are not in stock, we will give you our best indication of the time to receive them when you place your order. Your order can always be adjusted if the delay advised is inconvenient.
Plants and rocks - two of my favourite things! I'm always picking up pebbles and looking at their patterns - some of which are the result of primitive plant traces. This book is a nice one for dipping into and out of, but read front to back traces the development of plant life on the planet.
Crisp images cleanly presented and text aimed at the interested general reader, with hidden nuggets of surprising information (I didn't know Marie Stopes was a palaeobotanist, or that one of the first land plants was named in honour of the Australian botanist Isabel Cookson - a fascinating scientist who deserves to be better known).
A book easy to get lost in, and one that keeps alive the hopes of one day randomly picking up a rock that bears the imprint of a long ago plant
Lindy Jones
The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir
Paperback
$35.00
To be ordered
The Light of Days: Women Fighters of the Jewish Resistance...
Paperback
$32.99
To be ordered
Shadow State: Murder, Mayhem and Russia's Remaking of...
Paperback
$29.99
To be ordered
The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade...
Hardback
$39.99
Forthcoming
Barbarians: Rebellion and Resistance to the Roman Empire...
Paperback
$24.99
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The Diggers of Colditz: The classic Australian POW story...
Paperback
$22.99
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Churchill's Flawed Decisions: Errors in Office of The...
Hardback
$59.99
To be ordered
The Inevitability of Tragedy: Henry Kissinger and His...
Hardback
$46.95
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BY PERIOD
- Early History 500-1450
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- Modern History 1900-2000
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- Modern History from 2000
BY REGION
- Australasian & Pacific History
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- Asian history
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EDUCATION & CULTURAL
ARCHAEOLOGY
- Archaeological Theory
- Archaeological Methodology & Techniques
- Archaeology by Period & Region
- Biblical Archaeology
- Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology
- Egyptian Archaeology & Egyptology
- Environmental Archaeology
- Industrial Archaeology
- Landscape Archaeology
- Medieval European Archaeology
- Prehistoric Archaeology
- Underwater Archaeology
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Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
