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State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand
ISBN: 9781108030595 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Pember Reeves' scholarly work of 1902 provides a full and candid account of radical and experimental laws in Australia and New Zealand. From the Anti-Chinese Acts of 1881 to the adoption of the women's franchise by the Commonwealth Parliament in Australia in 1902, the two volumes survey all noteworthy laws and statutes, addressing colonial questions of the time. Well-known for his history of New Zealand, The Long White Cloud (1898), the statesman Reeves (1857 1932) draws attention to admitted defects or failures in the laws without imposing his personal political views on the reader....
William Pember Reeves' scholarly work of 1902 provides a full and candid account of radical and experimental laws in Australia and New Zealand. From t...
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State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand
ISBN: 9781108030601 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Pember Reeves' scholarly work of 1902 provides a full and candid account of radical and experimental laws in Australia and New Zealand. From the Anti-Chinese Acts of 1881 to the adoption of the women's franchise by the Commonwealth Parliament in Australia in 1902, the two volumes survey all noteworthy laws and statutes, addressing colonial questions of the time. Well-known for his history of New Zealand, The Long White Cloud (1898), the statesman Reeves (1857 1932) draws attention to admitted defects or failures in the laws without imposing his personal political views on the reader....
William Pember Reeves' scholarly work of 1902 provides a full and candid account of radical and experimental laws in Australia and New Zealand. From t...
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262,88 |
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Discoveries in Australia: With an Account of the Hitherto Unknown Coasts Surveyed During the Voyage of the HMS Beagle, Between the Years 1837 an
ISBN: 9781108032711 / Angielski / Miękka / 588 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Lort Stokes (1812 85) was a naval officer on board H.M.S. Beagle the same ship that had carried naturalist Charles Darwin around the world in 1831 6. Stokes served on that expedition and on the following commission, which was a survey of Australia in which the crew was charged with discovering more about the largely unknown land mass. The expedition set off in 1837 and Stokes did not return to England until 1843 after 18 years of service on the Beagle when he began work on this two-volume account of the voyage, which was published in 1846. This work provides a detailed narrative of the...
John Lort Stokes (1812 85) was a naval officer on board H.M.S. Beagle the same ship that had carried naturalist Charles Darwin around the world in 183...
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369,04 |
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Discoveries in Australia: With an Account of the Hitherto Unknown Coasts Surveyed During the Voyage of the HMS Beagle, Between the Years 1837 an
ISBN: 9781108032728 / Angielski / Miękka / 588 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Lort Stokes (1812 85) was a naval officer on board H.M.S. Beagle the same ship that had carried naturalist Charles Darwin around the world in 1831 6. Stokes served on that expedition and on the following commission, which was a survey of Australia in which the crew was charged with discovering more about the largely unknown land mass. The expedition set off in 1837 and Stokes did not return to England until 1843 after 18 years of service on the Beagle when he began work on this two-volume account of the voyage, which was published in 1846. This work provides a detailed narrative of the...
John Lort Stokes (1812 85) was a naval officer on board H.M.S. Beagle the same ship that had carried naturalist Charles Darwin around the world in 183...
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369,04 |
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The End of Certainty: Power, Politics & Business in Australia
ISBN: 9781741754988 / Angielski / Miękka / 792 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The End of Certainty" is a classic study of power, personality, and national destiny. From boom to recession, Hawke to Keating, and Labor's victory for the "true believers" in 1993, Paul Kelly has written the ultimate inside story of how the 1980s changed Australia and its political parties forever. His detailed scrutiny of the inner working of the Hawke-Keating partnership and its slow disintegration, his unraveling of the crippling rivalries for the Liberal Party leadership, and his burrowing into cabinet room struggles over the deregulation of Australia's financial system reveal the...
"The End of Certainty" is a classic study of power, personality, and national destiny. From boom to recession, Hawke to Keating, and Labor's victory f...
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106,24 |
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An Institutionalist Guide to Economics and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780873323000 / Angielski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This narrative recounts the 18th and 19th century "shipping out" of Pacific islanders aboard European and American vessels, a kind of "counter-exploring," that echoed the ancient voyages of settlement of their island ancestors.
This narrative recounts the 18th and 19th century "shipping out" of Pacific islanders aboard European and American vessels, a kind of "counter-explori...
