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Andrew Fisher by David Day
$35.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Andrew Fisher was a man who hated imperial honours, yet enjoyed the trappings of office, a leader who believed in world socialism, yet took Australians into the First World War. In this authoritative and immensely readable biography, David Day reveals the man, his politics and his remarkable legacy.
Antarctica: A Biography by David Day
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
Since the first sailing ships spied the Antarctic coastline in 1820, the frozen continent has captured the world's imagination. David Day's brilliant biography of Antarctica describes in fascinating detail every aspect of this vast land's history--two centuries of exploration, scientific investigation, ...Show more
Antarctica: A Biography by David Day
$45.00 AUD
Category: History
A groundbreaking history of human interaction with Antarctica, the last continent on earth. For centuries it was suspected that there must be an undiscovered continent in the southern hemisphere. But explorers failed to find one. On his second voyage to the Pacific, Captain James Cook sailed further sou ...Show more
Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia by David Day
$26.99 AUD
Category: Australian
David Day's much-lauded history of Australia Claiming a Continent won the prestigious Non-Fiction Prize at the 1998 South Australian Festival Awards for Literature. Now in its fourth edition this study of Australian history is sure to draw new readers. Provocative and daring Day has established him ...Show more
Cocktail Codex: Fundamentals, Formulas, Evolutions by David Kaplan, Alex Day
$65.00 AUD
Category: Wine
oThere are only six cocktails.o So say Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan, the visionaries behind the seminal craft cocktail bar Death & Co. In Cocktail Codex, these experts reveal for the first time their surprisingly simple approach to mastering cocktails- the oroot recipes,o six easily ide ...Show more
Conquest: How Societies Overwhelm Others by David Day
$20.95 AUD
Category: European
The history of the world has been the history of peoples on the move, as they occupy new lands and establish their claims over them. Almost invariably, this has meant the violent dispossession of the previous inhabitants. Whether it is the Normans in England, the Chinese in Tibet, the Germans in Poland, ...Show more
Flaws in the Ice: In Search of Douglas Mawson by David Day
$32.95 AUD
Category: Historical
For many decades there has only been one published first-hand account of Mawson's expedition - the one written and orchestrated by Mawson himself. Only recently have alternative accounts become publicly available. In this compelling and revealing new book, David Day draws upon all this new evidence as w ...Show more
Maurice Blackburn: Champion of the People by David Day
$50.00 AUD
Category: Australian
Maurice Blackburn brought into public life a rare character, complete indifference to personal consequences, an uncommon scholarship, great zeal for humanity, and a firm belief, which I am happy to share, that men are immeasurably more important than laws. - Robert Menzies Maurice Blackburn served the ...Show more
Paul Keating: The Biography by David Day
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
In the tradition of his bestselling Curtin and Chifley, David Day's exhaustive biography of one of our most fascinating prime ministers. Paul Keating was one of the most significant political figures of the late twentieth century, first as Treasurer for eight years and then Prime Minister for five years ...Show more
The Ring Legends of Tolkien by David Day
$30.00 AUD
Category: On Writing
Tolkien's One Ring, at the centre of one of the greatest fantasy tales ever told, is an undeniably iconic and powerful symbol in literature.Tracing centuries of ancient folklore, The Ring Legends of Tolkien is a deep and highly informed investigation into the inspiration behind Tolkien's epic fantasy wo ...Show more
Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin by David A Day
$50.00 AUD
Category: Political
From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, Australia's iconic larrikin PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds new light on the early years of a political legend. David Day's biography of the young Bob Hawke takes readers on a journey t ...Show more
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