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The editor presents a personal selection of rulers he believes to have been significant and exerted considerable influence for good or bad. 671 pages with 57 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with date on first page, and light tanning. Dust jacket in good condition with small tear on top front, some dents and minor wear (see photo).

Produced in collaboration with UNESCO with general editor Richard Cavendish and his team of experts. Must see historical sites spanning the whole of recorded history from the cradle of the human race to modern times. 960 pages with more than 800 colour photographs. Book in as new condition.

How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet and playwright to become one of the best writers who ever lived? An intimate history following Shakespeare through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature. 429 pages with 8 pages of mainly colour illustrations. Book in good condition with some water damage but text and photos clear and some minor bumping on right hand corner.

1603 was one of the most important and interesting years in British history and the author unfolds its story from first-hand accounts and original documents to mirror the seminal year in which Britain moved from Tudor medievalism towards the wars, republicanism and regicide that lay ahead. 368 pages with 8 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in near fine condition with some fading. Dust jacket in near fine condition with some minor knocks.

Events and lives across the world in the year 1688. 330 pages with 6 illustrations and a map. Book in as new condition.

The biggest single overseas migration the world had ever seen - eleven of the tiniest ships sailed for eight months over the roughest of seas, carrying fifteen hundred people, food for two years and all the equipment needed to build a colony of convicts in a land completely beyond their experience and imagination at Sydney Cove. 392 pages with 8 pages of mainly colour illustrations. Book in very good condition with minor foxing and light tanning.

An account of how the American Civil War began - an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. 481 pages. Book in near fine condition.

Examines both the German tactics and the Allies preferred solution to fighting the war - overwhelming force of artillery barrage and storm trooper infantry attack verses the advance in technology of weapons in the combination of artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft. 240 pages and some maps. Book in very good condition with light tanning and minor wear back cover.

A simultaneous documented view of every theatre of World War 2. 754 pages with 620 photos and 84 maps. Book and dust jacket in very good condition with some foxing to top of pages and minor bumping to dust jacket and slight wear. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The 1950s was a time when it was pleasant to be young enough to feel concerned, mildly rebellious and naively optimistic that solutions could be found, and there was Marilyn Munroe, Billy Graham and James Dean - and the hydrogen bomb. 256 pages with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition,\. Dust jacket in very good condition with tear on front and minor knocks (see photo).

Three sections; The Pharaohs, The Copts, The Moslems and the clothes, ornaments, styles, techniques, materials.86 pages with illustrations throughout many in colour. Book in very good condition with minor stain to edge pages 83-86. foxing to top leading edge and minor wear to cover.

A detailed examination of an important aspect of Aboriginal life - why the riverine Aboriginals developed the art of bark canoe making, where and how they were used, and how like so many Aboriginal crafts it declined rapidly after the advent of European settlers. 80 pages with 55 (4 in colour) illustrations and a map. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with minor wear top and bottom spine.

Although the vast majority of prisoners labouring in the Australian penal colonies came from England, Ireland and Scotland, men and women from a diverse range of places were represented including aboriginal convicts - from 1800 to the early1850s at least 90 from Australia, 34 from South Africa and 6 from New Zealand. This is the story of those aboriginal convicts. 298 pages with 16 colour plates and 6 pages of maps. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamp on last page and light tanning. Cover stamp on spine and back.

The history from the standpoint of those who were dispossessed, the original Australians revealing what White Australia lost by its massive and unrelenting onslaught on Aboriginal culture and how Aboriginals, in different ways, have attempted to maintain their distinctive identity. 226 pages with 24 black and white illustrations and 2 maps. Book in very good condition with previous owners name and date on first page and a few pages with some light pencil underlining and booksellers sticker on back cover.

A detailed examination of bark canoes as an important aspect of Aboriginal life. The author tells why the riverine Aborigines developed the art of making such canoes, where and how they were used, and how, like many other Aboriginal crafts, it declined rapidly after the advent of Europeans settlers. 80 pages with 45 pages with black and white photos or drawings and 4 pages of colour photos. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket intact but with a tear and chip on back.

A unique record preserving the stories of Aboriginal people providing a vital and fascinating insight into Aboriginal lives and cultural traditions. 113 pages including 45 pages of colour photos. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

The experiences and moods of the soldiers of the AIF in the Middle East. 129 pages with 12 colour plates, black and white illustrations throughout the text, and 9 maps including endpapers. Book in very good condition with light tanning. Cover has some marks and wear.

The author describes some Northern Australian Aboriginal customs, rituals, and art and discusses their future and the policy of assimilation. 222 pages with 22 black and white photographs, a map and some figures in the text. Book in good+ condition with some tanning and some wear to cover.

While we enjoy unprecedented levels of prosperity and the promise of more to come, we are still battling an epidemic of anxiety and depression, taking on record levels of debt, and yearning for a deeper sense of meaning in our lives. The author sees encouraging signs we are learning how to absorb the impact of revolutionary changes in our way of life. 356 pages. Book in very good condition

The royal court of the Sun King, Louis XIV, and the weird underworld of seventeenth century Paris are linked by one of the great unsolved mysteries of the age- the murky, death laden Affair of the Poisons. The incredible luxurious world of Versailles filled with intrigue and the overwhelming personality of the King comes in contact with the criminal world of Paris and its gradual revelation of occult crimes. What was the role played by Madame de Montespan the King's Favourite and mistress. It was thought all evidence of the Affair was destroyed but the able and meticulous chief of the Paris police kept his own notes. 336 pages with 9 page Index and 16 black and white plates. Book in very good+ condition with light tanning. Dust jacket in very good condition with some minor tears and dents (see photo).