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219,00 |
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Gangland Sydney
ISBN: 9780522858709 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gangland Sydney details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have defined the criminal and gangland scene in Sydney from the mid-1800s to the present day.In this compelling book, Britain's top true crime author James Morton and barrister and legal broadcaster Susanna Lobez track the rise and fall of Sydney's standover men, contract killers, robbers, brothel keepers, biker gangs and drug dealers, and also examine the role of police, politicians and lawyers who have helped and hindered the growth of these criminal empires.Vivid and explosive, Gangland...
Gangland Sydney details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have defined the criminal and gangland scene in Syd...
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121,64 |
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I Confess: A Memoir of the Siege of Tobruk
ISBN: 9780987057488 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I Confess is an intimate portrayal of command in the crucible of war. Major General John Joseph Murray fought in the AIF in both the First and Second World Wars. He won the Military Cross as a company commander during the disastrous Battle of Fromelles, and in the Second World War he commanded the Australian 20th Brigade during the siege of Tobruk, that grinding, tortuous desert defense that saw the German forces label his men 'rats', a badge they have worn since with pride and honor. I Confess is a carefully crafted analysis of leadership under pressure, a very personal reflection on its...
I Confess is an intimate portrayal of command in the crucible of war. Major General John Joseph Murray fought in the AIF in both the First and Second ...
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59,83 |
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Radio Wars: Truth, Propaganda and the Struggle for Radio Australia
ISBN: 9780521479271 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Radio Australia - the multilingual overseas radio service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - is little known in Australia, but is heard by millions of listeners in the Asia-Pacific region and others throughout the world. Radio Wars, first published in 1995, was the first book to tell the story of this important but unexplored aspect of Australia's international presence. Launched in 1939 as a propaganda tool, the service was for three decades caught uncomfortably between those who would use it as an instrument of foreign policy and those who would have it an icon of journalistic...
Radio Australia - the multilingual overseas radio service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - is little known in Australia, but is heard by m...
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189,98 |
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Badlands: Australia's 13 Most Intriguing True Murders
ISBN: 9780522858471 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taking in the full sweep of humanity, from bumbling junkies to rich white rappers, illustrious art critics, deranged killers and tenacious cops, Liam Houlihan melds exclusive interviews and scrupulous research to bring us the most riveting stories from the depths of Australia's Badlands.
Taking in the full sweep of humanity, from bumbling junkies to rich white rappers, illustrious art critics, deranged killers and tenacious cops, Liam ...
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121,64 |
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Gangland Melbourne
ISBN: 9780522858693 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have defined the criminal and gangland scene in Melbourne from the late 1800s to the present day.
Details the exploits of an unforgettable cast of villains, crooks and mobsters who have defined the criminal and gangland scene in Melbourne from the ...
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121,64 |
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The Felonry of New South Wales: Being a Faithful Picture of the Real Romance of Life in Botany Bay
ISBN: 9781108038881 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published in 1837, Mudie's account of the 'social, moral and political condition' of New South Wales terrified British readers.
Published in 1837, Mudie's account of the 'social, moral and political condition' of New South Wales terrified British readers.
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237,55 |
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Australia Twice Traversed: Volume 2: The Romance of Exploration
ISBN: 9781108039017 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ernest Powell Giles (1835 97) is best remembered as one of the first explorers of South Australia. Powell emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1850, settling in Adelaide. From 1861 he was leading small-scale expeditions along the Darling River, searching for land suitable for cultivation. Following the completion of the Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Darwin in 1872, Powell embarked on five expeditions attempting to discover an overland route between Adelaide and Perth. These volumes, first published in 1889, provide a detailed and dramatic account of his discoveries. Based...
Ernest Powell Giles (1835 97) is best remembered as one of the first explorers of South Australia. Powell emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1...
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An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the South Coast of New South Wales: In His Majesty's Ship Calcutta, i
ISBN: 9781108039031 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James Tuckey (1776 1816) was a naval officer who was appointed first lieutenant on H.M.S. Calcutta. In 1802 the ship was given orders to sail to New South Wales, Australia, to survey the harbour at Port Phillip, and to establish a colony. The Calcutta departed from Portsmouth in April 1803 and arrived in New South Wales in October. After Tuckey returned from the assignment, he published this account in 1805. He begins the work by explaining the motives behind establishing the colony it was to be used for convicts, some of whom he was transporting on the ship. The first four chapters discuss...
