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The Souls of Black Folk (Deluxe Library Edition)

The Souls of Black Folk (Deluxe Library Edition)

Author: W E B Du Bois
ISBN: 9781774379936
Format: Hardback
$77.50

The Souls of Black Folk is a cornerstone of African-American literature, and an early work in sociology. To develop...  Read More >>

Morally Grey, Confessions of a Career Drug Dealer: A Mildly Autistic Perspective.

Morally Grey, Confessions of a Career Drug Dealer: A...

Author: Adam J Arseneault
ISBN: 9781777333904
Format: Paperback
$36.20

It's not the two decades when I sold drugs that is the main topic of this book, but rather, is a collection of stories...  Read More >>

The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World’s Longest Treasure Hunt

The Curse of Oak Island: The Story of the World’s Longest...

Author: Randall Sullivan ,  Randall Sullivan
ISBN: 9780802148278
Format: Paperback
$47.52

"An investigation into the ""curse"" of Oak Island, where rumors of buried riches have beguiled treasure hunters...  Read More >>

A Battered Proud Badge: Tales of Policing a Young Country

A Battered Proud Badge: Tales of Policing a Young Country...

Author: Robert Rattenbury
ISBN: 9780995140639
Format: Paperback
$29.04

A history of policing in New Zealand  Read More >>

The Duchess and the Captain's Wife: Herzogin Cecilie and Her Circle

The Duchess and the Captain's Wife: Herzogin Cecilie...

Author: Ulla-Lena Lundberg ,  Pamela Eriksson
ISBN: 9781743057582
Format: Hardback
$39.95

An exciting find of photographs lies behind this book. Lundberg's text is a breathtaking true story about sea captain...  Read More >>

Targeted: My Inside Story of Cambridge Analytica and How Trump, Brexit and Facebook Broke Democracy

Targeted: My Inside Story of Cambridge Analytica and...

Author: Kaiser
ISBN: 9780008363932
Format: Paperback
$24.99

In this explosive memoir, a political consultant and technology whistleblower reveals the disturbing truth about...  Read More >>

Starting Over: My Lessions From Life

Starting Over: My Lessions From Life

Author: Candido Segarra
ISBN: 9781944265847
Format: Paperback
$39.47

In Starting Over: My Lessons From Life, Candido shares the experiences of setbacks and challenges that have molded...  Read More >>

LIGHTNING RIDGE

LIGHTNING RIDGE

Author: Ion Idriess
ISBN: 9781922384966
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Idriess tells of his beginnings, of his childhood in Lismore, Tamworth and Broken Hill, of his apprenticeship in...  Read More >>

FORTY FATHOMS DEEP: Pearl Divers & Sea Rovers in Australian Seas

FORTY FATHOMS DEEP: Pearl Divers & Sea Rovers in Australian...

Author: Ion Idriess
ISBN: 9781922384805
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Mr. Idriess reveals to the reader the technique of pearling with him, the reader boards the lugger for the pearling...  Read More >>

Veritas: a Harvard professor, a con man, and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife

Veritas: a Harvard professor, a con man, and the Gospel...

Author: Ariel Sabar
ISBN: 9781913348304
Format: Paperback
$49.14

From award-winning author Ariel Sabar comes the gripping, true story of a sensational religious forgery and the...  Read More >>

Guiding Lights: The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women

Guiding Lights: The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse...

Author: Shona Riddell
ISBN: 9781925820621
Format: Hardback
$44.99

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Dark Secrets: The True Story of Murder in Hmas Australia

Dark Secrets: The True Story of Murder in Hmas Australia...

Author: Robert Hadler
ISBN: 9781925927436
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A dark secret lurked aboard HMAS Australia, the flagship of the Royal Australian Navy. In 1942, with a Japanese...  Read More >>

Windrush and the Black Pentecostal Church in Britain: They came with Christianity and their Music

Windrush and the Black Pentecostal Church in Britain:...

Author: Roy N Francis
ISBN: 9781913623265
Format: Paperback
$20.89

In this very readable book, Roy Francis tells a personal story of growing up in a Black Pentecostal home and how,...  Read More >>

The Black Widows of the Eternal City: The True Story of Rome's Most Infamous Poisoners

The Black Widows of the Eternal City: The True Story...

Author: Craig A. Monson
ISBN: 9780472132041
Format: Hardback
$131.87

Offers, for the first time, a book-length study of an infamous cause célèbre in seventeenth-century Rome, how it...  Read More >>

In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World

In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World

Author: Danielle Clode
ISBN: 9781760784959
Format: Paperback
$34.99

In Search of the Woman who Sailed the World is an ode to the sea, to science and to one remarkable woman who, like...  Read More >>

Making A Friend Smile

Making A Friend Smile

Author: Paul Clutterbuck
ISBN: 9781788307703
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Making a Friend Smile is a collection of twenty stories from the author (Paul Clutterbuck) to his terminally-ill...  Read More >>

Cruls

Cruls

Author: Jaime Sautchuk
ISBN: 9788581302225
Format: Paperback
$64.40

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Bedtime Stories for Adults Relaxing Deep Sleep Hypnosis. Reduce Anxiety, Stress, Depression, and Insomnia. Mindfulness to Heal Your Brain.

Bedtime Stories for Adults Relaxing Deep Sleep Hypnosis....

Author: Andy Benson
ISBN: 9781838180195
Format: Paperback
$31.02

Bedtime stories aren't just for kids anymore... Do you find that you suffer from insomnia, no matter how hard...  Read More >>

It Takes Two: A History of the Couples Who Dared to be Different

It Takes Two: A History of the Couples Who Dared to...

Author: Cathy Newman
ISBN: 9780008454944
Format: Paperback
$38.79

‘Sometimes, 1+1 = changing the world. Cathy Newman’s witty, warm history on the power of determined couples will...  Read More >>

Great Breakthroughs in Physics: How the Story of Matter and Its Motion Changed the World

Great Breakthroughs in Physics: How the Story of Matter...

Author: Robert Snedden
ISBN: 9781839406850
Format: Hardback
$39.57

In this beautifully illustrated full-color hardback, Robert Snedden explores the history of physics through the...  Read More >>

Understanding John Lennon

Understanding John Lennon

Author:
ISBN: 9780856835322
Format: Paperback
$46.45

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Goodna Girls: A History of Children in a Queensland Mental Asylum

Goodna Girls: A History of Children in a Queensland...

Author: Adele Chynoweth
ISBN: 9781760463908
Format: Paperback
$81.66

Goodna Girls tells the story of children incarcerated in Wolston Park Hospital, an adult psychiatric facility in...  Read More >>

The Mysteries of the Universe: Discover the best-kept secrets of space

The Mysteries of the Universe: Discover the best-kept...

Author: Will Gater
ISBN: 9780241412473
Format: Hardback
$42.99

A guide to some of the most extraordinary places, objects and sights in the cosmos, from the amazing worlds of our...  Read More >>

My Encyclopedia of Very Important Adventures: For little learners who love exciting journeys and incredible discoveries

My Encyclopedia of Very Important Adventures: For little...

Author: DK ,  Phonic Books
ISBN: 9780241427811
Format: Hardback
$32.99

A charming book for little learners that's bursting with facts about inspiring explorers, adventurers, daredevils,...  Read More >>

GOLD DUST AND ASHES: The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields

GOLD DUST AND ASHES: The Romantic Story of the New Guinea...

Author: Ion Idriess
ISBN: 9781922384782
Format: Paperback
$34.95

Mr Idriess writes of it all, and writes of it as if he had been with them. What a romance! What a story! It is packed...  Read More >>

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