Spies and Sparrows: ASIO and the Cold War by Phillip Deery
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Category: History
In the wake of the Second World War and the realisation that the Soviet Union had set up extensive espionage networks around the world, Australia responded by establishing its own spy-hunting agency- ASIO. By the 1950s its counterespionage activities were increasingly supplemented by attempts at counter ...Show more
The Great Secret - The Classified World War II Disaster That Launched the War on Cancer by Jennet Conant
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Category: History
The gripping story of a chemical-weapons catastrophe, the cover-up, and how one American Army doctor's discovery led to the development of the first drug to combat cancer, known today as chemotherapy On the night of December 2, 1943, the Luftwaffe bombed a critical Allied port in Bari, Italy, sinking se ...Show more
A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun by Jonathan Clements
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Category: History | Series: Brief History of Asia Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. Stretching for nearly 2000 miles and encompassing almost ...Show more
The Crown in Crisis - Countdown to the Abdication by Alexander Larman
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Category: History
In December 1936, Britain faced a constitutional crisis that was the gravest threat to the institution of the monarchy since the execution of Charles I. The ruling monarch, Edward VIII, wished to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson and crown her as his Queen. His actions scandalised the Establish ...Show more
Ancient Egypt: The Definitive Visual History by DK
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology
A visual guide to 3,000 years of life under the pharaohs (c.3200-30 BCE) from the early kings of Egypt to the reign of Cleopatra and the Roman conquest Discover the fascinating details of life under the pharaohs - and their extraordinary legacy - in this comprehensive guide to Egypt's ancient civilizati ...Show more
Lancaster: The Forging of a Very British Legend by John Nichol
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Category: History
'The epic story of an iconic aircraft and the breathtaking courage of those who flew her' Andy McNab, bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero 'Compelling, thrilling and rooted in quite extraordinary human drama' James Holland, author of Normandy 44 From John Nichol, the Sunday Times bestselling author of S ...Show more
Egyptian Mythology - A Traveler's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria by Garry J. Shaw
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology
Garry J. Shaw guides us on an entertaining and inventive tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of Horus, Isis, Osiris and their enemies and allies, stories of vengeance, tragedy and fantastic metamorphoses. This traveller's guide to ...Show more
The Freedom Circus by Sue Smethurst
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Category: History
A remarkable true story of one family's daring escape from Poland during the Second World War.'A story of extraordinary bravery, resilience and love that needed to be told.' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzWritten by award-winning author and journalist Sue Smethurst, whose husband is ...Show more
Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold by Stephen Fry
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Category: Ancient History/Mythology | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between ...Show more
Radicals: Remembering the Sixties by Meredith Burgmann, Nadia Wheatley
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Category: social issues
The Sixties -- an era of protest,free love, civil disobedience, duffel coats, flower power, giant afros and desert boots, all recorded on grainy black and white footage -- marked a turning point for change. A time when radicals found their voices and used them. While the initial trigger for protest was ...Show more
Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
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Category: social issues
The inspiration for the film 'Nomadland' starring Frances McDormand. From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon's CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labour pool, made up largely of transient older adults. These invisible casualti ...Show more
Troy by Stephen Fry
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Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Following Top Ten bestsellers Mythos and Heroes, this third volume retells the epic tale of Troy The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whol ...Show more