James Tuckey (1776 1816) was a naval officer who was appointed first lieutenant on H.M.S. Calcutta. In 1802 the ship was given orders to sail to New S...
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192,06 |
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Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand: Being an Artist's Impressions of Countries and People at the Antipodes
ISBN: 9781108039062 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George French Angas (1822 86) gave up a career in business to become an artist, and his interest in natural history and ethnology is apparent throughout his work. In the early 1840s he travelled to Australia and New Zealand. His paintings from this period were later exhibited and formed the basis of two important large-format books of lithographs that appeared in 1849, having been announced in this two-volume 1847 account of his travels. Volume 1 documents Angas' expeditions in South Australia, a colony his father helped to found. Angas accompanied William Giles into the Murray basin and...
George French Angas (1822 86) gave up a career in business to become an artist, and his interest in natural history and ethnology is apparent througho...
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Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand: Being an Artist's Impressions of Countries and People at the Antipodes
ISBN: 9781108039079 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George French Angas (1822 86) gave up a career in business to become an artist, and his interest in natural history and ethnology is apparent throughout his work. In the early 1840s he travelled to Australia and New Zealand. His paintings from this period were later exhibited and formed the basis of two important large-format books of lithographs that appeared in 1849, having been announced in this two-volume 1847 account of his travels. Volume 2 describes Angas' journey of nearly 800 miles on foot from Auckland into the volcanic interior of North Island, and the spectacular landscapes he saw...
George French Angas (1822 86) gave up a career in business to become an artist, and his interest in natural history and ethnology is apparent througho...
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227,49 |
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The Journals of John McDouall Stuart During the Years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862: When He Fixed the Centre of the Continent and Successfully Cro
ISBN: 9781108039161 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John McDouall Stuart (1815 66) was a surveyor and a pioneering explorer of Australia. Born in Scotland, he emigrated in 1839 to Australia where he worked in surveying and made many expeditions into the outback. The treks he undertook from 1858 to 1862 are the focus of this account, published in 1864, and are compiled from Stuart's notes by William Hardman (1828 90). During these periods of exploration he managed though suffering from scurvy to cross the continent, and he also discovered various rivers and geographical features. Hardman's account uses Stuart's journals to give an account of...
John McDouall Stuart (1815 66) was a surveyor and a pioneering explorer of Australia. Born in Scotland, he emigrated in 1839 to Australia where he wor...
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369,04 |
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The Discovery and Settlement of Port Mackay, Queensland
ISBN: 9781108039338 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This illustrated 1908 study explores the early history of Port Mackay, Queensland in the context of its natural environment.
This illustrated 1908 study explores the early history of Port Mackay, Queensland in the context of its natural environment.
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182,00 |
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A Country without Strikes: A Visit to the Compulsory Arbitration Court of New Zealand
ISBN: 9781108039475 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henry Demarest Lloyd (1847 1903), writer and social reformer, rose to prominence as one of America's first muckraker journalists. Born in New York City, Lloyd started his journalism career at the Chicago Tribune and went on to expose the abuse of power in American oil companies. He also pursued a career in politics. In 1899 he travelled to New Zealand and Australia, the 'political laboratories' of Great Britain, to investigate how they resolved the conflict between organised capital and organised labour, and how they promoted social welfare. This book, published in 1900, praises New Zealand's...
Henry Demarest Lloyd (1847 1903), writer and social reformer, rose to prominence as one of America's first muckraker journalists. Born in New York Cit...
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176,94 |
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The Life and Times of Sir George Grey, K.C.B.
ISBN: 9781108039505 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Published in 1892, this two-volume biography chronicles the remarkable life and career of Sir George Grey (1812 98), the 11th premier of New Zealand. William Lee Rees (1836 1912), lawyer, politician and well-known supporter of Grey, co-wrote this work with his daughter Lily, and the books outline how Grey became arguably the most influential figure during the European settlement of New Zealand in the nineteenth century. The volumes proceed chronologically and are organised by the main events in Grey's life. Volume 1 begins with Grey's upbringing and early years, and describes his first voyage...
Published in 1892, this two-volume biography chronicles the remarkable life and career of Sir George Grey (1812 98), the 11th premier of New Zealand. ...
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