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by Richard Jones
In <i>Mosquito</i>, Richard Jones recounts the history of mosquitoes’ relationship with mankind, and their transformation from a trivial gnat into a serious disease-carrying menace. Drawing on scientific fact, historical evidence, and literary ...
ISBN: 9781861899231
Binding: Paperback
$32.99
An Unconventional History
by Sarah knott
When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she started looking for a history of motherhood - only to find that no such book exists. For centuries, historians have concerned themselves with wars and revolutions, not the everyday ...
ISBN: 9780241198605
Binding: Hardback
$29.99
$105.00
The astonishing life of Ned Kelly's mother
by Grantlee Kieza
When Ned Kelly's mother, Ellen, arrived in Melbourne in 1841 aged nine, British convict ships were still dumping their unhappy cargo in what was then known as the colony of New South Wales. By the time she died aged 91 in 1923, having outlived ...
ISBN: 9781489399434
Binding: CD-Audio
Audio Book$49.95
My Cool Classic Car: An Inspirational Guide to Classic Cars
by Chris Haddon
Features approximately 42 iconic vehicles from around the world, including the small but perfectly formed Fiat 500, the Bavarian Goggomobil, the popular and trustworthy Morris Minor, and that Aussie classic - the HG Holden ute! Includes details
ISBN: 9781862059399
Binding: Hardback
$29.99
by Jay Rayner
'I have been a restaurant critic for over a decade, written reviews of well over 700 establishments, and if there is one thing I have learnt it is that people like reviews of bad restaurants. No, scratch that. They adore them, feast upon them ...
ISBN: 9780241973479
Binding: Paperback
$8.99
by Spiri Tsintziras
Three years ago, Spiri Tsintziras found herself mentally, physically and spiritually depleted. She was stretched thin - raising kids, running a household and managing a business. She ate too much in order to keep going and then slumped in front ...
ISBN: 9781863959902
Binding: Paperback
$29.99
by Arundhati Roy
<i>My Seditious Heart</i> collects the work of a two-decade period when Arundhati Roy devoted herself to the political essay as a way of opening up space for justice, rights and freedoms in an increasingly hostile environment. Taken together, ...
ISBN: 9780241366516
Binding: Hardback
$65.00
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by Julia Gillard
On Wednesday 23 June 2010, with the government in turmoil, Julia Gillard asked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a leadership ballot.<BR><BR>The next day, Julia Gillard became Australia's 27th prime minister, and our first female leader. Australia ...
ISBN: 9781760893330
Binding: Paperback
$22.99
Naked At Lunch: Adventures Of A Reluctant Nudist
by Smith, Mark Haskell
<i>'We are safely away and you can now enjoy a . . .' There was a pause, as if the Cruise Director was having trouble choosing what, exactly, he should call what was about to happen. Finally he said, '. . . a carefree environment.'</i> Folk ...
ISBN: 9781863957342
Binding: Paperback
$27.99
by Peter FitzSimons
In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a naive, young journalist, Nancy Wake witnessed a horrific scene of Nazi ...
ISBN: 9781742333304
Binding: CD-Audio
Audio Book$49.95
by Henry David Thoreau
Celebrate the tradition of literary naturalists and writers who embrace the natural world as the setting for some of our most euphoric and serious experiences. These books map the intimate connections between the human and the natural world. ...
ISBN: 9781423622284
Binding: Hardback
$29.99
Nature and the Marketplace: Capturing The Value Of Ecosystem Services
by Geoffrey Heal
ISBN: 9781559637961
Binding: Paperback
$49.99
Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive By Investing in Nature
by Mark R. Tercek
ISBN: 9781610916950
Binding: Paperback
$34.99
Neither Lady nor Slave: Working Women of the Old South
by Susanna Delfino
ISBN: 9780807854105
Binding: Paperback
$68.00
How Feeling Took Over the World
by William Davies
<b>A dazzlingly original analysis of the times we are living in by one of Britain's most exciting thinkers</b><BR><b><BR>'A masterpiece' <i>New York Times<BR> </i>'Insightful and well-written' Yuval Noah Harari, author of ...
ISBN: 9781784707033
Binding: Paperback
$24.99
Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age: Quarterly Essay 72
by Sebastian Smee
We live in an age of constant distraction. Is there a price to pay for this?<BR><BR>In this superb essay, renowned critic Sebastian Smee explores the fate of the inner life in the age of the internet. Throughout history, artists and thinkers ...
ISBN: 9781760640712
Binding: Paperback