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Ladies, Please Don't Smash These Windows. Women's Writing, Feminist Consciousness and Social Change.

JOANNOU, Maroula. · 1995

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Berg, 1995. Paperback. Good condition. Offers a feminist-materialist perspective on the literature of the inter-war period of Virgina Woolf, Rebecca West, Rosamond Lehmann, Radclyffe Hall etc. 236pp.

Bodgie Dada & the Cult of Cool: Australian Jazz Since 1945.

CLARE, John & BRENNAN, Gail. · 1995

A$31.00 (€19.06 | $21.00 | £15.90 | ¥3,354)

University of NSW Press, 1995. 1st Australian edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Top corner of front endpaper clipped, otherwise good condition in dj. B/W & col. photos. A post-war history of jazz in Australia, taking a detailed look at the esoteric levels of jazz culture. Include...

Mother.

TULLY, Mark. · 1992

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FormAsia, 1992. Hardcover. 4to. Small mark to fep, o/wise condition vg in dj. B/W photos. Examines the life of Mother Teresa from her first missionary days to her establishing the Missionaries of Charity to her work up to the early 1990s. Beautiful. 119pp.

Wings Over the Outback.

LEYLAND, Eric. · 1958

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Brockhampton Press, 1958. 1st edition. Hardcover. B/W illus. Good condition in price-clipped dj. 120pp.

Sydney Revels (The Eighteen-Fifties) of Bacchus, Cupid, and Momus. Being Choice and Humorous Selections From Scenes at The Sydney Police Office, and other Public Places, During the Last Three Years.

CORBYN, Charles Adam. PEARL, Cyril (presented by). · 1970

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Ure Smith, 1970. 1st edition. Small 4to Paperback. B/W illus. A little wear to bottom of spine. 103pp.

Within the Shadow.

GROOM, Maurice C. · 1926

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Brown, Prior & Co., 1926. 1st Australian edition. Hardcover. A few pages a little foxed, small mark to spine of dj, o/wise good condition. "The author, who has travelled extensively, sets down his experiences & reflections; but the major portion of the book is devoted to a clo...

The Future of Tropical Savannas. An Australian Perspective.

ASH, Andrew ed. · 1996

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CSIRO, 1996. 4to Paperback. B/W illus. The emphasis, although on Australian savannas, demonstrates the conflicts in land use & has wide relevance to other countries & vegetation types. Examines how to manage the resources so that options for future use are not closed off, & ho...

My Life With Charles Chauvel.

CHAUVEL, Elsa. · 1973

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Shakespeare Head Press, 1973. 1st edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. B/W plates. An autobiographical account of how the Chauvels helped to pioneer the cinematic industry in Australia. Charles Chauvel directed Jedda, The Sons of matthew, Forty Thousand Horsemen etc. 191pp.

Political Economy. A Critique of American Society.

McNALL, Scott G. ed. · 1981

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Scott, Foresman & Co., 1981. Paperback. Fep removed, o/wise good condition. Essays on education, medicine, religion, women, crime, work, the corporation etc. in American society. 398pp.

The Australian Welfare State. Growth, Crisis and Change.

JONES, M.A. · 1983

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Allen & Unwin, 1983 (1980). Paperback. Good condition. Documents the erratic growth & many inconsistencies in the Australian welfare system, & examines changes in many other areas of social policy. 355pp.

From Empire to Anarchy. Postcommunist Foreign Policy and International Relations.

SKAK, Mette. · 1996

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Hurst & Co., 1996. Paperback. Offers a comprehensive treatment of the foreign policy side of transition from communism & three in-depth case studies: the foreign policy of postcommunist Russia, Lithuania & Hungary. 340pp.

The Schoolhome. Rethinking Schools for Changing Families.

MARTIN, Jane Roland. · 1992

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Harvard University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Good Condition in slightly rubbed dj. Presents a philospohy of education that is responsive to America's changed & changing realities, by removing the barriers between school & the home. 237pp.

The Changing World.

FARA, Patricia, GATHERCOLE, Peter, & LASKEY, Ronald ed. · 1996

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Cambridge University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Good Condition in dj. B/W photos & illus. Essays examining change in South Africa, human rights, religious fundamentalism in contemporary politics, the genetic revolution, the AIDS pandemic, environmental security, the role of the U...

Wordsworth and The Recluse.

WORDSWORTH. JOHNSTON, Kenneth R. · 1984

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Yale University Press, 1984. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Argues that The Recluse does in fact exist as a coherent though fragmented body of interrelated texts, tracing three major episodes in Wordsworth's work on his epic. 397pp.

Consumer Services and Economic Development.

WILLIAMS, Colin C. · 1997

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Rouledge, 1997. Paperback. Condition vg. Evaluates the contributions that consumer services can make to local economic development & revitalization, with a broad range of industries examined - sport, tourism, universities, retailing & cultural. 293pp.

Westminster Inc. A Survey of Three States in the 1980s.

PEACHMENT, Allan ed. · 1995

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The Federation Press, 1995. Paperback. Condition vg. Examines the lessons to be learnt from the disastrous efforts of the State governments of Victoria, South Australia & Western Australia to harness the private sector for public, developmental ends. 184pp.

The East-West Pendulum.

GEORGE, Robert Lloyd. · 1992

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Woodhead-Faulkner, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Provides a thought-provoking & thoroughly researched analysis of the recent rapid development of capital markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Examines the history, culture & religous beliefs & explains the rea...

Menders of the Mind. A History of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

RUBINSTEIN, W.D. & Hilary L. · 1996

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Oxford University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. Traces the College's development & evolution, & examines the role of key leaders in the College's history. B/W photos. 274pp.

Financing Elections. The Politics of an American Ruling Class.

NICHOLS, David. · 1974

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New Viewpoints, 1974. Hardcover. Good condition. An analysis of political power that relates the question of the class structure in American society to the electoral process &, in particular, to the way national elections are financed. 191pp.

An Elementary School in Holland. Experiment in Educational Practice.

BARRITT, Loren S. · 1996

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International Books, 1996. Paperback. B/W photos. Condition vg. An in-depth study in educational theory & practice through the observation of a school within a different culture to that of the author. 256pp.